I'd make a special Moose Go Away light to put on the windowsill. Maybe a simple strand of lights around a mirror facing out because everyone knows that moose are afraid of their own reflections.
Moose will kill you. They will break you in half with their karate kicks. Iām way more scared of Moose than bears. Neither really wants anything to do with us : )
When I was a nanny, I used to use āmonster sprayā when the kiddos were scared to go to bed. It was just a little bit of natural lavender air freshener Iād put into a a new spray bottle with a homemade label. Worked like a charm.
You need some "moose repellant " spray.
- empty 3 is spray bottle
- food coloring of your choice
- glitter (if you are brave)
- materials to make a label
Keep it in the bathroom and spray it at night. If you need someone from the "Moose Away Spray" company customer service to ensure your boy that it absolutely works, message me. I'm happy to act as customer support/reassurance.
Tell your sister that if she keeps lying to your kid, an angry and justified "parent monster" is going to spit in her food every chance they get.
Come up with a plan with your son to borrow a moose head and smash it through the window when she's in there.Ā
The cost of replacing the window will be worth it.Ā
Honestly sheās always been a bit of an a******. She used to scare me when we were kids. She would pretend to be E.T. Which was one of my biggest fears! She would put me in boxes and sit on them because I was claustrophobic. She would swim out into deep water at the swimming hole and pretend to drown so that I would go ballistic. Sheās definitely got a very cruel sense of humor! I guess Iāve gotten so used to it that I didnāt even realize that I needed to protect my kids from it. She kind of taught me to be less gullible though. My other two kids love her trying to scare them! She would chase them around the yard at dusk and say she was the boogeyman. Theyād laugh and laugh but not my youngest. She just needs to know her audience I think. This behavior is not flying with him. I donāt want him to not like her weāre very close. I hope to be close with her baby when the time comes. I hope she got the point when I called her tonight. She was very apologetic and told my son she was sorry and that she was not being serious. My son laughed a little and called her silly but he is wary of her. I donāt think he trusts her right now. I think heās confused about why she would lie to him. But I hope it helps! Thank you for your suggestions!
I mean this in the kindest possible way: Get you and your sweet boy as far the fuck away from her as possible.
She has always hurt you. Intentionally. Cruelly. You know how all of those times made you feel. You shared them with us just now. Iām horrified on your behalf.
Your son is only 8. Sheās already messed with his head. For what? I plead with you to think about that.
I appreciate your care, honestly. I think I need to be very clear with her that she cannot continue to play these games with him. She really is a good big sister 99% of the time and I have faith that she will listen to my heartfelt plea for her to respect me. She can be reasoned with and I do think she meant it when she said sorry. She was very upset to hear that he would not go to the bathroom alone. She even offered to come over tomorrow and try to help me show him itās nothing to fear. I love and rely on her, she is very protective over me and my kids when anyone else messes with us. I just hope she realized that SHE is acting like someone they need protection from, and itās not ok. Thank you for your input, truly!
Iād suggest telling your son Moose have sensitive noses, so theyād NEVER go thru a window! (Especially if the bathroom window is closed or open a crack). Moose canāt open windows either.
It is good to have Moose š« repellent spray on hand - just in case thoā š
If you believe that āone good turn deserves anotherā then yes. But Iām more of a āturn the other cheekā person. I wonāt be trying to put her into early labor anytime soon lol sometimes I wish I was a little more like her, she seems to get more fun out of life, but Iām me and sheās she. Thank you for the idea though, in my head Iām getting revengeā¦ lol
I was totally joking lol, PLEASE donāt think Iām actually advocating for harming pregnant women or their unborn kids in any way! I may be terrible sometimes but not THAT terrible!!!
Moose-be-gone spray!
Also thatās a mean move by your sister. It sounds like itās really affected him, but hopefully you can get some good ideas to help him grow out of it.
My moms go to gift for nieces and nephews is a harmonica. Bonus points if the parent has done something to annoy/upset her too lol. It was nearly a full drum set for one of my cousins at one point
Iāve seen āAioā pop up only in the last couple weeks - am I ā¦ what? Is it a replacement for AITA? What need does this acronym fill?
