Parent messaged me to complain about DH

[Yogaretreat23]

This is a strange one. DS had his friend round on Tuesday, they were mainly just playing video games upstairs. They came downstairs and DS started to moan that the Wi-Fi was down.

DH said he’d need to ‘go for the old school approach and grab a top shelf magazine from the corner shop’ and DS just laughed it off.

The next day, his friends mum has messaged me to say she doesn’t appreciate DH making inappropriate comments in front of her son.

I’ve ignored it…but am now overthinking whether I should have replied to clarify nothing was said to her son?

Edited to add both 17yo

I think the age of the boys is important context here!

How old are they?

How old?

But she complained it was in front of her son, IE he heard it. Can't you just say oops sorry? Presumably you want DS' friend to keep being able to come round?

It should be illegal to post questions like this without an age

Did the boys even know what he meant?

Pretty grim for your DH to say that to his son, let alone in front of his mates regardless of age tbh

Sorry, both 17.

Yes, ages are important, and it would be odd for mum to complain if they're older than young teens, but still a weird comment to make in front of your DS's friend IMO.

I think you have to say sorry, DH can be an idiot at times.

Sounds very inappropriate, actually.

Are you ok with your DH making those kind of jokes in front of your son @Yogaretreat23 ?

That was a gross thing to say at any age.

Edited because you updated the age.

Bit of a gross comment at any age - so it was said within his earshot?

Not appropriate but I wouldn't have txted you just thought he was being an idiot.

It was a crass comment and I’d think less of my DH for being so vulgar but they’re 17 not 7. His mother texting to complain is a little OTT.

Not appropriate at all. Sounds like something Jim Royle would say

Very good point. I don’t think my 15 year old grandson would know what meant. Either way he should not have said it. I would apologise and move on.

Good grief what a little Lord Fauntleroy the friend is, tattling to his mummy at 17.

My first reaction was that it was a gross comment to make to 2 young boys but I thought they would be about 12-14. At 17 quite honestly she needs to get a grip!

I mean it makes your DH sound like a bit of a dirty old perv but at 17 I’m sure he’s heard far worse!!

I would have been seriously unimpressed.

I wouldn’t have called you but I’d have felt deeply sorry for you being married to a man like that.

There’s also a risk that it gets out at school that your DS’s Dad is a creepy old man.

The boys are 17! What a ridiculous overreaction.

I'd ignore her to be honest.

Any 17 year old boy I know wouldn't have blinked at that.

They sure as hell wouldn't have run back to mummy with it.

You don't know, perhaps the friend was telling his mum thinking it was funny, or like "you'd never guess what xyz's dad said".

Or maybe as pp have said, the friend was asking his mum what it meant.

17!

Very vulgar thing to say to your own child nevermind a mate.

However it is ott for the mum to have responding in such a way.