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Just need a rant about dd 2 aed 11

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longwaytogo · 02/01/2006 15:57

Just need to rant about dd 11 Decided to climb a moantain today, took us until after lunch to get out and as soon as we got there she said that's not very big is it, we chose to go the gentle way seems the age of youngest two is under 3. Immediatly her and her friend disappeared up the steeper path to us. After half an hour rang her to ask where on earth she was, told her to go back down the way she had come and meet us up the other path. After 3 or 4 more phone calls with us telling her very specifically which way to come she still hadn't appeared insisting that she couldnt find the way. So told her to stay at the car.

When we got back to the bottom told her how upset i was that she had disappeared in the first place and that it was a silly thing to do blah blah blah.

Then to top it all this middle aged stuck up group of people who were sat drinking tea in the boot of his probably nearly new land rover turned round and said "Give us a break we've come up a mountain to get away from this" Well lucky for him is all I can say. Can't remember the last time we went out without the kids.

I'm really upset with dd.

  1. for disappearing when she knows better
  2. for making me feel asamed of m y parentin skils in fromnt of oter people.

I ave confiscated er pone for a week and banned er off msn.

Just needed to rant. Now te letter between f and j on te key board wont type. Brill my day just etst better.

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edam · 02/01/2006 16:05

Oh lwtg, I do feel for you, but the anti-climax just made me ROFL. Sorry!

The man was just rude, nothing to do with your parenting skills at all.
Hope your keyboard gets better soon...

Meanoldmummy · 02/01/2006 16:45

I think your parenting skill was admirable, I would have lost my temper with her in your situation. The consequences you have imposed are completely appropriate. What she did was selfish, typical of her age and must have scared the living daylights out of you, not to mention ruining your day.

The bloke who had a go at you was clearly up himself and showing off in front of his horrible friends. I get SOOO sick of being talked down to because I take my kids out in public and try to maintain discipline even when there are people around!! These same idiots complain that the nation's children are out of control and that parents aren't doing enough to socialise them and teach them how to behave!! I usually respond with some remark like "If you don't like children you had better stay at home... they're a fact of human life I'm afraid!" It is hurtful and embarassing though....I sympathise. It wasn't your fault at all. Some folks didn't have a mum like you and never learned not to be rude and selfish!!

longwaytogo · 02/01/2006 19:39

Right now i'm down off the ceiling - just, after spending a nice evening with some friends and their children I will try and be nice to my dd until she goes to bed.

I still really cannot believe that bloke though. dh has said he doesnt know how he bit his tongue, but knew i would have gone ape if he had gone mad at him and would have been even more mortified than i was already.

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