....to be absolutrely APOPLECTIC with rage at my bitchy neighbour?

[SheikYerbouti]

I was just in a the garden getting in my washing and I heard one of my neighbours talking to another. This neighbour in question is a childminder and is always very friendly.

Anyway, as I was getting in my washing, I heard her say "Oh, I'd never touch Sheiky's kids. They are really bloody naughty, they never behave themselves and they fidget and fight constantly. They are out of control." I also heard he say "AND she takes the pushchair through the house" LIKE IT'S A FUCKING CRIME.

I just coughed a bit to let them know I could hear every fucking bitchy word she was saying. I really wanted to kick off, but my kids were there. I wanted to grab the bitch by the throat and call her a fucking wart ridden harridan, but then I'd be accused of being unhinged as well.

Folk can say what thery fuck they like about me, but NOT MY KIDS. How fucking dare she? Yes, my children are a gbit feral sometimes, byt they are normal boys of 23 months and 3.7. They are not out of control. Show me a child of that age who never plays up, and I will run to Basingstoke with njo clothes on.

I'M FUCKING LIVID.

Good job i don't live near you. I don't know what she say about as pram lives in the kitchen when not in use as it the only place that it not in the way .

I Wish my dd's (4.6 and 10mths) would just fidget rather then bounce of the walls with all their energy .

Thing is though, she has workied with mkids fior 20+ years.

IMHO, that says a lot about her CMing ways. I bet her mindees aren't even allowed to fart.

I'm not going to say anything to her bacuse I have a v short temper and I am likely to rub her nose in dog shit and end up getting arrested.

I think I will remain aloof and I won;t let my kids talk to her again.

she's probably bitching because you haven't asked her to look after your children.

How horrible for you, what a cow! I was told by one of my neighbours my DD was a 'bitch' . My DD was 6 at the time and very shy and withdrawn. I ended up chasing her down the street, and my friends DH had to rugby tackle me to the ground. She hasn't looked near us since.

Remaining aloof and taking the higher ground is the right thing to do, but it festers inside for ages.

Smile broadly and pointedly at her whenever you see her. Don't stop to talk. Heap coals on her head.

I was in a lift once, ds2 in sling, when someone said to her friend (assuming, I think, that I didn't understand German, as she had heard me speaking English to ds1) 'That [nodded at sling] is the worst thing you can do to a baby. Bad for their legs.' [WTF] I was initially gobsmacked, then ended up chasing after the friend and saying that I had understood it and wasn't impressed. He just said 'She's not my friend' and brushed it off. It was a bit embarrassing and I wish I had just raged righteously.

Perosnlly, I'm not good at letting things fester. I need to get it off my chest. And how do you explain to her kids why they can;t talk to her?
Plus, if you tell her you heard her (in the sweetest way possible - even worse for her), SHE will be the one squirming forever, never mind your kids.

I will probably do the passive aggressive thing and be all sarky

"C'mon Kids, don;t talk to

Sorry, I meant how do you explain to YOUR kids? It draws them into the nasty, adult world, when it's not really needed, I think.

Thing is though Gateau, I have the shortest of tempers and it doesn't take a lot to rile me. Althgough your is a good idea, I can just envisage it ending up in my arrest

OH please please run to Basingstoke with no clothes on!

I think I will wats, other neighbour is lovly, non-gossipy type. From what I could hear, she was sticking up for me sjhshe said "Oh, I alwys thought they are always quite good
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Sheik - I think you should go round and let them know what you think - you say you're really angry, but you're going to just avoid them in future. That means all that anger is going to stay inside you - not a good idea! Don't just swallow that anger whatever you do! There's no way someone should be slandering your kids like that and I think, I would go round there and give them a piece of my mind. She is OUT OF ORDER!!! You are entirely within your rights to tell her off.

But I will be carted off to the nick faster than you can say "GBH"

I think I will leave it a couple of days and see if I can discuss it with DP kater without getting the red mist

I don;t know, I went in the house because it was pissing it down. I think she shut the fuck up.

first I want to say well done for word useage whilst ready to spitroast the "harridan" .. apoplectic and harridin are some of my favourite words.. I know I'm strange.. ... I really don't get the pushchair through the house thing.. that is a real stretch for a "crime against the Unholy Housewife"

I wonder what she would think of my DS.. he has manners but does tend to go a bit feral.. especially when he is building "Magnificant Machines" in the back garden...

I'm mild mannered to a point but I can wear the bitch gloves when I need too... my dad taught me the finer points of beign evil..

LOL @ "she takes her pushchair through the house"
I think that phrase tells you all you need to know about how seriously you should take this
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she is a silly mare