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would you believe ds (5) or the childminder? childminer took ds and the children elsewhere

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user1469643462 · 27/07/2016 19:31

It is the summer holidays so ds has to be with a childminer, for 3 days a week. I pay her for the actual care she provides, then i pay for any visits to places on top of that, they were supposed to be going to the zoo today and i had paid £21 for ds's zoo ticket and i know that isnt loads but tbh with the cost i had already paid for her to look after him it was almost today's wages! ds goes there with 2 boys and a little girl aswell all around the same age give or take. Ds got home and was telling me all about his trip to the local museum (which was free) i did not have a problem with that he seemed to have had a great time. I phoned up the childminder and asked if she could just paypal the money back over and she said that she had no idea what i was going on about and that she took them to the zoo Hmm I know children do love to use their imagination, so i was a bit undecided, ds kept going on about the objects he had seen and told me a story about a man showing them the kids bit. ds has never been to this museum and it was just odd how well he was explaining it. I would love to phone the other parents but tbh i dont actually know them! it's all very odd...

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Cguk81 · 01/08/2016 18:50

Come on OP, do it do it! This is my first comment on this post but I've been checking it like every 5 mins all day.

BastardGoDarkly · 01/08/2016 18:51

Jacket potatoes with every fucking topping known to man and salad Lorelei

RTKangaMummy · 01/08/2016 18:52

This "ticket" must have the correct date on though

Bee182814 · 01/08/2016 18:53

Oh god I've got to see this

53rdAndBird · 01/08/2016 18:54

It's going to be a faded till receipt with 'Tesco' crossed out and 'Chester Zoo' written above in biro, isn't it?

meridithssister · 01/08/2016 18:55

I've got a bar of fruit and nut if anyone wants a square to keep them going?

OrchidsAndLace · 01/08/2016 18:55

Can't hack the suspense! Lucky it's DH's turn to cook tonight... Wine

If she really has faked a ticket that's pretty astonishing. It wouldn't occur to me to do that no matter how deep of a hole I'd dug myself into Shock (not because I'm so morally upright, but just because I'd know for sure I wouldn't get away with it - I mean seriously, she must know a fake ticket would be rumbled instantly when compared with a real one!)

Then again, just to play devil's advocate, even some big attractions do produce really shitty looking paper tickets... And if, as I think we've established?, CM definitely went to the zoo with the Tuesday kids, then she'd know what the tickets look like.

ChampagneTastes · 01/08/2016 18:56

This is my favourite thread for some time. It could only be improved if the CM turned up to defend herself.

LoreleiGilmoreIsMyBFF · 01/08/2016 18:57

bastard. Those jackets aren't done in the microwave, are they?...

OrchidsAndLace · 01/08/2016 18:57

53rd Grin

If it's a printout of fastday's that would be pretty epic.

BastardGoDarkly · 01/08/2016 18:58

Fuck no Lorelei but you'll have to take my word for that, I've no picture proof

ohnoppp · 01/08/2016 18:58

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6demandingchildren · 01/08/2016 18:58

Ffs need to go shopping and had to explain to hubby that I'm awaiting an update on zoogate.
Placemaking

toastedbeagle · 01/08/2016 18:59

I've got kids to bath and dinner to cook and I'm not doing it til I've seen this receipt!!!

PinkissimoAndPearls · 01/08/2016 19:01

You're overegging it a bit now, OP.

LoreleiGilmoreIsMyBFF · 01/08/2016 19:01

Anyone else wondering why they care, but still bloody committed nonetheless?

micemicebabies · 01/08/2016 19:02

Argh the suspense!

amprev · 01/08/2016 19:02

I've been thinking for 2 days that the CM is going to pop up on this thread. I don't think I could cope if she did.

Jubaloo442 · 01/08/2016 19:02

I'm using my daily holiday data allowance to refresh this thread. So intrigued....

ManicPixieDream · 01/08/2016 19:02

The suspense is killing me....

As an aside:
DS1 once told a friend's Mum that he had been in a car accident and wasn't wearing a seat belt. Kids do tell whoppers. I know we have established that. I'm dying to know what on earth is going on here.

TempusEedjit · 01/08/2016 19:04

Oh come on you impatient lot, OP didn't realise how many people would be this interested in an 800 post thread

micemicebabies · 01/08/2016 19:06

Tbh I think I will actually be a bit gutted if after all this it turns out CM is telling the truth and he did go to the zoo haha.

LoreleiGilmoreIsMyBFF · 01/08/2016 19:06

If the CM is innocent, I'm going to be very bloody disappointed and rethink my entire life

minionsrule · 01/08/2016 19:07

Seriously OP, I thought my DH had the most awful concept of time - 5 minutes my arse......... Why post an hour ago with the (so called) update?
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BlameItOnTheBogies · 01/08/2016 19:07

CM is deffo lying. Sounds like she took them to the Roman Experience where they have a man dressed in Roman armour, including tin hat.

Question is, what are you going to do? It's more about trust now isn't it? Although you're a bit stuck with it being the summer holidays and all.

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