How much do you 'ignore' your children?

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Have just been out with two families - friends of ours- who have kids about the same age, and I have to confess, I am amzed by the extent to which they actively 'ignore' their children trhoughout the whole afternoon.

By this I mean they seem to 'zone out' from all the various requests/ questions/ constant 'to-ing and fro-ing' that seems typical of under- 6s??

As a result they actively seem to enjoy themselves more, manage to have 'adult' conversations (which I gave up years ago )and it seems that their kids eventually give up and go and sort out themselves whatever it is they want....( which seems like a good thing I suppose)

I can't decide whether I'm just a mug with my kids and let them dominate my life too much... but I simply CAN'T ignore them - it seems really rude and uncaring somehow??

Maybe your cousin has the same family rampant sex genes though Vaunda and couldn't help herself

I'd class it as having sex Vaunda.

I don't really think there's anything wrong with sex, either. Even if one does have children. Lots of people who have children have sex, so I'm told (though I don't believe it, of course).

Sex once in 4 years..that seems pretty unwhoreish to me. She obvioulsy hadn't done it before, no? Could it have been a misjudgement but still a one off (IYSWIM? )

Caligula, she is MY second cousin and she left her son with me.... I had not seen him since he was 4 months old i think... he may have been 5 months old though

Kelly it hit his head as it fell, or rather i should say it caught his head as it fell and landed on teh floor.

Ah. I see your point. I wouldn't leave my kids with you, either.

Wouldn't want them to read Mumsnet, now would I!

lol @ caligula.

Hurrah - a thread of mine has hit the 1000 post barrier..... I claim my prize......

i know I shouldn't say it and i'm probably way of the mark but it just struck me........ lavaunda

Monkey I don't know how many times in 4 yrs she had sex my point was she left her son who didn't know me and had just been uprooted from all he knew the day before with me in favour of a man....she phoned me and said she would be longer than expected because she wanted to stay in bed with him longer. Her poor son was sitting here asking me where is mummy when is she coming here..... it was later discovered her son is autistic and yet she didn't have the decenncy to be here for him.And no it wasn;t the only time it happened it was a frequent occurance.

Alcohol for who? Your cousin? On a daily basis? Who? The man she slept with?

Caligula i wouldn't want to look after your kids thanks i like my life to be simple not filled with whinging and whining.

She left him with you alot then?

No, for the seven year old. Keep up MT!

After all, he's mature enough to handle it - he won't drink chardonnay though, prefers a good pinot grigio.

It's served with mashed pheasant

batters - I know it's not our ms rrrrr but I couldn't help myself. And I am not going to read 1000 posts thanks you. I can't ignore dd for thaaaat long

Batters, she was going out for a cuppa with him (her words) 14 hours later she rolled in and this is what she did everytime. In the end i contacted social services and explained what she was doing.

I'm beginning to feel I need my daily alcohol

I am in

That last post directed at caligula was out of order.

Wasn't gonna post but hey ho.
So to recap; your second cousin, left her son who hadn't seen you since he was four months old with you frequently...
I'm sure the above is all grammatically incorrect, however I am intrigued

And what did SS say Vaunda?

Put the gun down?