DH was called a bully in B&Q yesterday.

[sandyballs]

Our twin 5 year old DDs were running around the place, being really loud and hyper, despite several warnings from us. On the escalator they ran ahead of us and were running up and down it, so DH picked them up by the back of their jackets and removed them from the escalator and gave them a talking to. This didn't hurt them but they both started crying. A middle aged man and his wife who had witnessed all this, walked by DH and told him he was a bully . I couldn't believe it and really really wished I had said something back, but I was too surprised. DH asked him to repeat what he had said and he said it again really loudly, "You are a bully". . This is really bothering me for some reason, he's one of the least bullying type of men you could ever meet, he was just trying to discipline his kids.

Lol Hunker. Good point.

spidermama, pmsl at the macaroon incident

Sandyballs, agree your dh was doing the right thing in a dangerous situation.

at Spidermama's macaroons!

I am sitting at my desk with tears of laughter down my face at 'macaroon incident'.

for goodness sake, sick of people always having to INTERFERE with parents and their children! i would have definately said something back along the lines of 'bog off before my husband does some real bullying!' there is nothing wrong in picking children up by their coats is just the same as pulling them up when they are wearing reins etc your husband was completely in the right.

Spidermama that is fantastic!

I'm nominating the macaroon quote for the quote of the week - it's BRILLIANT!

at Spidermama's macaroons!
That will teach me to read a thread backwards. I had quite a different mental picture from edams post .

wonder what the old geezer would have said if you had handed the 2 kids to him and said, "right then you show me how to do it then as you obvioulsy know far better than me!"

the one about the dragons having no nads was funny too

The Macaroon Incident

classic spidey! pmsl

Had to look and it has had me laughing my head of
(The macaroon incidnet)

Don't mean to be a pain but, i was reading (through links on here), something about Jamie Bulger the other day. It AMAZED me the amount of adults who had passed those boys and done nothing. Even when he was crying and being hit

Sorry to make a sad point but in some cases i think we should be ever thankful for interfering busybodys.

Lol SM.

DS is really into Herbie(the original one) at the moment and there a bit where Herbie doesnt let this woman out of the passenger side and she starts banging on the window shouting 'Help, Im a prisoner, I can't get out', which DS has taken to shouting everytime anyone walks past when we are in the car.

Sandyballs, you should have told them to mind their own bloody business.

If a child is doing something dangerous I would grab the closest part of them and be done with it!

Your DH did the right thing, tell the nosey old buggers to mind their own!

A couple of years ago i was coming down the escalator in primark with my dh and there was a sort of scary looking blonde woman standing with a few kids, she was shouting at her daughter the next thing she punched her daughter in the face and the wee girls nose started bleeding. I never said nothing nor did anybody, it sounds terrible that in a busy shop nobody said nothing but i dont know who else seen it my husband definetly seen it cos as soon as we were out of the shop he said he saw it. I think in your case the man reacted cos he saw the coat thing and probably put 2 and 2 together and thought your husband was a bully.

I grabbed my ds (6) by his collar and snatched hin out of the way of on oncoming car the other day. (he had run slightly ahead and hadn't stopped at the crossing.) Normally he is exemplary st stopping at crossings.
DS was hysterical, crying ''sorry mummy,sorrymummy'' because he knew he had been in danger and knew it had been his fault. I was really shaken, and then this woman came up and started bollocking me for grabbing him by the neck. ''Look, you've scared him with your roughness and shouting'' she said. I was speechless at her misinterpretation of the situation.

i always say " if i want your opinion i'll tell you what it is!"

Sometimes people need to mind there own business and keep their mouths shut. Sometimes kids can be a pain in the arse and you get mad with them. Makes me sick that people think they should make a comment when you are struggling and coping your best at the time. tell them to keep their stupid high and mighty opinions to themselves.

My DH get on at me because if DS is running around i get very worked up. Problem being i dont let DS run around but DH does. I have shouted in shops and DH has said evryone is looking at you. I would rather control my child by voice. But yes i have drag ds back to the car and personally i do noy like draging by the arm and if i was strong would use coat.

Incident happened to a friend. Her DD was having tantrum in trolley. Mum wouldnt give her a packet of crisps. A lady came up to friend and said this is awful and proceeded to open paket of crisps from friends triley and give to daughter.