Morgan

I disagreed and felt like I shouldn't have to change normal behavior in that kind of environment.

We ended up arguing and it escalated more than it should have.

Added details.

Before the joust, we had a detailed plan of separating for an hour-ish after the joust.

We each wanted to do different things happening at the same time frame, so we planned to part ways and meet back up at the place I wanted to go since it was a group activity.

My sister and I did separate for a time, and she came back and joined me at the location we talked about.

I figured my boyfriend would do the same, which is why I was more okay with walking away from the situation.

Also, before the joust even started, the kid was side-eyeing my sister and I, a look we are very familiar with as African Americans when children clearly aren't exposed to other people.

After the dad told me to quiet down, other people around pulled me aside and said how he had no right to do so.

All I was yelling was, "'That's my wife!'

cheering for the female knight, and the man was there with his husband, so that comment really shouldn't be an issue to him."

Am I the asshole for not quieting down and for walking away?

My vote is no.

Justin?

Yeah, I don't think he would ever tell me to quiet down.

Especially at a sporting event, a renaissance festival.

I don't think there's any situation unless I was being obscenely loud in a library room.

Yeah, if you go to one of those things, jousting for those that don't know, you have two knights that ride at each other on horses and have long poles and they try to knock each other off the horse with the pole.

And they do ride around asking for cheers.

There's jesters or other supportive cast members that are amping up the crowd and acting as an emcee.