To think that a mum I have never met before

[Jinsei]

should not wander off and leave me with her tres annoying 6yo while I wait for dd to come out of the shower at the swimming pool without asking if it is ok.

Trying to MN in peace and said child will not stop talking, showing me stuff & demanding attention. Also keeps standing on tiptoe to see what is on my phone. Mum wandered off without a word nearly 10 minutes ago, as soon as the dd started talking to me and I wasn't rude enough to ignore her.

I know she might have had a long and tiring day, and perhaps she was just desperately in need of a break. I'm probably just being mean & grumpy, but I have had a long and tiring day too.

I wouldn't have minded if she had just asked if I could keep an eye on the dc for a moment...

[minimisschief]

she probably didnt ask because the wasnt leaving the child with you.

[Jinsei]

worra, I don't think there is a smiley to express my reaction if she had adopted me as her new mum!

Not sure if she was intending to leave the child with me or not, but it felt distinctly like it. And if I was leaving my dd alone for some reason, I wouldn't do it just as she started bothering talking to some random stranger.

Maybe she'd had a bad day and had to get away.

[ragged]

You should have bought her 3 packs of sweets & 2 hot chocolates out of the vending machines as a bribe to keep quiet?

[totallypearshaped]

@ worra.
Just speak french to the child, or bulgarian.

When the mum comes back ask her really loudly "where were you?".

This happens to me all the time, and it really pisses me off.

You could be mean and ask the little girl, "where's your mummy gone? Go and find her."

Or just ignore her, keep calm and carry on (MNetting)!

[Jinsei]

@ ragged

Don't speak Bulgarian & my French sucks, but do have other languages I could have switched to. Will remember that next time.

Not good at just ignoring. :( I did try staring very hard at my phone & pretending to be busy but dc just increased attempts to look at my phone. ). I am too soft to ignore a 6yo. It wasn't really her fault anyway - my dd can talk for England and would probably annoy the hell out of some poor stranger if left to prattle on unsupervised.