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How have your children/grandchildr en embarrassed you?

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Flowerofthewest Tue 08-Oct-13 21:56:06

This thread could be fun. Hopefully. I can start with the tale of my year old son - sitting on my lap on a bus, he leaned forward and slowly pulled the wig from the poor lady in front of us! The same child when 2.1/2 lifted up a lady's skirt who was bending down looking at socks in Mothercare and announced -'Lady has big bottom mummy' - red faces and apologies all round. I am sure I can come up with a few more. I was really embarrassed when, after going to check my children before bed noticed that my toddler was lying asleep in his cot covered in large spots. Being a fairly young mum I didn't disturb him but called the doctor - he came out and picked my little boy up and to my horror the spots started falling off - my DS1 (the above mentioned child) has covered him in plasticine spots. Luckily our village doctor saw ;the funny side.

FlicketyB Thu 17-Oct-13 21:29:05

The first year I let my children stay up for Midnight Mass at Christmas our parish priest decided for some unfathomable reason to give a long theological sermon rather than the short Christmas and the family one.
We were sitting in the front row and about 15 minutes in DD turned to me and said very loudly 'When is he going to stop? I am tired.' Afterwards several members of the congregation came up to say what a delight it was to hear her say what they had been thinking!

Flowerofthewest Thu 17-Oct-13 23:17:14

We were at a steam railway station when my DD aged about 12 went into the ladies, followed by her 6 year old brother. She came out saying "You go and get him mum - he won't put it down and he's putting it in his sock" I was intrigued, I went into the ladies to find him shoving the plastic tampon holder down his sock. "What on earth are you doing with that?" "It'll be good for building my models" he replied. No answer to that.

While in the local cinema my 9 year old wanted to go to the loo. The toilets were just outside the auditorium, I had two other children with me, younger, so said to him to be double quick. He didn't return, I was worrying and asked a man who had his son with him to please go and check. He came back with my son saying that he had unfortunately lost his trainer down the S Bend. My son had been trying to flush the toilet and stood on the seat, lost his trainer.