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[DeadAsADildo]

(Inspired by another thread-posts may be entirely fictional)

My 10y old has never had a fizzy drink in his entire life.

• WAS asked to leave

we keep all our towels in hermetically sealed containers and the minute they hit the atmosphere they are laundered.

You let your towels come into contact with the atmosphere Guns? Well it's your family whose lives you are risking and I don't want to judge. I wouldn't but that's just me.

A mum with a buggy got on the bus today, so I made all the other passengers, including two using wheelchairs, get off to give her space.

And yet you left the driver stay onboard? What if they'd crashed the bus causing that poor mum and her DC to get injured or worse? Next time please think before you act so rashly!

Mumsknitter call 999... and ring up the papers, that's just discrimination, sexism, Health-and-safety-gone-mad-jobsworth-not-apllying-any-common-sense!

Oh, I know it's not relevant to anything, so sorry in advance that I'll be boring everyone, but half of our cellar (where we store all our organic hand pressed juices) is bricked up, has been since we moved in. I don't like doing any 'DIY' type activities and wouldn't relish trying to move the large Victorian safe that's in front it anyway, so it's OK just to leave well alone isn't it? Reminds me, we haven't opened up the attic since we moved in either....

NewStickers: "I dress my children in exclusively gender neutral clothes and so far I have not made dd (5) aware of the concept of 'pink'".

So far I have not made either D (5) or D (10) aware of the concept of gender as I do not think they should feel constrained by gender-norms. I also decided to keep their gender from my husband and the D's grandparents. I feel this makes for much more well-rounded individuals.

I'm so introverted that I dread seeing my own reflection in the mirror when I brush my teeth.

spynextdoor I see you have no issue of them being aware of their age though... Your children will grow up as entitled and grabby human beings.

I hope you're proud.

squoosh I'm so introverted my email address doesn't even contain any part of my real name, in fact I have forgotten my real name. I really would have to go and check my birth certificate. And even then I couldn't be sure it was mine. Are you sure you're a true introvert?

My SIL's just told me she hangs her washing out whilst her DD (9.5) is asleep in the next room.

Her bub, her rules, but just not worth the risk in my opinion. What would happen if she were caught in a quantum wave and atomically transported to a parallel dimension? How long would it be until someone found the child?

There but by the grace of God, and all that.

WIBU to remind her of Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle?

sn0wdr0p4: WWYD The dc have mentioned that their hand woven alpaca underwear is becoming uncomfortable in the warmer weather. I tried to spin the yarn as fine as possible but to no avail. It apears to be impossible to grow cotton in this country and I've been unable to find a reliable supplier of silk worms.
WIBU to put them in underwear I have purchased? Obviously organic and ethically sourced.
I would be upset of course as I like to make all their clothes from scratch

Oh thank goodness - for a moment I read that last line as 'I like to make all their clothes scratch'. I breed my own silk worms in the bath and have woven my DC the softest of coverings. People say you can't keep your children in a cocoon but yes, you can.
I also weave silk sheaths for my husband.

00100001: I see you have no issue of them being aware of their age though... Your children will grow up as entitled and grabby human beings.

I'm sorry, I should have made it clear that is there shoe size, not their age. Although neither of them know this as course.

Spy Oh, your children have shoes... smug cow.

*'of course' of course

DeadAsADildo I see you are interested in my property -
Upper Phillimore Gardens, London, W8
www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-53787955.html
It's a little cramped for my liking but would be perfect for a first-time buyer. If you require any more information, do let my in-house estate agent know.

Have you tried co-sleeping, OP?

00100001: Oh, your children have shoes... smug cow.

Gosh, I don't believe I am but I do have a lovely smug cow in the garden.

squoosh you have a mirror? How very shallow of you. I'm far too busy parenting to look in the mirror. But that's just me. If you want to raise your children to be interested in outward appearances Of course that's entirely up to you.

Oh you're one of those people who calls it parenting are you treacle? People like you who have to categorise everything make me so sad for today's children. Raise them with love, light and laughter and maybe it will seem like less of a chore to you.

I must ask, do you even like your kids?

squoosh I do wonder why you think children are possessions. Who calls another human being "theirs"?

You sound like hard work OP.

Ds1 (24) and ds2 (20) will both be leaving home later this year. I realise that I am soon going to have to begin the weaning process. I'm quite happy to travel the 200 miles between them each day to continue bf, but dh thinks it's time they were weaned. I suspect dh and I may come to blows over this.

You mean your DH isn't bringing you tea a biscuits whilst you feed? What does he actually contribute to your relationship?

Actually, I may have to LTB.
Surely he realises that early 20's is far too young to wean. He's been dropping hints recently that the co-sleeping should stop too. Frankly, I'm worried. Surely he's not expecting to have sex yet again, I mean the last time was 1995 when ds2 was conceived. I will not subject my babies to such debauchery.