To ask you all to reassure me that no one noticed?

[FuckYouChrisAndThatHorse]

Ds just got back from a three day residential school trip. I was unpacking his bag, putting away his wash things, when I noticed that the hastily emptied washbag, hadn't been properly emptied before I put his things in it

Yes, I sent my 9 year old ds on a school trip with condoms.

They were still there which suggests that they weren't spotted by anyone, but were in a string pockety bit, so fully visible.

Ds is not the most observant of children. I'm hoping I've got away with it.

It's not that bad, is it? Is it?! Some of you must have sent your dcs with worse? Gin maybe?! Class A drugs?!

PizzaPower lmao

I don't know how I forgot this when I posted before.

My parents once went away and like all good teenagers do, I had a house party. Got away with it after frantic tidying etc. The following week my mother (Irish Catholic - this is relevant ) opened a drawer in the table where her car keys were and out popped a blown up condom (unused thankfully). My mother said something along the lines of "Jesus Mary and Joseph, that put the heart across me! Stop trying to scare me with funny balloons"

I love my mother

Nice :o

I even did the accent in my head Mymble.

So with cigarettes, a pen knife, drug smells and whisky, maybe I'm not completely alone.

Ds has said nothing. I've gently prompted to see if anything happened. Anything at all.

It's all fine. He's a filthy child who luckily didn't wash once.

I never thought I'd be grateful for that.

After a difficult day and alot of worry about someone I know in hospital this has made me laugh out loud. I would like to thank you for lightening load a little for me.

Granny, sorry to hear you've had a bad day, but I'm glad my idiocy has cheered you up :o

I really am grateful.

:)

Classics! Not laughed so much in ages!

Smurfy, it's not funny! I'm properly traumatised.

Jeez.

Dh still thinks it's hilarious

I'm not quite there yet.

I know, objectively, it's funny.

But it should have happened to someone else. That would be funnier.

This thread does provide a very useful checklist for future trips!

Many of the posts have made me snort. I will have to ask my Mum if she has any amusing stories. She was a cub group leader when I was small.

I sent my baby to his new nursery with four small bottles of gin in his changing bag.
In my defence, the last time I had used the changing bag had been on a plane. We had sat on the runway for over an hour and he had screamed the place down. Once the plane had taken off, the sympathetic air crew had offered me a drink (this was in the far off days when BA gave you free drinks). I asked for a gin and tonic and the hostess gave me extra! I could not drink it all so I put it in the only bag I had with me.
And promptly forgot all about the miniatures.
So when it was baby boy's first day at nursery I happily handed him and his changing bag over.
When I returned to pick him up, I was usered into the nursery manager's office to have a chat about whether I was 'coping'...

Please report back, MrsN :o

So far I have:-

No condoms
No pen knives
No adult underwear (not dh's or mine)
No cigarettes
No whisky
No tampons
No soiled clothing of other dcs
No soaking dc's clothing in extract of class A's.

I'm sure I've forgotten some (you're all brilliant BTW and have made me feel much better).

None of the aforementioned should be packed for a child's school trip.

Libra, that is amazing! Are you coping? I'm not coping. You should send me gin :o

Condoms are essential items in a survival kit for carrying water. Every survival handbook says that.

You were merely being a super sensible parent providing essential survival gear - providing he was trekking for 3 days in the Cairngorms obviously.

These days he drinks more gin than me...

Surely they're essential kit for DofE? They must be on the list. Send them just in case. It's the right thing to do. Scout's honour.

I'm clearly a very organised prepper.

Honest.

Libra, so he made it to adulthood? Clearly we are the best of parents.

I tried encouraging my DS (8) to wash the shampoo out of his hair himself stating he might go on a residential next year and what would he do...His answer...I won't be washing.. So I won't worry about what is in his wash bag..

Starry, going by their thread, I really wouldn't worry.

Such a funny thread.

My DC has been on a 3 school trip and arrived back today i wonder if they're in the same school? I really wouldn't worry as my DC didn't even open the wash bag.

Town starts with an L!

Sorry just realised this thread was started yesterday

:o

My DCs wear hearing aids and they used to irritate their ears sometimes when they were babies. Their consultant recommended KY jelly rubbed on the ear moulds. When I went for lunch with my friend once he was a little alarmed to see a bottle of lube in my changing bag

My mother, of course, said something along the lines of "this is a grand useful little tube, sure it's a bit like WD40. Is it just for hearing aids or can you use it on anything else?" "Erm, just for hearing aids mother".

Luckily I've never needed to send it on school trips...