White House egg roll without a child?

Submitted by WitchoftheWords t3_124azgi in washingtondc

My husband and I got tickets for the White House egg roll! Sign ups required us to include a child, so we planned to bring my niece. Unfortunately she’s not available during the lottery time we won. Could we go without her? Just to walk around and observe? I couldn’t find anything on the tickets that said we would be turned away, but wanted to see if anyone had any additional info.

EDIT: I’m still trying to invite another (child) family member, y’all. But the tickets are non-transferable, so, to my knowledge, there isn’t an option to gift them/our spot.

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N0T-It t1_jdyqk5e wrote

Decline the tickets and let some other family bring their kid. You’re taking a spot/opportunity away from a child.

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jmac78 t1_je0csxo wrote

With this logic, they should only allow one chaperone along with a child or else every double chaperone with a child has one person in the group taking the spot of a child

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Doug-DeMurro t1_jdzj3p4 wrote

Forget these holier than thou types telling you to forfeit your tickets. Instead, email the communications team and ask them if it’s ok to attend without a child. They usually respond right away and will get you the answer you need.

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MeghanClickYourHeels t1_je0r9un wrote

But I think if that worked, people would claim “the kid couldn’t come” all the time.

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MeghanClickYourHeels t1_je1cso9 wrote

It’s a family event, and they want to keep it that way. They don’t want to give out tickets for adults because then too many adults would be wandering around and it changes the nature of the event.

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MeghanClickYourHeels t1_je1ldoz wrote

I don’t know what to tell you. The museum is family friendly, that doesn’t mean it’s family oriented. This is family oriented, like story time at the library or a craft day at the zoo. They don’t want adults without kids to show up for a family-oriented event.

There’s really not another way to explain this. It’s pretty clear cut.

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roofrat69 t1_je2uv71 wrote

It’s an event for kids. It’s creepy and weird that you would want to go without one.

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roofrat69 t1_je2vffx wrote

It’s creepy that you want to wait in super long lines to attend an event that’s designed and targeted to children, you freak

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BandOk8056 t1_je1igas wrote

A bunch of Frank Grimes folks in here mad that even though it is clearly an event for Children, OPBeat Their Brains Out and scored tickets without a kid. In all seriousness, I’ve been to this event once (with a child) and the eventual payoff is not at all worth the extreme awkwardness of standing in the long security lines, filled exclusively with families, without a kid.

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chuck-san t1_jdzmuxm wrote

It’s really a event for kids. You might as well go with other adults to the American Girl Cafe.

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