I took my little ones to a large organised picnic-day in the woods. There was a 15 minute walk through the woods to get to the spot where the picnic was held.
I was sitting down with my boys and nearby I saw two women sitting with three children, two boys and a girl. All roughly about 8. This was two hours into the picnic and the boys needed a wee so they ran into the woods, the girl also needed a wee so started running after. One of the women, I'm guessing her mum, told her to come back because she couldn't have a wee.
The girl asked why and the mum said 'because'. This was repeated a few times and then the mum said, very firmly, 'Look, you're a girl and girls don't wee in the woods. End of. If you really need a wee we can pack up and go home.'
I was quite shocked that the mum would not let the little girl just go for a wee in the woods! She had the choice to end the day, walk back for 15 minutes, go home and have a wee or just put up with having a full bladder!
Was IBU for thinking this mum was BU or would you not let our girls wee in the woods either?
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HumanBehaviour · 28/07/2011 08:23
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