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DH LEFT DD (6) ON HER OWN TODAY IN THE HOUSE

116 replies

kerryk · 29/01/2008 13:15

sorry for caps in title

dd1 is of school today with a bad cold, dh is at home (also ill) i went to work and dd2 came with me. i work in a nursery about 40 metres from my house. you come out my door cross the road pass a couple of houses and there you are.

at closing time i told dd to get her coat on as we were about to go home when dh appeared, i asked where dd1 was and he said lying on the couch

i did not want to make a fuss when all the mums were leaving and waited till home to say something, he thinks i am bu, it was for a couple of minutes and only over the road. i his words "whats the worst that could happen"

i think 6 is to young, we stay on a busy road and i was worried that she would get scared and try and cross the road to get to us. i dont think i am being dramatic, i did not think that the house would explode or that someone would snatch her but surley at 6 she should not be left like this.

am i being unreasonable, i know i am to protective of both dd's but i am sure i am right on this one???

OP posts:
Tamum · 29/01/2008 16:12

Oh no, definitely no minimum age for being left alone, but I was interested about the babysitting because I'd always thought that was unregulated in the same way.

scottishmummy · 29/01/2008 16:12

lol!Shardonnnnnay is my wee un's name nice innit!

Justine888 · 29/01/2008 16:12

shit, do people really read those links?
I'd better start too then...

Justine888 · 29/01/2008 16:14

GET OUT?

scottishmummy · 29/01/2008 16:14

oi nget with therprogramme if i am gonna post links i expect them to be read (even when i am wrong lol)

Justine888 · 29/01/2008 16:14

I can beat that Scotty....
I think I should start up a new thread titled "Cruel names Parents inflict on their children"

scottishmummy · 29/01/2008 16:16

Aye next one gonna be called semillonn cos its exotic

Justine888 · 29/01/2008 16:18

Oh see now that noice, hmm... it's unusual, it's different, yeah, I like that. Rool classy.

OrmIrian · 29/01/2008 16:18

Has anyone ever called their DCs Bordeaux or Cahors I wonder? Or is it just white wine?

kindersurprise · 29/01/2008 16:20

Only on MN could a thread about a home alone DD, detour through alien abductions, falling down stairs, meteorites, madeleine mccann, legal age of babysitters, Aussie English-Mum-Haters, and finally end at baby names.

Wait, the thread is not finished yet...

Justine888 · 29/01/2008 16:25

Chaos rules ok!

OrmIrian · 29/01/2008 16:26

Listen! Was that a butterfly flapping it's wings in a rain forest?

Justine888 · 29/01/2008 16:27

Kinder... they were all hating on me so I had to change the subject somehow sniff sob sniff (and NO, Im not snorting cocaine SCOTTYMUMMY - I can hear you thinking from here)!

Justine888 · 29/01/2008 16:31

Anyway all you "ladies of leisure", someone's gotta go get dinner started ..... check ya's later.
PS. Don't hate! Dont hate!

kindersurprise · 29/01/2008 16:33

Oh, Justine is good at changing the subject. You can tell she is a mummy.

Well that is the plan anyway. Doesn't normally work

scottishmummy · 29/01/2008 19:17

oi Justine are you away to hang on that big ole rugged cross of yours...a re the skelfs in yer arse affecting yer thinking or is the irn-bru cravingsmwah mwah

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