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AIBUs from parents of fictional children

629 replies

ProudAS · 13/08/2013 18:31

AIBU to be concerned about what DCs are up to? Since we moved to Yorkshire they've been hanging around the railway line most days and not made friends with the local children.

DS came home with a bag of coal which he said was "mined" and whilst he looked like he'd been down a coal mine I suspect it was stolen.

And then there's the station porter who seems to be getting very friendly with them - he's a nice man by all accounts but I can't help feeling suspicious.

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pointythings · 14/08/2013 21:38

My DW and I have taken in our cousin's orphaned children - a boy and a girl. The girl seems to have a real talent for witchcraft but there is something sinister about her, and the boy just seems to let his sister take advantage of her. It's causing friction with my own two children, and to make matters worse the girl seems to be using magic to cause all kinds of problems in our home - the other day all the trees for miles around were piled up around the windows of our enormous castle house, and the neighbours just would not stop talking. In addition I am a very senior government employee and I feel that there is a conspiracy against us going on which could have serious repercussions. WIBU to investigate this further?

FairPhyllis · 14/08/2013 21:43

DH and I have won the holiday of a lifetime to Peru! Unfortunately we can't take DS (about 10) with us though. Would we get into trouble for leaving him by himself? We have lots of neighbours and friends who can keep an eye on him.

We weren't able to give him any warning we were leaving apart from a note on the kitchen table, but we did leave him an oven full of jam sandwiches! That's OK, right?

FairPhyllis · 14/08/2013 21:48

I'm having some problems with my inter-species adoption. I adopted a young pig, who has become determined to follow me in my career. The problem is that I'm a sheepdog. How can I guide him towards something more suitable for a young porker?

FairPhyllis · 14/08/2013 22:02

AIBU to be at my wits end about my DD (16)? She's been kicked out of one school already for burning down the gym, after which we had to move town to get her into another school.

I was so hopeful we were going to have a new start here (it's a lovely town!) but she is falling into her old ways again, climbing out of her bedroom window, roaming around at night, hanging out with an older guy (I think he's a college boy!) and coming home covered in blood and bruises (which seem to heal very quickly I must say).

I thought the new school was going to be great, but now I'm not so sure - it's already lost one principal this year and the mortality rate among the student body is shocking. The librarian seems nice (and kinda hot in a tweedy way), but that's about it! WWYD? ExDH is useless, says it's up to me. I think the problem is that DD is lacking a strong male role model!

SaggyOldClothCatPuss · 14/08/2013 22:04

AIBU to let a speaking gorilla in a dress baby sit my ds?

thaliablogs · 14/08/2013 22:08

AIBU to think that my dh's young cousins, whom he has just adopted after their parents were drowned in an unfortunate accident involving a river boat, are ruining our happy family home? The younger one seems like a sweet boy yet terrible things keep happening - apparitions at dinner which quite put me off my food, and what's worse, they are corrupting my own two dcs who I found messing around turning lovely home made marmalade into worms at breakfast. The final straw this morning was when saucepans, carpets and even furniture started disappearing from all over the castle without a warning, my housekeeper has really lost her sense of humour about it.

I have a suspicion it is the older child, a very pretty girl, who is the real trouble maker, but her magic has been confiscated by my long suffering dh so it can't just be her. I am at my wits end and honestly dh is no bloody use, just swans around in his dressing gowns looking imposing and trying to run the world. Should I take the younger child aside and see if he will confess to me? Should I shout or try to keep on being kind?

thaliablogs · 14/08/2013 22:09

Hahah pointythings jinx!

pointythings · 14/08/2013 22:12

thalia great minds... Grin

This thread deserves to go in Classics, don't we all think?

aturtlenamedmack · 14/08/2013 22:12

Aibu?
We own a farm which borders with another.
The owners of the farm next door left abruptly with no explaination.
Since then life has been unbearable for us.
The new owners of the farm behave worse than my liveatock.
They are noisy and stage gatherings at all hours of the day, after which many of those attending chant at the top of their voices.
I have seen a number of the disgusting pigs so drunk that they are barely able to walk.
They keep guard dogs that frighten my animals.
They are building a large windmill and I suspect that they don't have the proper planning permission.
And there is an old horse which they have worked almost to death.
The old owners of the farm have been to see us and tell us that the new owners are nothing but squatters who have taken over their house without permission and are eating at their table, wearing their clothes and sleeping in their beds.
They have asked for my help getting rid of them.
Wibu to load my shotgun and march round to get rid of the disgusting animals for good?

thaliablogs · 14/08/2013 22:12

fairphyllis I'd encourage her to make friends, that nice bookish girl will keep her on the straight and narrow.

