To have fed her DC unwashed strawberries?

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Neighbour will probably see this. Not sure I care. Perhaps she will see how silly she is!

She was desperate for someone to have her DD and I said I would, no worries, all fine.

Her DD shared a box of strawberries with DS today and long story short, she's picked her DC and her DC has told her this.

I have received a text saying ''Hi, thanks again for having Kate. Please can I ask though, next time wash the strawberries before giving them to her? They are dangerous if not washed properly and she could become so unwell. Would you really want that?''

I haven't replied and won't be. AIBU to have not washed them?! Would if I was at home but it was actually just a quick snack shared out

I should reply back that her DC was mistaken and it was a pack of Haribo strawbs she had

What an absolute melt. I wouldn't have her kid again, 'sorry neighbour but if my not washing strawberries is such an issue I won't be available for any ad hoc child care in the future'

If a bit of water got rid of pesticides then they would have to reapply it every time it rained. I’ve never washed strawberries or anything except things like leeks where soil can get stuck in the crevices and don’t intend to start.

Or Id charge her an hourly rate of child care including washing of fruit

lol

My 18 month old son only today was picking our strawberries and eating them direct from plant.

She obviously wanting to raise one of those kids that's always poorly and allergic to everything 😂

Yeah to PP - it's Catherine Tate.

Your neighbour is a pompous twat. Or the Mafia. Would you really want that? is so sinister!
OP, if you find a horse's head in your bed tonight, don't say I didn't warn you.

I've never washed strawberries and I'm still going strong.

I'd reply "I don't really know how to respond to that passive aggressive rudeness" and leave it as that.

Exact same as you OP. Would probably wash if was at home, but if out and about wouldn't think twice.

Don't reply. She's nuts.

She is bonkers. Poor wee Kate.

Just reply, ok better you find someone else to have her next time

And leave it at that

We wash fruit at home, but if my son wanted some in the car on the way back from the shop I wouldn't think twice.

She was a bit rude to mention it considering it's a one-off.

Well I generally do wash all fruit when at home and tend to buy something like banana or orange if we’re eating straight from supermarket without going home. But I still your friend was bloody rude.

It never ceases to amaze me how ungrateful and how rude people can be.

So rude to mention it.

I mostly wash them but not all the time.

Text her and say don’t worry there won’t be a next time

God that’s such a tone-deaf message — rude and entirely over the top.

I wash everything else and am quite fussy about it but rarely bother with rasps/strawberries. It just doesn’t seem likely to make a difference and with supermarket ones (as opposed to PYO) it sometimes seems to hasten them over the line from ripe to mushy.

I've just come in after harvesting strawberries. Not all of them made it into punnets! They were delicious (and huge!). If I'd have stopped to wash them, the kids would have spotted me and wanted to share.
She is either suffering from terrible anxiety, or a bit of a dick. Either way, it's a shame for her kid.

I always wash fruit and veg - I think there was an e-coli outbreak a few years ago from unwashed fruit and veg, so I definitely think that she was ok to say something! Having said that, if I were in a car on the way back and my son wanted some, I'd probably let him as a one off.

However, even though I think she was writhing her rights to mention it, I think the way she said it (particularly the question at the end) was rude. She could have just left that out and then it would have been fine

I would respond: Don't worry about next time as there won't be one.

Definitely leave an eloquent silence. Time will pass and perhaps she’ll cringe, deservedly.

I rinse them if we’re at home but not if we eat them out and about, not sure why I bother at home now I think about it. As a child, we’d go strawberry picking every summer and always ate some in the fields, she’d be horrified by that - unclean AND stolen fruit!!

@IVflytrap

Just reply "don't worry, there won't be a next time :)" and leave her to figure it out.

Do this 😂

god her message is just awful. Just for the record I've eaten strawberries unwashed all my life and never gotten sick. As have my dc.

I'd be tempted to reply something like 'I'm sorry your anxiety is acting up, maybe you should see someone about that'. Ungrateful little

Never washed them, never will.

Please don't provide her with childcare again.

Don't have a child again.