Page 5 | My kids got baby-bell wax all over my mother in laws new sofa.

jennan · 2023-12-29T23:00:22+00:00

Hey, I'm not really sure how to use this website so apologies if wrong. So I'm at my mother in laws house for Xmas and she had just brought herself this VERY expensive sofa for herself as a self gift. she has just had it delivered today and its a brand new white sofa, as I have two boys (6 and 7) I told them not to go on it but my mother in law INSISTED they could go on it. they had just finished watching TV and were getting ready for bed when my husband alerted me to the fact that someone had obviously eaten a baby-bell and than somehow sat on the wax, there is now a VERY noticeable red patch on the sofa. I have removed the excess wax but there is still a stain. my boys and mother in law are in bed now but I dont know how to remove it. me and my husband dont have the money to replace this sofa and my mother in law doesn't really like me as it is. Does anyone know how to remove cheese wax from a sofa? Thanks.

minipie · 30/12/2023 10:12

HumourReplacementTherapy · 30/12/2023 00:20

OP PLEASE READ!!
Before you unleash anything else onto the red and white sofa....
If she has taken out insurance which means they'll come out and sort any stains, they tell you NOT to tackle the stain yourself or it will invalidate the option to use their service.

THIS!!

Poinsettiasarevile · 30/12/2023 10:12

My two are a similar age. They could be straight out of a bleach bath and i still wouldn't let them anywhere near a frickin white sofa.

Notsurehwhattdo · 30/12/2023 10:13

A white sofa when you have visiting small people, absolute madness.

Holly60 · 30/12/2023 10:14

cestlavielife · 29/12/2023 23:07

She should have put something on it like a throw before inviting young kids to sit on a brand new white sofa .....

The poor woman's new expensive couch has just been ruined by someone eating food on it, leaving the wax and then sitting on it. She tried to be kind and say it was ok for her grandchildren to sit on it. And you are saying it's all her fault?

Just think about how she might feel when she wakes up. Can you have just a tiny bit more sympathy for her.

diddl · 30/12/2023 10:15

I'd have been tempted to put a cushion on it & deny all knowledge.

So white sofa, snacks given (including Babybel still in wax) & kids just left too it.

Surely a recipe for disaster?

Goatymum · 30/12/2023 10:17

That wax gets everywhere! Hopefully you’ve got rid by now, but your MIL is daft for letting them go on it, esp to eat.

HelenHerriott · 30/12/2023 10:18

She DID tell the kids not to eat on it but brought them snacks and put it on a small table next to the sofa, she told them to stand up when they were eating it..

Yup it’s all MILS fault 🙄. She told the children not to sit on the sofa while eating.

Theunamedcat · 30/12/2023 10:18

Holly60 · 30/12/2023 10:14

The poor woman's new expensive couch has just been ruined by someone eating food on it, leaving the wax and then sitting on it. She tried to be kind and say it was ok for her grandchildren to sit on it. And you are saying it's all her fault?

Just think about how she might feel when she wakes up. Can you have just a tiny bit more sympathy for her.

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The children's parents clearly know them best and if they are saying use a throw you take there advice and use a throw!

Also you don't give them fucking baby bells to eat loads of kids like playing with the wax even adults I know play with the fucking wax 😂

Needsomesupport84 · 30/12/2023 10:19

Get your DH to tell her and keep out of the way. Or say nothing and wait for her to realise and then say something like “oh that’s why I didn’t want them to go on the sofa, what a shame”. I don’t understand why you would get the blame here.

LuckySantangelo35 · 30/12/2023 10:20

Notsurehwhattdo · 30/12/2023 10:13

A white sofa when you have visiting small people, absolute madness.

@Notsurehwhattdo

most people are not gonna curtail their choices of something they use everyday for the sake of visiting children.

Jamjaris · 30/12/2023 10:22

It’s like she allowed the children on her new white sofa as a test to see if you would be vigilant watching them eat with bated breath.

Who knew baby bells wax stained? I never did till now! I have a new light green sofa and it is covered with throws as I have dogs and grandchildren.

wronginalltherightways · 30/12/2023 10:22

This is your husband's problem to sort with your MIL if the two of you can't get the wax out of the fabric.

Your MIL INSISTED her grandchildren sit on it, and the provided snacks with a ridiculous, never-gonna-happen request that they stand in front of the couch to eat them. What a joke.

Make your husband deal with her. It's his mum and her stupidity that got you here...

Good luck.

wronginalltherightways · 30/12/2023 10:25

Holly60 · 30/12/2023 10:14

The poor woman's new expensive couch has just been ruined by someone eating food on it, leaving the wax and then sitting on it. She tried to be kind and say it was ok for her grandchildren to sit on it. And you are saying it's all her fault?

