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I think this is very sad.

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Fairydoll2030 Wed 03-May-17 20:45:03

Please don't worry. Little ones can say very hurtful things that they don't mean.

A few weeks ago, my 3 year old DGS said, 'I don't like you Nanny, you make me sad, but I like Grandad!' Then, just last week, he said to DH - who he absolutely adores - 'I don't like you grandad but I love Nanny!'

Ooh, they can press our buttons at times.

BlueBelle Wed 03-May-17 19:48:45

Oh dear take it with a huge pinch of salt she's only a babe and probably doesn't have the sophistication of lying yet
Carrying on visiting and forget it was ever said don't be sensitive to the words of a little one .....they say funny things like why have you got all those lines on your neck or my little grandaughter who one day was very cross with me and knowing I can't drive through bad eyesight hurled a screaming insult of 'Nana no drive eyes you're making me so cross'

Rigby46 Wed 03-May-17 19:48:34

OP what did you say to her when she said that?

cornergran Wed 03-May-17 19:36:31

One day dgd2 said I had a funny face and was ugly, the next I was beautiful and she loved me. Best ignore it and visit together as usual.

Riverwalk Wed 03-May-17 19:28:18

I wouldn't take such a young child's declarations to heart - my DGD(8) recently said that I was very old (I'm 62) and DGS(11) leaped to my defence and declared that I was indeed old, but very acrobatic! grin

jellybeanjean Wed 03-May-17 19:06:00

My GD, who is 4 and very bright, told me recently that she is happy for me to come and visit her but she doesn't like my partner so he can't come. When I asked her why she didn't like him, she said 'because he's got that nasty thing under his eye' (partner has a small bag under one eye, which incidentally has just been removed). He would be heartbroken if he knew, as he thinks she's lovely.

How sad to decide not to like someone because of how they look so early on in life. It's left me feeling quite bereft.