Why are things always ruined by uncivilsed people?

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My DH has two weeks off work so started taking DS to a pre-school group last week. He started on the monday and DH said a couple of kids were mean to him, pushing him away from toys and ganging up on him.

On wednesday on the way there two boys ran up behind DS and started saying "woooo!" and putting their hands up like ghosts. DS got all upset and hid behind DH and apparantly DH and the kids mothers just laughed it off although DH was secretely annoyed that they didn't tell their kids off.
Thursday it happened again and DS went into the group crying his eyes out because of the ghost things on the way there so as they were walking home DH asked the women if they could have a word with their kids about scaring DS as its started to put him off the group. They apparantly grinned at each other but agreed

Anyway on Friday they were on their way there and apparantly as the women walked past DH they said "woooo!" in his ear and burst out laughing to each other DH burst out crying and they ended up coming home early and now both are saying they don't want to go anymore.

I'm so annoyed that a group of thugs are spoiling this for them. DH doesn't get much time off work as it is.

I'm debating whether I should take DS tomorow and tell the women to leave DS and DH alone or would this make it worse??? either way I don't want them to stop going, why should they?

2shoes, I am trying but it just cannot be for real.
If it is then I stand by my earlier point, PC needs to take her dh to seek help.

Ok Ive not explained this very well at all.

DH is close to losing his job. If he does, we lose the house and pretty much everything. He found out last weekend and on the same day, the hamster died and he was gutted. He cried I assume because he saw how upset DS was about the hamster.

On the monday, DS ended up upset again over the kids at the playgroup.
DH came home upset as a result because his first day alone with DS had been spoilt.
2nd day it happened again and on the wednesday it got even worse because they were picking on him ON THE WAY THERE, not just at the actual place.

DH was upset about the whole thing, after the thing with work and the hamster he was looking foward to spending time alone with ds. I suggested he speak to the parents. He did and then on the friday they turned on him, did daft noises in his ear, he dropped his drink, DS was crying, the whole room turned to look at them and DH just lost it.

The black current thing is something else entirely, I'm not even going to go into that one again.

A MumsNet first A trolling hamster

how old is your ds?

If all these details were so important, why weren't they mentioned in the OP? Smacks of an attempt to justify a ludicrous story to me.

It can't possibly be real.
If it is then I'd never have left my child with him in such a vulnerable state because I doubt it's done either of them any good.
A grown man crying in public over nowt and a child scared to go back to playgroup because, I'd guess, over how the guy acted.

DS is 5. The group is a school playgroup thing organised by the local leisure centre.

Oh please tell us, what is dh's job?

Is he Gordon Brown?

My DH and I have just read this and he has spotted that there seems to be a link between DH getting upset and spilled drinks

Perhaps that is a link you could explore? Did he have a traumatic childhood incident?

sorry but at 5 he will have to learn to stand up for himself a bit, and why would your dh have to stay if he is 5?

Yes, he should know it's not only milk it's no use crying over.

PMSL Fabio.

PMSL.

Funnily enough the hamster knocked over a drink on the friday before he died.

Does ds have to go to playgroup? As you say, dh has a few weeks off and wants to spend time with ds. So am assuming as playgroup is not school, ds does not have to go.
Spend time together as a family. Yes the job is a worry, but in this financial climate nothing is certain. We are facing a similar worry, my friend's dh has just been made redundant as has fil.

Playgroup is obviously not working for your ds (and dh), so stop and do other fun things to cheer both ds and dh up.

ok this is not real

Unmask yourself

Do you think the hamster was depressed?

I really hope this thread isn't serious, if it really is then your husband needs to go to the doctors because crying over spilt drinks and someone making silly noises is over the top even for a sensitive person

If you trolling then bravo, very original, pissing myself laughing here

Unfortunately I am still at work next week. I'm going to suggest days out instead. The play group is a lost cause now I think.

did it drown in all the spilt tears and drink

Did the hamster have a drink problem?

One minute kicking the cup.
Next minute kicking the bucket.

Poor, dead, clumsy Hammy.

I realise that mentioning the hamster and the drink makes the thread sound like a joke. It isnt. The hamster was running around in its ball and knocked over a glass. Thats all.

Did the hamster cry?