to have bust my judgeometer upon seeing this?

[thequimreaper]

In Primark today. 2 girls with their mum - one looked slightly older than my DD and one slightly younger so I assume they were around 3 1/2 and 2 1/2. Both walking around with dummies in (not that this is that strange I'm just setting the scene), both with pierced ears (which I hate but I know some people think is fine). They were both dressed in just a sleepsuit (thin popper style). The younger one's sleepsuit was about a foot too long and she was tripping up with every step - it was also filthy as it had been trailing the floor ans she had no shoes on. The older girl didn't have this problem as the mother had chosen to team her sleepsuit with a pair of pink, glittery high heels

Oh my. :o

:(

You forgot to mention the coke in the bottles and the greggs sausage rolls..Did the mother have a tattoo and a fag

I've seen lovely little outfits for girls in primarks that cost the same as a pack of babygros and mini high heels

[slips comfortably into her judgey pants as she honestly can't think of a time when this would be okay]

usualsuspect I scanned their hands for fruitshoots but there were none .The mum looked quite 'normal' if you like. Just wearing jeans and a fleece - oh and shoes obviously.

if thats true i would find it really strange, like why would you not put shoes on a 2.5 yr old thats walking?! they are not a baby and its freezing they both should have a coat on and proper clothes. as the other poster said she could have bought some proper outfits and coat shoes in primark itself so why wouldnt she.. very strange

Were they being negleted in any way or abused? No?
(wouldnt step into primark myself so consider yourself judged!).

its unbelievable really

They're probably better treated than the children who work for Primark.

DON'T.BELIEVE.YOU.

Do you think they were on their way to a fancy dress party?

Good point well made colditz

Wish I hadn't read the OP - that's 30 seconds of my life gone that I'll never get back.

Don't know what's weirder tbh. Seeing children walking around more or less barefoot dressed as babies, or seeing the toddler I saw in town couple of years ago dressed in matching black leather jacket and mini skirt, knee high boots, see through top, stinking of hair spray and wearing what appeared to be a full face of make up...

I would think that little and big sister had swapped places - my two used to do that, hence why the shoes were on the one in the push chair. Did you stop and ask her about her life and what had happened before coming to your own conclusions and posting it on judgey threads on the Internet. Would you have made the same bitchy comments if the children had been in the same situation but in John Lewis in a Bugaboo and no pierced ears or dummies?

Where did OP mention older child was in a pushchair?

Okay - good point - I must have assumed - sorry!

rainbowinthesky - if you are judging me because you think that Primark are the only shop on the highstreet that has been shown to turn a blind eye to child exploitation then you might want to address your venom at other shops such as M&S who are also guilty of this. If you are judging me for shopping in a cheap shop that sells quite shoddy stuff then fair enough

pippi - There was no pushchair. Do you really think I should have stopped and said "excuse me why is one of your children constantly falling over and not wearing shoes?". I'm sure that would have gone down a treat!

How do you the mother (if it was the mother) had chose the shoes and not the kid? Maybe the kid wanted to wear the shoes and sleepsuit combo?

What does it matter to you what they were wearing? I hate seeing babies wrapped up in layers and blankets and hats and coats in pushchairs in shopping centres but hey ho that's nowt to do with me what other people do with their own kids.

Maybe she was had left the house in a rush and was trying to buy her girls some clothes.

Maybe she was just a bit daft ...who knows.

It matters to me what they were wearing because the younger child fell over about 6 times in the space of about 30 secs?

If my 3 yr old keeps refusing to get dressed I am absolutely sure there will be a situation where she is in town with just her jammies on very soon. And if she wont put her shoes on either then so be it she will get cold feet.

I am curious-would love to get dd some sleepsuits in her age but not found any-do you think primark stock them?

Gosh i hope nobody judged me when ds insisted on going out in his lightning mcqueen dressing up outfit,he had shoes on though.

So why didn't you say something to her then if you were so bothered? Maybe you could have helped the child up from one of the many falls and casually said something in a friendly manner?

Maybe her partner/mother/friend was outside the shop with a buggy loaded up with coats and shoes.

Fuck me.

I really think this sounds like someone who has had a recent crisis at home and is out replacing stuff -I mean she was in a clothes shop so probably buying clothes.