Piggate at the meal table

[Marmitelover55]

I brought up the subject of piggate at supper this evening as I was wondering if my DDs' in year 7 and year 9 had heard about it, because I think they discuss the news at school. They hadn't heard about it, so I gave a brief synopsis. DH objected on the 2 grounds:
-not suitable discussion at the meal table
-we should only discuss more suitable news stories with the DC.

So was I BU??

I think you were.

So they're 12 and 14? Meh.

11 and 13...

Yep, YABU.
On both counts.

Yes, I think you were. I don't think it is suitable mealtime conversation. Though YWNBU to discuss it at some other time - 11 and 13 year olds are probably discussing it at school - or at least seeing the gifs and cartoons about it that are going round.

Btw, the authors of the book have now said it was an unsubstantiated rumour that they decided to publish anyway, and in the interests of balance, I'd tell them that too (if you haven't already, of course).

It's such a non story.

Unless the children were laughing at him, I'd probably leave David Cameron off the conversation list.

They are more interested in talking about Tarraria/Minecraft/Stampy/Scouts camp.

Depends on whether you were having pork?

11? God no. What was the brief synopsis?

I told my 12 and 14 year old about it. Admittedly not at the dinner table.

YANBU at all. DDs will discuss it in school tomorrow though, maybe it gets a few teenagers interested in reading the news.

' hey dad's our prime minister face fucked a dead pig, pass the pepper please'

Dd's:

What's the significance of the dinner table in what's appropriate?

Dd's not dad's

Lol no we were having beef but there was pork in the menu at lunch time where I work - I declined.

I explained a bit about initiation ceremonies into some clubs at some universities and said that an unsubstantiated story had been published about DC putting a certain private part on his anatomy in a dead pigs head when he was a student... Ok yes reading it does make me see that i I was BU

Ai yi yi. I wouldn't have unless they mentioned it!

why - just why would you tell them an unsubstantiated allegation
I'm with your DH

Seriously? Totally inappropriate.

And what was their reaction?

Yes I can see I probably was BU. I told them because its in the news and all over social media.

They laughed and went ewwww

I have just spent a few moments ages trying to work out what 'pigg-ahhh-tey' was. I have to admit to wondering whether you were discussing something akin to bukkake at the dinner table. I'm tired, I think.

Anyway, I would have discussed it had they brought it up with me but I can't see me bringing it up in the first instance iyswim.

I have discussed it with Ds1 he thought it was a goat not at the dinner table though

I wouldn't have raised it, but if they had I think I would have said something like "let's talk about it when we've eaten". I often do that-defer some topics to post dinner coffee.............

Possibly not at mealtimes, but I'd have no issue discussing the story with my 12 and 14 year olds. Probably in the context of a wider conversation about appalling standards of journalism in the UK.

Ywbu. Your DH was right.