AIBU to ban my 2yr old grandson?

Lol Trisher :D

I used to know someone who worked in a Borstal and he said for some families it was a bit like sending your kid to boarding school-"You'll be getting our Wayne next" as they collected an older child!

ReadyMeals Wed 20-Feb-19 10:36:53

laughing until I am coughing!!

Definitely Borstal - in fact we had a neighbour once who was a Borstal boy and he was lovely!! The making of him, apparently.

The answer is women, often mothers who say, 'It's quicker and more efficient to do it myself', and thus the men are never taught how to feed or take care of themselves (the only species in the animal kingdom with this problems). It applies to girls as well.
I was obviously either a very bad or an excellent mother as they can all take care of themselves - and their families!! Well, most of them anyway.

Lol I remember also when my daughter was about 3 or 4 she used to play schools with my and my own mother - she was the teacher and we were the pupils. There was a metal chain in her toy box (not sure why - I think they just liked fiddling with it and making it clink) and she used to get it out and brandish it at us - presumably to encourage us to get the right answers. I said to her, don't ever go into teaching! I think I could safely assume it's not a situation she had met at playgroup?

ReadyMeals with my GS it was always the baby that got thrown down the stairs. The grandmother was always put to bed and told to stay there!

Yes he has lovely manners - always makes sure to share food - after pulling whatever it is out of his mouth half chewed. I guess he knows my teeth are not as good as they were.

I’d suggest Eton, but he might turn out like Jacob Rees-Mogg.
Mind you I am sure he has lovely manners and as he adores his Nanny, presumably adores his granny too.

My recommendation is a 'short, sharp shock' (remember that?) in the form of a year in Borstal. He'll reemerge at the age of three as the perfect gentleman.

I wish I could! The little tyke is top percentile and my knees simply won't cope with him and stairs at same time!

Ah, well now ReadyMeals, I doubt you'll get much in the way of responses to your last question.
You don't say whether you've considered actually throwing him down the stairs, but I expect it has crossed your mind. My advice would be to pick him up and carry him, that way you'll both stay safe and you won't be tempted to give in to the urge to push or throw him down the stairs.

No doubt somebody will be suggesting Age Concern/SS before long.
Sounds a right little hooligan.
Have you considered boarding school?

I have another problem now. I think someone must have told him I've been badmouthing him on social media. He plays with an old dolls house I have, and he's started a game where he gets the doll that looks like an old lady and puts her at the top of the stairs and lets her fall down them. Over and over again. So now when we're going down stairs I am torn between going first in case he falls, or last in case he pushes me! Should I tell the police I am being threatened?

Well done Marydoll - you may not have finished yet!

"what happens to the human male between 2 and 20 to make the majority of the adult version completely unable to perform any cleaning task without direct instructions."

There are numerous studies.
The answer is women, often mothers who say, 'It's quicker and more efficient to do it myself', and thus the men are never taught how to feed or take care of themselves (the only species in the animal kingdom with this problems). It applies to girls as well.

If you don't learn early, you don't learn at all and then when you really need those skills, you're lost.

Marydoll

Thank you for that - well done!!

(and still some posters take it seriously)

I have had so much fun reading this thread.
Now this is a little sad and I obviously have too much time on my hands.
This is for Blencathra, I have counted 59 comments, stating that this is a joke!

Sorry again, I am guilty of not reading all the posts. So it is, right?

Haha well done Gran. Ban him and his mum will understand.

Sorry, is this a joke?

At first I thought you were critic ising your SiL or son! Surely you're joking? Make it into a game, he certainly won't be doing this when he's a teenager.

Count yourself blessed Readymeals,and make the most of it.
I asked my dd (some years ago,she may have been around 10) to wash the dishes to which she replied “I washed the dishes once and decided I wasn’t I wasn’t ever going to do it again!”
The time she was talking about was when she was three years old and ASKED to wash them,so I collected up a few safe plastic bits and bobs and left her to it. She didn’t “wash” them all but left most in the sink.
She’s 17 now and is as good as her word.
Good thing I now have a dishwasher!!!

Or perhaps just find it enough of a giggle to keep it up!

I would say definitely ban him! How dare he show you up at two years old, whatever next! I used to keep the bread crumbs from breakfast, when I knew my neighbour would be coming over with her grand daughter, then scatter it, give her the toy vacuum, then we enjoyed a coffee while she cleared up. Unfortunately my three grand daughters, just make a mess, and I love!