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To find small children slightly repulsive

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BathshebaEverdene1 · 05/05/2024 13:00

OK I do love my 4 year granddaughter but sorry the chewing , gulping and gasping while eating is actually revolting .
Am I really nasty? She is here eating a sandwich and gulping down some milk in a really horrid way.

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Pinkbonbon · 05/05/2024 13:53

Many kids are gross. Some adults are too.
Far more are gross than cute.

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BathshebaEverdene1 · 05/05/2024 13:53

Way to go on the assumptions and the racism Barbie Girl!!

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Uricon2 · 05/05/2024 13:53

My Victorian grandmother (who I loved to bits) had no issue with insisting on good table manners

"situpstraightdon'tslouchdon'tchewwithyourmouthopenIdon'twanttoseeyourfooddon'tmakethatnoisewithyourdrinkwipeyourmouthit'swhatnapkinsareforholdyourknifeproperly"

Etc.

4 year olds will need an awful lot of repetition for it to sink in, but it does eventually.

JamSandle · 05/05/2024 13:52

I mean yes it is pretty vile. I think most people would agree.

KreedKafer · 05/05/2024 13:52

I don’t find small children revolting but I do find a lot of things they do irritating and/or gross. I loathe seeing toddlers with food all over their faces and toddler table manners are rank.

PostItInABook · 05/05/2024 13:52

Gymmum82 · 05/05/2024 13:42

Yeah kids are grim. But so are old people. Both smelly and disgusting

And everyone in between. There is a lot of grimness about.

Berlinlover · 05/05/2024 13:51

TwattyMcFuckFace · 05/05/2024 13:25

Who diagnosed you? It sounds unlikely if it wouldn't bother you.

Misophonia is a disorder in which certain sounds trigger emotional or physiological responses that some might perceive as unreasonable given the circumstance. Those who have misophonia might describe it as when a sound “drives you crazy.” Their reactions can range from anger and annoyance to panic and the need to flee.

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Certain sounds not EVERY sound.

TwattyMcFuckFace · 05/05/2024 13:50

@PTSDBarbiegirl well you must have very limited experience to spout that pile of racist nonsense.

Fizbosshoes · 05/05/2024 13:49

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Wow.
I looked after a friends toddler today.
I took him to a toddler class and it wasn't at all difficult to tell who was who!

PTSDBarbiegirl · 05/05/2024 13:46

IME of working in pre school I'm shocked at how few children know how to eat properly. Children from African, Indian, Chinese families can use utensils adeptly and eat from a plate while managing to keep the rest of the food in the plate. It seems the norm from a really young age can also put on own shoes, coats, put bag on. Typical white British families seem to send little ones to pre school with few independent skills to eat. Don't know when this started but it wasn't like this 15 years ago. Also lots of non SEN kids age 5 plus still in nappies.

Gymmum82 · 05/05/2024 13:42

Yeah kids are grim. But so are old people. Both smelly and disgusting

PostItInABook · 05/05/2024 13:41

GivingYourHeadAWobble · 05/05/2024 13:34

One in five people in the UK suffer from misophonia

And every single one of them seems to be a member of Mumsnet 👀

Quiet! I can hear you tapping your keyboard from here.

Boobettes · 05/05/2024 13:39

goldenretrievermum5 · 05/05/2024 13:37

It is a site primarily regarding parenting and largely full of parents. It is a very strange place to be if you are genuinely repulsed by kids as this poster claims

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It's really not strange if the OP wants to join in with the thousands of threads that don't involve discussing children or parenting.

Starting this thread was strange though, for sure.

IHateWasps · 05/05/2024 13:39

It’s really not. It’s so much more than a parenting site now and has been for a long time. There are plenty of topics to enjoy on MN that don’t relate to parenting and there’s even a child free section.

strangewomenlyinginponds · 05/05/2024 13:39

Nah, it's fine, not remotely unkind since you're not actually telling her. You might have misophonia.

Anyway, you can't help how you feel so no point worrying about it.

Noonecaresifyounamechange · 05/05/2024 13:38

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If you’re unable to tell people apart you may have an issue with your sight or cognition. Should probably get that checked out..

unless of course you’re being a dickhead for no reason. Your friends deserve better.

goldenretrievermum5 · 05/05/2024 13:37

IHateWasps · 05/05/2024 13:33

Why on earth are you on MN if you obviously don’t have or want kids then? Strange behaviour

There are hundreds of topics on MN that aren’t about parenting.

It is a site primarily regarding parenting and largely full of parents. It is a very strange place to be if you are genuinely repulsed by kids as this poster claims

MrsPinkSky · 05/05/2024 13:37

goldenretrievermum5 · 05/05/2024 13:33

Why on earth are you on MN if you obviously don’t have or want kids then? Strange behaviour

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It really really isn't, yet this comes up time and time again.

There's a shit tonne of topics and conversation on MN that doesn't involve children.

Not to mention the fact people who don't have their own kids tend to be related to some, or work with them.

rainbowbee · 05/05/2024 13:36

I find them repulsive too at that age. I also don't like it when people share pictures of their babies and toddlers covered in spat-out food. It makes me gag tbh. I have dry-heaved feeding a toddler. (Outside so he didn't see). It's part of the reason why I chose to be child-free.

Youdontevengohere · 05/05/2024 13:35

I find most adults repulsive TBH.

mermaidblueeyes · 05/05/2024 13:35

GivingYourHeadAWobble · 05/05/2024 13:34

One in five people in the UK suffer from misophonia

And every single one of them seems to be a member of Mumsnet 👀

😂😂😂

GivingYourHeadAWobble · 05/05/2024 13:34

One in five people in the UK suffer from misophonia

And every single one of them seems to be a member of Mumsnet 👀

IHateWasps · 05/05/2024 13:33

Why on earth are you on MN if you obviously don’t have or want kids then? Strange behaviour

There are hundreds of topics on MN that aren’t about parenting.

PostItInABook · 05/05/2024 13:33

BathshebaEverdene1 · 05/05/2024 13:31

Yes thank you for making it " my fault " and " my kids fault . She has another parent too, surprise!!

I see her a couple of times a week and obviously do my best to instil better manners.

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You’re welcome. Do better next time. You, your kid, whomever your kid procreated with and the other adults around the small child that’s still learning.

goldenretrievermum5 · 05/05/2024 13:33

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Why on earth are you on MN if you obviously don’t have or want kids then? Strange behaviour