Wife did embarrassing thing in hotel, now DD is copying – WWYD?

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Posting here because I genuinely don’t know how to handle this without causing WW3 with DW.

We were on a family weekend away a couple of weeks ago, staying in a nice(ish) hotel. DW has this (in my opinion) mortifying habit of calling out “Housekeeping!” in a sing-song voice before entering a room, including our own hotel room. No idea why, she thinks it’s hilarious.

Anyway, fast forward to this week and now DD (4) has started doing it CONSTANTLY. Every time she walks into a room at home, at PIL’s house, even at nursery drop-off! This morning she did it in M&S toilets when someone was actually in there, and I nearly died of embarrassment.

I gently mentioned to DW that maybe we should stop encouraging it, and she got all huffy, saying it’s just a bit of fun and I need to lighten up. But I can’t be the only one who thinks this is just Not A Thing normal people do??

AIBU to want this to stop before DD starts doing it at school? WWYD?

I'm with your wife. This really isn't a big deal and DD will have forgotten it within a week.

Really overthinking it.
DD is 4, she’ll have forgotten it by next week.

Whats the problem? Why are you mortified?

You have a very low level of embarrassment don't you?

If I was in the loo in m&s & heard a little kid come in singsonging 'housekeeping' I'd have laughed my arse off, that's cute AF.

Not sure why you're so mortified by this from either of them?

There’s nothing embarrassing or mortifying about this. Lighten up.

I thought it would be something more embarrassing than this.

Me too!

Might even have pmsl given the location.

This sounds a bit lame (from your wife) but doesn't sound like a big deal, unless I am missing something? Why do you find it so embarrassing?

I mean it’s a bit of a weird thing to do but not exactly mortifying especially if it’s a little kid doing it. If she was walking round shouting ‘for f*cks sake’ it might be worth a chat

Why would a four year old saying ‘housekeeping’ trigger WW3 with your wife? This is a weird complaint.

This is actually hilarious. What on earth is your problem 🤣

Mortifying?

You should see some of the shit my kids have done over the years, then you would know what mortifying really is.

This is actually quite sweet, so to answer your question, I would do nothing apart from note it down somewhere to tell her when she's older and wants stories about herself as a kid.

It's dumb but harmless.

Is this a not so subtle hint to hire a housecleaner?

I don’t think it’s the funniest thing ever but it’s kind of charming, especially coming from a tiny kid.

If this mortifies you I think you may be mismatched with your wife!

Are you always this high strung?

Please get her a pinny and mini trolley. She'd be so cute!

Oh dear 😆

I agree OP it is really cringe.

Fair enough, maybe I am being a bit uptight about it. Just worried she’s going to do it in some really inappropriate setting (imagine at a doctor’s surgery or a school assembly!). But if the general consensus is that it’s harmless and she’ll grow out of it, I’ll try to chill out.

You nearly died of embarrassment?

Oh dear.

It’s a bit odd, but it’s hardly mortifying.

From a 4 year old it’s not even worth batting an eyelid over

Clearly you find this embarrassing but I don’t really understand why - small children say much, MUCH worse things all the time.

If it happens are school the teacher will either ignore her or deal with it, you really don’t need to stress.

It's an odd thing to do. Is your wife a bit odd, generally?

I feel that this was an obvious joke from your wife, and is an obvious joke from your daughter. Nothing embarrassing about either of them doing it. I don't think anyone will hear your daughter saying it and assume that she lives in a palace and has servants following her round whom she can rudely call on to pick up after her (is this the source of the embarrassment??).

But a joke is supposed to be funny??? Why would anyone laugh at that?