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AIBUs from parents of fictional children

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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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wanderings · 13/08/2013 22:05

After a massive tornado, my niece keeps going on about a straw man with no heart, a tin man with no brains, and a tiger (or something like that), and silver slippers; I mean, what was wrong with the sparkly red Converse I got her a few months ago, which she will have outgrown next year?

She hasn't slept at all since the tornado, several months ago; AIBU to take her to see the GP? Somebody who looks like Jean Marsh has recommended a doctor who specialises in electric shock therapy. Might this work?

LondonMother · 13/08/2013 22:07

[Great minds, SDTG - I couldn't believe it hadn't been done already!]

KateCroydon · 13/08/2013 22:08

AIBU to head off for the Med and leave DD in the UK countryside? It's not that cold and the wolves are really quite tame.

feralgirl · 13/08/2013 22:11

AIBU to allow DD to wander through the woods by herself? The weather's pretty grim - it's actually snowing a bit - but she says she's not scared, despite all the wild animals out there.

wanderings · 13/08/2013 22:13

My DS keeps on sucking his thumb. I've told him the story of the great tall tailor who comes to naughty boys who suck their thumbs; he cuts their thumbs clean off. Children need to learn about consequences.

But alas, alack! Another mum has told me that this is true, there is a man who does this! Will I get back to find my DS thumbless? I've checked it's not 1st April, and she was so convincing, I am now worried for his safety. AIBU to think I am being punished by MNHQ for not following through with a threat I have made?

ShockShockShockShock

pointythings · 13/08/2013 22:16

WIBU to let my DS1 and 2 and DD got to Cornwall, hang out with their eccentric old uncle and go on a treasure hunt for what they think is the Grail? Apparently the local vicar is a bit weird, but then so is the DCs' uncle - he's a professor of archaeology but has a bit of a Merlin complex...

Didactylos · 13/08/2013 22:16

IABU to be really pissed at my husband?

DH's been a total PITA today - brought me the mail and breakfast in bed and then has disappeared off: I think went to someones to a funeral and he muttered something about kidneys. He also said he had some advert to sort out. I was quite glad he went out because I wanted to see my manager - I think he fancies me and Ive been thinking about having an affair with him because DH keeps meeting up 'accidentally' with his old girlfriends and I know hes corresponding with other women too, and hes been worried all day about some lady he knows whos in labour. Its a bit odd because everyone seems to think DH is a bit of an outsider and he goes off on odd tangents where he scarcely makes sense.

But then tonight he turns up after midnight and hes brought some drunk medical student chap home, who apparently he had smashed up a light and then got in a fight with a squaddie: and it turns out DHs been out on the lash with him and they've been visiting some brothel! And they've been sitting about drinking cocoa and reminiscing for hours so I went to bed. And now bloody DHs asked him to stay the night. Its just too damn inconsiderate and Im just hoping that the student chap refuses.

I cant seem to stop thinking about it all, Im lying in bed here tonight and everything about our relationship and our kids and our lives together is just whirling round and round in my head, and none of it makes any sense! Should I LTB or should I just put up with him because his fetish for garters is mostly harmless? Its all so tiring and I just want to go to sleep....

Lweji · 13/08/2013 22:19

AIBU to let DS join the crew of a ship to look for the supposed treasure of some pirate? Captain Flint or Sparrow or something, I think.

I'm quite concerned because our lodger at the inn died when he got some black spot on his hand.

Do you think there might be pirates involved? I'm quite worried as they are not a good example for children and DS might start to think they are glamorous.

LondonMother · 13/08/2013 22:19

AIBU to send my DSS to work in a bottling factory? He is 9 years old and has a vicious disposition. My DS and I are of the opinion that he needs to learn to stand on his own two feet now that he is alone in the world and we have taken all his mother's money. He will be able to lodge with a family of spendthrifts and it will do him good to mix with a cross-section of London society after the sheltered existence he's had at his private school!

Earthworms · 13/08/2013 22:21

AIBU not to tell my youngest DS that he had an older brother who was sadly stillborn.

He is actually a seventh son, but I don't want him getting ideas. It's his birthday tomorrow ( midwinter, huh) and he is behaving very oddly, collecting belt buckles ant mixing with tramps.

Earthworms · 13/08/2013 22:23

Haha pointy. Xposted. Great minds

pointythings · 13/08/2013 22:26

earthworms I wanted to do that one but didn't know how to word it! I feel less alone now. Loving this thread! Grin

Didactylos · 13/08/2013 22:28

IABU to let my grandson go out sailing in a homemade boat with two of his little friends? Apparently they want to go fruit picking and climb some big trees.

