Boy just peed at traffic lights

[WhatDidISee84]

Waiting to cross the road in city centre and a very jiggly child suddenly pulled down his trousers and pants and peed. Mum had a few more kids so didn't notice and did seemed mortified but surely she should have grabbed him and moved his away? She tried pouring more water over it but it just made it more obvious tbh and it was too late by then!
Aibu to think she should have raised him with better manners than to pee outside? Is this really what the world's come to?

My first live reverse thread!

Wow.

Been on MN for years and never had one

Last week I saw a Reception child walk into a resident’s driveway near the school gates, and squat and wee next to their car. Her mum, standing on the pavement, just glanced up from her phone and gave a half-hearted ‘oh don’t do that’ before going back to her phone.

I’m gathering most posters think it’s perfectly fine for a child to come onto your property and squat down for a wee. I think this is unacceptable and the mother’s responsibility.

@Rocketearth

Last week I saw a Reception child walk into a resident’s driveway near the school gates, and squat and wee next to their car. Her mum, standing on the pavement, just glanced up from her phone and gave a half-hearted ‘oh don’t do that’ before going back to her phone.

I’m gathering most posters think it’s perfectly fine for a child to come onto your property and squat down for a wee. I think this is unacceptable and the mother’s responsibility.

Where have you got the idea that most posters would be ok with that?

@LST most posts are meh, rather they wee somewhere than wet themselves in public

[quote Rocketearth]@LST most posts are meh, rather they wee somewhere than wet themselves in public[/quote]
Well duh. Who would prefer a kid to wet themself than wee? No one has said they'd be ok with them weeing one someone's drive?

Oh FGS, 5 🙄 my nephew could not hold for longer than a couple of minutes at that age and eventually required treatment.

You’ve walked through much worse than watered down pee, whether you know it or not.

PurpleSplodge

He's only little nobody would have given a shit.”

🤣🤣🤣 see what you did there

Fine at that age. It’s just life.

I remember being horrified by a male friend aged 19 weeing against someone’s house just under their windowsill on the way home from the pub. He was baffled as to why I might be horrified!

@Temp023

You know that wee is sterile, right? It’s not pleasant but it’s not going to kill anyone

Not to detail but, no it’s not, I wish people would stop perpetuating this myth.

OP, even if others judge a small child weeing, what would the alternative have been? Him wetting himself and you needed him to drag him home / on public transport. Obviously you teach him as he is older that it’s not acceptable and to hold it but he’s little, and sometimes these things happen.

@Iamtheweedonkey

Just don't take him to visit bathroom shops ....

. Yes definitely don't do this, my DD when 5/6, decided to try a loo in a bathroom shop. Thankfully stopped her in time.

Pmsl 🤣

Ah OP don't worry.
It's not ideal, but I'm sure he'll learn it's not the done thing now!

I dislike it when boy mums think it's acceptable for their kid to just pee anywhere without even considering or attempting to find a toilet but in your situation it is what it is. He started without you realising and I think it'd be unfair to pull a child away mid wee.

I think many parents have been there with the awkward situation of a child needing to pee while out in public and having to take them somewhere we wouldn't have ever dreamt of pre kids! so I really wouldn't worry about it.

@sbhydrogen

I used to work in a bookshop and a little kid (probably 5yo) just pulled down his trousers and just started peeing all over a stacked pile of hardbacks. I'd much rather your kid peed at the crossing than on my books!

It's ok, he's a total bookworm, he Def wouldn't do that!!😂

Thanks everyone, even the ones who think we're awful

Oh.. honestly, ... do what your little boy did,... let it go. 😉 Its fine, he's 5years old. Any one that judges that is really uptight in my opinion. 💐

That’s nothing... always used to see adults doing it on the side of the road where I used to work 😬

Big deal.

If I’d seen you I truly wouldn’t have given it a second thought. There’s really no need to try to wash it away either. It’s on a road! It’s only wee, not toxic waste! Which of us HASN’T had to hold their child peeing over a drain or against a wall or behind a tree/bush at some point.

I’d much rather stand in human wee than dog wee. And people let their dogs piss everywhere.

I remember standing on the Kop at Anfield on derby day and men around me apologising for having to pee right next to me as you couldn't move from where you stood due to crowd. I survived.

I can imagine your cat's bum mouth right now

I've never heard this expression but I love it!

@Summerfun54321

I’d much rather stand in human wee than dog wee. And people let their dogs piss everywhere.

Could be cat, fox, badger wee too

By the time the twins are doing it in tandem I'll be so blasé I'll barely notice lol

@Chickenlickeninthepot

Ever been in a town centre after about 10pm? Don't, you'll be aghast at the piss situation.

Oh yes! I used to live in Highbury, and soon learned never to walk past Highbury and Islington station pushing my buggy when Arsenal were playing at home. They used to line up at the wall at the side of the station and the urine was a continuous stream crossing the pavement to the gutter with no way to walk round.