to think parents coudl play with their OWN kids?

[MrsPotiphar]

i generally playw ith mine say at a pool.

then some lazy fekcers think by bringing their own kids to the pool/park/wherever that is IT
and that I would want to play with their kids
no i dont LIKE your kids, at all

A pre lunch tag on is a dilemma. Especially if they havent got any sarnies

lol
i say " why is your mummy not playing , is it cos she HATESyou "
that works
tears , kid runs off

I find offering the kiddo a cigarette brings the parent shrieking out of the woodwork.

( god its mumsnet i need to point out an official disclaimer that htta was NOT a true event - or else in 20 post some dimwit will say " why say it then if it's not true")

lol
oh yes
is vodka jelly ok for lunch?

Oh yes Cyb or if you have only got enough frootshoots for one each and NOT the tag-on

The thing I find with these child magnet situations is that the stray child usually comes and hangs around for long enough for everyone around to presume s/he's yours and then s/he will go and do something totally 'unasseptable' (swear, thump passing random child, steal another childs ball etc) and you're left , with everyones eyes on you, wondering what to say or do .

Or if they're potty-training age they'll fill their kecks with a stinking poo and continue hanging around

children playing with other children is not the same thing as one random child tagging on to another family (ie kids playing with their own parents)

that is just annoying

the french do it all the bloody time, we had some random french kid come over and start playing on the beach at about 10 in the morning, he didn't sod off all day, m+d just sat on the loungers all day

x-post with vodka-jelly and cigarettes, we are obviously on a different level Mrs P

ANd when they kid plays rough or nicks your kids ball you find yourself TELLING OFF YOUR KID!

fantastic we haev the french in it now

ALl we need is a bit about meals and we are THERE

"I am a magnet to small unruly boys that have just been told off (by me). They follow me around for the rest of the day, probably seeking more discipline."
PMSL

actually mother did come over at lunch time and bark something at us when he started eating the bacon frazzles the DC were eating

Yes deffo can confirm French bad for this.

What do you do about kids playing rough with yours while parents look away on?

Actually the worst for us with 2Ds is when the newbie gangs up on DS2 and says he can't play because he's too little.

"do not eat forrin food"

bacon frazzles lol

french doint share sand toys in parks either

Yes but it's a criticism for once, usually the standard line on mn is to sanctify the French, non?

it is
becuase they:
eat meals
are thin
smoke
drink
dress better
live better
have everything better

I expect it is the fault of those of us with Mediterranean genes. We like, or at least don't mind, if other children join in with ours and consider it normal.

I was born and brought up in this country but threads like this remind me what a foreigner I am really.

lol at cigarette

last time we were in cornwall, there were competitive dads who kept trying to round up everyone for beach cricket.
my kiddos were all ''errr poo yuk, no, we do not like cricket. we want to surf/annoy our parents/dig pointless channels in the sand'' and the Lantern-Jawed dads in Boden shorts were all''Ah now come on, just THINK how great it will be.'' and the wives were all giving us evils and trying to communicate wordlessly to the super dads that perhaps we were not the Right Sort of family after all...

Not French btw