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.

Absolutely this. There was never any point putting my DC in any fancy clothing/expensive clothing when young as invariably whatever they wore would end up with food/drink/dirt down it.

Ah but if you dressed them in ironed Primark clothing? It's not a brand thing @Uptheapplesandpearstobed there are people that cannot help themselves commenting in real life. Ignore or speak to them about it.

Shodan I completely agree. Random clothes on a small child are adorable. My recent favourite is a dinosaur outfit paired with pink sparkly wellies.

My children spend their days in clothes covered in food, paint, mud and whatever else they are up to. Their clothes come out of a big drawer where they are chucked once dried. I just hope your kids are allowed to have fun and get messy in their "Boden" outfits!

I think the phrase 'Ironed and Bodened' as mentioned by a PP should become a Mumsnet classic.

This!

It was a compliment. I used to get comments about my DSs clothes because I made sure they were expensive and always perfect.

You dress your DC how you see fit.

Can you post a link from boden so we can see if they are wedding or park worthy?

Yeah, that's what they say on the playground. "We were only joking, miss"

No way is this thread "gentle" in any way..

Every single time. It is like a competition.

I personally love ironing, and when I don't have time my lovely cleaner will see to it - down to the last tea towel and kid's pants 😁

I have a very blessed, busy and full life, and I iron. All is possible.

OP, I can't believe any harm was meant. Don't give it any more thought.

Perfect.

The guy was just expressing that your children looked smart through the medium of humorous hyperbole, really not worth thinking of twice.

Oh, OP 😂😂😂😂 you could try a subscription service or podcasts if you’re this bored.

I don't think the posters are being serious, rather, joining in with all the MN clichés!

Because this is Mumsnet, where everyone over 50 has dementia, even the ones who wear Boden.

@AtwilightRebellion - have you considered that you having a cleaner frees up an awful lot of time to iron that others not blessed with the means to hire a cleaner may not have?

My children wear mostly supermarket clothing. DD is partial to a Mountain Warehouse stretchy dress and sometimes wears these to the park. Their clothing is often stained but is always ironed.

I don't know where I fit on the Mumsnet Scale of Boden Ironedness to Middle Class Crumpling scale.

Haha this is the exact sort of dress I was describing without even going on their website.

because they were in a dress

maybe splash the cash and buy them a dress each

Older man was being nice.
His wife realised you might take offence and paid you the compliment of saying you dressed them properly.
Dress as you want. My DDs when they were little lived in H and M dresses that were 4.99 each.
But honestly do what you want x

Can they play in the park and get mucky though? Because that's the most important thing.

I think you've tried to have a little boast which is fine but It's funny.

Poor kid.

It's called small talk, he was being friendly. The suitable reply was, no they lie these outfits