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That you should of helped

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bongobaby · 06/09/2013 14:08

Was running 10 minutes late past school pick up time and rang my friend to ask if it would be okay
If my dc could stop at her house til I got there to collect him from her house. She said no,she was going out and couldn't, fair enough.
Anyway I got to the school and no sign if him, I got held up at a hospital appointment that over ran when it shouldn't of as it was at 1.50 pm so plenty of time I thought to get back.
I got a call a disgruntled call from my friend to say that dc had turned up at her house.
Turns out that her husband opened the door and wouldn't let my dc in as he thought that I had sent my dc round there and then her husband said that my friend was out. But my dc heard her from the kitchen talking.
My dc asked if he could get her to ring me and tell me that he was there.
I know that I was in the wrong for not being there on time , but I would never do that to a child who had the good sense to go to a friend for help in this situation.

OP posts:
cushtie335 · 06/09/2013 22:11

And you have no sense of your own limitations, but hey ho...

HaroldLloyd · 06/09/2013 22:11

Your getting a bit strange now.

cushtie335 · 06/09/2013 22:12

IRONY OVERLOAD!!!

usualsuspect · 06/09/2013 22:12

They always say 'it's a bug bear of mine' too.

Like that excuses it.

cushtie335 · 06/09/2013 22:13

What a pair of sad sacks you are.

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OliviaMMumsnet · 06/09/2013 22:13

AHEM

usualsuspect · 06/09/2013 22:13

I think custie has malfunctioned.

bigbuttons · 06/09/2013 22:13

Bloody hell, I would NEVER turn a child away from my door, whatever the age. the woman is a heartless cow.

MissStrawberry · 06/09/2013 22:14
Grin
HaroldLloyd · 06/09/2013 22:14

It's like arguing with my 11 year old nephew.

cushtie335 · 06/09/2013 22:14

No sweetheart, perfectly functioning here.

usualsuspect · 06/09/2013 22:14

She started it Grin

HaroldLloyd · 06/09/2013 22:14

I think cushtie has been taken over by her bug bears.

MissStrawberry · 06/09/2013 22:15

oops

cushtie335 · 06/09/2013 22:15

Your 11 year old nephew must have the patience of a saint

HaroldLloyd · 06/09/2013 22:16

That's right I'm such a sad sack.

I would of thought with your superior grasp of the English language you would of come up with something a little better than that.

cushtie335 · 06/09/2013 22:18

That's your comeback? Sad sack pitched it just right then.

usualsuspect · 06/09/2013 22:18

Yes,sad sack is quite a poor insult.

I expected better of you,sweetie.

HaroldLloyd · 06/09/2013 22:19

IRONY OVERLOAD!!!!!!

cushtie335 · 06/09/2013 22:21

Yup. Sad sack it is. Anything more cerebral and interesting would have been totally wasted.

VivaLeBeaver · 06/09/2013 22:23

I opened this thinking I bet 194 people have come on to say HAVE not OF.

AvonCallingBarksdale · 06/09/2013 22:23

I'm a total pedant, it's like the proverbial albatross round the neck to be fair and probably makes me something of a dullard, but, genuine question, what is so wrong about letting someone know they've made a mistake? Why is it so bad when it's to do with grammar? It seems to really polarize opinion on here.

usualsuspect · 06/09/2013 22:27

It was more than one person telling the OP she was wrong.

It's almost done with glee on this thread.

cushtie335 · 06/09/2013 22:30

Hmm...almost like the "glee" you've indulged in telling everyone to "fuck off" and "being a dick" for pointing it out. As I said, Irony.

HaroldLloyd · 06/09/2013 22:30

I'd hate to deprive you of that superiority complex Cush.

Your right it's the only language I understand.