 A stressed-out mum caused a walk out at a three-year-old's birthday party after her daughter was forced to partake in four separate photoshoots for Instagram. The mother-daughter duo were invited to a nursery classmate's birthday party at an indoor playground - and expected the day to involve soft play and snacks. But when they arrived, the mum quickly realised the party was being used as an Instagram opportunity by the birthday boy's mum, as she organised four photoshoots in less than two hours, leaving the children with about 30 minutes to play in total. Venting to Reddit, the mum said: "We had to follow the itinerary we didn't realise we had. The kids had two group rides, which always came with a photoshoot before each ride. The children were only give about 30 minutes in total to free play (stock photo) ( Getty Images) "Then they were free to play for just another five to 10 minutes before they had to go for another photoshoot with the cake. "Then the parents had to take photos. "Then we had the cake cutting and another round of photos, before food was served." Knowing her daughter wasn't hungry enough for food, she attempted to sneak her out the backdoor to avoid her having a "breakdown" in the middle of the party. "My daughter didn't want to eat and I could see she was losing it," she added. "Especially, since it was a spread of beautifully decorated desserts that weren't offered to anyone at all, so I wouldn't let her touch them. "I figured I should just leave before I ruin the party since we already had two meltdowns from other children in the last 10 minutes. She accidently started a walk out at the boy's birthday party (stock photo) ( Getty Images) "But my daughter leaving triggered her two friends asking to){kind=link}
A mum has taken to Reddit to share how she walked out at a three-year-old’s birthday party because the birthday boy’s mum was more interested in taking photos than letting the children play
A stressed-out mum caused a walk out at a three-year-old’s birthday party after her daughter was forced to partake in four separate photoshoots for Instagram. The mother-daughter duo were invited to a nursery classmate’s birthday party at an indoor playground – and expected the day to involve soft play and snacks.
But when they arrived, the mum quickly realised the party was being used as an Instagram opportunity by the birthday boy’s mum, as she organised four photoshoots in less than two hours, leaving the children with about 30 minutes to play in total. Venting to Reddit, the mum said: “We had to follow the itinerary we didn’t realise we had. The kids had two group rides, which always came with a photoshoot before each ride.
“Then they were free to play for just another five to 10 minutes before they had to go for another photoshoot with the cake.
“Then the parents had to take photos.