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Quote from: Rhubarb Thrasher on June 28, 2007, 14:17:45
when my nephew was small, he had to draw a picture of a Family Day Out. He drew a picture of a building and a little figure outside

The teacher said - who's that?

- that's me

- where are Mummy and Daddy?

- they're in the Pub

Ha ha!! Bless him. He can join me and my sisters in the "bottle of coke with a straw, bag of crisps, get outside" brigade.
When i was little my parents ran pubs, always quite bad pubs that needed a turn around. One monday we were asked to draw a picture of something that happened at the weekend and i drew two men having a fight. Not only was my mum mortified but my scam of sneaking down stairs to nick crisps and pop was over.  >:(

that reminds me... when i was about 4 I writing in my story writing book - you know the type, lined at the bottom,  blank at the top to draw a picture.

Anyway i wrote a story about 'last night me and my mummy went to see her boyfriend in hospital'....

We had actually been to see her boss who was in hospital...

Teachers actually had 'words' with my mum the next day - poor mum was mortified - given that she was a happily married woman and i went to a private school too - you can imagine the whispering that went on behind her back .

 ;D ;D ;D

I remember when the council came and installed central heating - we had to have all the old radiators removed and my mum was busy organising where the new ones would go when there was a knock at the door, so I was sent to answer it. it was Jehovah's Witnesses and they asked if my mummy could come and talk to them. no, said I, she's busy upstairs in the bedroom with the plumber :o ;D

don't remember them ever knocking on our door again!

Love it! rofl

You all need THIS forum  ;)

http://www.badmothersclub.co.uk/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=300

Funnily enough there's a username on there called 'Trixiebelle'  ;)

After you've read the front page, click on 'Retell Therapy' - and 'latest discussions' at the top.

If you want to see an 'allotment-specific' thread, type 'allotment' into the search facility on the top-right-hand-side!

The 'Bad Mother's Club' is an ironically-named site. We don't torture children etc.

My very good friend Stephanie Calman set up the site to help and support mums and dads.

Enjoy  :)

Bad Dad Alert

my dad once had to look after some small children, which is something that shouldn't be allowed, so he showed them some magic tricks. He did the trick with The Watch, The Handkerchief and The Hammer. One of the kids was so impressed with this, when he got home he did the trick, and smashed his dad's watch to bits before anyone knew what he was up to. Unfortunately in all the what have you been teaching my son phone call, the poor thing got hysterical, so my dad had to try calming him down by saying that the trick hadn't worked because he's forgotten to sprinkle on the Magic Dust

Hahahaha. Your Dad sounds good fun RT.
Had a nasty experience in BHS years ago. Very small child in pushchair, and 6 year old by my side. Lift opens ......and 6 year old disappears inside, doors close......she was gone :o Got person to mind baby in pushchair, legged it up the stairs, lift doors closing again, just near enough to see horrified look on SM's. face. Legged it downstairs to find nice lady had reunited SM with baby in pushchair and they were all waiting for me. I was all of a wobble I can tell you. ;D

When I was very young my father fell off a step ladder in the front room, he told me to go and tell my mother he couldn't move, some time later my mother came into the room thinking it was quiet, my dad was still lying there and asked if I had told her what had happened, she said no, then called me to ask why I hadn't told her about the accident, I replied Daddy always told me to tell tales. :-X :-X :-X ??? ;D ;D ;D

 My daughter's fave tantrum was to sit in her pushchair and scream for help as we walked  .I had to try and smile sweetly as she looked at other pedestrians shouting " help , Let me go etc". Not sure at the age of 10 she has completely grown out of it yet!!!

Now looking forward to the "hormone years" ................ yippe!

My brothers' kids stuck a poster in the rear window of the car saying "Help us. We've been kidnapped!"

That reminds me grawc...

In the paper the other week, a 9yo girl had been sent up to her bedroom to tidy it up - it was a STATE (just like my kids lol)... anyway she was told not to come out until it was done.... bored the girl put a sign up in the window - 'HELP, CALL THE POLICE'... Person walking by called the police.. police came in, mother hadnt a clue what was going on and told them she had sent her daughter to her room to tidy it up.

Police went in the room, took one look at the mess and said 'Tidy this room young lady you are in BIG trouble, and dont go wasting our time again!'  The little girl tidied her room!

Oooooh, I'm tempted to try that tactic with my two.......I'm sure our local bobbies wouldn't mind ;D

Me too! And my two are in their twenties. :-[ :-[ ::)