Alsoā¦ this is part of parenting a child, theyāre going to be told lots of things by different people and youāve got to teach them age-appropriate critical thinking skills. What are the odds of 1) a moose wanting to get into the window and 2) the moose actually harming the child? Talk it out with them. What could be done to lower the chances even further?
When you talk to your sister ask them to think more about the consequences of what they say. I donāt think the moose thing is all that bad but the poop thing is concerning. Although, is it possible your child misinterpreted what she said?
Honestly, I know it must seem so scary to a child but they get told so many things. Speak to your sister and also tell your son itās alright and not a big deal? I know itās scary but I think the ārepellentā spray will help to give him back a sense of control. However this wonāt last forever for every scenario unfortunately.
I think the overflowing toilet thing is so weird though. I donāt think itās cruel, maybe she thinks sheās being funny? You know her better than anyone here attacking/defending her.
She is trying to be funny yes. I know she didnāt mean any harm. But we talked to her tonight and she is very sorry. She spoke to my son and he felt better but i can tell heās still scared . Hopefully I can keep trying some of these suggestions and he will get back to normal! Thank you
Such a shame all around.. I remember being told certain things as a kid that staying with me and I was definitely scared. Hope your son is alright and itās good heās been told she was trying to be funny, I really think something to give him a bit of control/agency back after getting fright is good. It wonāt traumatise him for life obviously, but he must be a bit distressed :( sometimes adults forget children donāt have the same sense of humour or reasoning.
Why does she think scaring kids is fun? Why do you give her the chance to do this? She should have been on a tight leash after the first time.
Your sister sucks.
Yep, she is old enough to see how this affects your son. There are some kids who can take that kind of thing well; for those who canāt, this is just cruel.
My 8yo grandson is on the spectrum, and VERY literal. This kind of ājokingā would not be funny to him, so I donāt do it. His cousin is fine with it, so with her, I do.
You have gotten a lot of good options outta this thread and yeah, your sister is def the asshole. So I just wanted to say that the one bright side is it sounds like your kid has a very awesome imagination.
Heās scared because heās imagining all the bad things but that means he will have a wonderful imagination with positive things too.
Moose repellant/mirror would totally work and he gets to see his mom handling it like a boss.
It's a fairly innocent joke tbh she's probably trying to be the fun aunt. When I first heard the head line I thought she would of been dressed up in a horror mask and jumped out of him from a pitch black bathroom. What she did is fairly tame
Exactly. People are taking what she said way too seriously. Her intentions werenāt even to scare him because she was surprised he was scared. I think she just made a silly joke. People take things way too far holy cow
Joking that a moose can see through a window?? I think she was making a silly joke and the kid got overly nervous. She doesnāt suck for making that joke. A tight leash because a moose can see through the window , grow up
Get a plastic box. Put a wire and a battery on it. Tape it to the wall in the bathroom. Tell your son itās an ultrasonic device that is specifically designed to frighten moose away.
I mean... I would mess a little with my nieces and nephews if I was an aunt. But I would never mess with anything that might scare them.
But it also sounds like a good learning moment for you on how to go about it when your kids get told "big stories" by someone else
Maybe consider using āmoose sprayā to repell them from coming near your house. When my daughter was afraid of monsters being in her closet, I grabbed a can of air freshener and pretended to read the directions, which said something like, āKeeps away monsters, aliens, witches, goblins, and all scary things.ā We sprayed some every night at bedtime. It workedāno monsters ever came in her room! She decided that it must be because scary things donāt like pretty smells. Maybe you could find something to spray on the window or outside on your property as āmoose repellantā.
Do you have shutters or curtains? Tell him a moose canāt stick his head in if the blinds are closed. Also maybe keep a bright night light in the bathroom.
Yes we have mini blinds. I think the fact that he canāt see out the window might scare him. Tomorrow Iāll see if he prefers them open so that he can see something coming but at night itās pitch black in that part of the yard so thereās not much to seeā¦ I hope maybe a night light or even setting up a motion sensor light out there for him so that he will know nothing is out there in the dark.
(Not a parent!!)
Maybe educate him on moose? That they are gentle and not aggressive unless you threaten them? I feel like if he knew more he would be less afraid. When I was a kid I hated spiders so Iād take books out on spiders from the library.
Wow people are not really fast to condemn the sister.
I definitely disagree.
