My 8 year old wrote FUCK in our house dust

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AIBU to worry about my 8 year old's language or how dusty and neglected our house is (we are week 13 into renovations and building work and I work full-time). No money left for a cleaner. Please send sympathy and how to address the FUCK issue

How do you know it was the 8 yo?
have they confessed?

Maybe it's from the builder and is missing a question mark at end?

I'm not sure that anyone can accurately analyse the handwriting. The child/adult will have done it with his/her index finger in the dust. As we're most accustomed to writing with a pen, it's going to look a bit sloppy, whatever the age of the perpetrator.

Signed yes, it's a clumsy but romantic overture! You should accept.

When I was a similar age I wrote the same word in condensation on a window, then wiped it out.
When the condensation came back, the word did and my parents saw.
Ironically, I pretty much never swear, nor did I ever.

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This made me laugh sorry OP. My Ds once wrote fuck and shit on and his thighs in biro. He had also done PE that day thankfully it had gone unnoticed. He didn't half get told off however we went in the other room and had a right goggle afterwards and we consider ourselves very responsible parents (I work in education). He was also 8 at the time.

Not many 8yrs olds I know can write in block capitals

Why wouldn't they be able to?

I was wondering that too @loafofSellotape

Well, you have all made me giggle today. For those asking, it is definitely my son's writing, he confessed and apologised. His punishment is to do 4 minutes of dusting (a minute for each letter).
Now I need to start a AIBU to be proud that MN think my 8 year old's handwriting is that of an adult, even if he is writing FUCK in shouty capitals.

Why on earth do people think an 8 year old couldn't write in block capitals?!

I'm trying to figure out if this is better or worse than my DD writing 'anus' on her Etchasketch.

Why on earth do people think an 8 year old couldn't write in block capitals?!

knowing that's how they learn to write from reception, I am confused too.

I love kids!

His writing is quite neat, so that’s good
And his spelling is good too!
I once had some very 'proper' friends, he was sitting in the car with their 3 year old while his wife went off to do something. Suddenly, their 3 year old came out with what might be called a mouthful. He gripped the steering wheel with white knuckles, 'Where have you heard that darling', knowing that neither of them sworer, 'It's written on that wall over there Daddy!' That was the first time they knew she could read wuite well!

A few years ago my son who was then about 7 wrote fuck you in sharpie on the patio door

He has neat writing and his spelling is spot on 👍🏻

I would have done something like that at his age! I would have found it naughty and exciting in equal measures!

I would probably do it now for the same reasons...

This reminds me of when my then 9 year old son drew a very realistic drawing of a willy and balls in the steam on bathroom mirror after his shower once. He thought as the steam disappeared no one would know... I was the next to use the bathroom and had a good chuckle, showed dh who also had a good chuckle.
I then called ds down and said look what's on the bathroom mirror, didn't tell him off, just pointed it out and the guilty look on his face was hilarious, I told him I knew he had done it and made him clean the mirror and told him not to do it again. Didn't tell him off, but didn't let him see we found it funny either, he hasn't done it again.

I would just give your child the polish and duster and say to her as you've noticed the dust you can do the dusting and clean off what you have written and you dont expect her to repeat that language again.

You squiggle in the dust in my house = you volunteer to dust it.

My son at around the same age was sent to his room for some bad behaviour that I cant even remember now. When I went upstairs later a bar of soap had been propped on the back of the bathroom sink facing the door so it couldn't be missed with FUCK carved neatly into it.

I’m a bit baffled by the outrage/disbelief over the capital letters too - weird. My children used capitals for ‘display writing’ and this was a lovely display, OP

Throw the whole child away.

4 minutes dusting is an excellent idea.

Well after he has finished the dusting it's off to strict boarding school time