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Found this bloody weird note….

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Radicalpiloti · 20/08/2025 00:04

Bit of a strange one. I finally got around to emptying my son’s schoolbag and amongst the utter rubbish (including a Batman figurine he insists isn’t his!) there was an envelope tucked inside with just “For You” written on it.

Inside was a list of instructions. Things like:

  • “Don’t forget to lock the back door at night.”
  • “Children should never sit on cold floors.”
  • “The blue cup is for milk, not juice.”
  • “Be careful who you trust with secrets.”

I asked DC where it came from and he just shrugged and said, dunno. Asked on my parent friends WhatsApp and they had no idea.

DH says I’m being dramatic and it’s probably nothing, but I feel really weird about it

i don’t even know what I’m asking but, wtf!

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JackGrealishsBobbySocks · 24/08/2025 17:02

Could be, mate. Could be.

Returnofjude · 24/08/2025 17:00

JackGrealishsBobbySocks · 24/08/2025 17:00

Maybe the OP was going to take a picture and the camera died.

Or maybe when she developed the photo she noticed something strange in the corner... something that got closer and closer to the lens in every frame... something too terrifying to post on the Internet.

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Or maybe she saw a UFO and got distracted

JackGrealishsBobbySocks · 24/08/2025 17:00

Returnofjude · 24/08/2025 16:23

😆

Yes… maybe 😆

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Maybe the OP was going to take a picture and the camera died.

Or maybe when she developed the photo she noticed something strange in the corner... something that got closer and closer to the lens in every frame... something too terrifying to post on the Internet.

theDudesmummy · 24/08/2025 16:42

I did say that one needs to be aware that Roblox has a chat element and so that needs monitoring, but the note in itself isn't concerning or sinister, it's more advice from Roblox player to another, I should think. The fear was that the phrases were somewhat "weird", and so they are if taken out of context. Knowing that it is Roblox can and should lead to a conversation about the games and what he is playing or wants to play, and who he communicates with, what friends of his also play etc. Not to interrogating the school management and bothering the police!

Returnofjude · 24/08/2025 16:23

theDudesmummy · 24/08/2025 16:02

Well maybe it was in another room and she didn't want to wake people up at that time etc etc? Who knows? The point is there is nothing weird about her not immediately putting up a picture of the note. I imagine if the mystery had continued to be unsolved she probably would have at some point. As it was, what would have been the point?

😆

Yes… maybe 😆

expresslylee · 24/08/2025 16:22

theDudesmummy · 24/08/2025 16:02

Well maybe it was in another room and she didn't want to wake people up at that time etc etc? Who knows? The point is there is nothing weird about her not immediately putting up a picture of the note. I imagine if the mystery had continued to be unsolved she probably would have at some point. As it was, what would have been the point?

@theDudesmummy You keep saying the mystery was "solved" but in fact the only thing "solved" was that there is a link to Roblox. Examples of lives issues (not "solved"):

  • had there been contact with an adult on Roblox which had led to real life contact?
  • why was an adult writing a note and addressing it to the child as "for you"
  • did the note get put into the wrong bag and if so what to do about that
  • what action could be taken to ascertain if there had been grooming or other risks (at least one poster has referred to a real life situation where their child had been groomed via Roblox)

the OP might not be coming back, possibly partly to do with the shoddy treatment they got from some posters, but even if so, still worth people posting - not everyone is going to be aware of the risk posted by Roblox for example so worth sharing

theDudesmummy · 24/08/2025 16:02

Well maybe it was in another room and she didn't want to wake people up at that time etc etc? Who knows? The point is there is nothing weird about her not immediately putting up a picture of the note. I imagine if the mystery had continued to be unsolved she probably would have at some point. As it was, what would have been the point?

Returnofjude · 24/08/2025 15:58

theDudesmummy · 24/08/2025 15:57

Here it is.

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And look when the thread was started. And subsequent posts. The Op clearly was at home with the note at midnight

Returnofjude · 24/08/2025 15:57

Op was at work when she posted that she was at work and didn’t have it with her at circa 11am

but at midnight.., when thread started and she was posting lots… I am guessing not at work

theDudesmummy · 24/08/2025 15:57

Radicalpiloti · 20/08/2025 10:57

I did speak to DS again about it but he just got really annoyed and told me not to ask him anymore. He’s usually quite chatty so that in itself feels a bit off. He swears he doesn’t know where it came from and now refuses to talk about it.

The other points weren’t as creepy really, something about ‘Children shouldn’t play near the hedge’ and ‘Don’t let bedtime stories go unfinished.” I’m at work so don’t have it here

And we did have a blue cup when he was a child that we always called the “milk cup,” but I’m sure loads of families had something like that. It’s not some huge smoking gun. Still, the whole thing is unsettling, honestly I don’t know what to think - veering between it’s nothing and it’s something horrid!

Here it is.

Returnofjude · 24/08/2025 15:56

theDudesmummy · 24/08/2025 15:52

Post at 20/8 10.57. She said she was at work and didn't have it with her.

Did the op name change?

because I have just selected all and the thread was started at midnight and all posts are very late and none at this time you quote

theDudesmummy · 24/08/2025 15:55

I imagine when she found the answer she disengaged from the thread, given all the ridiculous suggestions by people who hadn't read it.

Returnofjude · 24/08/2025 15:55

🤷‍♀️
Didn’t post it
hardly onerous

theDudesmummy · 24/08/2025 15:54

Don't know what you mean by "convenient"? There was no point in posting the note when she had now found out what it was (which was not really very exciting)!

theDudesmummy · 24/08/2025 15:52

Post at 20/8 10.57. She said she was at work and didn't have it with her.

Returnofjude · 24/08/2025 15:50

theDudesmummy · 24/08/2025 15:46

She didn't because the note wasn't with her when she first posted and by the time it was, the mystery had been solved...

Where does the op ever say the note “isn’t with her”?

Returnofjude · 24/08/2025 15:48

Convenient the note “wasn’t with her”

Returnofjude · 24/08/2025 15:48

theDudesmummy · 24/08/2025 15:46

She didn't because the note wasn't with her when she first posted and by the time it was, the mystery had been solved...

She still could have posted it….

theDudesmummy · 24/08/2025 15:46

She didn't because the note wasn't with her when she first posted and by the time it was, the mystery had been solved...

Returnofjude · 24/08/2025 15:29

It would have been so easy to post a screenshot of the note in full.

The fact the OP didn’t….

Zoec1975 · 24/08/2025 15:25

Radicalpiloti · 20/08/2025 00:20

Not funny

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Sorry I had to 🤭 😂

FlubandSlub · 24/08/2025 13:20

JackGrealishsBobbySocks · 20/08/2025 00:16

I think you need to go into the dark kitchen by yourself now, after midnight, take a deep breath, pour some juice in the blue cup, and see what happens.

Make sure the back door is locked and don't look at the window

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So funny 😂 😀 🤣

theDudesmummy · 24/08/2025 12:51

Ask the school what?

Labelledelune · 24/08/2025 11:41

My first reaction would be to ask the school surely?

theDudesmummy · 24/08/2025 09:45

NONE OF IT IS "SCARY"! It is a list of quotes/ hints and tips from a common and popular kids' game, that is all.

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