Hi, I'm not a parent-hope you don't mind me crashing your club for a post, but I don't really know many parents and wanted to hear the thoughts of some parents.
I commute every day on London Underground and it is usually very crowded. Last week I managed to get a seat, and as I sat down a mother and her (I would guess about 6 year old son) sat in the same seating part as me.
About 5 minutes into the journey, the mother picked up a book and the child looked bored. Then he looked at me and stuck out his tounge and blew a raspberry. What I thought was innocently, I blew a raspberry back and put my head back into my Metro paper. At which point, his mother shouted "how dare you, you peadophile" at me. I was flabberghasted by this and just repsonded with "I think you need to stop reading the Daily Mail and seeing Peadophiles where there aren't any", but she got up and got off at the next stop.
I don't think I was out of order, its not like I was trying to talk to a child who was alone or something and it was just a harmless raspberry. But I certainly don't think I'll bother again.
What are your thoughts?