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AIBU?

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Friend left my child outside school gates on drop off

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Bubblegirly · 16/01/2023 20:14

Hello. So I don’t think IABU but want some advise on how to deal with this situation. A few friends take it in turns to take my 5yo to school in the mornings as I work. Today one friend took DC who was playing with another child outside the gates when they got to school. Once the gates opened she just walked in with her kids and left him.

Another mum saw it happen and he went over to her and asked if she could walk him in as her child is in the same class. Apparently she waited after dropping to see if my friend came back looking for him which she didn’t.

friend phoned this other mum at 2.45 and said she had just realised she didn’t drop my DC in to school and did she do it? She sort of laughed it off and said she was miles away etc.

Friend hasn’t told me any of this. I’m feeling really upset and can’t stop thinking about what if something had happened. What if he hadn’t thought to ask someone to take him in or walked in the road etc and she didn’t realise till over 5 hours later. My. Child could have been potentially missing or lost for 5 hours and I wouldn’t have known. I need to bring this up but don’t know how really. We have been friends for 4 years and I don’t want to lose her but I’m also devastated and she will not be taking him again. I think what’s made me so upset is the laughing it off when that’s my baby and it could have been really bad. AIBU to be this upset? How do I approach this?

OP posts:
findmybalance · 21/01/2023 14:03

dogdaydown · 20/01/2023 20:44

Oh give over @Bubblegirly you said you didn't access breakfast club because your friends said it was bad!

Have your own mind!

Are you still harassing OP?

Zoechii · 31/01/2023 00:00

I'd say you're not being unreasonable ONLY because forgetting a child should never be taken lightheartedly. Ever.

However, you are being unreasonable by leaving your friends to do your job every morning and then also expecting near perfection in the process. I get its your kid but its also YOUR kid. If you didn't have those friends what alternatives would you have? Why can't his father take him to school? Why not have him get on the bus? Like... there's so many other options. You have great friends but at what point are you simply taking advantage of them?

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