[Artemisia] Artemisia Digest, Vol 136, Issue 7

[Kayla Williams]

Money is certainly one of the issues, the other being we have no more local
friends because they moved and even family has moved! There literary is no
one here to baby sit for us! No we have not had issues with every person in
the barony, just a couple handfuls including some in high power. We avoid
arn hold mainly because I was "attacked" on Facebook for throwing new ideas
out there and "attacked" at uprising by the former Queen's sister while I
was pregnant but no one did anything about it when we reported her. Weve
mostly played in thousand eyes because we have a few good friends in that
barony. I'm not sure how far south you are but we really want to try and
play in other areas as well. Both my husband and brother have promised
there are many good/fun places to play and I can't wait to see for myself.
I enjoy getting to know new people and I do have fun in the sca, I just
also happen to voice my opinion when I feel something is wrong and that is
why many in our barony have an issue with me. I do not believe in keeping
things "secret" or "private" because then nothing gets done about it. The
main thing that i don't think anyone is realizing is that I feel like my
children and us are being punished just for the fact that they are children
and we have no access to any babysitters and couldn't afford them even if
we did. It is just not fair that we paid for a family membership 10 months
ago and cannot use it at every event now.
Gwendolyn
On Jan 16, 2015 5:23 PM, "danoman1000 ." <danoman1000 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Wow, that is rather unwelcoming.  Maybe the person who wrote
> that doesn't understand budget constraints.  Or maybe he/she had a bad
> experience with unsupervised children.  In either case, I wouldn't judge
> the entire barony on the words one person wrote.  But if your mind is set
> on avoiding Arn Hold, you can come play with us down south.  I can't
> promise we'll join in on the disliking the moose lands, but we'll try to
> get your mind off of it.  And bring that brother of yours.  He's a fun guy.
> Sneferu
> Spouse of the Youth Officer of Cote du Ciel
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 4:20 PM, Kayla Williams <kmwilliams0802 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > The link to the website. Click that and the second tab says leave smalls
> at
> > home because they want it to be an event for adults. I had my children at
> > masked ball last year. They were dressed up in garb. They had a blast. I
> > was one of the only adults keeping an eye on my own children. I was one
> of
> > the only adults that said something to the teens that were throwing my
> > childrens hot chocolate cups around while my children "got in trouble" by
> > the person serving the hot chocolate because they needed a new cup! I do
> > supervise my children and do keep them entertained and under control
> unlike
> > many others. As far as people that do not want children at events, they
> > need to find a new hobby. Many such as myself do not know how to sew and
> do
> > not have the funds to buy overpriced garb and period looking toys. My
> > children play with what keeps them occupied. My infant certainly doesn't
> > have many "period" items. We have one piece of garb for her. Yes we try
> to
> > be as period as possible but if you have a problem with non period toys
> > than you better not have any metal folding chairs at the event. Or modern
> > tables. Better yet it shouldn't even be in a modern building! In
> comparison
> > we were at barony birthday for our infant's first event. Our brother
> Duncan
> > was fighting. We were supervising our very active 3 year old niece.
> > Thankfully we had a lot of help and support. Our baby was passed around
> and
> > her majesty sorcha even held onto our niece and helped find her snacks
> > while her dad fought and we were juggling a baby. Even his majesty Timmur
> > wanted to hold our infant. (Someone took pictures, I'd love to have
> copies
> > please!) Fact is the people of thousand eyes have proven time and again
> how
> > welcoming and supportive they are. Complete strangers even offered their
> > home and cooked us breakfast so we didn't have to drive home on ice. On
> the
> > other hand arn hold has made us feel unwelcome because I am new, and we
> > have children.
> > Gwendolyn
> > What am I missing here?  I don't see anywhere in the Masked Ball event
> > announcement that kids aren't welcome.
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