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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

to think VB kissing Harper on the lips

102 replies

Teapot101 · 13/07/2016 15:15

is ick to say the least! We used to have an aunt who went in for lip smackers which required a strategic twist of the head at the last minute. Sorry, I find it yuck. (I love kissing my children and hugging them lots)

OP posts:
Pardonwhat · 13/07/2016 16:55
Hmm
Ginkypig · 13/07/2016 16:56

Oh for goodness sake op grow up.

You normal is normal for you

My normal is normal for me

So I wouldn't dream of judging your normal just because it differs from mine!

not a single person has said you have been brought up wrong

Every new post of yours makes you seem more and more immature.

bigbuttons · 13/07/2016 16:56

I dislike VB, but will happily defend her normal display of affection towards her daughter.

LilacSpunkMonkey · 13/07/2016 16:57

I think 'lovely family' was meant in reference to how they are with their kids.

So the other stuff is irrelevant.

Muzzcub · 13/07/2016 16:59

After looking at the offending photo I can see where you're coming from, Op. Like someone said upthread I think it is her head tilt that makes it look a bit "snoggy" haha.

But it's a peck on the lips between mother and daughter.

Remember the way she kissed Brooklyn and had her arm around him that time? Yeah that was a bit iffy..

At the end of the day VB just loves the attention

VioletVaccine · 13/07/2016 17:00

I did see the 'outcry' on Newspaper social media pages from this image.

Personally, I think anyone who can see
something sexual or inappropriate in a photograph of a Mum kissing her little girl, has real problems.

BitOutOfPractice · 13/07/2016 17:01

OP: AIBU?
MN: yes
OP: No I'm not

Hmm
Teapot101 · 13/07/2016 17:04

Op aibu
Mn why
Op because this is how it looks to me
Mn yes
Op. Shrugs shoulders and thinks about it.

OP posts:
amusedbush · 13/07/2016 17:05

My parents never kissed me. In fact, I don't think I've touched either of them in about ten years.

I don't think the photo is "ick" at all.

My parents not kissing me doesn't influence how I feel about people kissing their kids at all.

ExasperatedAlmostAlways · 13/07/2016 17:06

Don't find it yuck at all and find people who find it yuck, a bit strange to say the least.

MissBattleaxe · 13/07/2016 17:14

My kids kiss me on the lips. I therefore kiss them on the lips. When they no longer do it to me, I'll stop kissing them on the lips. I let them call the tune.

It's true, pure love but there's nothing remotely sexual in it at all.

KittyLaRoux · 13/07/2016 17:20

Some people dont kiss on the lips. Thats fine they are not strange or odd.

Some people kiss on the lips. Thats fine they are not strange ir odd.

Simple.

Beeziekn33ze · 13/07/2016 19:59

I have never kissed DC on the lips. Then I read somewhere that cold sores are passed on by a carrier kissing a young child. Since then I have avoided kissing children in the family except on the head (babies), cheek or near ear. Sometimes I kiss my fingertip and touch their cheek with it. GD 18 months seems to really like that.
I'd hate to pass on a cold sore or gum disease, maybe I'm over cautious. We're so germ conscious these days.

coffeetasteslikeshit · 13/07/2016 20:26

This sort of thing makes me despair. How on earth can a mother kissing her child be viewed as icky?? I just don't get it. At all.

Highway61 · 13/07/2016 20:30

Yup, coffee, the OP is weird.

BeverlyGoldberg · 13/07/2016 20:36

I kiss my one year old on the lips. Half the time I get covered in yoghurt and slobber, it's not sexual, is cute and loving. If you don't like it then don't do it.

I also live with a very loving cat who likes to lip kiss whether you like it or not. That's a bit "ick" but only because he smells of cat food, I can't imagine VB smells of cat food.

Gowgirl · 13/07/2016 21:52

Kiss on lips? In this house we touch tonges! Followed by the obligetory urgggh skusting

Dozyoldtwonk · 13/07/2016 21:59

OP - ODFOD.

HTH.

bringonyourwreckingball · 13/07/2016 22:06

My 8 year old dd still wants lip kisses (she initiates) - I am not going to make my child feel uncomfortable about showing innocent affection. Dd1 grew out of it a lot earlier and that's fine too.

PinguForPresident · 13/07/2016 22:17

My nearly-5- year old loves kissing me on the lips. He throws his arms round my neck nad giveas me massive, snotty, slobbery kisses becasue he loves me and to him that's normal.

Given he's within a month the same age as Harper Beckham, I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest it's totally normal and not worth antyone getting their knickers in a twist about

TriniRedVelvet · 13/07/2016 22:33

My parents were abusive assholes so there was no kissing them. But I kiss my 8 year old dd all the time. Cheeks, nose, chin, forehead, little pecks on lips. It's all good. She's my little baba. Smile

ExtraHotLatteToGo · 13/07/2016 22:55

Some twat calling into the radio today said it was 'pornographic'. Twat.

Tink06 · 13/07/2016 22:56

My 9 year old gave both me n dh a goodnight kiss on the lips. Nothing unusual just a normal thing but it made me think about this. How awful that people feel its anything other than normal. Yes op yanbu.

LilacSpunkMonkey · 14/07/2016 14:40

Oh, a quick two middle fingers salute to the Mail!

And a 'go fuck yourselves' too, you bunch of misogynistic, racist, homophobic, dick weasels.

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