My nephew thinks IABU

[Greenandcabbagelooking]

I am looking after my 3 year old nephew and 18 month old niece. I made dinner, pasta and tomato sauce, which SIL assures me he loves. I offer grated cheese on his pasta, which he declines. Niece and I have cheese. Nephew loses his shit because we have cheese and he doesn't. I offer cheese again. Nope. Clearly none of us should be having cheese.

I love them both dearly, but why are small humans so unreasonable?

We have a photo of DD around that age sat on a battered beanbag with two pairs of trousers and a woolly hat on her head watching shrek. The destruction in the background tells you everything you need to know about how that day was going and if given up.
DD is 14 now and cringes every time I pull out that photo

Was playing with a puppet with my 3yo. She wanted the puppet to hold in her hand but then cried when it wouldn't move like when I had it . I took it back she took it off me, cried again. Repeat the cycle.
Puppet is now in the bin.

No help I know but this has had really made me smile. Fond memories of my own children. It did not raise a smile at the time however.
He is not bu because he wants the same as you - and have you confused him.

@ThinWomansBrain

so he doesn't want to eat? - just take it away and get on with eating yours.

Wow. Nice.

[quote AllotmentTime]OP you need to read this thread
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/mumsnet_classics/1852343-Well-That-went-well-didnt-it[/quote]
Thanks Allotment, I’ve enjoyed that thread all over again

[quote AllotmentTime]OP you need to read this thread
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/mumsnet_classics/1852343-Well-That-went-well-didnt-it[/quote]
Ah I remember that one. I had my own 3yo at the time and I remember thinking that the mum will not be remotely surprised or dismayed by the general nature of the disasters, as they would just come under the category of "normal weekend".

Of course the 3 year old that @TantrumsAndBalloons had such fun with will now be a mature 11/12 year old - I wonder what she is up to these days.