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To think my mother laughing at my son's private parts is extremely inappropriate

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Datedthedevil · 22/06/2016 23:46

I was on holiday with my 68 year old mother last week. One evening whilst changing my three year old son's nappy she walked over, pointed at his bits, laughed and said 'it's like a penis only smaller'

I yelled at her and told her it was very inappropriate and isn't at all funny as it will give him a complex and it's cruel and unkind.

She says he doesn't understand but I don't care. I don't think you should do this to a child.

I was then criticised for being miserable with no sense of humour and a bitch. Am I being unreasonable?

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acasualobserver · 23/06/2016 00:16

1/10

Datedthedevil · 23/06/2016 00:18

See, I'm just confused - after a week with my mother my brain is shot. Confused. I have nothing to hide, I'm not being dodgy.

To think my mother laughing at my son's private parts is extremely inappropriate
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MrsJoeyMaynard · 23/06/2016 00:24

Doesn't a default username pop up in the add new post section for you, OP?

I've always had my current username pop up as a default. Saves any angst about 'what's my name again?'

Anyway, no one should be making jokes about a 3 yr old's penis.

AnotherTimeMaybe · 23/06/2016 00:24

HmmHmmHmm

By why did you have to change your name between the first and second post?

MrsJoeyMaynard · 23/06/2016 00:25

Oh, and one of your usernames is an anagram of your real name, I don't think it's sensible to be telling everyone that.

Datedthedevil · 23/06/2016 00:26

MrsJoey - yes I saw that but I didn't think it was right so changed it! I honestly was not trying to be dodgy, I'm just rubbish on here. thank you :) I'll ignore it and leave it as caramel then.

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Datedthedevil · 23/06/2016 00:27

I'm not bothered if anyone knows its me, i never really post. Im just so wound up after my holiday i needed to check i wasn't wrong about this. and the name change half way through is because I'm a prize doofus.

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MrsJoeyMaynard · 23/06/2016 00:29

No, you're not wrong. Your mother's "joke" is inappropriate and not funny.

AnotherTimeMaybe · 23/06/2016 00:32

So what are you doing OP? Changing you name every time you post? You saying you're not using the default one?

99GBPChargeToUseMyPostsJournos · 23/06/2016 00:32

Point at her chest the next time you see her. Laugh. Then say

'They are like tits only droopier'.

meowli · 23/06/2016 00:37

Are you Althea T. Crumborn, op?

PortiaCastis · 23/06/2016 00:40

Is that an anagram?

meowli · 23/06/2016 00:45

Op said Caramelbutthorn was an anagram of her real name, so I was just hazarding a guess. Grin

PortiaCastis · 23/06/2016 00:47

An inspired guess Grin

mrsclooneytoyou · 23/06/2016 00:51

Ok, I have no idea what's going on

PrettyDumb · 23/06/2016 00:51

Was your mother drunk?

meowli · 23/06/2016 00:58

Actually, I think I've worked out a plausible name, (don'tcha just love an anagram!) but I won't out you,op!

PerspicaciaTick · 23/06/2016 00:59

OK - now the thread has gone really weird - I can see two more posts on this thread when I look in active convos...but they don't appear when I click on the thread.
PrettyDumb Thu 23-Jun-16 00:51:32
Was your mother drunk?
mrsclooneytoyou Thu 23-Jun-16 00:51:30
Ok, I have no idea what's going on

PerspicaciaTick · 23/06/2016 00:59

And now they are there. That's never happened to me on MN before.

PrivatePike · 23/06/2016 01:01

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

Peridotisinvalid · 23/06/2016 01:02

OP are you logging in, posting and then logging out again, so that every time you want to post you have to log in again? If not I can't understand how or why you keep changing names.

Datedthedevil · 23/06/2016 01:03

ok...ok... I'll come clean. My real name is CarnalBumHotter

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mrsclooneytoyou · 23/06/2016 01:09

Seriously, what's going on?

Datedthedevil · 23/06/2016 01:13

What is going on? I'm an idiot.
I asked a genuine question about something which happened on a holiday I got back from on Monday.
I didn't think my username was caramel so manually typed in what i thought it was - datedthedevil.

There's nothing sinister going on, i'm not trying to deceive anyone. I was being dense due to inexperience on here, being over tired, stressed out not concentrating as I've got too much on my mind. I'm sorry for the confusion I have caused.

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PerspicaciaTick · 23/06/2016 01:20

Thing is you managed to type Datedthedevil in the OP, datedthedevil in another post, then Caramelbutthorn less than a minute after you had used datedthedevil. So only the OP is highlighted as being posted by the OP, the others just sort of merge in and it looked like you were deliberately trying to confuse things. But I'm assured it was all a big NC fail.
And it is still a weird comment for your DM to make.