“Mom, there’s that horrible father,” my son shouted across the schoolyard.
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A big hole to disappear into would sometimes be so handy if the apple of your eye brings out something embarrassing again.
Wendy (29), mother of Laura (6) and Justin (5):
“On my way to school, a car drove in front of me at a snail’s pace, almost stopping every turn. Just before school I caught up with the car and in my frustration – which I often have in traffic – I said, “Wow, what a dummy. Learn to drive.’ Laura sat quietly in the back, she didn’t hit it.
“Hey mom, that’s the dummy who can’t drive!”
When we got off at school, the car in question parked behind us. As we walked into the schoolyard, my daughter shouted, pointing to the mother in question: ‘Hey mom, that’s that dummy who can’t drive!’”
Terrible father
Janneke (34), mother of Bob (6):
“I don’t like Jonas’ father, a boy from Bob’s class. If Jonas plays with us and his father comes to get him, I can plan the rest of the day freely because that guy won’t leave anymore. And just tell big bragging stories about themselves. But the fact that Bob shouted ‘Mum, there’s that horrible father’ across the schoolyard wasn’t very handy. I pretended not to hear and did not look at the father for a while.”
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Nice try
Shanti (39), mother of Gregory (7) and Benny (5):
“I suspect Bas’s mother is always looking for free childcare. For example, she always wants Bas to play with a friend on Tuesday or Thursday. Usually with us. The boys get along great together and he’s a nice guy, but I don’t feel like structurally babysitting her child. Besides, she never picks him up before 6pm.
So when I said the other day that it wouldn’t work out if Bas came to play and she immediately asked me why not, I lied that I had to go to swimming lessons with my youngest son. But Benny was standing next to me and is very smart. He shouted loudly: ‘No-hey, you can. I swim on Mondays and Fridays.’
“She is still trying to park her child with me”
I stammered that he had to have an extra one that day, but Benny kept repeating, singing, “No, no, no.” I have Surinamese roots, but I think I colored tomato red. I think that mother realized I was making up an excuse. Unfortunately it didn’t help. She still tries to park her child with me.”
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