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Pram left overnight in the garden!

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dontcomeatme · 30/06/2025 08:24

Definetly not "end of the world" stuff, but I got quite angry about this.
We have a double buggy that doesn't fit through our front door so needs to be built up outside every time we want to go out, not an issue. Monday mornings are nursery run mornings, I need to get the 7:20am bus. DW always at work. We're both females.
She was sorting jobs out last night while I got the baby settled for sleep. She came upstairs and told me she had built the pram up and just left it in the garden! We have never done that before and I don't like the idea of it. She said it wasn't going to rain so didn't see the issue. Problem is we saw a rat in the garden last week and after speaking with the neighbours turns out that 3 doors down have a rat problem.
I didn't shout at her but I did irritably tell her to go and get the pram in the house because I didn't want rats touching it and she said I was being absolutely ridiculous.
So..
YABU - Leaving the pram outside (weather approving) clearly saves time.
YANBU - Rats carry diseases and its not safe to leave it out.
And would you leave a pram outside at all regardless of the rats?

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Fratolish · 30/06/2025 08:30

Why did you have to be irritable about it? It's not an outlandish thing to do in very dry weather. Couldn't you have just said you don't like the idea of it being out overnight without making her feel stupid about it?

dontcomeatme · 30/06/2025 08:30

gottakeeponmoving · 30/06/2025 08:29

You need to throw foxes, cats and slugs into the mix. Foxes and cats will piss all over it. And slugs .. 😱

Exactly this 😭 absolutely disgusting

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dontcomeatme · 30/06/2025 08:29

TheyreLikeUsButRichAndThin · 30/06/2025 08:27

God our pushchair lives outside unless we have the energy to put it in the car. No big deal. What would rats want with your pushchair unless you’re leaving food in it?

I didn't think the rats would enjoy my sons slide but it did 😅

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gottakeeponmoving · 30/06/2025 08:29

You need to throw foxes, cats and slugs into the mix. Foxes and cats will piss all over it. And slugs .. 😱

dancinfeet · 30/06/2025 08:28

my neighbours cat would 100% take a shit in it if it was left outside my house- so in that respect you are not being unreasonable to presume that any kind of animal could come into contact with the pram overnight.

oncemoreuntothebeachdearfriends · 30/06/2025 08:27

Get a cover?

TheyreLikeUsButRichAndThin · 30/06/2025 08:27

God our pushchair lives outside unless we have the energy to put it in the car. No big deal. What would rats want with your pushchair unless you’re leaving food in it?