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If Henry's mummy is out there....

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ShinyMoonInAPurpleSky · 04/04/2011 09:50

Can I just say you may well be the queen of boasting by stealth!

Do you only buy your son expensive toys or do you seriously expect everyone to believe that Henry's favourite toys all cost £100 plus or thereabouts?

I mean my ds's current favourites are my hairbrush, a wooden spoon and the cat. Sometimes he plays with them all at once.

His most expensive toy, a jumperoo, has been ignored since he began to crawl.

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catchmeifyoucan · 04/04/2011 11:21

No ShinyMoonInAPurpleSky I am not Henry's Mummy. Do I have to be in order to find your behaviour weird? I think it's weird. It IS weird ok?

BrainSurgeon · 04/04/2011 11:22

TheBlindAssasin - good post

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ShinyMoonInAPurpleSky · 04/04/2011 11:22

Henry's list was at the bottom of a toy review I was looking at. It's gone now but there are other lists here: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/community-content-search/results?ie=UTF8&flatten=1&search-alias=rp-listmania&query=toys - you can search for whatever you want but apparently to do that is weird and stalkerish

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ShinyMoonInAPurpleSky · 04/04/2011 11:23

Sorry www.amazon.co.uk/gp/community-content-search/results?ie=UTF8&flatten=1&search-alias=rp-listmania&query=toys

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babybumpx · 04/04/2011 11:23

Thank you

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ShinyMoonInAPurpleSky · 04/04/2011 11:24

What exactly about do you find wierd about it?

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comewhinewithme · 04/04/2011 11:25

It just sounds nasty, jealous and petty TBH. A lot of people review to get on things like Amazon vine or to recieve online discounts for similar items.
You seem quite proud that the list has gone . I don't even understand what you set out to achieve apart from a bit of finger pointing and attempting to make another mum feel a bit shitty.
Reverse snobbery and all that.

comewhinewithme · 04/04/2011 11:26

I find it weird that you decided to poke fun at her for having a list of her kids toys on Amazon.

Oakmaiden · 04/04/2011 11:26

Do I suspect Henry's poor Mummy has seen this bitching on MN about her list and has removed it? Which is sad whether it was a "look what I have bought my children" or a "look what I wish I could get my children" list, it was still something she had the right to do.

catchmeifyoucan · 04/04/2011 11:32

I'll tell you what's weird about it - you've taken a username from one place and searched it out in another place. Weird, just a tad obsessive and well - weird.

glastocat · 04/04/2011 11:34

What a strange thread.

d0gFace · 04/04/2011 11:34

I dont think its weird or stalkerish at all.

Comming across something which was slighlty amusing and sharing it with others on a forum, is a far cry from hiding in the bushes ready to pounce.

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ShinyMoonInAPurpleSky · 04/04/2011 11:36

My thread title was meant to be tongue in cheek - I never expected Henry's mummy to see it at all (considering how many Henry's mummys there must be on mn and if she did I'm sorry but if you put something on the internet you can't expect noone to ever talk about it or to agree with you. As is proven from this whole thread :o

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lovecorrie · 04/04/2011 11:40

Sorry but I'm with Shiney on this one. When someone posts about earning £100,000 a year questioning how they are going to manage for example, everyone piles in with a rabid and generally unpleasant bunch of comments about 'showing off' and probably really upsets that person, but that is generally seen to be ok. Anyone who puts a list up like that is clearly doing something quite similar - showing what they can afford, items the majority of us cannot, or would not buy for our children, but somehow that's ok? Ok, she didn;t out it on here and maybe it wasn't the best thing to do - to copy and share it, but the nasty comments aren't really called for either. Lots of people put links to things on here and then shred them to bits.

Strictly · 04/04/2011 11:45

But the list was an Amazon list... not exactly a discussion Plus Shiny did somewhat exaggerate about the price of half the things!

d0gFace · 04/04/2011 11:47

I dont understand how people seem to take it so personally. Surely you can read the op and put together that its just abit of fun.

Lets hug it out!

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ShinyMoonInAPurpleSky · 04/04/2011 11:52

People comment on news stories all the time and they aren't discussions, they are peoples lives. And their real names and sometimes pictures will be easily available to all to see, whereas Henry's Mummy is a username - if she wants to be more annonymous she can always use a different username. It's not like I said "If Jane Smith, aka Henry's Mummy is out there" (and may I apologise in advance for any offense caused to any Jane Smith's who happen to be a mummy to a Henry)

And yes not all Henry's toys cost over £100 but the top toys on the list did. As the list went on the toys got cheaper (with the odd exception of course - just to cover my back there ).

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babybumpx · 04/04/2011 11:56

its not really fun when it offends the person involved, sorry but im all for henry's mum...why should she be mocked for innocently selling her sons toys on-line? If there is any "showing off" involved in it, who gives a shit! She's not hurting anyone, she's not offending anybody so why are you bothered?? Thats her problem if she feels the need to over express what she has materially and not for anyone to comment about!!

Seriously what is wrong with people, you cant say ANYTHING without someone judging you? There is not a single person on here is remotely perfect, so why judge people like you are??? Get a life!

TotemPole · 04/04/2011 11:59

Anyone who puts a list up like that is clearly doing something quite similar - showing what they can afford, items the majority of us cannot, or would not buy for our children, but somehow that's ok?

I didn't see the list.

But generally bragging isn't the aim of the lists. It's a marketing tool, you see someone else has bought some similar things to you, so you think you'll like some of the other things there that maybe you wouldn't have even thought to search for.

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ShinyMoonInAPurpleSky · 04/04/2011 12:09

Sorry but I disagree, it is for people to comment about if she makes it available for all to see on the internet.

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TheBlindAssassin · 04/04/2011 12:25

I find a hairbrush, a jumperoo, a cat and a wooden spoon to be highly extravagant. After all, a child can have just as much fun with dirt and worms outside in a park for free. Now I think of it, internet access is way too extravagant as well. And I'm sure you know that people managed without central heating or electricity for centuries, so they too are a modern luxury you could do without.

And don't get me started on the implications of animal cruelty where your son considers/uses an animal as a "toy" ... where's Vallhala when you need her?!

Ah, I shall stop now I understand that you may just have been horsing around. But it just doesn't seem very nice or charitable, especially given that whoever has since removed the link marketing stuff she was planning to sell to get a source of income may well have read it and taken it in a spirit you may not have originally intended (though I find that hard to believe by your initial emphasis on how little your own child needs to entertain himself ...)

And as for someone posting stuff which makes it clear she can afford things which others can't, might I say that by posting on here, it shows that some of us have the luxury of time which others can ill-afford? Some are rich, some are poor, some are in-between, 'tis all relative.

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ShinyMoonInAPurpleSky · 04/04/2011 12:32

You don't need to start on the animal cruelty bit - been there done that - feel free to flame away :o

As you can see from that thread, it would seem that I have a thing for pissing people off with my thread titles, I think it's a case of when you say something in your head and it's perfectly fine then you say it out loud....

Oh and those lists aren't to sell things, just to let other's know what you think of them so I am sure I haven't caused her any financial difficulties

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d0gFace · 04/04/2011 12:48

Fair enought if you dont agree or think its wrong, but theres no need to be so rude.

You know the op is reading and replying to this topic, henrys mum is some sort of mythical creature. On the very slim chance she reads this forum and happens to see this thread, I hope she see it as an attempt at humour rather then someone being mean just for the sake of being mean. The internet is a big place after all.

babybumpx · 04/04/2011 12:51

henry's mum has seen it! she's commented and certainly doesnt see it as humour?

loopylou6 · 04/04/2011 12:52

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