Page 29 | Neighbour’s kid picked my daffodils

Lucylooloo2 · 2025-03-21T22:48:12+00:00

Just that really, had lots of notifications of movement on the doorbell camera and lo and behold a kid (8ish years old) from a few houses down with a bunch of daffodils in her hand. Checked mine in my front garden when I got home and Every. Single. One. has been taken. I’m just really sad tbh. Know there are much bigger problems in the world but they were a little spark of joy for me 😕

Glitchymn1 · 22/03/2025 03:13

I thought I was going crazy, stealing is NOT ‘super sweet’. The fact this child hasn’t picked the daffs in her own bloody garden screams ‘little shit.’
Thankfully voting is 95% YANBU.

Children should be taught not to steal/ disrespect other people’s property.

BabyRuthless · 22/03/2025 03:06

AffableApple · 21/03/2025 22:57

This.

(Also Mother's Day is over a week away, so unlikely to be for that for those suggesting so.)

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Does an 8 year old know how long daffodils last? I would have hid them from my mum at that age, until it was the day I needed them, only to find them dead😆

Anyway, YANBU OP. I would be annoyed at this.

AlpacaMittens · 22/03/2025 02:44

MounjaroOnMyMind · 22/03/2025 00:09

Oh for goodness sake, she has to wait a whole year?

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Until another super sweet eight year old picks them sweetly for their mummy.

AlpacaMittens · 22/03/2025 02:32

Mamofboys5972 · 21/03/2025 22:51

I also love having fresh flowers in the garden, especially daffodils. However, that little spark of joy they bring you? They clearly also spark that in others 🥰 maybe that little girl picked them for her mam for mothers day! Super sweet x

Howling at this so very unhinged post 🤣🤣🤣

DontWheeshtMe · 22/03/2025 02:26

Violinist64 · 21/03/2025 23:16

I do think that an eight year old knew exactly what she was doing and that it was wrong. However, this brings back memories of my brother aged around four with the little girl from next door but one picking all the daffodils from our next door neighbour's garden then knocking on her door and presenting her with them.

This reminds me of a sad story from my mother that happened in the 60s
My parents had lodgers as they’d just bought a house and didn’t have a lot of money.
One of the lodgers picked mum some flowers outside the local Town hall on his way home from work.
She was chuffed to bits as no one had ever given her flowers before but soon after the lodger gave her the flowers there was a knock on the door from a policeman who’d followed the lodger home telling mum the flowers in her hand were stolen. Poor mum, the shame she must have felt
This story has always made me so sad
One reason I always gave my mum flowers whenever I saw her

sorry for that derail OP

I do agree with you OP, you need to talk to the parents. It’s not kind to take from others

hopesforsummer · 22/03/2025 02:19

LoremIpsumCici · 21/03/2025 22:49

They will grow back next year, so a minor harm.

It’s OP’s property and the parent should’ve stopped the child or at least made them apologise

KimberleyClark · 22/03/2025 02:18

Awakeatnite · 22/03/2025 02:05

Is there any chance that you can go to the gardening centre and replace the flowers with something?

Why should OP be out of pocket because of a thieving kid?

Gremlins101 · 22/03/2025 02:18

I'd be having a kind but firm word with the child's mum.

I would want someone to say something if it was my kids.

Awakeatnite · 22/03/2025 02:05

Is there any chance that you can go to the gardening centre and replace the flowers with something?

Cancelthebreak · 22/03/2025 02:03

Mamofboys5972 · 21/03/2025 22:51

I also love having fresh flowers in the garden, especially daffodils. However, that little spark of joy they bring you? They clearly also spark that in others 🥰 maybe that little girl picked them for her mam for mothers day! Super sweet x

Sweet, my arse. What a thieving little brat

listentoadvice · 22/03/2025 02:01

I'd say there is a bigger problem here in that an 8 year old is wandering around without adult supervision. Seems a bit too young to be alone on a neighbour's garden. I'd definitely not like the thought of my kids picking flowers (stealing) but I'd worry more as a parent of the risks of young children roaming around alone in other people's properties!

