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my son and loosing gloves and me loosing my mind

48 replies

carocaro · 01/12/2010 17:21

He's 8.

Three pairs in three weeks.

What can I do?

I can't leave him gloveless to get cold hands in the snow.

He cried when I made a string though his coat to hold them in as he did not want the piss taken out of him.

Thank F**K for the pile it high sell it cheap that is Sports Sirect, they have good one's for a £5, but still we don't have £ to burn.

He put's them down and can't remember. He is dyslexic so organisation has never been his strong point. Have searched school lost property etc etc etc.

HELP.

OP posts:

FindingMyMojo · 02/12/2010 10:02

3 pairs for a pound in Primark I think.

onceamai · 02/12/2010 10:14

The cuff idea is good. My DS loses everything too and he's 15 now. I do get cross but try to remember that I was exactly the same - and I have lost (or can't find) a beautiful hat this week and a pair of gloves. Buying cheap ones is a good idea too.

mrsruffallo · 02/12/2010 18:12

It's not nit-picking and it DOES bear pointing out. It would be nit-picking if I pointed out every grammatical error (of which there are loads, including my own, no doubt.
The lose/loose one is overused and increasingly annoying. I can't bear to read it any more!
I'm with janajos, please don't do it again.

YuleBeLucky · 02/12/2010 18:14

My DS is the same. He is on his third pair in a month. I buy £1 'magic gloves' from the pound shop in bulk. Annoying, but necessary.

BootyMum · 02/12/2010 19:57

I think mrsruffallo and janajos are either editors, proof readers or primary school teachers... Am I right? Must be very irritating spending your working day correcting other's grammar and spelling, then when they want to wind down with a glass of wine and MN they find they are still having their nerves shredded by the ignorance and incompetence of fellow posters

But truly I am little frightened by their vehemence [sp?..]

BootyMum · 02/12/2010 19:59

I think I may have the apostrophe in the wrong place in others...

MrsGuyOfChristmasBorn · 02/12/2010 20:14

We had this last week, DS went in on Friday with his fifth pair. Luckily I had bought them in Primark, 2 for a pound (bought 10 sets of 2 - didn't tell him that), read hom the Riot act every day etc) but at least did not bankrupt us.

chipmonkey · 02/12/2010 21:12

janajos , it is very bad manners to point out another's spelling mistakes. I am so fed up with seeing this appalling lapse of manners on MN and can only think no-one has ever taught you to be polite. Apologies for not commenting otherwise on thread, but at least now you know.

mrsruffallo · 02/12/2010 21:47

Well, I think jajanos has been very polite, actually. I understand her frustration. It is not diificult.
BootyMum- your post made me chuckle, I can relate to the various jobs you mentioned, although I am none of those.

chipmonkey · 02/12/2010 22:06

No, she was not polite. She was condescending and given that carocaro is on MN, not in a classroom, and is asking for advice on lost gloves, not filling in a job application.

And for the record, I have rarely in my own life made a spelling error and yes, if you have pedantic tendencies, it can be irritating to see an error popping up in thread titles but to actually point it out is unnecessary.

chipmonkey · 02/12/2010 22:09

And you say it is not difficult. For some people it is difficult. To spell correctly, you need to be able to visualise the word before you spell it and some people, in particular people with dyslexia don't visualise well. Caro asaid in her post that her son is dyslexic. Often the apple doesn't fall far from the tree!

mrsruffallo · 02/12/2010 22:51

Now that IS condescending

scottishmummy · 02/12/2010 22:53

how very rude and obnoxious to dig up about spelling

gingerwench · 02/12/2010 23:00

what about these? may be considred cooler for an 8 yr old than elastic or string?

www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=mitten+clips

stickylittlefingers · 02/12/2010 23:10

if the clips are really good strong ones, that seems like a good plan.

I have wondered about idiot strings ( great name!) for myself as I get so fed up with taking gloves on and off for keys, train ticket finding etc and every time is a potential glove-losing moment. Perhaps if more adults were idiots like me (or admitted it ;)) then children wouldn't be so embarrassed.

