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DD’s friend sent video of her grandma having a shower

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Smellthatbbqsmell · 11/05/2025 13:17

Really doubting myself if i’m being over the top about this.

Dd is 7 and has a friend who comes to stay with her grandparents (young -60’s maybe) who are our neighbours.
Dd often plays with her, Dd has used my phone (with my permission) sometimes to call/message her to see if she wants to play.
Her friend is at the grandparents this weekend and Dd played with her briefly yesterday.

This morning I woke up, checked my messages as always and had Whatsapps from the grandma. It was from this girl sending messages to Dd. This girl had taken a video of the grandma having a wash in the shower (very unflattering, of her bum, washing everywhere etc) you hear the girl laughing and telling her she’s filming her, the grandma asks mid bent over if she’s filming. DD’s friend then sends a voice note laughing saying it’s funny and laughing emojis etc.

I obviously didn’t show Dd, but was pretty shocked and not sure what to do, worried in case she sent the video to others etc and thinking of how embarrassing this must be for the poor grandma.
I decided to text the mum to give her a heads up, these are the replies

Aibu to be a bit baffled that she’s not more upset/angry? Her Dc is almost 6, so still
young, but a bit naughty in lots of other ways

Later the grandma sent a message to me saying thank you for letting them know and to have a nice Sunday, it’s just the mums responses? I’m a v easygoing parent in general, but wouldn’t be happy about this if Dd had done it to my mum or me for example.

I am in another country and know they won’t be on here

DD’s friend sent video of her grandma having a shower
DD’s friend sent video of her grandma having a shower
OP posts:
myplace · 11/05/2025 13:24

She’s downplaying it from embarrassment- it doesn’t mean she’s unaware of the issue.

What reply would you expect? It’s not easy to know how to reply, I wouldn’t have thought!

Pandimoanymum · 11/05/2025 13:24

I don't see what's wrong with her response to be honest. She's apologised and said she'll speak to the daughter, it's not as if she's ignoring it.

Smellthatbbqsmell · 11/05/2025 13:24

birdling · 11/05/2025 13:23

Thing is, that's the only snapshot you have of how it's been dealt with. Behind the scenes, they may have been extremely cross with her.
We often have a 'public' face that we use to cover up embarrassment. This could be one of those times.

I did wonder this too, or if she’s embarrassed. Perhaps I shouldn’t have sent the message, just deleted and ignored?

OP posts:
birdling · 11/05/2025 13:23

Thing is, that's the only snapshot you have of how it's been dealt with. Behind the scenes, they may have been extremely cross with her.
We often have a 'public' face that we use to cover up embarrassment. This could be one of those times.