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AIBU for kissing DP on school run when DD dislikes it?

462 replies

Werze · 26/03/2026 17:49

DD has had yet another massive go at me after school today. I broke up from her father when she was v young. Didn’t date for ages. Met a school run dad (now DP) in September, knew each other for a while then dated and went from there. Obviously we can’t see loads of each other so school run is one of only opportunities in week. Naturally happy to see each other and embrace/kiss as any normal couple would. DD kicking off saying she doesn’t want to see this.

AIBU? She can’t expect me to remain single for ever surely ?

OP posts:
YerMotherWasAHamster · 27/03/2026 12:39

Nobody really wants to see your pda's.
It is not appropriate, it really isn't.

99bottlesofkombucha · 27/03/2026 12:39

Paganpentacle · 27/03/2026 12:11

Absolutely... squash down everything that makes you human or gives you joy, just in case it pisses your kids off.
I mean- you're a parent and that's it right? 🙄Toe the line OP ffs.

And then you wonder why they're entitled little twats later down the line...

As another poster said, they should definitely go to their work places and fondle and pash and romantically jump onto each other there, since their joy shouldn’t be squashed lets see how their colleagues all think about it. And leave the kids well out of it.

but I bet they won’t, because they know it’s behaviour that would be judged but don’t care how that affects their kids. They’d control their passionate urges just fine if their boss and their team were walking past.

LiviaDrusillaAugusta · 27/03/2026 12:41

For some reason I’m thinking the OP sounds like Carol Barry in Waterloo Road 😬

Nanny0gg · 27/03/2026 12:50

Werze · 26/03/2026 22:54

Hiding round a corner for a harmless fondle would be well childish, we are adults fgs 😂

Then don't have public fondles in front of your children

Balloonhearts · 27/03/2026 13:26

Your daughter shouldn't even be aware of him after only 6 months. She definitely shouldn't have to watch you snogging in front of all her mates. Fucking stellar parenting right there.

WalkDontWalk · 27/03/2026 13:29

Mumtobabyhavoc
Another interesting observation is that practically every post is blaming the OP alone. 🤦‍♀️ MN posts truly keep on giving. 🤣

Wow, thank God you turned up. I was struggling to find a man to blame for this one.

WalkDontWalk · 27/03/2026 13:30

YerMotherWasAHamster · 27/03/2026 12:39

Nobody really wants to see your pda's.
It is not appropriate, it really isn't.

Though having said that, if nobody saw the da it wouldn't be p.

Greenwitchart · 27/03/2026 13:50

The school run really is not an appropriate place to snog your boyfriend...

Your are embarrassing your daughter on different levels: the fact that you are doing this in front of other parents and her school friends and the fact that she has to deal with you kissing a man who is not her dad and who is not someone who is a regular part of her life yet and who you only met 6 months ago.

I never understand parents who just think that their kids have to be ok with having the people they date thrown into their lives.

Put your daughter first and stop behaving like a teenager.

Some things really need to be kept private.

If this turns into a serious relationship then introduce him to your daughter properly at a later date with a conversation or a day out, not by forcing her to witness your PDAs...

YerMotherWasAHamster · 27/03/2026 13:54

WalkDontWalk · 27/03/2026 13:30

Though having said that, if nobody saw the da it wouldn't be p.

Good point 😆

viques · 28/03/2026 15:02

For the sake of comparison OP, at 10 my daughter used to ask me not to sing loudly at the school Christmas concert when the parents were allowed to join in at the end for a round of well known traditional carols because I have a well trained singing voice and it carries, and she said it was embarrassing. Which I understood so I sang very quietly. Embarrassing 10and 11 year olds is like shooting fish in a barrel, it’s too easy and not fair.

seriousandloyal · 28/03/2026 16:13

Surely this is made up? If not I feel really sorry for your daughter, how embarrassing for her.

Mumtobabyhavoc · 29/03/2026 19:13

WalkDontWalk · 27/03/2026 13:29

Mumtobabyhavoc
Another interesting observation is that practically every post is blaming the OP alone. 🤦‍♀️ MN posts truly keep on giving. 🤣

Wow, thank God you turned up. I was struggling to find a man to blame for this one.

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