'He tried to fight... [so] I got security involved': Entitled parents at a metal concert bully the crowd into letting their small children squeeze to the front; woman puts the dad in his place

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Nov 4, 2023 9:00 PM EDT

Metal concerts are intense. For anyone who loves accidental punches to the face, getting their toes stomped, and eating the floor before having a 250lbs man help them back to their feet knows that a mosh pit is not a place for the weak. And it's certainly no place for a small child. But for some reason, we keep seeing tales of parental entitlement expanding their territories into more and more insane places. In this story, we follow the tendrils of dad-delusion when a man and his partner bring along three small children (under the age of 9) to a metal show. 

Most parents try to protect their young. It's sort of a part of the dealio right? Well, apparently some parents think that it's not their responsibility to look after their kiddos and it's actually the job of strangers in public to make accommodations for your shortcomings as a parent. u/CrowBrainSaysShiny, an avid metal music fan and mosh-pit-charger recently put an entitled dad in his place after he endangered his small children by encouring them to push themselves to the front of the crowd at a metal concert. 

Scroll for the full, infuriating story of how one man's arrogance and poor planning cost his entire family their concert privileges. Next up, here's another story of entitlement, where a manager threatens their employee with bad marks on their 'permanent record' after they use one of their days off.

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    r/AmIthe by u/CrowBrainSaysShiny 1 day ago Posted AITA For Not Giving Kids My Spot Not the My husband and I attended a metal concert. We got the tickets for my birthday. All bands are very heavy, explicit ratings. Large mosh pit. It
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    was in a venue that served hard liquor. I am a planner, so we arrived early enough to get dinner, be some of the first in line, and get good spots for the stage. We found a great area on the side overlooking the pit at the rail so no one was in front of us.
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    About an hour and a half into the show, after the first two openers, a couple and their three small children show up behind us speaking about how they'll "find better spots" and "this is what happens when we're late" and so on.
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    All of these kids looked to be under nine years old. One was tiny enough she was on the man's shoulders. Sure enough, after eyeing my husband and I for a while, the man came up and asked us
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    and the people to my side if we "would move so that his three small children can see the band". The couple next to us agreed, but when he looked at me I politely explained that I wasn't comfortable moving as I had
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    arrived early to get this good spot for the Headliner. He was flabbergasted and started raising his voice. Asked me if I "really was refusing to move for his children? They love this band. You won't move?"I said "Yes,
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    I'm sorry, but I paid for my tickets too and I arrived on time to get a good view." After he continues at me, my husband offered to make some room on his side of the railing, but it was very tight.
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    The three kids went and then sat on the floor which made us very nervous. My husband is a big man. If he fell or stepped back onto one of them, it would be a severe injury, so he planted his hand on the rail to show that we weren't moving in on them.
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    The third opener started and the kids progressively pushed against my husband. The dad put one on his shoulders. At one point I heard the dad lean down and say "Don't worry about it, you keep pushing forward, okay?".
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    After a while, the guy pushed hard into my husband which then shoved him into me and he shouted "Why are you pushing into us, big man?" My husband calmly said he hasn't moved and gestures to his hand on the rail that he kept for a barrier. The man
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    started raising his voice, he partner was trying to calm him down. I admit, I got heated and told him to "Back Off". He said he "didn't want to fight in front of kids." I replied "You shouldn't have brought them to this in the first place." I said something
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    about it being dangerous since they were on the floor. The guys wife kept trying to get him to look away from us, but he kept going. I ended up going to get security. Security came, the other guy argued, but they ended up moving them to the other side of the building by the stage.
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    TLDR: Guy shows up over an hour late to an explicit metal concert with three small children. He asks me to give up my view for his children. I refused. He tried to escalate the situation into a fight with my husband. I got security involved to have them removed. AITA?
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    score1987 1 day ago Partassipant [1] NTA. I have 3 kids and plan ahead. If they can't show upnon time they shouldn't complain about where they are. They should be glad they even got in. Most venues I know of that have metal bands play are adults only as they are basocally a bar with a stage
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    CrowBrainSaysShiny OP. 1 day ago Yeah, the fact that this place was a liquor bar and they allowed kids in really surprised me. But nothing on the event itself said it was 18+, so.
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    mlc885 1 day ago Wha? I thought everybody brought their three 7 year olds to a potential drunk mosh pit. I understand and sympathize that everybody thinks their own kids are the best things ever, but you don't get special help because it is for your kid unless its an actual emergency. A better view of the concert isn't that.
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    chop1125 21 hr. ago Enthusiast [8] This. I also would say that I don't care if they were there to see Taylor Swift, if you can't be timely, you don't get the spot. You don't get to demand that other people accommodate your failure to plan.
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    KronkLaSworda Prime Ministurd [576] ΝΤΑ - 1 day ago Some people are too entitled. "really was refusing to move for his children?" His kids are your problem, as you rightfully told him. Good for you!
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    . creed_thoughts_0823 - 1 day ago NTA. You are correct about having got there first, and about this being a questionable place to bring children.
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    Odd Yogurtcloset2891 1 day ago Partassipant [3] NTA - I'm a parent of 3 kids and I have never asked someone to be inconvenienced for them. That is not life and it's extremely rude. He showed up late and should deal with the consequences of that.
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    niseyrae86 22 hr. ago NTA. Who brings kids to a pit?!?! That's insane behavior 42 Reply Share CrowBrainSaysShiny OP. 22 hr. ago To clarify, we were on the rail next to the pit, not in it (I'm a wuss haha). But someone could've easily smacked them over the rail or fallen over, etc. Yeah, risky.
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    thewizardsbaker11 21 hr. ago I feel like next to the pit with a rail nearby could be even worse in terms of getting crushed...
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    AJS918 1 day ago . NTA I hate entitled parents. Reply Share 26 SlideItIn100 1 day ago Certified Proctologist [21] NTA. You're not responsible for their poor planning.
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