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That I can't help if she won't talk to me?

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Linsters · 10/11/2019 16:14

OK, so apologies in advance that this is one of 'those' topics, so please be careful about what you share, and I'll be similarly vague for obvious reasons.

DD is 11, in Y6 at school and NT. Very bright, fiercely independent and we usually have an excellent, very open relationship even when it comes to talking about things that may be embarrassing etc.

She makes her own way home from school, and changes out of her uniform when she gets in. Earlier in the school year I found her clothes in the basket were wet, and asked her about it, but she clammed up and wouldn't say anything. I figured she'd just had an accident and was embarrassed, understandable. But we all get caught short, so I said nothing more.

The same happened on Friday, and again she denied it. This is what has been playing on my mind, because as I said we are usually so open, so now I'm worried about whats the matter and why she won't talk to me so that I can help.

It's so totally out of character, both the accidents - she's not had one to my knowledge since she was maybe 7 at most - and also being so shy and coy about it. I don't want to hound her about something that must be embarrassing, but at the same time I can't help if something is wrong unless I know. :(

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Linsters · 19/11/2019 18:33

A couple of days into the new week and things seem to be settling back down now both at home and at school. She's still being overly cautious, but I guess that's to be expected. More importantly she seems to have her spring back in her step and her cheek back 🙈😂.

It should never have taken something as embarrassing as having an accident at school to bring it all out into the open, but hopefully now she can move on with the last few months of primary school, and then put it behind her properly when she moves up to high school.

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