To want to buy a shed and hide..

[Tittypulumpcious]

For the past two weeks I have been unwell, one of my symptoms has been acute chest pain.

Dh 9yr old has begun to clutch her chest the last few days. The pattern being when dh and I are having a conversation. The hand goes to the chest the other to her forehead she oohs a bit until dh asks whats wrong then she says 'oooh it's my chest'

Dh has asked questions and it has become apparent she is not really in pain she's copying my symptoms (not me, I don't do the clutch forehead thing! I am also not contagious)

She gets plenty of attention she is the centre of her disney dads world. I normally ignore the other attention seeking behaviour ( The cat bit me, I've got a cut on my finger but you can't see it, I think my ankle is broken, I've fallen down the stairs..)

I already feel like shit and the frequent productions are getting on my nerves.

WIBU to pretend she needs to see a Dr right away and pretend to call one.. and tell her she needs an injection with a very big needle in the hopes of putting an end to this drama?!

I would! but then I'm mean I'd scare the bejesus out of the cheeky little monkey!

Do it!

Well, if she feels that ill, she obviously needs to go straight to bed - no TV, nice bland food, curtains closed, to have a nice restful nap.......

And repeat.......

I would suggest to her that perhaps she needs a tetanus which involves a very long needle being jabbed in the bum as that is the only way of preventing a huge infection and then i would go and 'phone' the doctor'. After all her symptoms are a bit more serious than yours if her head is hurting too. But I am quite an evil minded person .

if anyone is ill in my house (and I think its a scam) it's bed rest until better and NO you are not well enough to go out, use your phone, watch TV, read etc etc. you MUST rest my dear until you feel better. remarkable cure it proved to be over the years. they are sadly too old to fall for it now