To think that naming someone else's child on facebook as the source of your child's illness is not on?

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This morning I logged into facebook and friend's status read:

"X has a poorly dd at home. But y (name and surname of another boy in the class) was sick in front of the whole class on Friday so it's hardly surprising that she has it."

The child's mother isn't on facebook so won't have seen this.

The way it has been worded sounds as if she is blaming this child for her child's illness.

Ibu to think that this is not on?

Last year she sent out a similar email "X has headlice, just thought I' let you all know because she must have got them from somewhere!"

Not unreasonable! Bloody outrageous. Bizarre behaviour from an adult. I'd be furious if someone blamed my child for something on Facebook.

Agree that it's not really on, but small hijack - wreckofhesperus, just noticed that we have remarkably similar names...; could lead to much amusing confusion along the lines of weak bbc sit-coms...

YANBU. How anal of her. I mean the poor child can hardly help that he was sick and it does look like she is naming and shaming him as the source of her child's illness. I hate people who cast around to blame someone every time their poor darlings get ill. Everyone catches things from someone surely and if we all went around looking for someone to blame then where would it end?

Wreck - sorry! Bet you had your name first. Will change mine now! You may get blame for my outspoken comments though...

YANBU - can you post on your facebook page that you have pubic lice after borrowing a pair of her pants.

My God, Facebook does sound so utterly riveting ... what have I been missing?

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Write a comment saying you are wondering when someone else will post that their DC has it, but not surprising after coming into contact with her DC...

YANBU. Some people are so precious. Keep him at home in an enclosed room if you don't want him to get ill, ever...

What famishedass said.

(Thanks Other Wreck - don't want to feel I'm forcing you out of your name though; do keep it if you fancy it )

but you don't know who's on her fb, though, she might be friends with the woman. could be fine, could be odd.

I know the other mother isn't on her friend list.

yy but even so, they could all be friends of friends iykwim?

Seems a bit odd to name the other poor little sod who was ill. Comes across as rather personal to use his full name as well.

It's very strange. Yes, if her child is ill she got it from somewhere, and if she had headlice she got those from somehwere too, 'tis a fact of life. Writing on FB publicly shaming this other poor little child, as if it was somehow his fault, is wrong.

DH gets livid when people take their kids to school although they know they're ill. Thankfully mine have been lucky enough to not get as much as a cold during their little lives, but I can see why he gets angry. He's not being precious, but as we'd never take an ill child to nursery, one of us would have to stay home, and this is very complicated to us. It's common though for kids to leave home in the morning seemingly healthy and to show symptoms during the day.

So I'm thinking whether she thinks that the child's parents knew about the illness and that got her back up. Still unreasonable though.