Just think about how she might feel when she wakes up. Can you have just a tiny bit more sympathy for her.

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No, no sympathy.

OP tried to do the reasonable thing which was to try to keep her young children off the new white sofa. MIL OVERRODE mum's instructions on this ... and provided snacks for them on top of this override.

It's almost like she's looking to blame the OP when it all goes wrong... which is why her SON needs to deal with her.

DecayedStrumpet · 30/12/2023 10:26

HelenHerriott · 30/12/2023 10:18

She DID tell the kids not to eat on it but brought them snacks and put it on a small table next to the sofa, she told them to stand up when they were eating it..

Yup it’s all MILS fault 🙄. She told the children not to sit on the sofa while eating.

The kids may well have not sat on the sofa to eat.

You can only expect a 6yo to follow literal instructions, and if you didn't say, "And don't then sit on the sofa playing with the wax your snack came in", then...

KissTheRains · 30/12/2023 10:30

Ok so the best solution, and trust me I'm an expert...

A step by step guide:
Step A - Go upstairs and loudly tell each other you're off to bed.
Step B - sneak downstairs and go outside.
Step C - find a brick.
Step 4 - quietly and gently Smash windows with Brick.
Step 5 - climb in, grab sofa, throw out window into rose bush.
Step Z - go back to bed.

"We've been burgled.."
"Oh my gosh, no way .."
"They didn't take anything, just hurled the sofa out the window... And stained it with babybel wax..."
"Oh my gosh people are weird these days... 🙃"

Problem solved.

autienotnaughty · 30/12/2023 10:30

SecondUsername4me · 29/12/2023 23:04

Feign ignorance?

"Ooh, yes I can see a sort of red hue there. Was it there when it was delivered?"

For all you know MIL at a babybel on there.

This would be my suggestion

TitaniasAss · 30/12/2023 10:33

I can't believe people are blaming the MIL here. I would have absolutely drummed into my two not to eat anything near it regardless of what MIL said. I'd be mortified.

Catsknowbest · 30/12/2023 10:35

berksandbeyond · 30/12/2023 09:44

Who wouldn’t notice a babybel case. And just proceed to sit on it?!
This is not your MILS fault, 2 children of that age should be able to be trusted to sit on a white sofa, and she asked them not to bloody eat on it!
At the very least you should be paying for it to be professionally cleaned!

I'm sorry but anyone with children staying over what can be a busy/exciting time with food and treats on the agenda who has a white sofa has the intelligence to at least put a throw over it- MIL should've done that.

HelenHerriott · 30/12/2023 10:39

DecayedStrumpet · 30/12/2023 10:26

The kids may well have not sat on the sofa to eat.

You can only expect a 6yo to follow literal instructions, and if you didn't say, "And don't then sit on the sofa playing with the wax your snack came in", then...

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Then the parents supervise them. It’s clear the OP finds the whole situation funny judging by the laughing emojis on her post.

ANightmareBeforeChristmas · 30/12/2023 10:39

Pay for it to be cleaned professionally or for a replacement cushion cover.

HelenHerriott · 30/12/2023 10:40

Catsknowbest · 30/12/2023 10:35

I'm sorry but anyone with children staying over what can be a busy/exciting time with food and treats on the agenda who has a white sofa has the intelligence to at least put a throw over it- MIL should've done that.

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MIL should've done that. Or the OP or her DH?

Catsknowbest · 30/12/2023 10:40

Holly60 · 30/12/2023 10:14

The poor woman's new expensive couch has just been ruined by someone eating food on it, leaving the wax and then sitting on it. She tried to be kind and say it was ok for her grandchildren to sit on it. And you are saying it's all her fault?

Just think about how she might feel when she wakes up. Can you have just a tiny bit more sympathy for her.

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I'm sorry but the "poor woman's new expensive couch" is just a bit much for me. Young children + excitement + snacks= potential for accidents. A throw would have prevented any potential problems and anyone with common sense and young children or grandchildren knows this especially if they have light fabric sofas.

Catsknowbest · 30/12/2023 10:41

HelenHerriott · 30/12/2023 10:40

MIL should've done that. Or the OP or her DH?

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The MIL. It's her brand new white sofa and she has young grandchildren staying.

SunnieShine · 30/12/2023 10:41

Seriously - an expensive all-white sofa and small boys? That's asking for trouble. She takes responsibility for this.

InSpainTheRain · 30/12/2023 10:42

I feel your stress. But MIL getting a new white sofa with 2 grand children at a young age means it is entirely on her. Personally I wouldn't try removing it but leave it to a professional cleaner. Ger your DH to let her know.