Oh, and try to live each day as if it is your last, enjoy just how special your daughter is. And mind you pay attention to your other dd too......

Yonionekanobe · 14/08/2013 22:14

I'm wondering whether I would be unreasonable to introduce my DD Ursula to Immac?

ArtemisatBrauron · 14/08/2013 22:14

thalia what book? It sounds awesome!

aturtlenamedmack · 14/08/2013 22:16

Oh no, I missed the parents bit :(
I was rather proud of mine too!

TheOriginalSteamingNit · 14/08/2013 22:19

Pointy and Thalia, thrash the girl and hope she changes places with her double from another world?

TiggyD · 14/08/2013 22:19

I've been working 6 days solid. (After I invented them of course). AIBU in taking the next day off? (Think I'll call it Sunday or something).

FairPhyllis · 14/08/2013 22:22

thalia Grin

What can I do about my DS? He's just been kicked out of his boarding school for drunkenness.

I'm afraid I cannot say very much for his character. He is a bully (I know he has been persecuting some younger boys at school), a liar, a cheat, a braggart, a coward and a womaniser. I assume his natural home is the British Army but I am open to other suggestions.

hardtostayfocused · 14/08/2013 22:23

thalia and pointythings

Love it!

My DCs and SDCs really don't get on and my DH is such a grumpy sod. Might just bung the kids some chemistry sets - they can't get into any trouble with those can they? - and just leave the whole shower to it for a few weeks. AIBU?

CorrineFoxworth · 14/08/2013 22:26

I would love to contribute but my children are being looked after by my mother while I gallivant around with my new husband.

TheOriginalSteamingNit · 14/08/2013 22:34

You need to be careful, Corinne - grannies have a tendency to spoil GC with sugary treats...

pointythings · 14/08/2013 22:34

hardtostayfocused Oh yeah! The next obscure children's literature contributions are on their way...

My DH and I are looking after a boy out of the goodness of our hearts - he goes to boarding school most of the time, thank goodness, but when he is with us he is a nightmare. He is utterly ungrateful - we were going to send him to maths camp over the summer, but the ungrateful wretch just wants to mooch around the house and play cricket.

In addition our new gardener is a very odd character, there's a strange man who wants to take our ward out but doesn't appear to have a good reason, and to cap it all our DIL is behaving very oddly and is siding with our ward. WWBU to go to Scarborough after all?

Phineyj · 14/08/2013 22:35

Don't worry FairPhyllis, I think he'll be just fine Grin

pointythings · 14/08/2013 22:37

Tiggy that has to be the best (and most blasphemous) yet! Grin

FairPhyllis · 14/08/2013 22:38

Phiney Yes, the little sod does seem to have the knack of survival.

My marriage is not turning out as I hoped it would Sad. I gave up my career as an artist's model to marry a lovely widower with three children. I love my DSC very much but DH is pretty hopeless - he's a writer, but has had writer's block for ten years and in fact hasn't published anything since his first novel came out. We are living in a hopelessly impractical castle and are running out of money. We haven't paid any rent for years and are now having to sell furniture to pay for food. I feel terrible for DSDs in particular as they are young women and will never meet any young men around here.

I find the only way I can get release is by wandering around the countryside naked apart from a pair of hip boots, communing with Nature. AIBU? Is it my fault I can't inspire my husband? Should I give up this life and go back to modelling in London?

MrsAMerrick · 14/08/2013 22:38

Grubbybrat, AIBU in worrying about our only child? He seems to be splitting his affections between 2 sisters from a large family down the road. Luckily they are Our Sort of People. Should I encourage him to go for the older one (nice looking but flighty?) or the younger one (a twin - imagine!) who has a fixation about Nelson? To complicate matters, one of their brothers shot our DS's favourite hawk last summer, and he's devastated. A friend has told me about a super French au pair she knows, and I am wondering about packing DS off to our London House for the Christmas hols to keep him away from these girls.... Any advice?

CorrineFoxworth · 14/08/2013 22:40

TheOriginalSteamingNit - clever Smile I shall watch out for that! They are in Virginia after all and have limited access to dentists.