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

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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.

Panda haha! Im gonna be zombie girl from now on.

I hope the OP is mortified that this post has resurfaced and I hope they have changed their attitudes since then

Watch it there will be all sorts coming out of the archives.

You are not only being unreasonable. You are being an idiot.

Yabu and a very prejudiced knob to boot.

Excellent work bibs.

Why do people comment on a thread when they have only read the OP?

Drives me mad. I might report it.

Because they are idiots diabolo.

I go to a house with my kids the first time they go, I would use that as an excuse. Alternatively I might say "he is a bit flighty on roads, do you mind if I walk home with you/drop him off". I wouldn't cancel an otherwise fine playdate for no reason.

Aaaarrrrggghhhhhh!

because the original post is what the thread is about. Also because some people can't be arsed (myself included) to always read 80 odd posts so comment on the original post.

Check the date on the thread, people! I recon her son's left school by now.

it depends on the age and personaliity of the child really whether she would cope.

LOOK AT THE DATE PEEPS

Eh, I started reading but got bored with the troll comments and didn't get to the 'old thread bump' bit.

oh you are being an idiot she hasn't killed her own child yet why would she kill yours of course you have a problem with her being blind you dont trust her with your precious child , !!

ach this is years old

I thought, blimmin heck that Mother is never going to believe that they're busy for 6 months... then I noticed the date....

Even though it's an old thread it's sad that some people feel the need to discriminate in this way, with no real thought into how other people cope or manage. If you are still here op I'd really like to know what it was you was afraid of. A person with a visual impairment is generally more tuned into their environment, and like most mothers, you take extra care of the kid that's not yours. That mum would have known the reason you turned down the playdate. People aren't stupid and it's bloody sad that people get judged in this way with no real thought process behind it.

For a moment I wondered if I could use the "busy until Christmas" excuse to get out of unwanted invitations...

ZOMBIE THREAD

Point proven tho

You're a shit parent. HTH

I got all excited thinking the Twig was back then...

How is an ancient thread that is the only thread posted by that poster on here today??

WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?????

Oh it's you, Bibbity.

Why was it and the Trolldar comments never deleted back then - good question.