Throw away account. I, a 25F, went to a medieval times with a group of friends for the holidays. I was really excited because I saw a bunch of TikToks of girls dressing up and flirting with the knights there. So, a bunch of my girl friends and I dressed up and skedaddled our way over. We were a little late so we were sat in the back. With everyone else, we cheered when our knights appeared and heckled rival knights. Part way through the show, a large family came in with many small children. There were already a lot of families and birthday parties at the event so I did not think much of it and continued on with my cheering. The family got settled and everything seemed fine. After the dressage show, the knighted dueled. Of course, when our knight came out, we were cheering and acting like his #1 fan club. That is when I noticed something tugging on my arm. I thought my shirt was snagging on something so I just pulled it away, but then I heard the kid. A child screamed in my ear “Excuse me can you stop screaming!” The mom immediately grabbed the child and apologized. I said it was fine and continued cheering except the child kept grabbing me and shouting at me to stop. Eventually, the mom put the child on the other side of her so the kid couldn’t grab me, but they kept screaming at me to stop yelling. I felt bad cause the kid was probably overstimulated so I stopped cheering for the knight for a bit, except, even when I stop the kid still got mad and screamed at me to be quiet. At that point I gave up and continued cheering and just ignored the kid. I later told my friends what happened. Some of them said I was the asshole for continuing to cheer even when it bothered the kid, some said it was the parents fault for not taking the kid to the waiting area where it was quiet. I still feel bad about it, so AITA?
Edit: I changed “it” to “child”. Sorry about that folks!
NTA. If the kid has sensory issues, her parents shouldn’t be bringing her to a crowded theater performance where the whole point is to cheer. That’s for the kid and her parents to manage, not you.
Or they should get her head phones to muffle the sound.
NTA, the mother should have told the child to stop screaming, put headphones on the child, or removed him from the situation.
Medieval Times is not the place for a kid who does not like yelling. It’s part of the show and encouraged. NTA
NTA every event i have been to like this there are a few groups cheering an yelling. It is not a quiet place to take a kid who cannot handle noise.
The tables have turned. NTA
NTA
I went to this place for my daughter’s birthday last year courtesy of dad 🥰, it’s actually super normal to scream.Mom should’ve known this wasn’t the place for her child. It’s medieval themed lol, loud unruly, etc..
I am team NTA. Kid is parents responsibility.
NTA. I’ve been a couple times, noise and screaming is the norm. The parents should not have brought a child who wasn’t ready for this place. It’s very noisy, very active.
NTA, my kids have sensory issues, hell I find some crowds pretty overstimulating myself. But it’s the parents place to help the child deal with those situations, noise cancelling headphones are a great tool. You’re allowed to have fun.
As someone who went to medieval times for their birthday this year and absolutely lost their shit screaming for the glory of the red knight before he got stabbed in the back by that sentient sack of crap the yellow knight, NTA. It’s part of the event. The parents needed to have a plan for if the kid was overstimulated, like noise cancelling headphones. Asking you to tone it down wouldn’t really solve his issue because everyone else would still be shouting.
NTA and “HUZZAH!”
These things are always loud. That’s part of the point.
The parents should have either provided ear protection for their child, or taken them away.
NTA, You were acting within the expectations of guest behavior at the establishment. if the kiddo was overstimulated or upset, their parents shouldve removed them from the situation until they could regulate.
NTA.
Medieval Times is not a library or an airplane or a hospital or even a normal restaurant… you’re expected to make noise and clap and cheer.
This is 100% on the parents if they know they have a noise sensitive child and decided to submit them to an uncomfortable environment without noise cancelling headphones. You shouldn’t have to ruin your experience because of their poor planning, they should have removed their child when they saw how unhappy they were.