I am sadly incapacitated due to a rare illness and cant go our the house as I am covered in purple spots atm! I feel bad that I cant pay my grandson the attention he needs and play with him but I just dont have the energy.

So I patched up a present by throwing some random crap from around the house into a bag - a bowl, some spoons, tentpegs and that sort of thing, plus a hanky each, and hopefully they can have fun with that.

KeatsiePie · 13/08/2013 22:34

Ha, love how pointy and earthworms did two of the books in a row.

Didactylos · 13/08/2013 22:36

I know, have been desparately sat here racking my brain for the third in the series to follow Pointy and Earthworms...

BlazinStoke · 13/08/2013 22:37

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Lweji · 13/08/2013 22:38

My DS (13 and 3/4) has started writing a diary.

I'm quite concerned about him and his attitudes as he's entering his teenage years. He has taken a ruler to his bedroom, god knows for what.

WIBU to read it?

I'm afraid to open Pandora's box if I do it.

TheOriginalSteamingNit · 13/08/2013 22:39

parker don't worry about dd1 too much: if she's still wearing striped pyjamas as Oxford I'm sure she's not getting up to too much.

KeatsiePie · 13/08/2013 22:43

Didactylos me too!!

pointythings · 13/08/2013 22:43

Against my better judgement I've let my DS1, DS2 and DD go to Cornwall again with their strange great-uncle... Apparently he has a protege who is a rather odd boy, and now my DD wants to attend a local ritual which seems rather pagan and odd to me. It will involve her staying up way past her bedtime and I'm worried it will give her nightmares as well - WIBU to say no?

wanderings · 13/08/2013 22:44

AIBU to let my DCs play in the lane outside our house? The lane is free of traffic, it's a cul-de-sac, and there's a bollard in the entrance to stop cars coming through. However, I am worried about the following things:

  • A cantankerous busybody woman who is always telling everyone (adults and children) what to do; I wish she would mind her own business!
  • Two other children who are always racing up and down the lane in homemade carts, who might set a bad example;
  • An elderly gentleman who is always dozing in a chair outside his house; he sleeps a lot, but I always worry he is up to something;
  • A huge delapidated house with an overgrown garden and feral cats. An elderly man with a Dumbledore complex (by the way he dresses) is sometimes seen in the garden; some of the local kids seem on good terms with him, but they all know not to go into his house, only to stay in the garden.

The cantankerous woman gave my DC's the following advice: "Play in the lane if you like, but never, never, NEVER play in the garden of the old house!"

I don't know what to do!

grubbybrat · 13/08/2013 22:47

Darlings, WIBU to slip my dd just the tiniest bit of speed or bake just a speck of hash into some cookies? Would I? She's so boring that if i couldn't remember the labour, I'd think she was someone else's. She just works and works and positively glares when BFF and I have a little drink (everyone needs a weeny drop of bolly sometime, don't they?). I just want her to have a little bit of bloody fun, dammit!

pointythings · 13/08/2013 22:48

I've sent my convalescent DS to stay with his aunt and uncle in Wales, but I have my doubt about the benefits of this... DS has a tendency to get into all kinds of scrapes of the mystical kind, and there's a strange black-clad man on a black horse who seems to be stalking him. In addition, DS seems to be hanging out with an odd boy who's being raised by a single dad, and there's some very odd Welsh hill farmers around too. WIBU to fetch him home?

OhThePlacesYoullGo · 13/08/2013 22:50

Name changed for obvious reasons. Some context: DS was born and raised west Philadelphia. He's a good boy really and spends most of his days on the playground or playing basketball outside his school. But yesterday a couple of guys who were clearly up to no good started making trouble in our neighbourhood. He got in a fight and I have to admit I got scared, so I said "You're moving with your auntie and uncle in Bel-air"... He hailed a cab and made his way there now. WIBU to have send him away?

KeatsiePie · 13/08/2013 22:51

WIBU to send my DS to Wales to stay on his uncle's farm? He's been sick and tbh. I was worried about him even before that. I used to quite like his elderly mentor but now I begin to think he's not very practical with kids as since meeting him DS is quite preoccupied and talking strangely, he sounds much older than he is and I don't like it. His uncle's farm is quite remote and there wouldn't be much supervision but imo. it's quite safe for a boy to amuse himself by hiking and the views would be lovely.