AIBU to be annoyed by girl telling dd daughter scary story

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Dd aged 8 travels to and from school in a taxi, when I picked her up from the taxi she seemed upset when I asked her what was wrong she said that an older girl on the taxi had told her a story about a man who called up a babysitter and said I'm 10 miles away, then called again to say I'm 9 miles away story carried down to 1 mile then the man called and said have you checked on the children, babysitter went up stairs to check on children and found the children hanging by their necks, then the girl told dd that the man stays in our village up the road from us. Dd is freaked out by the story and wants someone with her at all times in the house and refuses to sleep in her own room, I have tried to reassure her that the story is not true, she is sleeping in with her older sister tonight.

AIBU to be annoyed and have a word with the older girls parents to ask them to tell the girl not to tell dd any more scary stories.

Is there an escort in the taxi?

Was all prepared to think YWBU but having read the post no YADNBU! That's a pretty disturbing story. I would speak to the child's patents and the school I think.

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No it is a small minibus, I know the driver well and when I asked dd if driver had heard the story being told she said the older girl had said it quietly so only her and the other children on the bus could hear. Ds who is 11 also heard the story but doesn't seem fazed by it.

Being told scary stories by older children is a part of growing up. YANBU to be a bit upset by it, but YWBU to do anything other than reassure your dd.

God that story has been doing the rounds for years, I remember sitting round in a circle in our dorm when I was 11 in the dark, and somebody told that story. This was about 23 years ago.

slavetofilofax I've not done anything about it except reassure dd, think dd was probably more scared that the girl had told her the man stayed in our village.

it's all normal tbh.

When I was nine a fifteen year old girl told me the story of how a couple had broken down on a lonely road and the man had gone looking for help. After a while the woman, who had stayed in the car heard a drip, drip, and looked out of the window to see a bloke holding her bf's head. all urban legend stuff but pretty scary to a nine yo.

And at browny camp we had our teacher's dh (who was a folk singer) sing songs about sweeny todd the barbar and Long Lankin who lived in the moors and who murdered the baby and the lady of the house. Or something. We were eight.

I had a very vivid imagination and would be terrified afterwards... but still it was thrilling at the time...

Its not scary unless they live nearby, though. I remember being told the one about the killer doll. Unfortunately I had a wind up musical doll I decided was in fact this doll, who spent the next five years six months wrapped in a plastic bag, tied up in rope, in the freezer, which was locked, in the conservatory, which was also locked. (To be fair I have a mental health condition )

YANBU to be upset, but it is kind of a rite of passage.

Hahaha I was told the exact same one WannaBe

Our teacher told us she woke up when she was little to feel someone sitting on the end of her bed, turned the light on and there was no one there!

I agree it's just a 'normal' part of growing up, as is the being shit up by it unfortunately.

This story has been doing the rounds since Adam was a boy.

Tell your DD that.

Tell your DD not to be so daft as to believe what silly children tell her.

Tell your DD to tell the other girl to shut up if she doesn't like what she's saying.

You can't change the world around her, empower your daughter instead.

I don't feel so annoyed now after reading everyones comments, I suppose she will hear much worse as she gets older and it didn't bother me about ds hearing the story probably because he had no reaction to it.

Might just tell dd to say to the girl that she heard the man stayed near her :o

and remember that in two-three years time it'll be your dd telling the story.