WearyAuldWumman · 22/03/2025 02:01

Snugglemonkey · 22/03/2025 01:42

Major this year though. We could all be dead by next year!

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Not meaning to be dramatic, but that's the first thing that came to my mind.

My late husband was disabled, so it was hard for him to get out and about. If someone had deprived him of seeing our daffies in the last year of his life, it would have been a major blow.

CustardySergeant · 22/03/2025 01:53

Bournetilly · 22/03/2025 01:52

YANBU but she probably didn’t realise she was doing anything wrong. Definitely speak to her parents so they can tell her not to do this again.

Surely at 8 she should know not to even go in someone else's garden, let alone pick the flowers.

notatinydancer · 22/03/2025 01:53

Mamofboys5972 · 21/03/2025 22:51

I also love having fresh flowers in the garden, especially daffodils. However, that little spark of joy they bring you? They clearly also spark that in others 🥰 maybe that little girl picked them for her mam for mothers day! Super sweet x

It’s not sweet , it’s stealing.

Bournetilly · 22/03/2025 01:52

YANBU but she probably didn’t realise she was doing anything wrong. Definitely speak to her parents so they can tell her not to do this again.

AppleDumplingWithCustard · 22/03/2025 01:50

Sunbeam01 · 21/03/2025 23:15

I couldn't get upset over this because they were picked by a very young child.

Some of these responses are extremely OTT.

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Eight is not very young. It’s old enough to know better.

Snugglemonkey · 22/03/2025 01:42

LoremIpsumCici · 21/03/2025 22:49

They will grow back next year, so a minor harm.

Major this year though. We could all be dead by next year!

Snippit · 22/03/2025 01:34

Keiththecatwithamagichat · 21/03/2025 22:56

I actually have a childhood memory of being shouted at by a teacher for picking some daffodils at school and being a bit shocked. I now understand they're bulbs and will only flower once per year but as a child I just wanted to pick some pretty flowers amd saw no difference between them and buttercups or daisies.

So I completely get why it's annoying but the child may not understand!

I did exactly the same as a child, I didn’t realise the significance either. My daughter did the same and gave me the flowers 🤦‍♀️. I explained to her that she shouldn’t have done it and apologised to my neighbour.

Velmy · 22/03/2025 01:23

You should probably have him shot.

Hedgehogsaremything · 22/03/2025 01:09

when I was 6 I was walking home from school and saw some beautiful daffodils in a garden and picked one. I hadn’t noticed the owner had come out of their door when they shouted “I saw you do that!”. I was so scared and ran home. Remember the whole thing 45 years later. Never did it again, obvs.

As PPs have said, the parent(s) must have wondered where they came from. I would tell them next time you see them.

JustCabbaggeLooking · 22/03/2025 01:06

Aw, I get it, OP. You can't do anything about it but it's demoralising, a 'what's the fucking point?' moment.
My Labrador pup, in her excitement at her first Spring, nipped all the heads of my irises.
A garden that should have been surrounded by beautiful, elegant purple blooms. Just in time for our post wedding party.
What we had was proud, headless stalks surrounded by shredded leaves.
She was 17 when we lost her to old age and it's 15 years since then (so 32 years😃) and she's still not forgiven.
But an 8 year old should know better.💐

Bigcat25 · 22/03/2025 00:48

8 is plenty old enough to instill not to pick neighbor's flowers, let alone all of them! I've been telling my son this since he was about 2.

Mumtobabyhavoc · 22/03/2025 00:46

My 8 year old DD is borderline feral

😂😂😂😂

Deadringer · 22/03/2025 00:45

Jesus reading this thread some people really would let their kids away with anything no wonder there are so many brats about! As a child I would never have picked someone's flowers and nor would any of my siblings or friends. I would definitely let her parents know, otherwise you may kiss your tulips goodbye.

Rainallnight · 22/03/2025 00:43

My 8 year old DD is borderline feral and even she would know not to do this.

In fact, my six year old saw kids picking daffs in a public park today and was outraged.

A lot of kids do it in parks round here. We have a lot of high rises nearby and I think the kids living there genuinely have no idea and haven’t been told that they’ve been planted specially etc.

But if her family have their own daffodils in their own gardens then she knows the score.