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School pick up twat

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Revoltingrhyme · 25/05/2023 22:11

We’re all anonymous here so we can secretly rage at the one person who drives us insane at school pick up.

Now I’ll start by saying this isn’t an attack on the women, I am a young, high maintenance woman myself- platinum hair, false tan etc but there’s a few groups of similar mums at the school pick up who come in gym sets, hair all done, lovely done filler. Very glam.

But it’s this one dad who sets my teeth on edge. He will cut the queue every day and walk up the path past everyone until he finds one of these mums and tries to flirt with them very blatantly. It’s the strut he does, the specific type of woman he looks for. He’s not even cutting right up to the front, just until he sees one of these mums who are simply trying to pick up their kids. Argh he makes my skin crawl and it never fails to irritate me every day 😂

Anyone else have that one twat at pick up who annoys you?

OP posts:
Jellycats4life · 25/05/2023 23:34

A few of the mums round my way love to wear those gym leggings that go right up your bum crack like a thong. I think I actually blushed when I found myself walking behind one for the first time, it was borderline obscene.

HerMammy · 25/05/2023 23:36

@Inkypot
Did you not know on MN no decent mother has coloured hair and they dress like Kate Middleton, getting tan or nails is just trashy, any type of self care is common.

MyNewWittyUserName · 25/05/2023 23:38

Zone2NorthLondon · 25/05/2023 22:49

Haha I wondered. Went out Liverpool with a work colleague,she starts getting ready 5 hour before and everyone was all dolled up. Lassies in Liverpool are well glam

Depends what your definition of glam is, tbh.

55balloons · 25/05/2023 23:38

misslooloo · 25/05/2023 22:48

I’m glad I don’t live in Liverpool… sounds exhausting 😂

Here it’s the Dry Robe crew that send me insane. I doubt they’ve ever been cold water swimming, never mind nipping in for a quickie before the school run.

Dry Robes are middle-class PJs.

The dryrobe brigade are so irritating.. We have them at our schoolgates.. Most on pta so always on "important" business at the school... Let them at it..

55balloons · 25/05/2023 23:40

LarkLane · 25/05/2023 23:27

Start a rumour that he's a really shit hairdresser trying to drum up business.

🤣🤣🤣

NeverDropYourMooncup · 25/05/2023 23:45

55balloons · 25/05/2023 23:38

The dryrobe brigade are so irritating.. We have them at our schoolgates.. Most on pta so always on "important" business at the school... Let them at it..

Have some kryptonite from me.

'Oh, hi! I do like your anorak - it reminds me of pictures of kids in the seventies wearing them with a knitted balaclava. Did you have elastic through your sleeves for your gloves as well?'

55balloons · 25/05/2023 23:51

I would if they looked in my direction but our dryrobe brigade are quite insular & only associated with like minded individuals (pta😉)

Hopelesscynic · 25/05/2023 23:58

Sorry but your description of "glam" is rather grim. Fake tans and platinum hair? No thanks

sunglassesonthetable · 26/05/2023 00:01

*Have some kryptonite from me.

'Oh, hi! I do like your anorak - it reminds me of pictures of kids in the seventies wearing them with a knitted balaclava. Did you have elastic through your sleeves for your gloves as well?'*

Yes falling about. I swim every week and I wouldn't be without my DR on a cold beach. If you hit on me with your "kryptonite " I'd think you were a bonkers. But crack on.

Kryptonite. God alive.

WestHamAreMassive · 26/05/2023 00:05

I also had to google dry robe. I mean they're great for the beach but not anywhere else surely? Like a dressing gown?

LarkLane · 26/05/2023 00:13

Hopelesscynic · 25/05/2023 23:58

Sorry but your description of "glam" is rather grim. Fake tans and platinum hair? No thanks

I don't think we will be dating anyone called Hopeless, so don't fret about it love.

Inkypot · 26/05/2023 00:17

HerMammy · 25/05/2023 23:36

@Inkypot
Did you not know on MN no decent mother has coloured hair and they dress like Kate Middleton, getting tan or nails is just trashy, any type of self care is common.

