Little girl in beautiful dress scolded for jumping up and down.

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They were at the bus stop. She was about 5 It was a beautiful white dress with embroidery, and matching shoes She had a carton of juice, and was told off for a little skip of pleasure at the sight of their bus coming, in case the juice splashed on her dress or her shoes. Brother that looked the same age, maybe twins, or just very small age gap, in dark clothes and trainers, also drinking a carton of juice with a straw, leaping up and down like a show jumper, without attracting comment.

WIBU to say something?

You would have been unreasonable.
May well have been "best dress" that 5 year old insisted on wearing.

They were stupid given her juice in the first place with a white dress. Don’t be a snowflake op!

was she on her way to confirmation?
orange juice on a white dress would show

i do see your point though

YABU… sorry but this is pathetic 🙄
Mind your own business.

you do need to hold your whist in this scenario

If this was today, a Saturday, is it possible that they were going somewhere (why she was wearing a beautiful white dress) and the mother didn't want it ruined? While brother in dark clothes would be less obvious?

Or the little girl insisted on the white dress and mother told her that she could but she'd have to be careful. After all the parents have to deal with the stains.

Really not your business.

If the mother slapped the child, then you might have a point.

@BritWifeInUSA

You are not being unreasonable to be bothered by this. But you are absolutely being unreasonable to tell a random stranger how they should parent their children.

B.I.N.G.O.

Don't mess about at bus stops when a bus is approaching.
Sod the orange juice, you'd made a far bigger mess of a dress being run over.

This is why I stopped wearing dresses, I found them a hindrance to being a child.

If my daughter had done this I would probably have been a bit pissed off (with myself, for giving her a carton of juice to drink while she was wearing a white dress). Water only on the way to special occasions!

I'd imagine she was told off because the juice would stain her dress, while the boys weren't because it wouldn't show on their clothes?

a non event really, unless the child was being abused or in danger, i wouldn't give it a second thought.
Most parents wouldn't dress their kids like that for everyday wear, jumping about with juice is a bit silly anyway as it can squirt up the straw/get spilt on clothles and be a pain to shift.

I'd love to know what you would have said

We end up trying to u do the damage with these girls sitting in front of us in the classroom, eventually, but by secondary school it can be very deeply ingrained

Does your school have uniform regulations that require girls to wear skirts? Because I would suggest that is probably more damaging in the long run than a single incident of a parent trying to keep a dress clean.

@BIWI

Mind your own business!

Exactly this

Why is this not everyone’s business?

Crying here 🤣🤣🤣

You saw a tiny moment of their day. Honestly myob. There are bigger thing to worry about than one comment like and the bigger picture you’re not aware of.

Did you then rush home to post this on tinternet?

@WorraLiberty

Why is this not everyone’s business?

Crying here 🤣🤣🤣

There is a woman crying here! She could be in tears from abusive comedy.

This should be everybody's business.

Don't worry Worra, someone's noticing your distress!!! ;-)

Maybe she was on her way to a photo shoot?

😂 😂 😂

I thought this too. Where was the bus going? Some kind of period building?

didn’t say anything. But I’m wondering if I should have. We end up trying to u do the damage with these girls sitting in front of us in the classroom, eventually, but by secondary school it can be very deeply ingrained

Jesus, what are you going on about? Maybe her parent just didn't want her getting juice on her white dress. It's not that deep.

They were probably going to a wedding, or party and wanted to look nice, for their arrival at least. A white dress is more vulnerable than a dark outfit.

Idiot parents for giving them juice boxes to handle themselves, rather than water, or holding box for them, yes.

I get your point about girls being more constrained by clothes and societal expectations - but this is not the example that makes your point.

I always felt liberated and unconstrained in dresses and skirts, legs feeling free and more restricted in trousers or shorts. Plus someone might have thought I was a smelly boy. Urgh. My worst fear when I was six.

The last time DD wore a fancy white dress she was a flower girl at a wedding. I would absolutely have told her off if she was jumping up and down and about to spill juice on it (she has spilt juice on her clothes before). Why on earth would you make a big deal of it and think it was any of your business? If I was in that situation and you approached me on your high horse you’d have been told where to go.

We end up trying to u do the damage with these girls sitting in front of us in the classroom, eventually, but by secondary school it can be very deeply ingrained

Firmly telling a child to be careful about ruining or spoiling a beautiful and probably expensive dress the likes of which she probably wears rarely on the way to what is probably a special occasion is not “damage” or any sort of abuse ffs.

Every adult on this thread is probably extra careful with what they eat or drink if they are in extra special or light coloured clothes on the way to a wedding or special event or something. It’s not like most people would devour a hotdog with the same fervour in a pastel silk dress as they would if they were wearing an old tee or hoody. Reminding children to look after and take care of their belongings isn’t abuse. It’s good sense.

Is this a reverse?

Why is this not everyone’s business?

Because you don't know the context