To have found this incredibly rude (even if it had have been true)

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DS (8) and I went to local leisure centre today for a swim. Putting stuff in locker and a young girl (2-3ish) and her sister (6ish) were waiting whilst their mum faffed around sorted which locker she was actually going to use.

Younger girl announced to her sister in a loud voice - "who's popped, I can smell it, whose popped, someone's popped"

I must admit my first reaction was to sniff but couldn't actually smell a thing. But these girls were about 5/6m away from us at the time.

Both sisters walked up the changing rooms to mum (past us and a further3/4m away) who decided to change her mind and use a locker nearer the pool end. The girl then starts again to her mum that someones popped.

Now I know children do this and it's embarrassing but I usually go with ignore. But no! This mum says

"oh that's dirty, it's a really stinky thing to do, why would someone do something like that" whilst staring straight at my poor DS as she walked past.

He was really upset - mostly because he just does not understand why people make things up that aren't true.

You could have unleashed your inner child and said "she who smelt it, dealt it"

or looked at the woman and said "it's ok, you can blame the little boy, I won't tell"

The one who denied it supplied it.

So, was it your DS OP?

whoever did the rhyme did the crime

No it wasn't DS. The girls were 5/6m away when the little girl started announcing it. I couldn't smell anything - I did have a sniff!

Hecsy that's what I felt like she was implying - it must have been DS as he's a boy. Wish I had your quick wit though as that retort was great!

If they say "I don't know who popped" - whoever doubted it, sprouted it

Personally i would have owned it myself and made a huuuge thing of swearing of brussel sprouts

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What's ruder is their manners! Can't think who modelled that behaviour to them.... hmm....

Angel I must admit that was my first thought
Girl was extremely well spoken with an air of discust to her tone and clearly wanted to air this discust. When the mother walked by with her, it did seem like they discuss discusting things in great length at home and wanted to share it with the whole changing room!

Anyone who uses the word 'popped' should have the word FART blasted at them as they would probably hate it.

Gosh, youarewinning they sound like such party-poopers

I would have invited them to pull tour finger and then left up your leg at fart in their kiddy faces.

Compos!

Teach your children how to do that arm fart noise. Most boys of a certain age know how to do it.

A noisy cheer and "we OWN your nostrils, breathe deep suckers".

PMSL @ these responses.

It wasn't a big deal in the grand scheme of things and I can certainly speak up for DS and I when needed! Just wanted to see if others thought it was a deliberate 'it must have been the boy' jibe as well as totally OTT.

It was blatantly the mum.

Yes deffo the Mum..
Who smelt it dealt it and silent but violent etc, etc...

You took an 8yo boy into the ladies' changing room? You'd have got a death stare from me for that, fart or no fart.

Holla, if it is anything like our local centre then it will be communal changing rooms. I'm not sure at 8 I would like my son to be going into one alone anyway but maybe I'll feel differently in a couple of years.

Yeah, let's make this into one of those 8 year old pervy boys threads shall we.

Maybe I'd have thought it once (although I hope not) but I have realised its only 2 years until my son will apparently be too old to come into the changing room with me (apparently) - it comes around sooner than you'd think and makes me feel quite sad

OP she was a silly cow who was blatantly passing the buck onto your DS - not worth another second of your time.

It was deffo the mum because she blamed your DS.

It's a communal changing area with lots of cubicles and we were stood by the locker at the time - but thanks for more judging holla

It definitely wasn't the mum (sadly!) because she was a further 3/4m away from the girl than we were were she started her announcement.

Someone tried the old death stare look at me for having the nerve to take a five year old boy into the ladies' changing room. Her mean remarks about him would have been really upsetting, but he was too busy telling his spiderman why he wasnt allowed in the pool.