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I know IABU but I can’t help but have my own feelings about this

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soverypissedoffnow · 22/12/2025 18:19

Ordered pizza tonight. A very rare treat. Had one slice and as I was turning away to deal with ds2, ds1 (5) smothered my fucking pizza with sauce.

i don’t know wtf he was thinking either

and I know he’s five but fgs

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05h · 23/12/2025 17:27

Frazzledmummy123 · 23/12/2025 14:27

I really wish a kid pouring tomato sauce over my pizza was the worst thing I had to deal with at the moment. I get it was annoying, but a pizza can be replaced.

Wildly unhelpful. You have no idea if this is the worst thing OP is dealing with or if it's one thing in a long string of other things that has tipped her over the edge. There's no need to invalidate OP's bad times by trying to one up her... if you're in a bad place and you want help, start your own thread.

Frazzledmummy123 · 23/12/2025 14:30

soverypissedoffnow · 23/12/2025 13:01

This is where people can be really … I don’t know, what’s the word, but just so ignorant. A pack of mince is £5. I coukd get three meals from that.

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You are saying people are ignorant, yet here you are making a massive song and a dance out of a ruined pizza and £8.

Frazzledmummy123 · 23/12/2025 14:27

I really wish a kid pouring tomato sauce over my pizza was the worst thing I had to deal with at the moment. I get it was annoying, but a pizza can be replaced.

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 23/12/2025 14:07

I loathe ketchup. I like almost all foods, but even the smell of ketchup is disgusting to me.

I’d be ordering another.

justpassmethemouse · 23/12/2025 14:05

Goldeh · 23/12/2025 13:31

I swear about my kids all the time, just not to their faces. I texted DH only this morning to tell him that the teenager was being a grumpy dickhead and that the youngest was not helping matters by being in "deliberately-aggravating little shit mode".

To their faces in calm, emotionally-regulated, and I respond appropriately but sometimes I need to vent to an adult and that involves the use of adult language.

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You do you, but I wouldn’t be able to do that, I can’t even bring myself to say anything worse about my ~cat~ than “a little dementor”.

Goldeh · 23/12/2025 13:31

justpassmethemouse · 23/12/2025 11:25

I’m not pearl clutching, I just think it’s concerning to be that incensed over a pizza to be swearing about your five year old. It’s not a rational response, and OP’s further comments on this thread back that up.

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I swear about my kids all the time, just not to their faces. I texted DH only this morning to tell him that the teenager was being a grumpy dickhead and that the youngest was not helping matters by being in "deliberately-aggravating little shit mode".

To their faces in calm, emotionally-regulated, and I respond appropriately but sometimes I need to vent to an adult and that involves the use of adult language.

Katemax82 · 23/12/2025 13:11

I'd be raging!

Iheartwhitetshirts · 23/12/2025 13:10

PInkyStarfish · 22/12/2025 18:22

That’s unkind behaviour from a five year old. Is there more to this?

Yes he’s squirting ketchup because he’s a serial killer in the making. FFS this website 🙄

EchoedSilence · 23/12/2025 13:04

Nourishinghandcream · 23/12/2025 13:00

This thread just got me thinking.......🤔

I have NEVER had a takeaway or delivered pizza.

I like pizza and buy a frozen one from the supermarket or make my own but I have NEVER ordered one and/or chosen my own toppings.

You are missing out.

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soverypissedoffnow · 23/12/2025 13:01

justpassmethemouse · 23/12/2025 12:51

Have to say I agree. I know everyone’s budgets are different but you can get a small from Domino’s for only about £8. The ketchupped pizza can be the kids’ lunch for tomorrow so it’s not wasted.

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This is where people can be really … I don’t know, what’s the word, but just so ignorant. A pack of mince is £5. I coukd get three meals from that.

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Nourishinghandcream · 23/12/2025 13:00

This thread just got me thinking.......🤔

I have NEVER had a takeaway or delivered pizza.