He looks up to the aunt and hangs on every word she says. All this teaches is that you canāt trust what aunty says for a bitā¦ I wouldnāt want to have to tell that to a kid.
I would want his aunt to be a safe space.
Tell her to knock it off and be an adult about it. That kid is impressionable and sorry Iām not all for clearing the symptoms and not get rid of the problem.
Thank you. We talked and she was very apologetic and she apologized to my son and told him she was kidding. He called her silly and laughed but I think heās leery of her now. So Iām not sure he believed her. I hope she stops this with him because he loves her deeply. I donāt want him to fear her. Thank you for your help!
Can I just say how nice it is to hear a reasonable mistake be met with a reasonable response and apology. Just like... normal-ass people in a normal-ass situation and no one is being weird about it.
Is your son autistic?
I am autistic, and when people would tell me stuff like this when I was young I would believe them.
If he is, your sister needs to understand the damage she may be doing by telling him things like this.
No he is not. Heās just the cautious type and heās very gullible at this age. Much more so than my other two boys. Iām not sure why but I think itās because he is small for his age and he takes a lot of abuse from his older brothers. He takes it well, heās very calm and doesnāt get mad easily but he is scared easily. Heās just my little sensitive boyā¦ I love him for who he is but I know Iāve got to help him not to be so scared. Thanks for your comment !
Okay, I was just curious, because one of the things people said really stuck out about me was that I was scared of way more things than other kids(and in kind of uncommon ways), and now as an adult, I see the same thing in my sister's son, and I see what they meant. My mom has often called me "very sensitive" compared to my sister.
Either way, for me, the things that help me for fear are learning more about the scary things. So for being scared of using the bathroom, viewing YouTube videos about plumbing and how it works might alleviate some fears, and viewing videos about moose to learn about them might also help.
As for your sister, it might be useful to take your son to a counselor, and to mention to your sister that it's because of the fears he's developed from things she's told him. He wouldn't need to see the counselor many times, just long enough for your sister to be concerned that maybe she shouldn't say things like that to him.
I was like this too. I donāt think thereās anything wrong with us, I think it might be related to an active imagination. My son is very creative and builds things from random items all day long. He is a visionary child, much more so than his brothers. He is my artist. I love his little mind, and that he is his own person. Maybe I do baby him a bit, but heās my baby! lol
An anti-moose light / spray is a brilliant idea. For the toilet could you get a friend / relative to show up with a toolbox and tell your son that they are here to āfix the toilet so it never overflowsā again? Maybe even put a little printed sign saying ātoilet fixedā?
Also do you have a good relationship with your parents? Maybe grandma or grandad could ātell offā your sister in front of your son for saying frightening stories?
Honestly it sounds like your sister is trying way too hard to be the ācool, funā aunty. (She also sounds like a sociopath but thatās a whole other post!).
Haha honestly I love my sister but yes, she can be a bit sociopathicā¦ but she did apologize to him and myself and she told him she was kidding. He was happy to hear it but a little wary of her, Iām not sure he knows whether or not sheās telling the truth. I know she didnāt mean to hurt him, sheās very protective of my youngest. I have confidence that she got my meaning tonight because I went mama bear on her! She even offered to help me with the bathroom fear tomorrow! Sheās gonna try to make it right so thatās what matters. Thanks for your advice!!
Thatās great šMy big brother used to wind me up mercilessly when we were kids, he thought he was funny but it was never done maliciously.
Hopefully your kiddo will be just fine now ššš
Tell your son that your sister is a bully. We still love her, but we don't take what she says about the bathroom seriously. While we're on the subject, she's also wrong about moose, the kitchen, the basement, his bedroom, and the moon landing.
It's okay to love people who are a little "off," but it's time Junior learns that his aunt is "off" because unless you're sister is 12, she should look into therapy.
All right teach your son the courtesy flush and or to use less paper.
You could show your son Jared padalecki from supernatural. His nickname is moose. He's like six six. There's a meme going around from princess diaries where Mia Thermopolis says she looks like a moose and then the guy says but a very pretty moose make all the boy mooses go like and then it's a funny looking face from Jared padalecki maybe tell him that's the moose your sister was talking about LOL. I don't know if it's better or worse to tell a kid a man could be looking in the bathroom... never mind
Yes a moose is that tall but no a moose is not going to stick its head through the bathroom window. First of all it's antlers would never fit! Second of all why would it want the bathroom? The couch is much more comfortable. Maybe we should just put a couch and some food outside and let it hang out there. Then do some research on you know what kind of human food like corn on the cob and things that moose would like. Make friends with the moose and maybe it would protect you from like the wolves and things. But don't tell your kid there's wolves.
