WEDDING GUEST GETS INTO VERBAL ALTERCATION WITH A MOM AFTER TELLING HER TO TURN DOWN HER TODDLER'S TABLET DURING SPEECHES

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Wedding Guest Gets Into Altercation After Telling a Mom to Turn Her Toddler's Tablet Down During Speeches

"I looked over a handful of times, because it was distracting, hoping they would get the hint to turn the volume down," the wedding guest says in a Reddit post

By Virginia Chamlee  Published on June 11, 2024 12:55PM EDT

 

A wedding guest is igniting viral conversation after sharing that they got into a verbal altercation with the mother of a toddler who watched a tablet — with the volume turned up — during the wedding party's speeches.

 

In an anonymous post shared to Reddit, the guest writes: "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 poster continues. "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."

 

Still, the mother of the toddler made it a point to speak to the poster following the speeches.

 

"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," the poster writes. "I hadn’t said boo to her and wasn’t questioning her abilities as a mother at all."

 

The post continues: "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?"

 

By and large, commenters on the post have sided with the wedding guest, arguing that the toddler's mother shouldn't have brought a tablet — or, at the very least, should have also brought headphones.

 

"I have a toddler, and I occasionally use screen time at restaurants, especially when the food is taking a while and we've exhausted other distractions," wrote one commenter. "You'd better believe my kid is watching Peppa Pig on SILENT at the family-friendly burger joint because having the volume on is rude, pretty much anywhere."

 

Added another: "I see SO MANY adults in public listening to videos, music, TikTok at a loud volume and it makes me livid. Kids do it bc their parents allow it - and yes, I’m a parent and I tell my kids to lower the volume if it’s too loud."

 

Still others argued that the problem isn't necessarily child-specific.

 

"Honestly, I've seen far too many 'grown' adults in their 20s and 30s act like this, watching things on their phones in inappropriate situations and locations like in the middle of a wedding ceremony, or even inside religious buildings whilst ceremonies are taking place, and one for the worst, in a library without headphones and having a video call," wrote one commenter.