AIBUs from parents of fictional children

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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.

I've just received some royalties from a book being published. I've told DD that she can have some money for a treat. WIBU of her to spend it on a pony?

also they spend a lot of time at the bottom of the garden in a shed with an old chair they say grows wings and takes them places and have made friends with an elf?

Saggy, but am I right in thinking she already has a pony? One that is quite good at gymkhanas? I suppose she wants one for jumping too. Don't let her get carried away with all the ads in Horse and Hound, put your foot down and get the one that jumps a bit funny, it'll come good in the end!

(probably got this one completely wrong so will retreat in a Rapide fashion).

AIBU to allow my grandson to infiltrate a castle full of supposed witches?

This is her first pony. She has been pining after him but we couldn't afford to buy him until now!

I think all of that jumping stuff is waay in the future!

Got the wrong book then, oh well...

Ah got it, same person but getting a bit ahead of myself (sequels).

I'll shut up now .

Don't know what you are grinning at. Your ungrateful daughter tells everyone your books are shite.

I'm worried about my elderly next door neighbour . His wife died ages ago and they never had children. He's now banging on about his new 'son' Ponoc... something or other. I've no idea where the boy came from but from the odd glimpse I've had of him he seems to have trouble walking... he looks a bit wooden IYSWIM.

I'm worried about dbil. He's very rich, got a first at Oxford, is a brilliant cricketer, rider, bellringer, athlete, bibliophile, you name it. Yet he seems to spend all his time going around purporting to be an amateur detective and consorting with the criminal classes. OK, he once did a bit of nifty work which got dh out of a very sticky situation, but that was all a ghastly misunderstanding. Now dbil is mooning around after some dreadful woman who's on trial for poisoning her bf. I don't want him to get married anyway, because of course he should be leaving all that lovely dosh to ds. WIBU to bribe the jury to find this harpy guilty?

I'm just so angry, I need to vent!!! DH and I work our arses off to support ourselves and DS, plus my parents and PIL, all 4 of whom are bedbound. We are skint, and mainly have to survive on cabbages (could do with some recipe ideas if anyone has any).

Anyway, the ungrateful bastards moan about the food, which is irritating, but I've got used to that. But tonight something has happened that's just pissed me right off!

DS has won a competition that means he gets a tour of the local chocolate factory, and he can choose one adult to go with him. Did he choose one of his parents, who could really do with a nice day out? Did he balls! He chose his Grandpa Joe. "Not an issue", I hear you say. "I thought he couldn't walk?!"

Yeah, well so did bloody I! Turns out the lazy git can walk, but has been sat on his arse for years making us do the work and only bothers to get up now there's a treat in store.

Aaaargh! I'm bloody furiou! AIBU?

*furious, obvs.

And before anyone starts, I'm on a mate's computer.

notafoodbabyanymore there is a fb campaign about your df, seems your not the only one who has noticed how he can be self centred

saggyoldclothcat let her get the pony, you amazingly find enough money for food etc and I have a hunch she's going to get very good and make a new best friend

AIBU? A few years ago, when DD was younger, we went on holiday and made friends with another couple who had a daughter the same age. We had a lovely time, the girls became great friends, playing at fairies the whole holiday, and we arranged to meet up again at half term.

But since then, we haven't been able to have a single holiday with just the three of us. I've been able to go on some great minibreaks with DH while DD is staying with BFF, but I always imagined that as she got older, we would take our daughter abroad and show her the world, but her BFF's parents seem to expect that they will spend every holiday together.

Also, the BFF is a lovely girl, but she seems to have attracted the attention of some very rough boys - whenever she is around they seem to turn up and cause trouble, and things just keep going wrong. I'm not if they follow her over from.the town where she lives - they don't really look like the local country boys - they seem to have stunted growth and a pale, greenish tinge that can only come from staying indoors and playing too many computer games.

Anyway, AIBU on insisting that we take DD to Eurodisney at half term while she's still young enough to enjoy it?

Thanks bagpuss and Blazin for understanding. I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks they are BU.

I can tell you one thing - Joe can get a fecking job after this bloody tour is over!

(This thread is hilarious by the way.)

I am very worried about my DS2 who I had great hopes for but who seems to be throwing his life away. He is absolutely brilliant, and I am not being PFB because he has an older sibling who if anything is even more brilliant.

DS2 works for the government as some sort of accountant(or so he says). I think he is hiding something far more interesting and important. I had hoped that DS2 would follow in his foot steps but from the time he was at uni he has always been what you might call unconventional.

My main worries are that he could be gay. I am perfectly OK with this but society, not to mention the law, would think otherwise. This is because he shares lodgings with another confirmed batchelor and whenever I call DH2 is lounging around in a dressing gown with said friend there is something creepy about the whole set up.

I'm sure that his chum who has a medical background introduced him to drugs. I know that it is not illegal but it is not nice to see your son injecting himself at the tea table.

He has always been highly strung but I think he may be slightly mad. He is either so depressed he takes to his bed for days on end and doesn't eat or he becomes manic and rushes around the countryside chasing imaginary dogs. He also has paranoid delusions about a very nice professor who he thinks is his arch enemy. I find him quite charming.

I won't even go into my fears about the street urchins who turn up at his rooms for money. There are some things a lady does not talk about.

Should I get him into a private clinic for some lengthy sedation or do I let him get on with it and hope that he meets a nice woman who will sort him out. I may introduce him to my friend's daughter Irene. She seems just his type.

Drudge, I wouldn't worry too much. I'm sure even if he suffers a seemingly fatal fall he will bounce back.

AIBU to refuse to let my DN train her dragon in the house or let him sleep on the end of her bed?

What a coincidence! My DS has also won a trip to a chocolate factory! We are delighted as he spends an awful lot of time watching the television and is getting a bit "square eyed". Hopefully he will make some new friends on this trip. There was a lovely girl who was continually chewing gum and a morbidly obese boy who looked like a lot of fun too. Not sure about one of the girls who seemed a tad spoiled but hey ho! I'm sure they'll all come out of it fit and well!