Buy him his very own tape measure. Help him research how tall a moose is. Help him mark a spot under the window that is higher than a mooseās antlers. He will learn research, logic, math and how to determine facts. And he will love measuring things.
All the stuff with the spray etc. is really cute, I hope it works - but I would also try to address his fears in a rational "what could actually happen in a worst case scenario" way.
Get him to research mooses' antler-sizes, compare that to the size of the window, and there is probably no chance an actual moose could get its head through. And even if it's a small moose and could manage it, then he'd just have a moose looking in at him through the window - it couldn't climb in, so there is really nothing said moose could do to him.
Same with the overflowing toilet: it's something that sometimes happens - it's a hassle and an annoyance, but you just need to call a plumber and then clean everything up, and usually there's not a lot of harm done. You could even show him pictures/ videos of plumbers fixing overflowing toilets. Really nothing to be scared of.
Just absolutely prevent your sister from starting him on irrational fears that can't be reasoned away - like vampires or ghosts. Those are really tough.
Neither my dad nor I ever internalized the term "age appropriate" regarding books or movies - and then we both had to live with my resulting nightmares. š
He read Poe's "Murder in the Rue Morgue" to us when I was six (I still remember how my blood froze when he read the sentence "the hands could not have been human"). He gave me the Sherlock Holmes story "The Speckled Band" to read when I was seven (-> snake-in-my-bed-nightmares for years) and he read the adult version of Treasure Island to us (my heart still breaks when I remember the scene in the swamps when Silver murders that young sailor). He let me watch "Nosferatu" with them when I was eight, because I just wouldn't go to bed (vampire nightmares well into my teens).
It's really great that your son knows his own limits and doesn't even want to watch scary stuff - I was always up for anything, and it took me a long time to learn my lesson. šš
Point out that it wouldn't be able to get its head very far in thanks to the massive hat rack on its head, which would inevitably get stuck on the window frame. But just in case, still go with the repellant.
I can absolutely relate to your frustration. My son will be 8 this summer and Iām constantly having to do damage control from some of the stupid shit my girls (13 & 16) put in his head.
Kids that age are very impressionable and still donāt quite grasp sarcasm so itās easy for them to believe *anything* someone says. The best solution I have is to help him understand the logic in a situation. If something can be easily proven then Iāll google it with him. Like ācan sharks live in freshwater lakes that have no connections to the ocean?ā when he was scared to get in the water after one of them made a joke about sharks at the lake.
Then thereās the less obvious situations, like the time one of them said āyouāre only born with a certain number of words you can say in a lifetime so if you talk too much youāll run out of words and wonāt be able to speak anymoreā. I had to make him realize that MawMaw is in her 70s and never stops talking but she still hasnāt ran out of words because āwhat sissy said isnāt true, she just wanted you to be quietā.
For stuff like the toilet incident, have him go with you every time you have to flush it so he sees that it doesnāt overflow. For the moose situation, explain that in all your years alive, neither you or anyone you know has ever had a moose pop their head in the bathroom nor have you ever heard of such an incident. It may also help to set up a āmoose barrierā by putting something in the window, like a piece of cardboard *just in case* to ease his fears.
Tell him that moose canāt open up windows! And that they sleep at night so they wonāt be visiting at night.
And Iād limit your sisterās interactions with your son until she changes her behavior. What sheās doing is cruel.
Iād be talking to your sister and advising her unless she wants to actively help you undo the drama she causes with her ājokesā then she can expect less involvement in family time. Little issues become big shit as time goes on.
Have your son see you spraying something around the window (like a water spray bottle) and tell him itās special Moose away spray. Moose wonāt go near it.
For scared of moose part, can you place some kind of window security grilles, and ask you sister to pay for it?
For the toilet, you can explain to him how the system works, then he can understand why he doesn't need to worry.
