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OMG DD Skyped me naked to in-laws

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MsMommy · 07/12/2015 01:09

I am dying. I'm not dying. I'm dying inside. My daughter was Skyping my inlaws on her iPad and for some unknown reason went walking round the house with the camera out not at her. I just got out of the shower with my other DD. We were in our bedroom. OH was drying DD's hair. I was butt naked (well I had knickers on) moisturising when DD comes in to show inlaws her sister and stands for seconds pointing cam at me in the nuddy. I didn't realise she was on Skype or I'd have ducked down or something. They saw my huge naked gut and droopy tits and every time I think of it I want to curl up and die. OMG. I have to face them at Christmas. Just. How. Even. Do. I... WWYD? How do I put this to the back of my mind and get over it?

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qazxc · 07/12/2015 11:05

Denial,denial, denial, on both sides that any nudity has been witnessed. It will get easier in time.

BondJayneBond · 07/12/2015 11:05

Oh dear, OP Grin

The only thing to do is to pretend that it never happened. They will almost certainly be too polite to bring the subject up themselves.

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MsMommy · 07/12/2015 11:06

It will remain unspoken.

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BoboChic · 07/12/2015 11:07

Mobile devices and FaceTime/Skype are very dangerous!

TheWatchersCouncil · 07/12/2015 11:10

Denial could work. If you all just deny it ever happened, the PILS may start to doubt their own version of events??? (There must be some psychology experiment somewhere that backs this up, rather than it just being wishful thinking.)

JoandMax · 07/12/2015 11:39

Backgrounds on Skype are so blurry I really doubt they'll have seen much, just pretend it never ever happened.....

My ILs once skinny dipped in front of DH and I, it was over 10 years and still etched on my brain.

WicksEnd · 07/12/2015 12:04

Could have been worse.

You could have been DTD when she walked in Grin Thank god for small mercies and all that Smile

kaitlinktm · 07/12/2015 12:42

I know you weren't really considering divorce MsMommy - I ought to have put a Wink face in at that point.

WicksEnd Nooooo Shock

Lovesabadboy · 07/12/2015 13:43

Oh MsMommy - I can totally understand how you feel.

I had a very similar occurrence but mine was not on Skype - it was full-on, in-your-face, real life, can't-deny-this-is-happening mortification!!

DH and I were staying at parents-in-laws and in the morning FIL kindly brought us up a cup of tea to our room. DH opened the door wide to FIL - little realizing that I was standing right behind him just in my knickers about to put my bra on!
I was still breast-feeding at that time, so my wangers were ENORMOUS!

FIL's eyes nearly popped out of his head and how he didn't drop the cups of tea, I will never know.
He had to go and sit down. He has already had one heart attack and we didn't want him having another!

It has NEVER been forgotten, but is now the subject of huge hilarity from time to time...DH finds it amusing to bring up every so often.
Luckily, this was about 19/20 years ago now and so even I can laugh about it myself (and still thank my lucky stars that I had my knickers on!)

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MsMommy · 07/12/2015 13:51

HA!! OMG. I think being across the room and on the Skype probably is marginally less awful than face to face. I couldn't actually see their horrified reactions for a start! Although, FiL always just barges into the room we stay in when we're there so it's a wonder he hasn't had an eyeful before.

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Want2bSupermum · 07/12/2015 14:38

This is the problem with Skype.... MsMommy Sadly we have had a few Skype camera issues. With family being in a different timezone (+5 or 6 hours from us) we now have a rule that we do not skype anyone until we are all up, dressed and ready for the day. We treat it as a 'visit' in that you wouldn't invite someone to your home and be in your PJs.

The morning after I came home from hospital with DS, DH was on skype with his parents and trying to let them be part of DD being introduced to DS for the first time. DD was 18 months old, had done a massive squishy poop during the night and while DH was speaking to his parents DD put her hands in her diaper, covering them in poop. DH of course didn't see this but I did. I started shouting from bed because I couldn't get up quickly as I had a CS. I do my roll to stand to get upright and blood starts flowing down my legs, lots of it. DH is still on Skype with his PIL with the camera on showing them my bloody legs, the stained carpet and DD's poop covered hands which are at this point trying to touch the baby. I was mortified and DH was in total shock not knowing who to help/rescue first. I was trying to stay composed and not swear but failing miserably. I ended up yelling at him 'Your parents don't matter. You need to help DD and me. Get off the phone.' Of course, his parents DO matter, but his priority list at that particular moment put them last. I felt awful for saying it and things were a bit awkward 3 months later when we visited!

MoriartyIsMyAngel · 07/12/2015 16:05

Wow Supermum - clearly nobody felt able to top that! Grin

I once accidentally flashed teenage DS, about five years ago. I feel he's probably only mildly traumatized by this point. It all fades.

Want2bSupermum · 07/12/2015 16:50

At least in my case my SIL and I laugh about it now. She heard about it from my MIL who was totally offended and my SIL was laughing so hard she was crying for about half an hour.

My MIL is the professionally offended type and her DS is the golden boy who can't do wrong. DH, while able to keep calm at work with no issues, is the type who gets so easily overwhelmed by simple things at home like a poop explosion, two kids whining, more than three pots on the stove etc. He just doesn't think sometimes and this was one of those times. My SIL told MIL to be thankful I didn't kill DH! Hence the rule that we are ready for the day before skype calls start.

Coldand · 07/12/2015 19:17

OP sometimes the skype image freezes and you are looking at the same image till you disconnect or it is too blurry
Xmas Grin could be the latter

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MsMommy · 07/12/2015 21:56

You're not helping Coldland!
That's a good rule Supermum.

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LuluJakey1 · 07/12/2015 22:00

We once stayed with PIL and I got up to go to the loo early morning. FIL came out with his bits danglng out of his dressing gown- have never got over the withered sagginess of it all. I don't even think he noticed.
DH was horrified. I just think that is how he will end up!

Ilovetorrentialrain · 07/12/2015 22:52

OP as a pp has said please know that Skype pic quality will be completely bobbins. They won't have seen any clear detail at all.

Ilovetorrentialrain · 07/12/2015 22:56

OP on the plus side too... Brilliant thread. 😀

Ilovetorrentialrain · 07/12/2015 22:58

Or as another pp has said, the image can just freeze, fixated on one image, for ages. (Joking).

girlguide123 · 07/12/2015 23:53

oh how totally awful for you!

I think I would have to ground my daughter until she went to uni. or take back her phone. or BOTH.

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MsMommy · 08/12/2015 00:12

I'm praying it was blurry, but I am getting over it - slightly - now. This helped, thanks all.

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MsMommy · 12/12/2015 13:16

Found my outfit for Christmas Day.
(This is not actually me. Just to be clear.)

OMG DD Skyped me naked to in-laws
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Mumwithdilemmas · 18/01/2016 20:11

I'd be mortified, but overtime it will become a funny story.

MGC1986 · 23/04/2016 22:22

Just found this post and found it all highly amusing.

My brother and his partner (male) were showing my parents their holiday photos on their 42 inch TV and forgot that amongst the photos of beaches and landmarks there was a close up of one of their more intimate moments! From what I understand it was a close up of a back passage being used as an entrance! Worst still the remote control they were using to navigate had dodgy batteries and they couldn't get it to move off the photo immediately.

OP - how was Christmas? Was anything mentioned?

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