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to not want to share dd's noodle in the swimming pool?

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ThePettyandIllinformedGoat · 05/08/2008 13:44

it drives her nuts when someone borrows it. and she does occassionally let some kids play with it. but last time these women came up and demanded to know if she had finished with it and could their son have it. i said no and it was like i had pulled their swimsuits down. piss off an dbuy your own.

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Nappyzoneneedsanewname · 05/08/2008 14:10

oh i love playing horsey on a woggle

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ThePettyandIllinformedGoat · 05/08/2008 14:10

omg cocolepew! what didyou do?

re. floatation devices their son already had armbands and one of those bulllet proof vests on.

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Miaou · 05/08/2008 14:11

cocolepew!!!!!

cornsilk · 05/08/2008 14:11

cocole - waht did you do? Did you dunk her?

themoon66 · 05/08/2008 14:13

cocolepew - you should have walked into her cubicle and nicked her shoes with the words 'somebody needs to learn how to share'. Or, better still, her car keys.

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cocolepew · 05/08/2008 14:14

Me and my friend both grabbed DD while screaming at the woman. She kept saying "but she's had it for ages my DD wants it." We explained it was her own and she still insisted she had did nothing wrong, and my DD should learn to share her stuff. By this time my head was about to explode and I was seriously close to decking her. The life guard had saw what she did and threw her out.

Miaou · 05/08/2008 14:14

Rofl tenaciousG!!

Shoegazer · 05/08/2008 14:14

Coco did you resist telling her that you think someone needs to be taught manners and not to manhandle children out of their OWN rubber ring!? I hope she was suitably embarrassed!

Miaou · 05/08/2008 14:15

OMG! barmy woman!

falcon · 05/08/2008 14:15

Er A bullet proof vest?

Note to self avoid Goat's local pool if such attire is necessary.

aGalChangedHerName · 05/08/2008 14:15

If i saw a child with a noodle in the pool and i thought it belonged to the pool i still wouldn't have asked for it. I would tell my dc they couldn't have it and buy my own for the next time.

savoycabbage · 05/08/2008 14:16

I can't bloody believe that!

I wish you had taken her shoes! Or ripped off her swimming costume and put it on.

FranSanDisco · 05/08/2008 14:16

I'd write her name on it. My local pool don't allow you to borrow their swim aids and lock them away after lessons. Therefore if you take your own stuff you're best to put your name on.

falcon · 05/08/2008 14:16

Oh yes her dd wants it and the fact that it was your dd's and that she could have drowned is of little importance obviously.

BouncingTurtle · 05/08/2008 14:16

Coco - I would have slapped her. What a bitch

I would have assumed the noodle was the pool's, Goat, but I wouldn't have touched it unless your dd had put it to one side, assuming she had finished playing with it - I wouldn't have tried to take it off her!!

ThePettyandIllinformedGoat · 05/08/2008 14:17

poor coco's dd.

i hate all this sharing crap. if i grabbed someones ipod on the bus or bike or anything the police would be invovlved yet poor children have to put up with all sorts of crap in the name of sharing.

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Shoshe · 05/08/2008 14:18

I take all my mindees swimming, with other childminders, we have all our, baby floats, arm bands, rings, noodles, names with 'Property of Childminders' on them, as we have had this problem (as well as leaving some behind, a lot, they put them behind the desk for us

cornsilk · 05/08/2008 14:18

You should have given her a wedgie. That's pfb syndrome at it's scary best.

cocolepew · 05/08/2008 14:19

She got out of the pool still shouting, I'd had enough by this point and tried to climb out after her. It took me 3 goes to get out and I stood there arguing with my mascara running down my face and pulling my swimsuit out of my bum. Classy, that's me.

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