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To be a bit concerned about this set up?

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popmimiboo · 13/07/2014 19:52

Ok, none of my business how people chose to live but I would like a mumsnet viewpoint on this as I find it strange...

DD1 has a school friend who is 13 and her younger sister has become friends with DD2 through a club. The girls' mum seems nice enough and the "dad" who picks the little one up most times is v chatty and friendly. They are always together at social events and seem like a nice couple.

DD1 was invited to sleepover and asked friend why she had twin beds in her room as her sister is in another room (also with twin beds.) Friend replied that her godfather sleeps there as he lives with them.
Later, DD1 saw a man she didn't know in the kitchen and asked her friend who it was. Friend replied that it was her dad. The man who is always with the mum and v much involved in the girls' lives is actually the godfather. He sleeps in the 13 year old's room. He is not related to them but "mum's friend."

The dad sleeps in the parents room and the mum sleeps on a sofa bed on the landing. The night of the sleepover, DD woke up to find that her friend had gone to sleep with her mum.

AIBU and horribly judgy to find this a little unusual and not right? Is it ok for a 13 year old girl to share her room with a middle aged man?

Not to drip feed, the mum, dad and godfather all contacted DD2 by imessage today -no particular reason, nothing sinister but I am uneasy about the whole set up.

Feel free to flame me if I'm being stupid!!

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PhaedraIsMyName · 15/07/2014 00:49

The overcrowding issue probably is irrelevant as it seems it's not the lack of space but their way of using it.

midnight Your comments about this only not being fine due to decadent Western culture are the silliest thing I've read in a while.

PhaedraIsMyName · 15/07/2014 00:52

Not to drip feed, the mum, dad and godfather all contacted DD2 by imessage today -no particular reason, nothing sinister but I am uneasy about the whole set up

Have any of you after a sleepover contacted your child's friend direct? I can understand contacting a parent to say your son/daughter left something behind but the child itself?

popmimiboo · 15/07/2014 07:20

No, they're not renting and it's a big house, no overcrowding.
I remember, years ago I lived in a flat and being surprised that the ndn had their teenage boy and girl (16 and 17) sharing a room. They each had a high sleeper thing with desks and wardrobes. So I'm not sure anyone cares about over crowding here.
However I spoke to mil yesterday and she was horrified about the girl sharing with her godfather and told me who I should mention it to (kind of local authority) who will then pass it on to child protection if they agree that it's wrong.

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popmimiboo · 15/07/2014 07:25

Phaedra -it was my other DD who got the messages but DD1 has explained that it was because the little sister had started a group message including the three adults and my DD2. I wouldn't have really found this untoward if it hadn't been for DD1's discovery at the sleepover.

I have blocked their numbers on DD2's ipad and she knows not to answer to unknown messages. Plus I see every message she receives and sends on my phone.

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AlpacaLypse · 15/07/2014 07:36

Good to hear you've set the ball rolling.

ChasedByBees · 15/07/2014 08:20

Really glad you've reported this, it sounds very wrong.

MiscellaneousAssortment · 15/07/2014 16:18

Interesting that people leap to overcrowding - I think we often can't understand why people would live in an 'unusual' way so we fill in the gaps to make it make sense somehow...

I'm glad you're reporting this. It's really not ok for an unrelated male to share a room with a 13 year old girl. No matter what country it is!

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