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to ask what bizarre cruelty your dc have accused you of?

159 replies

Dohee · 20/02/2019 07:42

I've just been reading threads and was reminded of one thing my dd said to me very earnestly one day.

'I remember you putting me to bed in the middle of the day'.

Now, either she can recall being a baby being put down for a nap, or she recalls being put to bed at her usual bed-time during the summer when it was still bright outside. Either way, she was never put to bed at 3pm for the rest of the day and night.

It's funny what they remember and what they interpret.

Have you been accused of any cruelty?

OP posts:
BlessedBeTheFruitCake · 20/02/2019 12:51

My ds (9yo) wrote in his homework book for what he did at the weekend that he'd been looking after his baby sister. In actual fact I asked him to keep an eye on his sister (5yo) while I put a load of washing out!
He also had been swimming and to the forest that weekend but no, he made no mention of that!

DaffydownClock · 20/02/2019 12:55

According to DS I only ever fed him on pizza..... Completely untrue!

yossell · 20/02/2019 12:57

Walking outside with my DS aged 4, just as a woman is walking past us on the same side of the street, when, apropos of nothing, he says 'Dad, you remember that part of the film where the bird pecked the man's eyes out?'

The change in that woman's expression...I hurried DS on, listening out for sirens all the way home...

Still have no idea what he was referring to -- unless I dozed off during Mary Poppins returns and missed the relevant scene...

YouSayPotatoesISayVodka · 20/02/2019 13:03

My 11 year old threatened to report me to the police the other week for theft.

I had confiscated her phone because she broke the rules regarding it. She was deadly seriously. So I was i when I told her to wind her neck in and stop being so daft.

slipperywhensparticus · 20/02/2019 13:03

Dd ran out into the road as a small child t went to grab her coat realised it was undone so I hauled her out the path of a car by her hair I then had to explain that in circle time she would tell them I pulled her hair which I did (told them why) I also asked them to explain if she repeated the naughty word I used that we don't do that

I learned to get my story in quick

EllebellyBeeblebrox · 20/02/2019 13:08

4year old DS after grazing both knees and hands in between wails- "mumma you TOLD me to go and run around on the bmx track" (no darling I told you the EXACT OPPOSITE because this was obviously going to happen)

He also likes telling people about the time Nanny locked him in the garden. It's technically true but she didn't know he was out thereGrin

pinkstripeycat · 20/02/2019 13:27

My DS2 11 has always maintained that I bit him when he was about 2. He used to bite his brother (and anyone else he could get his knashers on). I used to tell him that one day someone would bite him back. He says to me “I STILL can’t believe that you actually bit me when I was little. Look I still have a scar.” Hmmmm nothing there

Oblomov19 · 20/02/2019 13:41

I know this thread is lighthearted. But I don't find it funny.
Mine wasn't funny. Flippant remarks are investigated and it can take many weeks to be resolved.

edwinbear · 20/02/2019 13:45

9 yr old DS opens his bedroom window and screams 'murderer' as loud as he can when he is sent to his room for misbehaving.

NewMinouMinou · 20/02/2019 14:02

Not a take of abuse, but when DS was about 2.5, he told staff at nursery that “Mama go town to get men every day,”

He was referring to the weekly (not daily) trip to Boots to get his Goodies gingerbread men... They were a great bunch at that place and thought it was hilarious!

mummmy2017 · 20/02/2019 14:26

In supermarket,. DD4 shouts.
Mum, mum come quick they have the drink Granny and I like ..
It was a bottle is of Scotch...
I wanted to hide, MIL is tea total..

Sweetpea55 · 20/02/2019 14:26

DGS( now 21) informed the check out lady in the supermarket that his mum fed him cat food every night for his tea Check out lady had no sense of humour or dgs was very convincing
Same child refusing to get in the car after a visit to my house was carried out by his aunt. He's bellowing ' help me help me ' and trying to grab hold of a man walking past Little toad

Groovee · 20/02/2019 14:32

I work in nursery and one child refused to speak to me after I wouldn't give them another yoghurt at snack. Every time I went near them they would put their hand up and say "bye see you later" then in the garden hugged all the other staff while glaring at me. When I tried to move them at story time, if looks could kill!

Next day they came in all smiles and loved me again 😂

Nampoo · 20/02/2019 14:40

DSS used to shout the hot is hurting me in the summer as if we could somehow magically cool down the house

also told the hairdresser about Daddy's magic plant on the window sill that makes everything better - he meant aloe vera

megletthesecond · 20/02/2019 14:44

I'm abusive (usually shouted) because a) they're not allowed to be on their screens all day and b) because I ask them to do a few chores.

Vixxxy · 20/02/2019 14:45

We were accused of neglect the other day by DSD (14). Because we would not give her a hundred quid to go to the fair with her friends. We offered 40, which should cover the rides (they are mostly a quid each, a couple of the bigger ones are 2 quid), her travel and something to eat. Apparently we hate her and all her mates got a hundred quid or more Hmm

woollyheart · 20/02/2019 14:47

@Vixxxy haha! I remember those days! 😂😂😂You are so out of order!

Thindragon · 20/02/2019 14:53

My 4 year old recently shouted in pizza express "But I like ALCOHOL! Why can't I have ALCOHOL LIKE WE DO AT HOME?!"

I think I'd let him dip his finger in my glass of wine and lick it. Once.

MrsPnut · 20/02/2019 14:55

Our DD1 called childline when she was 11 to complain that we were making her go to the cinema.

BlueMerchant · 20/02/2019 15:07

To the doctor who asked if son was eating and drinking properly son replied, Mum promised we can get a pot noodle for tea if I'm really very good in here or it's nowt.( He was obsessed with pot noodles at the time)

Tinty · 20/02/2019 15:38

We offered 40, which should cover the rides (they are mostly a quid each, a couple of the bigger ones are 2 quid), her travel and something to eat. Apparently we hate her and all her mates got a hundred quid or more Hmm

Can I be adopted by her friends mums? or failing that, You? Mine would be lucky to get a tenner. (To include food and drink)!

CheddarAndCrackers · 20/02/2019 15:53

We were accused of neglect the other day by DSD (14). Because we would not give her a hundred quid to go to the fair with her friends. We offered 40, which should cover the rides (they are mostly a quid each, a couple of the bigger ones are 2 quid), her travel and something to eat. Apparently we hate her and all her mates got a hundred quid or more hmm

Lordy £40 is a lot, let alone £100 to go to the fair? I would have chucked my dd a tenner Grin

I still think in terms of my Saturday job back in the 80's where I earned £8 a week so that would have been 5 weeks work for me... Shock

GummyGoddess · 20/02/2019 16:04

@Vixxxy very wicked stepmother-esque there Grin £40! That's a huge amount!

BettyWoo · 20/02/2019 16:06

Probably me too now, but that child is 21 next month and it was well before Mumsnet! Grin

sunshineandshowers21 · 20/02/2019 16:09

when my eldest was around five he told his teacher that i made him eat dog food. no idea where this came from!

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