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To have left my son asleep in the car..

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monkeyfacegrace · 23/04/2011 13:52

On the driveway, in the shade (for those boring ones of you),

while I dragged my husband-to-be indoors for a good hard sunny day lunchtime shag

Grin Grin Grin Grin

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ChippingInLovesEasterEggs · 23/04/2011 21:30

MFG - I wouldm't worry about that, if I knew you IRL I'd have known it was you a longggg time ago! (Don't start freaking out, I don't!!)

7 weeks!! yayyyy Grin How many people are going?

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monkeyfacegrace · 23/04/2011 21:33

oh for god sake. none of you ever had a totally satisfying quicky? Seriously, a lot of you have an issue with the timing!

Car was locked btw, dont need boot closed to lock mine, and alarm was on sensitive, so even a cat jumping on it would have set it off.

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ihatecbeebies · 23/04/2011 21:34

I must be a bit of a prude then for not agreeing with having sex whilst co-sleeping or having a child in the room either! I would just be far too worried that the child would wake up.

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monkeyfacegrace · 23/04/2011 21:35

No one else is going chippping, just me and DH are buggering off for a drive thru wedding! We have a suite at the bellagio, and Im planning on a week of coctails, gambling, sunbathing, and longer-than-2-minute sex Wink

First time ever we will be without a child for the night, sooo excited!

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monkeyfacegrace · 23/04/2011 21:36

fwiw cbeebies I agree.

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insertfunnynicknamehere · 23/04/2011 21:38

Ok so monkey honestly what was your intention in posting it in AIBU..are you that bored? Or did you really think everyone would say well done?
Congrats on all your good news and that but drip feeding that stuff doesnt negate the fact that you left a child in a car on a hot day because you had to get it in.

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monkeyfacegrace · 23/04/2011 21:40

I was having a giggle, I was on a high. Why is the internet full of random shit like this? Its MN, I can post what I like, same as Ive taken my beating with good grace.

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Thingumy · 23/04/2011 21:41

I have issue with the 2 minutes,it would of probably of taken you two minutes to unbuckle and put your child in his cot.

Then you could of shagged until your heart was content...

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monkeyfacegrace · 23/04/2011 21:43

Cot? He is 2.5, and would have screamed blue murder if I woke him.

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insertfunnynicknamehere · 23/04/2011 21:48

He would have screamed blue murder if he woke up in the car and no one was there for him...

Yes you can post what you like as can anyone, you have taken it with good grace and certainly dont deserve to be called a slag (who is called a slag these days anyway?) and you get your end away as often as you want but just realise that your absolute reluctance to accept that it wasnt your brightest idea in the world nor your DP'S will result in the flaming..(I imagine if you were a steak you would be charred by now)

heliumballoons · 23/04/2011 21:49

Can anyone here honestly say they have never left their child in the car on a hot day to take in shopping or whatever? I mean honestly. (obv in shade and doors/windows open)

OK, maybe having sex the child was less supervised!, but MFG has admitted the link taught her something.

And yes a quick one is great from what I can remember especially when you have a young child - not always possible to be spontanious.

MFG you are really taking the insults well. I don't feel some of the questions and accusations thrown at you have been justified - and some have been damn right unecessary.

Sidge · 23/04/2011 21:49

I don't agree with the name calling or aspersions about your child's parentage but I am heartily glad your afternoon jolly didn't have a very different outcome.

Don't underestimate a young child's inability to control their body temperature, despite shade, breezes or tinted windows.

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monkeyfacegrace · 23/04/2011 21:51

Ive said before, he sleeps in the car all the time and is never bothered about waking up. I usually sit on the sofa reading a good book (I park next to my living room window so can see him clearly through the windscreen), Ive also said that I read and took on board that link further up.

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insertfunnynicknamehere · 23/04/2011 21:51

I can honestly say that I have never left my child alone in a car. I can say that hand on heart I have never done it, from the age of 8 months he was like a little houdini..I would have left him in the car and found him in the boot Grin

MarianneM · 23/04/2011 21:51

I think I may have misunderstood this, but the OP left her toddler alone in a car with the windows open while she and her partner went indoors...so anyone could have found him there with the windows open? Or the child could have climbed out?

Totally U in my opinion. And the idea of leaving your child alone so you can go and "shag" (nice Hmm)...

KittyKuddle · 23/04/2011 21:52

YABU I think the neighbours should call SS. Just read it to my DH and he freaked out.

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monkeyfacegrace · 23/04/2011 21:54

That link did say that over 2 years the risk drops to like 7% or something (dont quote me on that but I know risk drops massively over 2), and seriously, Id have been longer running in to have a wee/let the dogs ou/unload shopping as I usually do in that order!

Really, honestly, Im not a total fuckwit, and if my son had even been slightly clammy I wouldnt have done it.

And I sure as shit wont do it and let you fuckers know again.

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monkeyfacegrace · 23/04/2011 21:55

Have a job Kitty, no neighbours to see!

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Thingumy · 23/04/2011 21:55

I've never had a child who creams blue murder if they are moved whilst asleep.

I find it odd not to move a child whose asleep from a car into the house.

Do you leave them there for a quiet life?

ChippingInLovesEasterEggs · 23/04/2011 21:56

insert - sorry, did I miss the bit where you said you were the childs mother? I thought it was MFG? Hmm You don't even know this child how can you possibly say he'd have screamed blue murder simply because he woke up in his own car on his own drive - I know plenty of children that don't.

helium - of course they have, but it's not the same if you are being a martyr taking the shopping or another child in, going to the loo etc Also some people can't imagine that not everyone lives in the same area or street that they do. Where I lived before I did this all the time, here I wouldn't. In the old place it was shady, private gated driveway, etc etc this place has a communal car park with no shade... some kids would be fine waking up alone, others not so... to many variables but none of it makes her and unfit parent or a slut huh.

Thingumy · 23/04/2011 21:59

chippingin

MFG said 'Cot? He is 2.5, and would have screamed blue murder if I woke him.'

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monkeyfacegrace · 23/04/2011 21:59

^ what she said

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ChippingInLovesEasterEggs · 23/04/2011 21:59

Haven't you Thingumy? Lots of children wake up if they are moved and scream blue murder, it's horrible waking them up because they are in the middle of a sleep pattern and it upsets them - if it's safe and cool enough, it's much better to let them wake up naturally.

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monkeyfacegrace · 23/04/2011 22:00

Screamed if he was woken. I have 2 kids, and both of them refuse to move when they are asleep. Wake them and all hell breaks loose.

Glad you've never had trouble movin yours though Thing, try searching through threads about leaving kids asleep in cars, you will be suprised.

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ChippingInLovesEasterEggs · 23/04/2011 22:02

Thingumy - insertname said He would have screamed blue murder if he woke up in the car and no one was there for him...

Anyway, I'm leaving the thread now :) I've said what I think and quite frankly it's Saturday night, I have a nice glass of wine and don't want to be arguing over something that's done and dusted :)

See you all on a fun thread!