To have told my son he couldn't go home with another boy because his mother has a disability?

[iammeandyouare]

I didn't tell my son that was why he couldn't go, but that is the reason I've said no.

My son came home from school today and said that he has been invited over to his friend's house to play. This boy and my son have been friends since they started school two years ago. He seems a nice enough lad and they get on well. However his mother is blind.

The fact she is blind doesn't bother me, she seems nice enough, but I'll be honest, allowing her to pick my child up from school and walk him home to her house bothers me.

There are just little things such as crossing roads that I am uneasy about, I know that she does it with her own child every day but I am uneasy about letting her do it with mine.

So I have told my son that we are very busy until Christmas and so we'll have to see in the new year, but I am secretly hoping that the invite will be forgotten.

ok yes it is of course a troll

but ffs, there are some things you shouldn't troll about.

Trolling doesn't have to be actually offensive, you know

omg wannabe will kill you
what a ignorant trollish op

I think I covered it in my first response to the OP personally

trolldar

well thats sorted that

next

what 'bout those trees over yonder ....

I miss Judgeflounce myself .. now THERE was a troll

he put the effort in for months

and kept it up

even at the last stand

I really, really regret having missed JudgeFlounce

I wish she would come back just for a day.

Or maybe MN could reinstate those classic troll threads, perhaps on a pay-per-view basis (all proceeds to the legal fund)

those were the days of proper trolling where outing the troll was actually fun

Agree with hippi. I'm sure the other woman would not have been offended if you'd explained your concerns about her managing your ds. And you could have chatted to your ds about the particular importance of doing what she said.....

I agree twig, they don't make 'em like they used to.

Good ole Steve.

I think this is a regular who changed name because she knew she'd be in for a pasting.

Oh bugger - I went off to do pyjamas mid reply and it's turned into a trollfest in the meantime.

yes it is always much better when it takes a few posts from the OP before you realise that they have hairy knuckles

The thing about trolls of yore was that they put the time in. They didn't just show up smelling of Lynx, they stayed on the site for a bit, chatting us all up, developing their sock puppets gradually and with real skill and then came unstuck bit by bit in a way to a chorus of righteous indignation. It was all quite enjoyable to watch. I do fear those days are gone.

FabioTheLiterateCat are people that daft on here?
I had a freind when I was small, both her mum and dad were blind, the only differece I noticed was the lack of tv watching.

is it worth me typing out a considered reply?

lol filly

2shoes - yes, sadly

wannaBe I wouldn't waste your time

wannabe I would go with a resounding "NO"

wannabe I think I covered it in my first post (first response to the OP)

By Twiglett on Thu 04-Dec-08 18:41:37
you're a twat

I don't expect his mum would want your child to go home with them anyway as she may not want her family mixing with a child whose mother is an uneducated bigot. No offence.

Twiglett, accurate and concise.

well clearly Op's child is so hideously behaved and bad mannered she knew he would misbehave on the way home and therefore this poor woman would not be able to control him?

or maybe she is just a twat