Couple Upset After Friends Bring Baby to Birthday Celebrations They Knew Weren’t Kid-Friendly

A woman turned to Reddit for advice after telling her friends they “kind of put a damper” on her husband’s birthday celebration by bringing their baby to events she had made clear were not child-friendly.

In her post, she explained that the milestone weekend was meant to celebrate her husband’s 35th birthday. Instead, much of the focus shifted to accommodating their friends’ 1-year-old daughter.

“We invited our two friends who have a 1-year-old daughter,” she wrote, describing how the weekend was supposed to include two big events: a special Friday night dinner and an outdoor festival on Sunday. “When we invited them to both days we told them both things were not kid-friendly… We told them [we] understood if they couldn’t make it because of the baby.”

Friday Night Dinner Turns Tense

The dinner was held at a small, chef-driven restaurant where guests sit around the kitchen and watch their meals being prepared.

“The restaurant we chose was not kid-friendly, it’s super small and the main draw is the chef,” she explained, noting that she had even sent her friends the restaurant’s website ahead of time.

But when the couple arrived, they brought their daughter anyway. “Friday night comes and they show up to the restaurant with their daughter,” she recalled, pointing out that she had not included a child in the reservation. Since the restaurant didn’t have high chairs, the baby had to sit on her mother’s lap the entire evening.

According to the poster, her friend quickly grew irritated. “She was annoyed about the baby sitting in her lap and not being able to enjoy her dinner, annoyed there was no kids menu, and was just in a bad mood the entire time,” she wrote. The baby eventually cried so much that the mother had to step outside, and the woman was even asked by the husband to check in on her — a request she found unusual.

Festival Day Brings More Problems

Despite the rocky dinner, the woman hoped Sunday’s outdoor festival would be better. But once again, the couple arrived with their daughter.

“They again are annoyed that it’s not stroller-friendly,” she said. The festival, while technically open to kids, was set in the woods and designed as an adult-oriented event. “Just the entire day was centered around taking care of their baby and it was not fun at all,” she added. At one point, she even held the baby while her friend fed her.

What frustrated her most was that the couple had attended the same festival in past years and knew what to expect. Instead of joining in activities, the group spent much of the day sitting under a tent.

Honest Words Spark Fallout

After the weekend, the friend texted an apology, saying she hoped the baby hadn’t ruined things. The woman admitted she tried to be truthful in her response: “I told her it wasn’t ruined but it was a little frustrating because we warned them the activities weren’t baby-friendly and we missed out on a lot of things.”

That honesty didn’t go over well. “She got super defensive and said sorry they are parents now and have more important things to worry about,” the poster explained. Since then, communication between them has stopped.

Reddit Weighs In

Commenters on Reddit were quick to criticize the couple, particularly the husband. One wrote, “He had YOU go check in his wife and baby? I hope you didn’t go. Please tell me you didn’t go.”

The woman clarified that she hadn’t gone, but admitted this wasn’t the first time she’d noticed him avoiding responsibility. “This is a pattern. I’ve been at BBQs with them where husband will ask every woman there to go help wife change the baby rather [than] do it himself,” she revealed.

Now, she’s left wondering whether her honesty was worth the awkward silence that followed.