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in wishing my children hadn't witnessed me pooing myself

42 replies

tittybangbang · 15/05/2010 20:04

..... on Thursday night, as they haven't stopped sniggering since?

Had felt a bit sick all day so had an early bath. Got out the bath and started getting dressed before being overwhelmed by nausea and sweating. Managed to hurl myself onto my bed , grabbing a plastic bin on the way to vom into. Realised too late that I would have been better to hurl myself onto the toilet as the violent retching caused an explosion of completely unanticipated diarrhoea. [shame]

My mum had come into the bedroom by that point and was standing over me looking concerned. I said 'Oh mum, I've crapped my pants', at which point she tried to shoo the children out. Would they go? They would not. They were completely galvanised by the idea that their mum had crapped herself, and clustered as close as possible to the bed grinning and laughing.

Anyway, got myself sorted out eventually and spent the rest of the evening downstairs on the sofa with a hot water bottle. As soon as DH came through the door the children went charging up to him shouting 'Guess what - mummy pooed her pants', screaming and laughing.

AIBU to expect a 4, 6 and 10 year old to show some sensitivity to their mother's mortification, or is that asking too much?

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Pavlov · 15/05/2010 21:26

titty i did not laugh. Honestly, I wanted to come over there and make it all go away for you. You poor poor woman. How horrid.

DH saw me poo when I gave birth, it was awful, I prayed, prayed it was my waters bursting. The MW whipped it away pretty sharpish, but it was too late. Neither he, or I, have ever mentioned it since. And we never will .

oliviasmama · 15/05/2010 21:50

Titty....I love you.....I have had the shittest time these last couple of weeks and your opening post has made me laugh hysterically out loud to the point that I had tears rolling down my cheeks. Your great. Thanks.

and by the way...hope you feel better.

oliviasmama · 15/05/2010 21:50

"shittest"...sorry, bad choice of words

MissMarjoribanks · 15/05/2010 21:59

Sorry, this will not make you feel better, but I still remember my dad pooing on the floor when we were kids as he didn't make it to the loo. It was hilarious. Matters were not improved by my mother pissing herself laughing at him.

My sympathies though, I had the D&V bug a couple of weeks ago, and had to admit to my mum, who heroically cleaned the bathroom for me in the aftermath, that I'd been incontinent in the shower. Two pairs of knickers in the bin as well, so you're not alone. It was awful.

biddysmama · 17/05/2010 13:38

if it makes you feel better my 8 year old ds knows i wet myslef when i am sick (while pregnant and my friend poo'd herself on the school run once when she had a stomach bug, she had to tell me infront of her 2 children and my 1 so i would take them to school and she could go home

onthepier · 17/05/2010 17:42

How embarrassing for your friend, Biddysmama, poor woman, Just as well you were there!

AnyFucker · 17/05/2010 17:49

thanks for the laugh

hope you feel better soon

BreevandercampLGJ · 17/05/2010 17:56

They sound like ill behaved brats TBH.

They did not do what their grandmother told them and then they did not have the manners to not mention it again when their father came home.

This is not modern parenting, it is just plain old fashioned bad manners.

waitingforbedtime · 17/05/2010 18:07

Oh dont be so daft, theyre not brats. They just saw teh funny side.

ShowOfHands · 17/05/2010 18:15

Oh poor you. I'd have been very upset indeed.

Had norovirus recently and made a similar incorrect decision to vomit into the toilet. Cramps had the same effect.

I sobbed with mortification and I was alone.

Hope you're better.

Thediaryofanobody · 17/05/2010 18:18

LOL sorry but my niece and nephew witnesses my mum crap herself about 2 years ago and they still being it up and giggle about it.

CheerfulYank · 17/05/2010 18:24

Oh honey! I hope you feel better.

I'm trying very hard not to mention that I laughed hysterically at this post...and failing.

Thediaryofanobody · 17/05/2010 18:26

Oh forgot the morning after DH and I got engaged I became quite ill. I crapped, pissed and vomited on myself pretty much all the time whilst wearing his expensive new PJs.
He still married me. Mind you we moved in together straight after that and we insisted we had a bathroom each and he hasn't let me wear his PJs since.

RedRedWine1980 · 17/05/2010 18:26

Im sorry but thats bloody priceless poor you but yes to kids its going to be laughable!

OtterInaSkoda · 17/05/2010 18:38

YANBU. I think my ds (9) would have been horrified, but I suspect he might be a bit unusual on that score (toilet humour passed him by completely). Your 10 yo should know better, but I guess was carried along with the younger dc's hysteria.

I'm pretty about some of the reactions here though. Perhaps YABU(nrealistic) to expect some sensitivity from your DCs when adults can't muster a little either. Or perhaps we're just easily mortified. I don't know.

Anyway, I hope you're feeling today better, titty.

2old4thislark · 17/05/2010 18:39

I'm sorry but I laughed too.......

OtterInaSkoda · 17/05/2010 18:41

I missed the bit about your younger ones bringing you water/giving you a cuddle. That's better

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