Too Embarrassing!

[Grauntie Mag]

Please don’t take offence!
DD2 took 8 year old J to have his eyes tested. The very nice Indian optician checked his eyes and said to J “how is that for you?” to which J replied in his very best Indian accent “velly good, velly good” You can imagine DD2’s embarrassment.
I must confess we howled with laughter all day.

[Nanto2girls]

Love it Grauntie. Would love to know what the optician thought.

[Gemini]

Oh my goodness!!!!! I can sort of imagine my 8 year old GS doing that Grauntie - and the subsequent embarrassment

[Oma]

Hahahaha Oh my goodness , I would have cracked up ,
I can imagine your DD's face , so funny

[Grauntie Mag]

So would I Nanto2. 😆
DD said it’s the only time she’s been glad to wear a mask!

[Oma]

I wonder how Red she went , i bet she wished the floor would open up
Just told B he's laughing his head off hahaha

[Plantaholic]

Very funny but very embarrassing for your DD.

[Sunshine]

I fully understand that it must have been embarrassing when the young child mocked the optician’s accent; it is however very sad that it was seen as something very funny by others who should know better. Racism is not okay in any form. This could have been an ideal opportunity to explain to the innocent child how things you say may be very hurtful to others.

[Gemini]

Sunshine, the family may well have had that conversation afterwards.

[Daisy]

Sunshine, I think they were laughing at the embarrassment rather than any implied slur to the optician.

You just want to drop through the floor when your children innocently say something like that, and as Gem says, I'm sure mum had the conversation with her son later. xx

[Oma]

Yes Daisy it was the embarrassment of Mummy we are laughing at , she must have been mortified and I bet words were said to him after ,
But I would have loved to have seen Mummys red face ,

B reminded me of when our DD was about 5 and we were out shopping when she noticed a man who had dwarfism ,
We spotted him and tried to steer her into a shop when at the top of her voice she shouted , look at that little man , honestly I went every shade of Red , trying to tell a 5 yr old in a quiet voice not to do that while being so embarrassed wasn't easy I can tell you ,
We laughed after not at the man but B said the look on my face was priceless , I still get hot thinking of that horrible feeling of being helpless to stop her

[Daisy]

It also reminded me that when our DS2 was little, we often used to go to North Wales for the week-end to see family. Little 'un would immediately adopt a strong north Wales accent and I have no idea what the far flung very Welsh relatives thought.

[Gemini]

GD used to come back from a day with C and P's granddaughters with a strong Stoke accent which lasted a good 24 hours! She did outgrow it.

[Daisy]

I never outgrew mine, Gem!

[Pearl5]

My MIL told me a tale about OH as they do 😂

when he was about 8 there was an Indian family moved opposite and OH became very friendly with them even to the extent of speaking the language, MIL very proud of him until the mother stopped her one day and said he was using very bad language, it was all the bad words he was only interested in, he said that's why he's got big ears cos his mother was always dragging him back in the house by them 😂😂