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HELP! Dd has accidentally bought me a penis candle!

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aimeeniamh59 · 23/03/2018 09:30

Dd in year 9 got back from her French exchange in Paris yesterday - she bought presents for me, Dh and both her siblings.

One problem - she bought me what she thought was an innocent Eiffel Tower candle. It clearly isn’t.

Should I break it to her?

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Crispbutty · 23/03/2018 12:05

Oh op it’s really not hard to take a photo. You click on the paper clip, you pick the photo and you post.

Isadora2007 · 23/03/2018 12:07

If your 13/14 year old girl doesn’t know what a penis looks like you’re failing right there.
Sit down with your daughter and thank her for your gift and then have a good chat with her about sex and porn and all the stuff she really should know about by now.

SusanBunch · 23/03/2018 12:10

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DeathStare · 23/03/2018 12:14

Oh come on. Of course she knows what it is. Year 9 makes her 14ish. Most 8 year olds would know what it was and have a snigger (or be horrified). Even if she didn't know what it was, her friends would have known - and told her.

Either it was a joke or a prank, or this post is.

SofieMonde · 23/03/2018 12:17

upload the pic to www.imgur.com and post a link v easy

Hefzi · 23/03/2018 12:21

I didn't know what an erect penis looked like at 14 Confused. I remember being astonished that a banana would fit in a condom at that age Grin

(All girls boarding school. Made up for it since Blush)

Ijustwantabloodyusername · 23/03/2018 12:28

OP, my DD would do something like that. And be completely oblivious as to what it actually looked like.

It has made me lol though, which is just what I needed, so thank you for that Grin

LuckyAmy1986 · 23/03/2018 12:29

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Ijustwantabloodyusername · 23/03/2018 12:30

I didn't know what an erect penis looked like at 14

Actually, this ^^ I was very vulnerable/naive, like lots of teens.

mimibunz · 23/03/2018 12:30

Ah, bless her and fast forward to a few years from now when you can really have fun with this information! :-)

Worieddd · 23/03/2018 12:31

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RLOU88 · 23/03/2018 12:32

Maybe a brand new account and can’t upload a picture yet ?

ByTheSea · 23/03/2018 12:33

I've been on mumsnet for many years and stay because I love threads like this so much.

kimanda · 23/03/2018 12:34

I thought it was funny at first, but the more I read the thread, the more dubious I feel about it all, and am questioning if it actually happened.

LipstickHandbagCoffee · 23/03/2018 12:35

Has anyone snorted their tea/coffee through their nose. peed themselves laughing at the sheer hilarity of thread

BuggeredInBanjul · 23/03/2018 12:36

So your 14 year old doesn't know what a penis looks like and you don't know how to post a picture?

Exactly.

dickiedavisthunderthighs · 23/03/2018 12:41

Has anyone snorted their tea/coffee through their nose. peed themselves laughing at the sheer hilarity of thread

No and no.
There are easier ways to get into the Daily Fail you know OP??

mrsBeverleyGoldberg · 23/03/2018 12:41

Grin That's hilarious. Keep it on display until she's old enough to realise what it is! Don't say anything now as she'll be upset and embarrassed.

SoupDragon · 23/03/2018 12:42

Weird thing to join MN for.

elspinsdemariscal · 23/03/2018 12:44

LipstickHandbagCoffee Grin

ghostyslovesheets · 23/03/2018 12:44

golly how odd

elspinsdemariscal · 23/03/2018 12:45

LipstickHandbagCoffee or woken a baby by laughing so much

NWQM · 23/03/2018 12:48

Love it! Definitely keep till she is 21...or her hen do...or 'going away to Uni' gift. Bless her.

dickiedavisthunderthighs · 23/03/2018 12:49

LipstickHandbagCoffee

Or made DH come and read the thread so he could laugh at it too etc.

HuskyMcClusky · 23/03/2018 12:54

Or snorted out loud and DH said ‘Are you on mumsnet again?’