to have complained about this child's top?

[Lotster]

I was in Peacocks yesterday - I know, living the high life! Our nearest town is a bit limited for kids clothing and wanted to get my son some long sleeved tops.

I saw this boys top hanging up and it stopped me in my tracks.

Now, given that this top is for boys aged 1-6 I don't imagine the joke could be aimed at fellow 6 and unders, as they wouldn't get the joke, so surely must be aimed at older children and adults. Which is why I found it made me really uncomfortable. The lady in the shop said she agreed with me, but a friend thought I was being over the top.

So am I being precious or is it really bad taste?

are you one of the 'friends' rollergirl?

It's looking that way isn't it?

well are you or aren't you? it's a simple question.

Argh!! Voyeur is a French sodding word!!!!!

I did not make up having friends who I had dinner with - almost laughing now, this is what's so ridiculous about AIBU - "hmm, OP did not say this and that at the right time, therefore she is not to be trusted..." right little bunch of Miss Marples aren't we?

Gawd. I. Have. Accepted. I. Was. Probably. Oversensitive. Enough!

"therefore she is not to be trusted"

haaaaa- this from the poster that has just admitted she lied.

and are you saying you disagree with the dictionary definition of what voyeur means?

So you have inside information rollergirl, but if you didn't then it looks an awful lot like the OP is making up friends that agree in order to make those of us who don't agree look unreasonable.

Yes it's a simple enough question. But what difference does it make to you or the thread? It wasn't in the OP so it's not allowed and not justifiable information so what do you care?

it wouldn't make any difference, i am just wondering how far you are actually willing to take your defence of the OP.

Apparently we can pick and choose the meaning of words - handy that isn't it

If, Rollergirl, you are one of the friends Lotster apparently had dinner with last night, why did you not just say so in the beginning instead of all of the crap about asking your DH & BIL and you all agreeing .....

Yes, to some it might look like she is making up friends. The same as to some a tshirt saying.....might be deemed as questionable. It's all open to interpretation isn't it? You assuming someone is lying and making up friends could make you the suspicious sort of type. Someone reading sexual overtones into a tshirt might make them the warped type. Whether you disclose something in the OP or later on is neither here nor there really, is it?

i am no longer assuming she is lying. she has confirmed she is.

No Boo. Check the Oxford Dictionary:

Voyeur

Origin:
early 20th century: from French, from voir 'see'

but this is really splitting hairs.

I asked if anyone else found the t-shirt weird. Most said no, I said ok. Vipering continues why?

ChippingIn: What I chose to say, or not, is entirely up to me. And asking my DH and BIL is not "crap". I did ask them. So am I to believe that you chose not to divulge things on mumsnet then?

I meant never to not divulge things btw. But anyway, apologies for hijacking thread. Is just a pet-hate of mine, this whole by stealth thing.

But it's an eye test - eye tests are supposed to be stared at. That's the joke isn't it, you have to stare to read it... no sexual connotations at all imo..yabu.

Thanks for the link. I am going to get one for DS2.

He has LD and ASD and severe eczema. He is also totally beautiful so he is always being looked at.

YANBU if you really hate it. YABU to expect everyone else to see your point.

There are things that annoy me and much as I try I just cant get others to agree with me. Its really annoying but there you go.

French, from Old French, one who lies in wait

Noun 1. voyeur - a viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs of others
peeper, Peeping Tom

Stop trying to make it seem like you meant something else when it was pretty bloody clear from your post that you meant a 'Voyeur' in it's common use.

Why can't you just admit you see something in the t-shirt that just isn't there and you are wrong. Much simpler really.

Flavour has been chewed out of this one. Off to watch a film with the bloke. He does exist. Even though I never mentioned him in the OP.

petisa: But that doesn't really work as a joke does it? If it was an eye-test and therefore something you are meant to look at, stare at closely and intentionally, why would the slogan be "do you think I don't notice you looking at me?"

you asked if the t-shirt was really bad taste and then alluded to it encouraging paedophiles. bit different from weird.

from oxforddictionariesonline

voyeur(voy¦eur)
Line-break:OnOffPronunciation:/vwʌˈjəː, vɔɪ-/noun
a person who gains sexual pleasure from watching others when they are naked or engaged in sexual activitya person who enjoys seeing the pain or distress of othersDerivatives
voyeurism
noun
voyeuristic
Pronunciation:/-ˈrɪstɪk/
adjective
voyeuristically
Pronunciation:/-ˈrɪstɪk(ə)li/
adverb
Derivatives
voyeurism
noun
voyeuristic
Pronunciation:/-ˈrɪstɪk/
adjective
voyeuristically
Pronunciation:/-ˈrɪstɪk(ə)li/
adverb
Origin:
early 20th century: from French, from voir 'see'

so you read through all of that which backs up the other posters' definitions and only extracted the very last part to cling on to your point that it was a french word?

Lobster just to say totally on your side here, feels like you are being bullied! Hope you enjoyed film and won't be put off posting again cos of people with nothing better to do than nitpick!

I think you're being way too precious, i don't see a problem with the top at all

What a load of bollocks.

Of course, by "bollocks" I mean in the literal Old Norse sense of "a rational response".