Strange comment from couple re children’s clothes.

[Uptheapplesandpearstobed]

I’ve always taken pride in my children’s outfits. Always ironed, Boden etc.

I was at the local tea shop yesterday when an elderly man said to my two young children ‘ooo dressed for a wedding are we’ and his wife snapped at him saying ‘no, just a parent who dresses them properly’

I felt quite uncomfortable that he felt my children were going to a wedding because they were in a dress.

You jumped the shark right there, @Uptheapplesandpearstobed, although the picture of the dress was actually a great give-away

@Uptheapplesandpearstobed i bet if frilly little hyacinth was a boy, you’d be letting him climb apparatus at a young age. I hope you took some crochet for her so she didn’t get bored sitting down watching all the other children having fun. Why even bother taking them to the park if they can’t go on anything?

Louise why wouldn’t I take them to the park? It’s a change of scenery for them and most parents I know do not sit in the house until their children reach apparatus age!

@Uptheapplesandpearstobed no, they take them to age appropriate places where they can do things?
how old are they exactly? Surely they can climb by 2? If younger than 2, don’t you take them to a park with things they can actually play on?
don’t they go on anything? Slides, swing, seesaw??

Hilarious!!

Nearly 700 people have voted. 95% say YABU. I would read the room.

Are you a drama llama?

Unless the old man had a creepy undertone, take it as a compliment.
Your DDs looked like flower girls in their identical pretty white ironed Boden dresses.

I can't get over that you iron your DCs clothes - maybe don't do it for a week, you might find it liberating! You'll have extra time to drink wine.🍾

Shooting for Classics are we OP?

😂

They enjoy seeing the ducks and having a picnic lunch.

Course they do

Hahahahaha! Yes, of course they were.
I can't believe I fell for this.
You were doing so well on the trolling until you selected that picture.
Get a life.

I do find it really bizarre how many people don’t iron, err how? I wouldn’t go out with creased clothes myself so why would my children?

What about if you are seeing the doctor etc, wouldn’t they judge your children turning up creased and scruffy?

When my dd2 was little she used to walk to the library through the park/ round a lake with DH.

The lake has swans and when they were stood on the grass together she would comment that it was like they were at a wedding. So the OP could be going to the park and a wedding and looking at the ducks.

I don't iron, but my children are not scruffy. It is not a black and white situation.

As for a doctor judging, I won't say they wouldn't at all but only if it was part of a bigger picture and would be concern rather than judgement.

This thread isn't going to last much longer, op. You showed your cards way too early. Up your game next time.

Well done OP - you've made me laugh!!

Off you pop to Waitrose with little Felicity & Harriet. Get some sourdough for the ducks😂

I agree it would be nasty if it was a genuine poster on the other end. People are just taking the piss out of a far fetched post though.

Don't be so bloody ridiculous! The doctor wouldn't give a shiny shit and so what if he did, why would you care? He's not there to condone your dress sense!

No, they'll have had one each.

You lost me at White Company picnic rug if not before 😅

Hilarious!

I don't really give a shit what you dress your kids in but I absolutely take issue with you saying you "can't imagine anything worse" than having a child with creased clothes. I can imagine not being able to have a child or having a seriously unwell child is a little bit worse. You sound like a really odious human being.

i always iron everything for the Dcs. One of mine has disabilities and I am judged every which way to Sunday and so I iron the crap out of stuff in a way to show that I am actually a functioning and caring parent.

I have heard other parents of SEN and disabled children say the same.

Don't iron my clothes. Iron the childrens. Try and presen them well, and did so when DS1 was about 5 and some -one commented in my hearin that you can always tell a kid with autism because they dress weird.

I know this is probably not why the OP is paying such attention, but I do find the blanket scoffing of ironing of children;s clothes to be a bit of a luxury.

Ah I guess you're just a better mum than all of us. With your ironed boden bright white dresses on your white Company picnic blanket. You'd be horrified by my dirty footed kid with icecream on his top eating the bread he's meant to feeding to the ducks and climbing up the slide.

Yep my youngest has severe autism and learning disabilities, he's at a special school I definitely feel judged by them ,my oldest mainstream school not so much!

Is this a covert advert? This year they have cool educational T-shirts. I wonder if they will last though. Children clothes are not that expensive, when you factor their sales.
If you already have the dresses you don't buy them more then once for the age range as we all know if you buy wisely, you can pass them down. Not all Boden dresses are good quality. You also find very sturdy and quality clothes at Asda, Sainsbury and Tesco etc. depending. Good quality is not about a brand those days.
The dress pictured could just about pass the test for a few weddings, it's more bobo then formal, so it could fit the bride's style. I understand the wife who snapped. They are pretty enough but that's it. She was in the line of "don't exaggerate" and she was right.
You had a special time with your girls at the park, too small to trash the dresses. Enjoy those Insta. moments, they could still wear this when small.
But if you want to stay on top of washing and ironing (you have at least 4 people to iron for, and there is only one day), Jersey cotton stretches, is soft on baby skin and when the kids wear them after a few minutes there are no wrinkles. No ironing needed however crumpled they might be in the linen basket.
There is a lot to say about girls wearing easily soilable delicate light coloured clothes in perhaps dirty environment where the boys usually have more appropriate clothing, always sturdy.
It's an amazing idea to go to the park in costume dress, I think I will start that with my last one.
Buying good quality is also purposing clothes wisely. I don't know one working mum who would bother with white dresses at the park to be honest. They are still small, so you can get away with it, by all means enjoy.
We supposedly should live in a circular society, were we should reuse, recycle. A beautiful dress should be worn with care otherwise it will look like a rag and not benefit anybody after the primary user. So when my daughter waltz around in beautiful dresses from whatever shop in the house, if this is what she has chosen for the day, I usually switch to jeans and t-shirts when we go dig worms.
I like my dresses with pockets, if you know what I mean.

waltzes