To think that these parents are just a bunch narcisstic show offs!

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These events happened at DTS nursery last week.

Parent 1 dropping off child at nursery with a brand new expensive lap top in tow because child cannot bear to be parted from it. Child is 18 months old. Nursery nurse and other parents look at the father as if he is from the planet Dork.

Parent 2 drops off 3yo DS and stipulates loudly for all to hear that he must not get his new Armani trousers dirty because they cost over £50!

AIBU to think that only insecure people behave like this? I really don't care what other people have or how much they can spend but for some reasons, these two really got under my skin.

Breathe, breathe, breathe......

Portandlemon, it was the father's laptop and the nursery staff could not persuade him to take it away because he was worried that the child would miss it.

If I had not witnessed it, I would not believe that people really do behave like this.

Then yes, insanely PFB rather than insanely narcisstic. Doesn't make a huge amount of difference except that in the long term people tend to look back on their PFB moments and .

imagine being so sad that you need to show off like this, your inner life must be hell

'you're not good enough, better give little jonny the laptop then everyone will know you've got money and then they'll LOVE you! mwha ha ha'

OMG who are these weird people.
I think I'd have an overwhelming urge to tell them they were nutters

Mmm not convinced. He was more interested in everyone knowing that he had an expensive lap top and used child as as an excuse to leave it there. To say that the staff were exasperated would be an understatement.

His wife does this everytime she has a new bottle of perfume. Brings the bottle in saying that child cannot bear to be parted from said bottle. The last one was by Kylie Minogue.[

Think I might have got a fit of the giggles at that point!!!

Well, if it's a pattern of behaviour then you're probably right. PMSL at Kylie Minogue, though! (well, not actually at Ms Minogue herself, obviously).

an 18 mth old? with a bottle of perfume? that's beyond weird. i don't let my 2 yr old near my 'grown-up' stuff as she just tries to eat it/ drink it/ smear it on the walls

? Is this a grown-up laptop or a toy laptop? wouldn't the child drop it? Maybe the child's mother spends ALOT of time on MN and the child sees it as some kind of mother substitute?

Christ the laptop must be the technical 'blanky' not as cuddly as a piece of dirty smelly sheet though! A bottle of perfume as well. These people are seriously cracked.

an old boyfriends mum had a dd who stayed with us often, she had a louis vuitton bag, had her hair professionally blow dried and a fur coat, i refused to take her out in fur coat and kept one at our house for her.

Doesn't all their showing off just backfire though? Instead of looking like I imagine these people think they do i.e. Better / more wonderful/ richer than you they just make themselves look like prize prats with more money than sense. I mean armani trousers for a 3 year old? Why?

Har har i would never want to be one of those precious dont get your expensive clothes dirty.if wee one came home clean i'd demand to know why (and a refund) i pay good money for wee one to run, paint draw, stick and glue

Actually I know someone who asked me to look after her DS a few years ago aged 2. He had on this ridulous Burberry coat that was so heavy he couldn't play. I put one of DD's pink fleeces on him, a Primark one at that and she was none too pleased.
Ungrateful cow woman

lets face it kids are muck monsters -and rightly so.all part of motor development,sensory skills etc.why worry about clothes - life is too short

They sound really naff, do they not realise that everyone is sniggering at them behind their backs . Makes you realise that money can't buy brains or class.

Money with no class, it seems.

tossers, undoubtedly. 3 yr olds are meant to get dirty

Laptop for 18 month old? Is this a wind-up? (knows in heart of hearts it isn't, and own heart sinks).

I hope the nursery staff took the laptop and dropped it on the ground from a height, and seriously encouraged armani boy to go and play in the school bog.

"Makes you realise that money can't buy brains or class."

Laptop father is a surgeon, Armani mother owns her own beauty [snigger] and fitness business and is constantly trying to recruit new members from the nursery but fails miserably. I wonder why?

So yes money does not buy brains or class but I would also add, it does not buy common sense or a sense of decency.

A year ago, the nursery manager had to send out a note to all parents requesting that they check their children's bag for a Gucci cardigan for a two year old girl. The parents were demanding its return!

The manager constantly reminds parents in the newsletter that the children are engaged in messy activities so please do not dress them in clothing that they don't want to be damaged. Will they listen? Too many show offs at this nursery and it has been such an eye-opener for me.

My DTS wear £3 trousers from places like Asda, Primark or Aldi. I have more sense than money.

Ooh they should so be together - esp if he is a PLASTIC surgeon.

How funny. bet it made you chuckle really. How very empty these people must be feeling

Actually I do laugh but I do feel sorry for them too - to have so much in terms of material things but have very little self-esteem or self-assuredness.