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To be fuming?

179 replies

thereforthegrace · 19/10/2023 18:57

My daughter plays with a girl round the corner from us. I trust her mum and my daughter has been on holiday with the girl (let’s call her Kelly). Today I was at work and my husband was working from home but had our daughter. Daughter is 9, 10 in march. Kelly has just turned 10.

As I’m driving home from work I pass Kelly’s mum in the car just near our houses. We wave. I get home and husband tells me that daughter is at Kelly’s house. I head round to Kelly’s house and her mums car is just pulling into her drive way.

The mum gets out the car and I say ‘is Kelly with you?’ She responds, ‘yeah I think they’re in the garden, I was just at the dump’. I just respond for her to get Kelly.

I am really very angry that she left my daughter in house alone with no adults and another 10 year old. Anything could have happened. My daughter says she wasn’t gone for long but says it happens often when she is there, the mum will go out to the shops etc.

I am going to write a text and right now I am too angry to word it nicely. Can anyone help with this? Also should I allow my daughter to play there again?

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YellowRibbon710 · 20/10/2023 16:43

rollonretirementfgs · 19/10/2023 21:11

It certainly is NOT fine when you are responsible for someone else's child! I'd be furious!

Quite hysterical. My son would have been fine for a short while playing with his friend. I wouldn't have batted an eyelid at a quick trip to the dump but I've noticed parents now are quite hysterical about these things.

rollonretirementfgs · 20/10/2023 19:53

YellowRibbon710 · 20/10/2023 16:43

Quite hysterical. My son would have been fine for a short while playing with his friend. I wouldn't have batted an eyelid at a quick trip to the dump but I've noticed parents now are quite hysterical about these things.

Mum of the year! 🙌🏼

YellowRibbon710 · 20/10/2023 21:44

rollonretirementfgs · 20/10/2023 19:53

Mum of the year! 🙌🏼

Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.

Imagine being so arsey because I said I couldn't get hysterical about something. Strange.

SmileyClare · 20/10/2023 21:56

Maybe the mum of the year thing wasn’t sarcastic.

I think it’s commendable that you found the right balance between being laid back and being overly risk averse. I agree with that approach .

You get a thumbs up from me 🤣

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