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Why is this mum so angry at me?

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Ohhilois · 05/08/2025 23:05

So, dd asked if I could take her and her friend to the cinema. They are 11, (both 12 in November).

The kids worked out what they would like to see, the new Jurassic World film. I text his mum, saying I would book the tickets for it and take them, I checked she was okay with the film choice. She said yes, amazing, thanks so much. I took them this afternoon, they had a great time and both loved the film.

We got back, the kids had dinner here and then she picked him up, all smiles.

This evening, she absolutely kicked off at me over text as she says she didn’t realise it was a 12A and she can’t believe I took her son to see something so inappropriate, she feels so let down after leaving her son in my care, and she will take it further with the cinema, whatever the hell that is supposed to mean.

I just can’t be arsed with this madness. I don’t know where it’s suddenly come from. I checked the film choice with her prior to booking. The boy wasn’t scared or anything, he loved it. He was talking to me and dd about the previous Jurassic World films at dinner - in depth, so he has seen them.

I’ve replied that I am really sorry for any misunderstanding, I asked her if the film choice was okay before I booked but I think she’s blocked me. I mean, ffs, it’s ridiculous, right? Thank god they are going to different secondary schools.

OP posts:
AuntyDepressant · 07/08/2025 16:59

TheodoraCrumpet · 07/08/2025 16:01

Thanks for the update, OP. God save us from the people who can't live without having beef with somebody. If there's no drama, they invent one.

Sadly they walk among us. Some people thrive on conflict and can’t live without drama.

Victoria39 · 07/08/2025 18:26

MyDeftDuck · 06/08/2025 08:28

The boys mother had mentioned to someone else where her son had gone and what he had gone to see. Then that third party said “oh, did you know that’s a 12A film.” And the mother thought “oh, shit, I’d better make a big deal out of this despite originally being relieved that my son was being taken out enabling me to do as I wanted all afternoon and not even paying for him to go” Hence, she doubled down on you OP 💁♀️

I have to say this is now a bit of a thing with mums. Flakiness I call it… I see it more with younger mums not so much mums in there 40s

Someone2025 · 07/08/2025 22:51

Ohhilois · 07/08/2025 12:09

Just a little update about this, as I know I am always interested in threads I’ve commented on!

dd was invited to another child’s house today with a few of her friends, I dropped her off this morning, just as the boy I took to the cinemas mum was walking out the door. She walked right past me like I didn’t exist in the hallway.

The mum of the child I was dropping off with obviously saw, and we are all usually quite friendly to each other at drop offs, even if it’s just to smile and say hi to another parent you don’t know, and she said, “is everything ok? I thought dd and X were good friends now?”

This other mum is someone I’d class as an actual friend, I didn’t go into it, I just said that I took him out the other day and there was a bit of a misunderstanding.

She was like, “oh of course there was. I’ve known her since reception class, she’s fallen out with loads of people over nothing over the years, she’s quite dramatic. She blanked me for an entire school year once as I bought her child some bubble gum without checking. I really wouldn’t worry about it.”

Anyway, it’s good to know it’s not just me, she has form for doing this with others!

(If anyone is wondering why we drop off/pick up 11 year olds in a small area, parents do here, even with teens as it’s not a great area to put it mildly, and not safe for them to be walking around alone, sadly).

She has anger issues and is just waiting for any little issue to crop up to blow off steam, ignore her…..I feel sorry for her child having such an unstable mother

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