To ask your opinion on the ear biting incident at the Snooker Championship?

Omg I've heard it all now.

I saw the video. Found it repulsive. The boy doesn't laugh and give a "Get off, you eejit!" type reaction, just looks mortified and uncomfortable but accepting. It was like a slow, sensuous nibble. Gross.
Dad may have just been fooling around, but will hopefully now realise how his actions could have been misconstrued; if they were, indeed, innocent.

This.

I think it's important to remember actually that not everyone on the internet is who they say they are.

These type of threads are always targeted by the 'nothing to see here' types; you see it all the time on trigger warning threads - a poster describes blatantly abusive behaviours and the MRAs descend with the 'pearl clutching' 'hysterical' 'overreacting' cries.

Some people benefit by pretending this kind of thing is just fine and totally normal - it isn't.

Embarrassing your child is not a shitty thing to do, that is the relationship many parents have with their child. It can be lovely, bonding and healthy.

@Workhardcryharder of course it's a shitty thing to do - he wasn't doing 'rabbit ears' behind his back, he was nuzzling into his child's neck and biting his ear ffs 🙄

Take your projections elsewhere

Erm no, you fuck off with your 'nothing to see here' attitude when you have no idea whether that's true or not. Someone earlier in the thread said it was unlikely to be abusive because it was in plain sight. I swear some of you think predatory men only operate in dark alleyways!

Luckily it's being investigated so the police are taking it seriously -thank god not everyone thinks like you.

Hiding in plain sight?

Looks playful to me 🤷‍♀️ on the YouTube video
Dad turns and grins at the camera when the kid waves

When the man starts nuzzling him the kid immediately glances at the mum, like he's seeing if she noticed. The reactions are all wrong. There's a reason most people watching it feel uncomfortable.

There looks to be a physical resemblance between the two, so I'm guessing Father, and it looks innocent to me.
Ear nips are a kind of primitive, affectionate thing with mammals I think.

On the flip side, seeing as it's something I associate with my dad, it's not something that would occur to me to do with my partner. My dad used to do it to be annoying

I watched the unedited video and it looks like a joke to me, cool if it has saved a kid from something but I doubt it, probably just gonna get him the world of shit at school

So you bite your teenage kids ears?

If it looked playful and silly no one would be talking about it.

You have a different relationship with your kids than others, mad to comprehend I know

With all due respect, you have absolutely zero idea whether this is sinister or not, and there is a reason no one would go to prison with this as the only piece of evidence.

Embarrassing your child is not a shitty thing to do, that is the relationship many parents have with their child. It can be lovely, bonding and healthy.

Take your projections elsewhere

It’s the man’s expression and the boys reaction that make it look so sinister, I think it does look sexual rather than if they were laughing and teasing each other. Awful for the poor boy.

This.

Obviously these playful silly things don't happen in all families. Certainly not many MN families.

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I’ve never nuzzled my teen or bit her ear like that.
I wouldn’t do it to one of my parents or friends either.

Its completely inappropriate.

At the very least it’s such an embarrassing thing to do in a public place.

I can’t see how anyone can watch it and not feel uncomfortable.

This is what I do to a partner, not a friend, child or parent - which says it all.

I wonder if the police will actually do anything. Is it enough grounds for them to investigate?

I agree. I feel so sorry for the poor boy that this was caught on camera for the world to see and it’s now viral.

just so awful for this man and his son that it has gone viral.
these are real people

Sorry @OneTC I meant to quote @Saralouhe

Then watch the video before commenting. It's linked on this thread. Top of page 3.

As I said, the video has gone now, because of an ongoing police investigation, so I am off this thread now

I just noticed MN have taken the link off, (from the top of page 3,) because it's an ongoing police investigation. And for that reason I am not posting anything else on this thread. I only just noticed MN's message on here. Sorry MN.

Then watch the video before commenting. It's linked on this thread. Top of page 3.

I have only seen the pixelated video so can't comment exactly on that but my dad didn't growl at me or pretend to be a monster, it was more of a suprise attack