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The original was posted on /r/AmItheAsshole by /u/Momonomo10 on 2023-09-30 23:33:00.

I paid to reserve the gazebo at the park for my daughters birthday from 2-4. People are going to come at 230, so I have 30 minutes to set everything up.

I get there at 1:50. There are people in the gazebo that I’ve reserved having a birthday. Full array still out- balloons, presents, food, decorations, etc. They’re socializing and not even cleaning up yet.

I politely asked the host if they wouldn’t mind being out by 2pm so I could set up for our party. Again, I’ve paid to reserve this gazebo at 2pm and I only have 30 minutes to set up decorations, food, etc until people start coming. They started cleaning up and were out on time. As they were leaving I said, “Thank you so much, so sorry to kick you guys out.”

The host says “that’s okay. Kind of rude, but whatever.”

She was upset that she was in the middle of her daughters birthday and said that they book these things back to back and we should expect some overlap.

So.. am I the asshole? Should I have expected some overlap? Personally, we were out by 4 for the next party because they paid for it starting at 4, and our time was up at 4! I feel like if I paid for it at 2pm, they should be out- not starting to clean up at that point. I get that it was annoying. It wasn’t super fun having to clean up my party quickly and rushing out either, but at the end of the day- I feel like they should have planned their time better or reserved more time. Not my problem, and I did still try to be polite. AITA?