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AIBU?

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communication

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AIBUmememememe · 02/11/2011 16:27

we live a ten minute walk from school. there are few busy roads on way. also some drug addicts/drinkers hanging on corners etc. do u think a husband and wife should talk about whether or not their young (both under 10) kids should be walked or driven to school? or should one parent make the decision and not offer the other one any consultation reasons and behind it?

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IneedAbetterNickname · 02/11/2011 19:28

I'm confused about how drinkning in the evening means you would be drunk/tipsy on the school run Confused My DC finish school at 15.10 which is definatley NOT the evening!

MrsTerryPratchett · 02/11/2011 19:29

WhereYouLeftIt, you know how to italicise, bold, cross out and use "quotation marks". . I am just ignoring the OP now because he ignores all sensible questions/suggestions and SHOUTS at everyone else. Shades of his relationship with ExW

Maryz · 02/11/2011 19:29

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TandB · 02/11/2011 19:30

I think the OP really should be ringing his ex-wife to discuss whether or not he is allowed to watch the Champions League.

WhereYouLeftIt · 02/11/2011 19:31

You know, I still cannot divine OP's preference for how the DC's reach school. Would he prefer her to drive them (he started by mentioning busy roads and drug addicts on the route) or to walk them (because he's started shouting about the ENVIRONMENT).

Does anyone else know? Does the OP?

MrsTerryPratchett · 02/11/2011 19:32

Perhaps the drug addicts are driving too...

WhereYouLeftIt · 02/11/2011 19:33

Sigh. I miss Gabby. He was off the wall, but always courteous except for last time he posted and I felt quite worried about him.

Maryz · 02/11/2011 19:35

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TheVermiciousKnid · 02/11/2011 19:35

Could somebody possibly explain who Gabby is/was?

MrsTerryPratchett · 02/11/2011 19:35

I wonder why the OP SHOUTED everything but the title of the thread is "communication" all lower case. Is it part of the pathology?

What was Gabby's last post?

TheVermiciousKnid · 02/11/2011 19:36

Maybe OP is one of the drug addicts and would like ExW to (a) walk so he can say hi to his children or (b) drive so his children don't see him?

auntiepicklebottom2 · 02/11/2011 19:37

ineedabetternickname.......in the morning school run.

if i drink the night before i will not drive in the morning as for 3 glases of wine it takes around 10 hours for alchol to leave the bloodstream

giyadas · 02/11/2011 19:38

I wanted to be in a quiche with Gabby, but he told me to GO and ReaD The NEWS, and called me A ToRY! Sad
I even made him a proper link once.

ObiWan · 02/11/2011 19:38

Gabby has been around fairly recently I think, under a different name.

In the meantime, if anyone fancies a cup of tea, but is unsure of tea-bag etiquette, I'm your (wo)man. Grin

Maryz · 02/11/2011 19:39

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yesladiesIAMtheexW · 02/11/2011 19:40

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WhereYouLeftIt · 02/11/2011 19:43

On the last thread I saw him start, he became quite irate and a bit rude to other posters, which was rather unlike him. I think his wife had recently been quite ill, so I was a bit worried as he didn't seem his normal fluffy self.

What name is he posting under now, does anyone know?

HowToLookGoodGlaikit · 02/11/2011 19:43

Do you want her to consult you every time she walks to the shops or the park with the kids? Where she takes them on holiday, which streets she can walk on? Where are the limits?

IneedAbetterNickname · 02/11/2011 19:43

Thanks for clarifying that auntie Can you tell I neither drink (well very very rarely) nor drive Grin

HildaOgden · 02/11/2011 19:44

Considering the thread is called 'Communication',I'm somewhat suprised at how crappy you are at it.Do you discuss these issues with the mother in the same way as you are discussing them here?

If so,there's the answer.I would find you very difficult to deal with too.

giyadas · 02/11/2011 19:44

really?

MrsTerryPratchett · 02/11/2011 19:44

yesladiesIAMtheexW look at this if you are still here.

101North · 02/11/2011 19:45

phew.
that's my evenings excitement over.

yesladiesIAMtheexW · 02/11/2011 19:46

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