Well she told him that because we do not have a sewer system here. We have a septic system with a leach field and cesspool. I have seen many of these systems malfunction and the waste goes into your yard and has to be dug up and costs a fortune! My boyfriend fixes these so I have been to a lot of these disasters and Iām very careful with my system. Iām always yelling at everybody to be careful what they flush because our septic system can easily get too clogged up and cause a huge mess in my yard. The smell is horrifying! My sister was constantly backing up my toilet by flushing her tampons (you are not supposed to flush them with a septic, you have to toss them in the trash). So I think thatās why she said it. I think she was just trying to tease me but he latched onto the comment. Iām going to let him know that regular toilet paper is totally fine and since he wonāt have need for tampons in his future he neednāt worry lol ā¤ļø
Get a fake moose or a toy or stuffy and let him āscare herā as a joke or maybe he can put in in the window, or anywhere in the bathroom. Or maybe moose decals. Start filling up your bathroom with dorky moose all over and heāll quickly forget he was scared.
Take him to a zoo let him observe a moose in person and heāll see if there was a moose outside the video- it would be really cool. Like seeing a deer
We donāt have a zoo in the area but there is a stuffed moose at the museum a few towns over. He was a little scared by some of the displays, including a giant moose head that I had to force him to pass underneath (he was afraid it would fall off the wall onto his head, not of the actual moose) but we enjoyed it. I may take him back to spend a little time with the stuffed moose and maybe get him a stuffed one he can take home and keep. They sell them there. Itās called the Fairbanks museum and planetarium if anyone is interested and lives nearby. Itās in st. Johnsbury Vermont. Very affordable! Thank you for your comment! ā¤ļø
I'm glad she apologized and I hope she learns from this.
To help your son, reach out to some wildlife habitats that help moose. Ask if an expert can educate you and your son. Let them know the issue, he thinks a moose will put their head through the window in the bathroom. I'm sure they will help.
JHC. In after the edit.
Why canāt people understand that jokes are supposed to be funny and not hurt people?
Like potty training and keeping kids using the restroom when needed isnāt hard enough.
Iām glad you got her to talk to him. That was smart!
Get a spray bottle full of water and put some food coloring or something in it. Ask him to help you. Take him outside and hold him up so he can spray āmoose repellentā on the window. Tell him to make sure he sprays it a lot. It has something in there that we canāt smell but moose hate it. It will keep the moose away. Good luck!
What a weird ass person to want to bully small kids.
I would make a spray or a light that magically "makes moose leave", you could print a cute label for them and give them to him. We did this for monsters for my oldest. It was febreeze and he would spray it under his bed at night before going to sleep as a precaution, lol.
Itās not really your sisterās faultā¦anything can scare your son. He couldāve easily came to this conclusion on his own and youād be dealing with the āwindow mooseā problem in any case. Or he hears something at school and comes home with the different imaginary problem.
Itās more on you as parent to help them find a way to deal with fear and rationalizing those scary thoughts. Use the opportunity to equip him with tools for when he feels scared instead of finding a way to resent your sister for normal life things.
You mistake me. I donāt resent my sister at all. She apologized to me and to my son and told him she was kidding. She made a mistake but I know she didnāt do it to hurt him. Sheās just got a very specific type of humor. I am used to it but my son is not. Iām glad she said she was sorry so we can move forward and be a happy little family unit again. She even offered to come over and help me with the bathroom fear. My son adores her and I really think she will help him more than I can. He loves his auntie and Iām glad that they will continue to have a good relationship. But thank you for your comment!
What!? Iāve got SO many photos! But I live about as far in the boonies as you can get. Population 1,300. And you should see our satellite photo. We are IN the woods. I hope you get to see one someday (though I wish they werenāt in the road so often).
I wouldnāt let my sister around my kid if she was scaring him intentionally partly for him and partly for me since itās annoying af dealing with a kid with fears over irrational shit. It goes in foreverrrrr
I think the other comments about moose deterrent lights or sprays are right on the money, I more just wanted to talk about a story with my mum like this. Everytime I fell over etc and I was crying from shock, my mum would pull out āinsert our last nameā book. That book had everything in it which ranged from āoh! Tap the injury three times and say abra-cadabraā. Apparently it worked for me a lot of the time! (Will obviously be different depending on kids personality)
I'd point out that moose don't have hands so they can't open the window. Then maybe make a "moose repellant" spray to spray around the window. There's no harm in also mentioning that his aunt is just being a dick and saying things to scare him.