🤣🤣🤣🤣

Tiddlypomtiddlypom · 26/05/2023 06:53

Zone2NorthLondon · 25/05/2023 22:13

Hell where do you go to school? Glam mums and poon hound dads
Nothing so exciting at my school

😆😆😆

Tiddlypomtiddlypom · 26/05/2023 06:59

Dry Robes are middle-class PJs.

Never a truer word spoken.

I do own one, but I surf and paddleboard at weekends. So I wear it then. I.e. in the vicinity of water.

I was baffled to stand behind a woman wearing one over workwear on the central line.

EarringsandLipstick · 26/05/2023 07:00

Made the mistake of googling Dry Robe.

Just why?

The 'why' is pretty easy.

They are for wearing after a sea / outdoor swim. They are full-length & the inner material allows you to wear them straight from the water & keep warm.

For genuine outdoor swimmers, which is A Thing at the moment, they are great.

Wearing to the school run or anywhere other than water-side is a crime though!

Damnloginpopup · 26/05/2023 07:01

I have the normal towelling dryrove and the dryrobe Velcro'd waist towel. I use them to change under when getting out of my costume or wetsuit and leave them on until i'm dry. Don't like the big, bulky plastic carrier bag ones at all.

RTFM !!! They aren't asda bag for life, don't shop in them ffs 🤣

EarringsandLipstick · 26/05/2023 07:02

I was baffled to stand behind a woman wearing one over workwear on the central line.

😳😳😳😳

A number of mums wear them at GAA / soccer matches here.

It does make sense as it's so bloody cold at the sides of pitches but still - no. There has to be water, and you have to have been in it. The End (still they are warm as I shiver in my layers).

ittakes2 · 26/05/2023 07:14

the only thing that would bother me about this is the que cutting.
besides - to me it clear he targets them because he thinks they'll let him que jump the bad flirting is his strategy. Take it as a compliment he doesn't think you be swayed by bad flirting.

55balloons · 26/05/2023 07:15

EarringsandLipstick · 26/05/2023 07:00

Made the mistake of googling Dry Robe.

Just why?

The 'why' is pretty easy.

They are for wearing after a sea / outdoor swim. They are full-length & the inner material allows you to wear them straight from the water & keep warm.

For genuine outdoor swimmers, which is A Thing at the moment, they are great.

Wearing to the school run or anywhere other than water-side is a crime though!

We agree on something finally @EarringsandLipstick 😁

LaGioconda · 26/05/2023 07:17

Happy to say that most people at our pick-up turn up in jeans and a T shirt/jumper/coat according to the weather, apart from the occasional harassed-looking parent in work wear.

chrystlha · 26/05/2023 07:18

LarkLane · 25/05/2023 23:27

Start a rumour that he's a really shit hairdresser trying to drum up business.

made me choke on breakfast

NeverDropYourMooncup · 26/05/2023 07:20

sunglassesonthetable · 26/05/2023 00:01

*Have some kryptonite from me.

'Oh, hi! I do like your anorak - it reminds me of pictures of kids in the seventies wearing them with a knitted balaclava. Did you have elastic through your sleeves for your gloves as well?'*

Yes falling about. I swim every week and I wouldn't be without my DR on a cold beach. If you hit on me with your "kryptonite " I'd think you were a bonkers. But crack on.

Kryptonite. God alive.

Wearing a big anorak on a cold beach seems pretty normal if you're into that sort of thing.

Choosing to wear a hugely expensive big anorak in the school playground somewhere on the outskirts of Bromley because it's how they signal that they're Not Like The Other Mums and being determined to ignore the fact that it is a big anorak they wouldn't ever consider without the marketing and big price tag is somewhat different.

LlynTegid · 26/05/2023 07:25

The dad, does his behaviour verge on harassment? Not just a 'hello'. Or could you advise his wife/partner of this behaviour?

Giselletheunicorn · 26/05/2023 07:25

God, I'd never survive in Liverpool! I live 3 mins from school gate and still haven't my brushed my hair half the time before I leave for the school run....

PuttingDownRoots · 26/05/2023 07:27

The one that parks on the grass verge directly under the No parking sign.

(Un)fortunately the enforcement van was around the other week.

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