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Am I being mean?

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Blandmum · 07/01/2006 18:43

Dh took dd to a party (15 min drive), dd had failed to tell us it was a swiming party, so no cozzie. Cue mega hysterical strop from dd. I get dh to buy a swim suit at the pool (she needed a new one anyway tbh) and arranged the loan of a towel. DD is then 100% fine. About 5 minutes after dh returned I got a phone call from the mum organising the party. Dd is hysterical with a tummy ache. Dh returns to pick her up.

I am deeply cynical as dd has been throwing the ;'tummy ache' line to get out of things when she is not 100% happy. She is nine.

Am I wrong to be cynical?

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SenoraPostrophe · 07/01/2006 18:48

yes and no, I think.

I used to get stomach aches when nervous as a child. there was no physical cause but they were very real to me. they only stopped when I realised that (and I think I was 9 when that happened). I didn't get hysterical though - that would make me slightly skeptical.

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Twiglett · 07/01/2006 18:49

no

but I would play sympathetic and go and tuck her up in bed .. no supper ... see if she throws it again

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roisin · 07/01/2006 18:55

I think it sounds as though she's not happy about something. Maybe she's just exhausted after the start of term and having to get up in the mornings?

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Blandmum · 07/01/2006 19:17

Roisin, I'm looking forward to Mondat! Actually I think she is too, and needs the order after three weeks of laisaiz faire.

She is in bed, sans supper and has, I think, zonked out. So I think she was over excited, something didn't fit her game plan, hysterical fit, easy out.

Hay ho, good job we love them eh?