To be really pissed off about this stupid comment

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My kids were out shopping with their cousin who is in her late twenties. My five year old apparently said her boyfriend steals from the shops- to which she replied 'your mum steals from the shops'
I admittedly have no idea of the context it was said but WIBU to be pissed off with such a silly comment from an allegedly grown woman (who is also a teacher god help us)

I don't understand. Who steals from the shops? Your cousin's boyfriend? How would your 5 year old know this? I'm confused!

DP and I hold full conversations like this...

Im confused too

From what I understand it was just a ridiculous supermarket conversation initiated by an actual child.

It was probably said in a 'nar nar nar nar nar' My dads bigger than your dad kind of way

She probably, like DP and I, does it out of habit with friends and just said it without thinking.

That's how I understand it, that's why I'm a bit confuddled, I can't for the life understand why a 27 year old professional would engage in such tit for tat behaviour.

If only I just had the t-Rex situation in the supermarket to worry about

Was it like

"Where's my flip flop?"

"you're a flip flop!"

'your mother...' is common comeback used in jest. It is at my work anyway, don't really get myself.

Do any of them steal from shops?

I am asuming not, so will base my answer on that. Do not let them be alone with her ever again!!

I think like DPrince says, it was a knee jerk "yer mum" comment. Not ideal, (and slightly strange that a teacher doesn't apparently get that a 5 year old won't understand sarcasm) but also not a big deal.

Just talk to your 5 year old in the morning and tell her that cousin was just joking and that stealing is bad and mummy doesn't do it etc etc.

She should know better than to say that kind of thing to a 5yo as a teacher. If only because 5yos believe that kind of thing and take it literally!

But then I know a slightly younger teacher who acts like her yr7's most of the time

Dprince: My sister uses that comeback on me

I've never heard it put quite as poshly as that Dprince

Agree with Kayano

So a 27 year
Old can never embrace their inner kid?

She was probably just trying to be 'down with the kids' as a joke - it just backfired rather!

My niece told my mil that I locked her newborn baby in the shed...

So I told her I would lock her in the shed

Would you like my grip?

"Was it like

"Where's my flip flop?"

"you're a flip flop!" "

Eh? But who says that??

Surely the correct context, using that example is:

"your boyfriend is a flip flop"

"your mother is a flip flop"

Yabu.

If MY 5 year old told someone that their boyfriend stole from shops I would be

A: Pissed off that my 5 year old had a boyfriend

or

B: Pissed off that my 5 year old would say such a rude and silly thing.

5 year olds do say silly and ridiculous things. Does that mean grown adults should too?

Kayano: Of course, but that probably wasn't the best way to embrace their inner child! I'd say similar to my Explorers, but they're 14-18yo's and would know that it's not serious, whereas a 5yo would likely take it seriously...

I know my 7yo charge would, I jokingly told her I nicked some sweets in my car from my Mum a few months back and she went home to tell her Mum I nicked things

Monkeypiss. No its a normal conversation which gets flung back at them. So

"shall we go to the baldhind pub?"

"you've got a baldhind!"

"i fancy prawns"

"your a prawn!"

"where's my fingerless gloves?"

"your fingerless"

Etc

C'est toi la flip-flop (claquette).

5 year olds do say silly and ridiculous things. Does that mean grown adults should too?

Hell yes!

This house is full of people saying ridiculous things...kids and adults.

But most importantly, it's full of laughter.