AIBU to think this mum was attention seeking?

[Sisinisawa]

I arrived early for the school run today so sat in the car waiting like everyone else.

Well, everyone except a mum, new to the school this year, who got out of her car, opened the boot, took out a hula hoop and started writhing around with it doing some form of exercise/dance. On the pavement.

I mean, WTAF?

Who does that?

What say you Mumsnet? Attention-seeking or mad as a box of frogs?

Very odd

Attention-seeking or mad as a box of frogs

both, surely

Tbh I'm just impressed she has the confidence/ability/energy to hula a hoop in the street before 9am! :o

Could she have been doing it for a young child? Though it's far more energy and confidence than I'd have. She may be crackers or just loads of fun or very confident. I'd probably have a giggle and tell other people but live and let live.

I would suspect mental health issues to be frank.

Or recruiting for her exercise class, starting next week in a church hall near you?

Attention seeking but also probably very fit and healthy. Better than sitting in your car spying tbh.

I have done similar, (can't hoola hoop to save my life) but with a skipping rope It never occurred to me that people would notice, care or have an opinion.

In my defence I have a very sedentary job and I need to burn energy. Also I couldn't do what you say (sit in a car waiting ). I get very restless waiting and have to do something physical.

I'm jealous! I wish I could hula like that - if I could I would do it anywhere too when I were bored!

That’s hilarious, I am in admiration of her energy levels

Maybe she was playing truth or dare with the children in the car?

Hahaha how wankily cringey of her

I wish I had the motivation to do this. I can’t even be arsed picking up the TV remote.

Conversation starter??

Ide be dying to ask if she could teach me

Sounds much more fun than sitting in a car.

Perhaps she's at home telling her family that even when she hula hooped outside the car at pick-up time no-one spoke to her so how is she ever going to settle in?!?

CorbynsBumFlannel

You’ve got to go one better tomorrow. Pull out your hula hoop, then set it on fire! 🔥
Or grab your yoga mat and do some stretches on the pavement.
Or wire up a nespresso to your cigarette lighter and sell coffees to passing parents.

This could be a whole new level of bossing the school run.

Mental health problems. I have experienced this before with a mum at school. I worked there. She had a diagnosed MH problem. She used to do things similar to this

This is hilarious! I can imagine one of our school mums doing this, please report back on what she does at tomorrow's pick up. Perhaps she has a whole circus routine going culuminating in her jumping through a firey ring to collect her offspring?!

tomorrow... take a bucket of water... just to clean your windscreen... whilst You wait.. if it 'accidentally' hits said hulahooper... my oh my ooops

Gazelda, I'm now imagining a whole circus-worth of parents trying to outdo each in the AM. It'd be brilliant!

Hmmm, quite strange, why would she do it on the pavement?? I'm reluctant to diagnose MH problems on an anonymous forum, but I'm inclined to agree that it's a definite possibility.

Lovely, individual, unique, amazing, she sounds. Why not befriend her.

Ninjakittysmells - you've made me laugh so hard I've got tears running down my face!