After everyone's laughed at my hat hair, they're not going to notice the mitten clips/idiot string...

janajos · 04/12/2010 09:12

It is not nit-picking, it is incorrect and not difficult to rectify for most people. I do take the point about apples and trees, but tbh I think that that is more patronising than my post which was a general plea for the many people who have never learned how to spell these two words correctly, to take note. Chipmonkey, you are a better woman than I, I speak two languages fluently and would hesitate to say that I rarely make a spelling error (it would smack I think of arrogance), however I do think that there is a basic set of words in every language which most people should be able to master; this is why language support teachers spend so much time on this very core vocabulary when they assist students.

One of the reasons many of us enjoy MN is the pedantry and the (you will excuse me) superior level of education which many of the posters display. I do not of course think that correct spelling is the only demonstration of intelligence, as you say Chip, there are many highly intelligent people who also have dyslexia.

I however do find it very difficult to read a post without irritation when loose/lose are spelt incorrectly. This was not meant to hi-jack the OP's original comment which I have sympathy with for the record, merely to point out a mistake which is being glossed over imo on MN far too frequently.

May that be an end to it!!

muminthemiddle · 04/12/2010 09:28

I find Primark gloves to be crap, sorry. My dds had a hole in them on Friday (bought Thursday) but I feel your pain dd loses gloves so am torn between expensive good ones and cheap crap ones.

Was considering spending £15 on a good pair from M&S for ds but not sure weather he may lose them.

It is annoying where the hell do they go? Do you think someone is stealing accidentally taking them?

A similar thing happened with dds school cardigans she lost 3 in 1 week, all with her name in. As no others were left I went into school and caused a stink saying that how can a child accidentally take dds cardigan and not leave one in it's place. Told teacher that she didn't have another school cardigan to wear for the rest of the week. Amazingly all 3 turned up the very next day.

Only other advise stitch his initials on the outside of the gloves so more easily identifyable and less likely for others to take.

chipmonkey · 04/12/2010 20:57

jan, we will have to agree to disagree.

Mumsnet is for ALL Mums, not just for middle-class educated ones and those with perfect spelling. And if, as an adult, if you haven't got the difference between "loose" and "lose" by pure osmosis, then it clearly does not come easily to you.

I would hate to think someone would hesitate to come on here for advice for fear that their spelling/grammar/diction will be ripped apart.

caro if you do find a solution to the glove problem please let me know. My house is full of odd socks, odd gloves and no hats when you need them so I do sympathise.

loosinas · 04/12/2010 21:00

saaaaaaaaammmeee.... argh .... one pair went the day i bought them :( i feel your pain

ChippingIn · 04/12/2010 21:10

There are some smug gits on this thread - please piss off to Pedants Corner - that is what it is for, it is unwelcome and unwanted on other threads. Or in other words Fuck off and when you get there Fuck off again.

Carocaro - how would he feel about some ski gloves with sport fixings on them (basically elastics that clip the glove to the cuff - but are a bit 'cool')?

I guess it's his choice - some kind of clips of pay for them himself/miss out on treats.

Also sew his name on the front of them in a prominent place - he might not like this either - but see above

chipmonkey · 04/12/2010 21:17

Chipping, ski gloves are a very good idea! May try that with ds1 and ds2 although I fear they would forget to clip them on! Given that if their very hands needed clipping on they'd probably forget to do that too!

peeringintothevoid · 04/12/2010 21:29

YANBU. DD is alway losing things - gloves, socks (especially socks!), hats, scarves etc. Actually the dog has to be held very responsible for disappearance of socks, gloves, and also pants.. I think buying cheap gloves is probably the way to go, and consider the cool-sounding clips.

Bad spelling and grammar irks the fuck out of me personally, but I think it's really rude to draw attention to it, unless the person has been enough of an arsehole that you don't mind offending them by humiliating their literacy skills.

rockinhippy · 04/12/2010 21:44

DD is the same age, & I have exactly the same problem - so I really do feel for you- only worse, she got through 3 pairs in 3 days the week before last & yes i makes me too - I just don't understand where thy all go, they never turn up in lost property etc,

I've tried making her buy her own out of her pocket money - no joy , that pair lasted 2 days.

We now get them from the Poundshop, I gave up on decent ones & I did make her wear odd ones for a while, but have given in to a couple of new cheap pairs - with the threat of string if she looses these

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