Meet the Other Phone. Child-safe in minutes.

Meet the Other Phone.
Child-safe in minutes.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Funny/awkward/embarrassing things your child has done (or you did as a child!)

34 replies

CravingRaving · 11/11/2020 14:31

I was talking with my mum the other day about the time I accidentally informed various people that my father had died.

He worked shifts and when he was on nights my mother would tell me to be quieter when he was sleeping by pointing up and going 'shhh' with her finger to her mouth.

She took me to a coffee shop one day and as my mum was talking to some other ladies, someone asked me about Daddy and I pointed up and went 'shhh', apparently looking very sad 😂

My mum had no idea until various ladies said to her how sorry they were to hear about my Dad's passing and asking her how she was coping! 🤦‍♀️

Have your kids done anything embarrassing or funny? My friends daughter once asked a gentleman wearing a turban on the bus if he was off Aladdin! She was apologetic but he was very kind about it and explained to her the meaning Smile

OP posts:
IncludeWomenInTheSequel · 12/11/2020 14:53

My son walked past a woman in town who was around 3ft tall and yelled, in affectionate tones 'awwww, theres a little lady!' As if he'd been waiting to see her his whole life.

Petitmum · 12/11/2020 16:12

DS has autism and learning difficulties, he recently told his lovely female teacher that he liked her moustache.
We were in a lift last year, a very tall and fat man got in, ds turned to him and said "why are you so big" he then turned to the man's wife and said "how old are you" .........there is nowhere to hide in a lift!!!
DD once went to school without putting her knickers on under her summer dress, her teacher noticed as she was doing cartwheels in the yard..........

dentydown · 12/11/2020 16:19

My son once convinced his primary school teacher he discovered his nan dead in her chair. He described it with such accuracy and conviction that I got a phone call at lunch time.

I was on the bus with my eldest. A Sikh man with a red turban and big white beard got on the bus. “Father Christmas” he called out.

My little girl is obsessed with princesses. A Muslim lady in pink robes and pink head covering walked by. My little girl called out “look mummy a princess, she’s a pink princess!”

Spied · 12/11/2020 16:23

When i was 6/7 I told the lady in the corner shop that I wasn't allowed to choose sweets without wrappers (when she showed me the tub of midget gems) from her shop as my Grandma said she never washed her hands and her nails were black.

Betty94 · 12/11/2020 16:34

When I was about 3/4 my mum took me to see Father Christmas so I sat on his knee and he asked me what I wanted for Christmas apparently I sat there for a minute or two in deep thought and then told Father Christmas that I had forgotten my catalog so I didn't know.

My niece was at nursery and she was drawing cats on her legs and the teacher asked her what she was doing and she said I'm drawing cats on my legs like my aunty Betty (I have cat tattoos) and the teacher was like oh okay let's go do something else and then my niece whispered that she wasn't wearing any knickers just like her aunty Betty doesn't - she most certainly was wearing knickers and her aunty Betty does too! I'm not sure where she got that idea from GrinGrin

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 12/11/2020 17:01

When we were younger, our parents took us to see Santa at the Co-op and he asked my sister what she would like for Christmas as she was sat on his knee. Without pausing for a moment to think, she said "A custard pie to throw in your face!" I don't know her exact age at the time, but I remember it clearly and she's four years older than me, so I'm guessing she must have been 7 at the very youngest!

SimonJT · 12/11/2020 18:51

He wandered into the living room on an SS visit with something in his hand, took me a while to notice that it was a douche, SW clocked it straight away.

The first time he met my partner (who has a physical disability effecting his hands/arms) he said in a very dead pan (and rude) way “Your hands are not nice”.

When he was finally cracking toilet training he would tell random strangers “I poo on the toilet” obviously screamed at full volume.

StillCoughingandLaughing · 12/11/2020 19:12

When I was eight, my sister and I were standing outside school, bored to tears, whilst our mom had a verrrrry long conversation with my friend’s enormous mother. My sister cut in and said loudly ‘Are you EVER going to have your baby?’

She wasn’t pregnant.

SilverStarburst · 12/11/2020 19:35

Was at a local dog show with DS, aged 6yrs. We were looking at all the gorgeous dogs, my DS spots a golden lab puppy and exclaims very loudly "Look mum, a DUREX dog"!!! Obviously he meant to say 'Andrex' - I was GrinBlush!!

New posts on this thread. Refresh page