Meet the Other Phone. Only the apps you allow.

Meet the Other Phone.
Only the apps you allow.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

To ask your most crippling put down from a child?

454 replies

PunkyPirate · 06/02/2021 23:41

My daughter stuck her head in my crotch area this evening when we were sat in the sofa, sniffed deeply then went "Agghhhh... Mummma!! You stink! You need to remember to wash your foof!!!"

I was mortified!!! Admittedly, it was day 3/4 of wearing the same jeans! 🙈😂

OP posts:
TabletHelpPlease · 06/02/2021 23:44

When I was changing into my swimming stuff in our cabin on holiday, my son said, "Mummy, you have big, wobbly legs". I was heavily pregnant but it still smarted!

Aiaiaicorona · 06/02/2021 23:47

When they got excited by my pregnant belly and kissed the baby. I wasn’t pregnant, any of the times.

VetTraineee · 06/02/2021 23:48

When Dd drew me with yellow hair and black roots

PieInTheSky71 · 06/02/2021 23:49

My child lying on top of me and then says "Mum! Your bum stinks!"

EdinaMonsoon · 06/02/2021 23:50

Youngest DS watching me floss my teeth :"Mama you look like the Grinch". And then, a few years later, watching me workout: "Mama you don't have big thighs, you have medium sized ones" Hmm

peakygal · 06/02/2021 23:54

My now 17 yo DD once told me I looked like Steve Tyler from Aerosmith 😑 many years later I still haven't gotten over it 😂

MissMarpleDarling · 06/02/2021 23:55

People wear the same jeans for 3 or 4 days? 😳

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 07/02/2021 00:03

You had the same jeans on for 3 or 4 days.
No disrespect or hurt intended, but that’s grim and not to mention rank. It’s no wonder you were stinking. 🤮

SweatyBetty20 · 07/02/2021 00:06

Jesus I wear my jeans for a week at least - it’s not good for the denim to wash them so much.

Anyway, this didn’t happen to me but at a family party once my littlest cousin asked my dad’s cousin why his head was on upside down. He was bald as a coot with a massive beard Grin

birdling · 07/02/2021 00:08

My youngest son, from when he was about 4 onwards, would frequently see me in a different outfit, look me up and down critically, then say 'Are you wearing that?' 🤣

Draineddraineddrained · 07/02/2021 00:10

😂😂😂 at all the people shocked at wearing jeans for 3/4 days. People must have laundry on the go literally 24/7 in the perfect Mumsnetiverse. Jeans can go a week easy.

Don't feel rank OP, you're fine. You might want to reach your kid not to sniff your crotch though 😂

Ruddyfedup · 07/02/2021 00:12

Ds spent a good 8months after id had dd asking me why i still had a big belly😑 spurred me on to loose the weight i guess...

ImNotShpanishImEgyptshun · 07/02/2021 00:12

When DD was a few months old and I was 28, I cheered myself up by doing a full face of make up and taking some selfies with her.

Fast forward to seven years later and she sees the photos.

"Who's THAT?!" she says.

"That's me, with you."

Pause, then her:

"What happened??"

Angry

I told her SHE happened.

Serenity45 · 07/02/2021 00:12

" will I have a big bum like you when I'm older?" Much younger sister aged 7 (I was 28) 'helping' me out of the bath by insulting me holding a towel

edwinbear · 07/02/2021 00:14

I wear the same jeans 3/4 days in a row Confused

Anyway, DD when I was about to get on an important Zoom work call ‘mummy! You need to put your make up on!’ I had my make up on.

wonderingsoul · 07/02/2021 00:15

I work in a nursery. I had a 3 year old look me dead in the eyes and tell me "get your shit together"
I replied I was trying.

Had a 4 year old randomly call me over to tell me I wasn't invited to her birthday party because I'd eat all the cake.

Another 4 year old sat on my started cuddling my arm and. Told me he loved my arms as they were fat and soft like pillows

Kids are savages Grin

Dogsaresomucheasier · 07/02/2021 00:16

Not me, but my then four year-old daughter to my sister at a significant birthday party,

“I’m wearing a lovely party dress, my mummy is wearing a lovely party dress and Auntie xxxx is wearing her party cardigan”

(Her term for a very glamorous wrap-over-jumpsuit affair.)

Osirus · 07/02/2021 00:18

@Aiaiaicorona

When they got excited by my pregnant belly and kissed the baby. I wasn’t pregnant, any of the times.
🤣🤣

My 4 year old told me tonight that I have a saggy belly. Well, it’s because she was in there and I had an EMCS!

Also, about a month ago I had to break the news to her that I would be homeschooling her due to the latest lockdown. She replied “That’s good because you need teaching.”

SallyTimms · 07/02/2021 00:22

A primary child on a school trip asked why I had black shapes under my eyes. It was not smudged make up.

When my mum wore a skirt my nephew asked what was happening, was she going to the pub??

pawsies · 07/02/2021 00:22

A customer's kid said to me recently that my hair was messy.

I don't know how to reply to that. I was a bit shell shocked that this kid had the courage to speak to adults like that. I was petrified of adults as a kid! Lol

My hair is messy but it's a nightmare to keep tidy. A hint of rain or humidity and boom it's exploded into a bird's nest.

Floridaflipflops · 07/02/2021 00:23

I taught 4 year olds I was crucified a lot :-

‘Miss I seen the other day when I was shopping with my mum, I knew it was you because of your witchy chin’

‘You’ve got teeth like bugs bunny’

‘You new hair looks like Willy Wonka’ ( Jonny Depp.

My four year old last week ‘ mum will you die in six days?’ Me : no why? My kid : cos I want to wear your necklace..’

The one that killed me off was when my dd1 was 16 and said my laugh was horrible Sad

BikeRunSki · 07/02/2021 00:23

Age 6, dd told me that my cooking was “mediocre”. She’s probably right, but since when did 6 year olds know the word “mediocre”?

Barnicus · 07/02/2021 00:32

At a big family celebration meal, trying to keep my young niece occupied we started to play I-spy but with colours.

She 'spied' something yellow, after lots of guessing we all gave up. She casually told us it was nanny's teeth! ShockBlush

Sheleg · 07/02/2021 00:34

When I read threads like this I can't believe what some parents will put up with. If my child dared to say anything as rude as some of these, she would be very firmly reprimanded.

Floridaflipflops · 07/02/2021 00:35

@Barnicus

At a big family celebration meal, trying to keep my young niece occupied we started to play I-spy but with colours.

She 'spied' something yellow, after lots of guessing we all gave up. She casually told us it was nanny's teeth! ShockBlush

Envy
Please create an account

To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.

This thread is closed and is no longer accepting replies. Click here to start a new thread.