I like pizza and buy a frozen one from the supermarket or make my own but I have NEVER ordered one and/or chosen my own toppings.

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soverypissedoffnow · 23/12/2025 12:59

justpassmethemouse · 23/12/2025 12:51

Have to say I agree. I know everyone’s budgets are different but you can get a small from Domino’s for only about £8. The ketchupped pizza can be the kids’ lunch for tomorrow so it’s not wasted.

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This is where people can be really … I don’t know, what’s the word, but just so ignorant. A pack of mince is £5. I coukd get three meals from that.

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justpassmethemouse · 23/12/2025 12:51

Growlybear83 · 23/12/2025 08:06

As this happened so early in the evening, I would have just checked it out and ordered another one.

Have to say I agree. I know everyone’s budgets are different but you can get a small from Domino’s for only about £8. The ketchupped pizza can be the kids’ lunch for tomorrow so it’s not wasted.

MrsSkylerWhite · 23/12/2025 12:30

ThereAreOnlyShadesOfGrey · 22/12/2025 20:14

I would have gone apeshit.

And then I would have thrown the pizza in the bin in front of him to show him that he’d ruined my dinner.

“He’s just five” isn’t good enough. At five children know not to touch other people’s food.

😳

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soverypissedoffnow · 23/12/2025 12:04

Growlybear83 · 23/12/2025 08:06

As this happened so early in the evening, I would have just checked it out and ordered another one.

Then you have more money than me. Bet you feel amazing now.

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Gymnopedie · 23/12/2025 11:36

Agix · 23/12/2025 08:09

... Just get another pizza another day.

OP says this was a rare treat. So maybe that's not the clever response you thought it was.

justpassmethemouse · 23/12/2025 11:25

Pippa12 · 23/12/2025 00:53

Honestly, there was a thread about somebody’s ‘D’H hiding in the garden pissed and snorting coke in the middle of the night yesterday and your pearl clutching over the F bomb 😂

You’ve clearly never had your tea ruined by a well meaning 5 year old before- evokes all sorts of irrational emotions 😂

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I’m not pearl clutching, I just think it’s concerning to be that incensed over a pizza to be swearing about your five year old. It’s not a rational response, and OP’s further comments on this thread back that up.

Goldeh · 23/12/2025 10:07

Bruisername · 23/12/2025 07:52

I wasn’t advocating going apeshit!!

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I know, I think I worded it badly. I was agreeing with you that he should be told not to mess with other people's food and that there's a huge difference between that and a PPs suggestion about going apeshit.

Agix · 23/12/2025 08:09

... Just get another pizza another day.

Growlybear83 · 23/12/2025 08:06

As this happened so early in the evening, I would have just checked it out and ordered another one.

Bruisername · 23/12/2025 07:52

Goldeh · 22/12/2025 22:10

There's a world of difference though between explaining "you should only put ketchup on your own food" and going apeshit while binning the entire meal.

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I wasn’t advocating going apeshit!!

amiadickhead · 23/12/2025 01:13

PInkyStarfish · 22/12/2025 18:22

That’s unkind behaviour from a five year old. Is there more to this?

wtf? are you waiting for a drip feed that he tortured the family puppy or something? unkind 😂😂😂 i can't stop laughing

Pallisers · 23/12/2025 01:08

God that must have been frustrating - even more so since it was a 5 year old so not malicious so you can't even really indulge your anger.

I would take the time to explain to your son that he should NEVER do anything to shared food but only to his own food on his own plate.

Pippa12 · 23/12/2025 00:53

justpassmethemouse · 22/12/2025 19:22

It’s the swearing making me think YABU. I know this is just Mumsnet but still 👀 it’s tomato sauce on a tomato pizza, I’m sure you can scrape it off

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Honestly, there was a thread about somebody’s ‘D’H hiding in the garden pissed and snorting coke in the middle of the night yesterday and your pearl clutching over the F bomb 😂

You’ve clearly never had your tea ruined by a well meaning 5 year old before- evokes all sorts of irrational emotions 😂

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