to not like it when MIL 'pretends' to spank DD?

[TeapotsInJune]

If DD, age 1 does something a tiny bit cheeky like tug at MILs skirt or giggle or something, MILgiggles as well and then says she is cheeky and pretends to smack her bottom. It isn't hard, at all, and half the time she doesn't actually touch DD, just sort of mimes smacking her.

I don't like it because playfully smacking someone's bum is more flirty to me and also DD has started giggling and pretending to smack back and does it to me!

AIBU? I will 100% accept it if I am ...

I think you are overthinking this and perhaps a bit envious of them having a bit of silly fun together.

Me to when my 13 year old bumps himself or falls my oh always says

You been on the wiskey again it just peoples diffrent humour whatt worries me more is that because the op is not involved on the inside joke she lables it flirting as in what happens between to lovers the op view of things worries me a lot lot more

OP, I wouldn't take the advice of this lot if I were you, what a passive aggressive bunch we are

what with me and my notions, and, apparently,I'm not clever enough to know my own family, or believe my own brother. Or respect him.

Some of you need to stop jumping to conclusions on matters unrelated to the OP's initial thread.

Sorry for the thread hijack OP, I never expected supposedly intelligent mumsnetters to be so vile

Flirty?! WTAF?! I'm more concerned (for the want of a better word) at your reaction to childish play!

I can see why you don't necessarily want pretend smacking but flirty??!!??!!??

That's way more weird than the smacking in the first place..

Just remembered. My mother used to chase us around with little walking sticks singing hit me with your rhythm stick.

Thats odd!

I always tell my two I'm going to bite their bums, quick call social services.

as for telling my kids I'm going to have their guts for garters

I used to tell ds i gonaa get you up when he was little it he didnt do as he was asked

Hhaha call the cp team

Between the OP, Meglet and upthere, I fucking despair.

I mean i gonna eat you up lol

Oh for goodness sake!

I have said (twice?) that my meaning of the word flirty is that bottom smacking for fun is something I would associate with a young couple flirting, I don't mean my MIL is flirting with the DD!

And I didn't mention SS! FFS! Sorry, but people leap on you for using a particular word and then take the entire post out of all proportion! For heavens sake - we went from, "I'd prefer it if my MIL didn't do this," to "I think my MIL is flirting with my DD, call SS!"

I said on page one thank you for the advice, and I'd do that :) Job done.

I don't think my MIL is flirting with my DD - I am actually laughing at the thought of my MIL flirting with anybody actually! She means no harm but I'll repeat, in case anybody didn't get it first time, smacking a bottom for fun is something that I associate with youngsters flirting and so makes me feel a tiny bit weird.

I've no intention of calling SS ...