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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! 🙈😂

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Fembot123 · 07/02/2021 22:59

[quote OlmostOlwyn]@Fembot123

Go on 🙏[/quote]
Nope 👎

ThumbWitchesAbroad · 07/02/2021 23:00

Oh I've remembered another one.

It's an ongoing issue but it was funny at the time:
DS2 (aged about 2) - Mummy, look the sky is green!
Me - no love, the sky is blue, not green.
DS2 - no Mummy. Sky is green. I right, you wrong.
(the sky was blue and no he isn't colourblind)

alpenguin · 07/02/2021 23:03

My 3 year old said last week ‘I love you nose, I love your cheeks, I love your chin mummy’. I replied ‘that’s lovely I love your chin too’ to which he says quite angrily ‘let me finish... I love all of your chins’ and starts counting them.

Ttbhappy · 07/02/2021 23:08

Sheleg they are just being kids

BlissLi · 07/02/2021 23:16

When my 7 year old niece rolled her eyes and quietly told me not to sing along to a song currently in the charts. Apparently I was too old and it was embarrassing. I was 21 Sad

tulippa · 07/02/2021 23:25

When DD was about 4 she was watching me put foundation on and asked me why I was doing it. I said it was to cover my spots. She replied that she could still see them.

Another time when she was a bit younger she, completely out of the blue, came up to me and said 'Don't worry Mummy. We'll get you new boobies for Christmas.' Confused

supersplodge · 07/02/2021 23:27

@BikeRunSki

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”?
Love this. Reminds me of the time my DB aged about 8 or 10 went for a meal at his friend's house, and told his Mum that the food was 'very adequate, thank you' Grin.
Bigbigbirfday · 07/02/2021 23:32

One of my children is autistic- there is no filter between brain and mouth usually, and sometimes if he likes the feel of a sound he will say it over and over again.

So we were at swimming and he announced to all the other parents in the changing room “Auntie Angela has round boobies but yours are like tubes. Long tubes. Long tube boobs. Long boobs like tubes, long boobs like tubes.”Angry I swear that every woman in the room glanced over to check.

24butfeeling80 · 07/02/2021 23:33

I got full throttle punched in the face by a child with a disability (so not a naughty child it was just a reaction) .. for smiling at her on her way into her class.

I was doing some work experience and it was my first day, I just smiled. It came out of nowhere too and other adults saw I was so embarrassed.

Carouselfish · 07/02/2021 23:44

You're not beautiful, though mummy.

Said with no nastiness, just very simply believing what she said. From 5yr old dd.

Really hurt as up until having children I'd always been considered attractive and though not totally confident, I had my moments of enjoying it. I knew I'd changed but not so badly. Also always thought children were supposed to think their mum was beautiful just because of loving her I suppose.

MyNameForToday1980 · 07/02/2021 23:46

DD 3 on my boobs:

Side eye. "Don't touch me with THAT mummy".

I wasn't planning to honeybunch.

WindFlower92 · 07/02/2021 23:48

I'm currently pregnant and have new stretch marks as well as the fading ones from DD. She's just started putting sentences together and was wowed by the 'drawings on mummy's belly' Blush

dancinfeet · 08/02/2021 00:02

My DDs friend (then aged 10) came over to play and said 'your house is messy'. My house isnt messy because my mum tidied it, and my dad helps. I said back to her- I work full time. Your mum doesn't work, neither does your dad. They have time to tidy their house!! Cheeky little so and so. I'm a single parent who works 50 hrs a week + running my own business, the comment still stung though because I was doing my bloody best meeting despite meeting myself coming backwards!!

dancinfeet · 08/02/2021 00:03

Just to add, I had never though twice about her parents working / not working until she made a big deal of how much time they spent on bloody housework!!

Carouselfish · 08/02/2021 00:10

Having now read most of the thread, you don't wash jeans after every wear like you don't wash jumpers after every wear. They arent directly touching any bits of you that make clothes dirty. It's really wasteful to wash outer clothes for the sake of it unless they actually have dirt or sweat or something on them.
Also, I'm sure she didn't actually stink through the jeans! Like the other posters, the kids are exaggerating.

snowisfallingallaroundus · 08/02/2021 00:31

Vaginas smell. It's normal. Even after a bath and fresh knickers there will be a smell.

meeeeh · 08/02/2021 00:55

These are hilarious 🤣. I've been told I have teeth like a rabbit 🤣.
They do say though that a compliment from a child is the most genuine one you'll get!

smoothchange · 08/02/2021 00:58

@snowisfallingallaroundus

Vaginas smell. It's normal. Even after a bath and fresh knickers there will be a smell.
They are not supposed to stink so bad your 8 year old can smell it through your clothes though.
Sevensilverrings · 08/02/2021 01:05

A 10 yr old kid I worked with once said to me ‘your just a sad elephant in a sick circus’. This was over twenty years ago, but it was very memorable. Probably the most poetic put down I’ve had!

HitchFlix · 08/02/2021 01:19

Some of these are hilarious!

Must say I'm a bit shocked by all the 3/4/5 year olds calling people fat though? How do they even know the word?!

KeyboardCat · 08/02/2021 01:23

My son telling me how he's going to be a rich gamer when he grows up. So I ask him if he's going to look after me when I'm old. He says of course, leaving me with a lovely glow.

My charming daughter then gets right up in my face and yells 'BUT YOU'RE ALREADY SO OLD!' Confused Grin

KeyboardCat · 08/02/2021 01:25

Oh, they're almost 8 and 5 respectively, adorable little bugs

QuestionableMouse · 08/02/2021 02:07

At work talking to a little girl who was about 3. She asked me how old I was and when I replied 33, burst into tears and sobbed "but you're very very old, lady!"

Her poor mum was beside herself but I genuinely thought it was funny and adorable. She was so upset for me 😁😂😂

MagentaDoesNotExist · 08/02/2021 02:32

@snowisfallingallaroundus

Vaginas smell. It's normal. Even after a bath and fresh knickers there will be a smell.
It's really not normal. (Owner of one).
Arrivederla · 08/02/2021 07:02

@snowisfallingallaroundus

Vaginas smell. It's normal. Even after a bath and fresh knickers there will be a smell.
What????! That may be normal for you but not for other people! Confused
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