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?

The next hotel you visit, bundle your wife and DD on a luggage trolley and push them along the corridor. They can trill 'housekeeping!' and you can bellow 'bellboy!'

If you can't beat them, join them.

Its not embarrasing with a 4yo.

My friend's kid was in a toy shop choosing five plastic insects from a selection of many. As he was looking through them he shouted "Dad! When I get home I'm going to build a buggery!"

I’d also find this extremely cringey!! Funny once, maybe twice max.

My God if only my kids had stuck to shouting 'housekeeping' when I was in a public loo with them. You do realise that the general level of child commentary is 'I can see your bum Mummy' 'Are you doing a poo Mummy?' at megaphone volume ?

You need to get a grip of your embarrassment levels, you are being ridiculous. And frankly what would happen if your kid shouted 'housekeeping' at the doctors surgery. Do you think they'd strike you all off the register?

Is your wife trying to tell you something about the fair splitting of your household chores?

If you find that embarrassing then wait until she’s a teenager 🤭

If you find this embarrassing and your eldest is 4, you are in for a world of pain!

Please come back the first time she cheerfully tells the shop assistant you're buying sanitary pads for your bleeding vagina, or when she asks a relative whether that hairstyle was on purpose or an accident, or when she reveals very personal family information to her teacher. 😂

Meh. I wouldn't be leaving my toothbrush on display when staying in a hotel though.

What? I was disappointed ☹️

I wouldn't be embarrassed. It's a joke the two of them enjoy, and DD probably strikes strangers as rather sweet.
On the other hand, if it happens all the time, I would be very very very irritated.

Wait until your child is a teenager.

My oldest child's worst moment (14 or 15) was when we got on a busy train in Germany. Instead of whispering to me, in a piercing voice he boomed, "We're not exactly members of the Aryan master race, are we?!"

Then lots of indignant, "What? What did I say?" afterwards.

Yes! Thank you! I knew I'd heard it on the telly somewhere and it was going to bother me for ages of I couldn't remember, you've saved my evening fruitlessly googling to put it to rest 😁
I thought it was from a sitcom. Pretty sure I've sung out housekeeping on entering a room myself in the past.

I am reading this and feeling quite weirded out by you, OP. It’s just a bit of silliness. What kind of person goes through life cringing and being mortified about such harmless trivial stuff? They’re not hurting anyone, they’re entertaining themselves and nobody cares. I don’t see why it’s embarrassing you so much.

If I were your DW, I’d be very very irritated by you.

Good attitude! 👍

Did your wife used to work in Housekeeping? I worked in Housekeeping for 10 years and I just always do that now too if I stay in a Hotel go in my room and Say Housekeeping and then I do the room check for cleanliness. The memories flood back of how hard work Housekeeping was.

I'd be concerned that if you mention it this will be like WW3, it sounds like there is a lot of tension between you. You are allowed find it irritating as much as she is allowed say it. If you say please stop doing that will your wife start yelling or something? It seems like you are worried over something most people don't think twice about.

You clearly embarrass very easily.

Oh bloody hell, we all do this at home.

But we do it because Peter Griffin does it in an episode of family guy.

My 4 year old thinks it’s hilarious.

I’ll get my coat.

FFS is that it? I was lured to this thread thinking I was going to hear that your wife had ripped off a massive fart while having breakfast or something 😂

Massively overreacting in my opinion. You definitely need to lighten up.

Your wife sounds like my kind of person.

Loosen up.

You seem far too highly strung..

I feel sorry for your DW. You sound way too uptight, life mustn't be much fun for her.

you sound miserable

OTT reaction.