Guests fume over parents' 'entitled' act during wedding speeches

"The lack of social awareness some people have is amazing."

A wedding guest's disgruntled post online has reignited the age-old question: should children be welcome at weddings? 

The post, detailing a recent wedding reception disrupted by a noisy toddler, has gone viral, sparking a range of responses.

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"I thought it was common courtesy?"

The guest wrote that they were distracted by the toddler's super loud video that he was playing from a device during the speeches. 

She said she turned over her shoulder a few times to give the toddler's mum 'a look', hoping she'd take the hint, but she didn't. In fact, the mum ended up confronting the OP after the speeches were over. 

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"The table behind me at a reception dinner had a toddler watching a video at a high volume during the speeches. I looked over a handful of times because it was distracting, hoping they would get the hint to turn the volume down," the OP recounted.

"The mother eventually made a comment about it and said, 'My kid didn't get a nap today'. I totally understand the importance of a kid's nap schedule and that they can become tiny beasts if they don't get enough sleep.

"After the speeches were done, the mother confronted me in a very aggressive manner and thought I was questioning her parenting skills and screen-time choices. I hadn't said boo to her and wasn't questioning her abilities as a mother at all. In general, I thought it was common courtesy not to have the volume of electronics up high in a public place or at an event when someone is speaking?" 

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"Nothing says entitled more than this"

Many people chimed into the comments with their thoughts, with most siding with the frustrated guest.

"The lack of social awareness some people have is amazing," one person said. "It's just not appropriate to let your kid have an iPad or equivalent on volume at a wedding let alone during speeches. Nothing says entitled more than this."

"ABSOLUTELY NTA. I am SO sick of parents shoving a tablet in front of a child's face, creating an absolute monster when the tablet isn't available. What did we do before tablets?? Smh," a second wrote.

And many users said this is the reason that kids should be banned from weddings altogether.

"This is why child-free weddings are becoming more popular. Mothers think the world revolves around them. They are encouraged in this view by other mothers who think they get a pass for imposing their offspring on the rest of us," one said bluntly.

"NTA, that is so rude and really ruins the magic for those trying to listen," another concluded.

"I LOVE the speeches at weddings; it's one of my favourite parts."

Originally published as Guests fume over parents' 'entitled' act during wedding speeches