Argh, when the kids drop you in it

[TheVeryAngryCaterpillar]

Over at my stepmum's house, with the kids happily playing and she and I chatting over a cuppa, my youngest pipes up "Mum, why did you say that SM isn't
part of our family?"

I have not, nor would I ever, say that DSM isn't in our family. She's helped us so much with all manner of things, I've known her since I was a young teen, she is a beloved grandmother to the kids and absolutely part of our family, and since my DDad passed away we actually see more of her than we did when we had them both.

I may have at some point tried to explain to DD the differences in how everyone in our family is related by birth or marriage when learning about family trees, but whatever I said, it wasn't that!

Then I tried to make things better by struggling to explain how I'd never said it and it she might be thinking of the term blood relation which just made it worse...like "oh but of course SM isn't our blood relative"...poor SM. To top it off she'd made the kids a bloody early birthday cake with beautiful rainbow icing.

Fml, thanks a bunch. Please tell me I'm not the only one whose child (falsely!) shames them to their nearest and dearest.

They shouldn’t be allowed out till ready for marriage.

Normally I’d say leave it, but I think you need to call your SM and explain what you were actually saying to your daughter.

Yeah, perhaps I should. Doesn't help that I can't remember the conversation that I got it from!

One of my children constantly did this kind of thing throughout their childhood. Only now at 22 has finally stopped doing it. They are autistic and just didn’t get it.

Dont trust kids only trust the cat.

I would agree - if she’s a really lovely Grandmother- then that’s to be cherished. And also that may have hurt her - even though it wasn’t meant to.
Worth repairing the possible damage. Blooming kids!!

Not to my nearest and dearest, but to their class at school, with trickle down effect to their parents.
Older kid had already had the school 'drugs' talk, and younger kid was talking about it with me. Part of our conversation included me saying that alcohol and cigarettes (nicotine) were also drugs. Cue kid 2 telling the class during their drugs talk that I did drugs. I drank wine at the weekends. Of course I only heard about this later, but It would explain some of the stand-offishness of some parents at the school we had quite recently moved to.

😆

Cat will throw you under the bus and pretend it's starving if someone comes along with the right food! Dog will trade sausage for eternal loyalty.

Only trust the goldfish.

It's not as bad, but my DS (age 7) loudly announced at the park this week, whilst stood next to another mum, that I just sat on the sofa for hours doing nothing!! (Single mumma, with their dad in job which means he isn't around much!!) I just rolled my eyes and said "I wish" to which the other mum laughed and said, "don't we all". little traitor. 😂

I complemented my sister-in-law on her new hairstyle when my youngest piped up 'that's not what you said when you saw her picture on Facebook, you said she looed like a mushroom!' I actually wished I'd died on the spot.
My DH and his brother nearly wet themselves laughing. It was years ago but I break out into a sweaty panic every time I think about it! 😫

Ahh poor SM & you. I do think an awkward conversation to explain would be worth it - hopefully she understands that kids talk nonsense.

My youngest can NOT keep anything to herself & constantly passes on information that I would never share to my mother 😩

I'm the SGM in this situation. When my GD said something similar to me (in front of her mum), I simply replied 'yes, I know, aren't you lucky that you have yet another granny to love you?!'. Not offended at all, don't worry!

Hee hee - once got home from visiting a friend to find my cat posted on local FB as 'friendly but seems to be homeless, obviously starving' - little booger had followed me to my friends house around the corner, then gone up and down begging for food (despite having just had her dinner before I left home).

Chatting in the car on the way to see my old school friends for several hours with the kids in the back, and over the many conversations with my husband on route I remarked that I was surprised my friend had chosen an unusual name for her daughter as it wasn't what I would have guessed she would choose and that I prefered the long version of the name over the shortened nickname (she uses both).

My son on day two of our visit suddenly says to my friend that I didn't like (shortened name) and that I was surprised she'd picked it. It sounded awful the way he put it because six year olds don't get the nuances at all and I honestly didn't hate the name at all either then or now, I just liked it better as the full name.

It was so embarrassing. This beautiful little girl is my goddaughter. My friend was gracious when I tried to explain 'it's okay you don't have to like the name' or similar but I think it hurt her, and trying to explain made it sound somehow more like my son's version was true.

Anyway big ears in the back seat, I won't forget that now!

My kids say things out of context like "mam,are are we having tea tonight"(they always do)or "remember the time you pushed me down the stairs"(it never happened,I kept walking while he suddenly stopped and I gently nudged him with my knee).All these things are always said at a doctors appointment.Little shits😂

I remember being taken care of by my mums friend who had a child of a similar age, the child had had an accident resulting in her getting a bump to the head and we all had to go to minor injuries. When asked what had happened the child said with a massive grin on her face ‘my mammy pushed me down the stairs’. She bloody well hadn’t!! Luckily the doctor said he could tell the injury hadn’t been caused by that. They’d have had ss at the door if that was today!

And sometimes a "i was starving all day in school today.Me-well didn't you eat the lunch I packed you?you know the one I pack you every day,for school 😂

Crossed posts about all these poor children getting launched down the stairs 🤣

Thanks everyone, you're making me feel much better!

@Chewbecca you're a good 'un!
@Creamteasandbumblebees gawd, a mushroom 😆 little devils

I took the advice and gave SM a bell, she was very understanding (she's worked with kids a lot) but I was glad I'd called, I think she appreciated it. Bracing myself for the next event now!

I had to take my DD to A&E to get a head wound glued. When we got there, she said "Mum cracked my head!" to anybody who would listen. All I could say was "I did."

DD3 had been in a bit of a meltdown and I tried to jolly her out of it. She stood up on the sofa suddenly and I ended up falling into her, so her head hit the corner of the window reveal.

My ds when young used to drop my exh in it all the time. Eg daddy crashed the car outside so he came in and yelled at (his new wife)! There were a number of similar remarks.

My son did a terrible awful not good thing. I bumped into a woman I know who had looooots of plastic surgery, as he stared up at her (he was two) he started bouncing up and down repeatedly shouting LOOK A REALLY REAL MONKEY. I died seventy thousand times. I thought I fixed it by pointing at a shop and saying he wanted to buy a toy monkey and then my mother ruined it by going ‘oh kids, aren’t they so embarrassing when they speak’
our only option was to never leave the house ever again. To this day when I go out I’m worried about bumping into her

Our son told his teacher I drink beer for breakfast everyday, I’d had the last little bit of non-alcoholic beer before putting the can in the recycling one one occasion!

Decades ago when the insurance man would collect door to door,my dad had a nickname for the man he walked with a limp.
Knock at door..I answered then proceeded to tell dad who it was.
Shouting down the hallway
Dad it's cripple dick.
I don't know what the outcome was.

LOOK A REALLY REAL MONKEY

Pmsl 🤣🤣🤣