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To ask your most crippling put down from a child?

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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:
Homebird8 · 07/02/2021 01:51

DS2 aged 3 pointing at my breasts, “When I’m big Mummy, I’m going to have big muscles like Gayle’s, not like yours.”

Ellmau · 07/02/2021 01:54

Anyone here that thinks wearing jeans for 3-4 days is rank, do you wash them after just one wear?

Maybe they don't wear underwear???

Clevererthanyou · 07/02/2021 01:55

My little boy aged four cupped my face in his hands, gazed into my eyes and said “I love you so much Mummy, your boobs are so squishy 🤓”

Cheers son. I was aiming for “squishy”.

G3P3 · 07/02/2021 02:00

This is nice and outing!

I was out with my three very young children; the eldest was 4-years-old. We were inside the rush-hour bus station waiting to home when some teenagers smashed some rancid stink bombs.

My 4-year old asked, at foghorn levels, "mummy have you farted?"

I said it wasn't me and before I could say it's a stink bomb he loudly and indignantly exclaimed "well it smells like one of yours"!

G3P3 · 07/02/2021 02:02

I misread your question OP, sorry, that wasn't crippling as such, it was funny and I kept chuckling all the way home!

ThumbWitchesAbroad · 07/02/2021 02:03

"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..’"

My DSs (13 and 8) and I all think this is the biggest burn so far!

Mine are standard "are you having another baby?" Not unless it's a chocolate one
and "I love cuddling you because you're so squishy!"

Thanks kid.

And yes, they DO get reprimanded, especially if it's in public, but you can't reprimand them for something they haven't done yet! Hmm

Karmachameleons · 07/02/2021 02:04

I was telling a fellow teacher friend about a telling off I had given a class in school that day. Friend’s 6 year old was listening in and piped up: “you’re cruel”!
An exaggeration I assure you, but certainly gave me pause for thought.

Disneyforever1974 · 07/02/2021 02:10

@Sheleg just because we’ve posted on here about what our children have said doesn’t mean we haven’t reprimanded them if it was appropriate to do so. Most of these replies are from posters with pre school children who will be unaware that what they said was hurtful/rude

Staffy1 · 07/02/2021 02:11

@G3P3

This is nice and outing!

I was out with my three very young children; the eldest was 4-years-old. We were inside the rush-hour bus station waiting to home when some teenagers smashed some rancid stink bombs.

My 4-year old asked, at foghorn levels, "mummy have you farted?"

I said it wasn't me and before I could say it's a stink bomb he loudly and indignantly exclaimed "well it smells like one of yours"!

That really made me laugh Grin
tobee · 07/02/2021 02:26

@Sheleg

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.

There's always one!

snowisfallingallaroundus · 07/02/2021 02:27

@LApprentiSorcier

Thankfully, I haven't received a put-down from a child since I was one myself.

And you needed to post this?

tobee · 07/02/2021 02:28

@smoothchange

Wearing the same jeans is fine if you wash. If your kid is smelling your fanny through your jeans you clearly haven't washed. I'm stunned anyone would admit to being quite so vile.

And another one!

bollockssomehow · 07/02/2021 02:29

Changing in public toilet with my eldest at the swimming pool. mum, why are they so droopy? As loudly as.poss to the sniggering room

bollockssomehow · 07/02/2021 02:30

youngest also likes to frequently wonder why there's not another baby coming if my tummy' s so big. So that's nice

MerryMarigold · 07/02/2021 03:32

My ds age 5 was in a craft club with a helper in her mid 20s who was trying to encourage him to keep going with something that wasn't working out. She kept saying things like, "You're doing so well, let's keep trying, I'm sure it'll work this time." He gave her a withering look and said, "You're not married, are you?" (she wasn't!). He clearly equated being jaded and cynical (or just realistic!) with being married!

debbs77 · 07/02/2021 04:12

My exes son once turned round to me and said (I was pregnant at the time and had 4 children) "i know why you have so many kids.......because you like men so much".

I was genuinely really upset by that!

Heartofstrings · 07/02/2021 04:21

From my 3 year old when he was two... you're a bit spotty today mummy.

Heartofstrings · 07/02/2021 04:22

My 4 year old... you're not my best friend any more. Daddy is my best friend.

We're in this stage now Grin

Colouringaddict · 07/02/2021 04:33

My 4 year old DGD “ Nanny why are some peoples tummy so fat?”
Me” well it could be because they’re having a baby or they might eat a lot of food or a lot of the wrong things”
Her “ well which is it for you then”

bushtailadventures · 07/02/2021 04:41

5yrold dgd, drawing a picture of the family, looked at me and said' You have a beard, don't you Nanny' . I mean, I knew I'd been a bit lax over lockdown but not that much.

Bellabluea · 07/02/2021 04:50

My daughter has ASD so can be brutally honest at times! When she was younger I remember watching something on TV with her and I think it was Claire from Steps and I could see her looking from me to the TV.
‘Mammy you’re like her on TV, really pretty but a bit fat’.
Cheers.
My 9 year old is similarly honest and likes to tell me that my breath smells a lot. It doesn’t - well it does but it’s usually after I’ve had a coffee.
The most painful one was dd1 when she was 12 and undiagnosed ASD, she was very nasty to me and we had a terrible relationship despite me being very patient and understanding. I told her once that I thought we were quite similar in a lot of ways. She spat back ‘I’d rather die than be like you’.
It broke my heart.
Thankfully our relationship improved.

DahliaRoses · 07/02/2021 05:09

@Colouringaddict

My 4 year old DGD “ Nanny why are some peoples tummy so fat?” Me” well it could be because they’re having a baby or they might eat a lot of food or a lot of the wrong things” Her “ well which is it for you then”
Erm what.
MagentaDoesNotExist · 07/02/2021 05:56

@PunkyPirate

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! 🙈😂

😬🤢
MagentaDoesNotExist · 07/02/2021 05:58

@Lemonsyellow

Of course I wear jeans 3/4 days in a row. That’s normal. They’re jeans.
How does them being jeans make them magical so they don't need washing like all other clothes? 😒🤢😩
MagentaDoesNotExist · 07/02/2021 06:01

@Ellmau

Anyone here that thinks wearing jeans for 3-4 days is rank, do you wash them after just one wear?

Maybe they don't wear underwear???

Or maybe they wash all of their clothes? 🧐
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