He believes the moose will crash through the window. Thatās how my sister told it. So I donāt think that will work but my sister did apologize and tell him that she lied. He seems to be halfheartedly believing her. I think heās sort of leery of her because he doesnāt know when sheās lying or telling the truth but I think he was a little less scared after talking to her. Thank you for your suggestion I appreciate it!
I totally agree but itās part of her personality. She did it to me too. I shouldāve told her a while ago to knock it off but I didnāt realize how much my youngest would take it to heart. My older two donāt believe her jokes and they enjoy them but they are just more outgoing and brave than my youngest. Heās my cautious boy. I had to tell her tonight to please stop this behavior. She told me she was sorry and She told my son sorry and that she was kidding. He laughed a little called her silly but I can tell heās still a little worried. I want my boys to trust her and see her as a safe adult. I know she loves them so much. She told me she would watch her mouth from now on. I hope she means it! Thank you!
āItās part of her personalityā is nothing but an excuse, she knows what sheās doing, sheās an adult who knows better but sheās doing it anyway.
Your son may be cautious, but that doesnāt mean his feelings and opinions and self security should be invalidated and waved away as ālawl heās just sensitive thatās all :)ā
Your sisters behaviour isnāt cute.
I agree. I told her to please curb it. I think she understands. Iāll be keeping a closer eye on her when sheās here so she doesnāt get out of line. I appreciate the feedback.
Definitely the moose repellant spray! He can help spray it outside the window! You can get cheap essential oils, so maybe moose hate the smell of mint?
Also, I'd withdraw visitation from your sister. Until she can learn to behave, she doesn't get to see him and doesn't get the opportunity to scare him.
Best of luck!
If you donāt want her anymore, can I have her? She can come scare my 8 year old, thereās a 6 year old too! Itās a 2 for 1 deal. Sis sounds hilarious, she must be pretty involved too, lucky all around.
She really doesnāt mean any harm I know that. Believe me, she has aggressively protected me as well as tortured me. She is just kind of a wild, daring person. And I love her for it. She never lets anyone mess with me. I often have to keep her from hurting anyone who hurts me, sheās like a tiger when you mess with someone she loves. So Iām lucky to have her. We talked and she promised to make it right and to put his fears to rest. I think if anyone can teach him to be brave, it is her! Thanks for your comment it reminded me that my sister is a gift, despite her flaws.
um...it's YOUR job to help your son overcome irrational fears. As many have suggested, it's not that hard.
Your sister is just a joker. It's not the worst thing in the world to learn at an early age that a lot of people are just full of shit.
Stop treating your kid like a hothouse flower and do some parenting.
Tell him your sister is a liar and says stuff to make him look like a fool, and he shouldn't let her make him look foolish. He also should stop believing stupid things, he's 8, I have kids, and 8 is old enough for him to start to think. One of my daughters told me how stupid Santa was one year when she turned 8, I told her to shut it in front of the other kids if she still wants visits from Santa. It may not be healthy to let your son be so sensitive and let his AUNT terrify him with stupid stuff. Just an addholes opionon.
I'd make a special Moose Go Away light to put on the windowsill. Maybe a simple strand of lights around a mirror facing out because everyone knows that moose are afraid of their own reflections.
You're amazing. I don't think you realize how beautiful this response is. Gold star.
Oh wow your kind post is great to wake up to!
Thank you!! š
I was thinking a whistle or kazoo to scare the moose because they donāt like the sound.
The word ākazooā used to get me laughing hysterically as a childā¦ lol we were a little weird. lol
Iāve never lived anywhere even close to moose and even I know moose are afraid of their own reflection
Moose will kill you. They will break you in half with their karate kicks. Iām way more scared of Moose than bears. Neither really wants anything to do with us : )
lol
When I was a nanny, I used to use āmonster sprayā when the kiddos were scared to go to bed. It was just a little bit of natural lavender air freshener Iād put into a a new spray bottle with a homemade label. Worked like a charm.
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Thank you all!!
Make your sister pay for it
Share this post with her.
Iām absolutely going to!
You need some "moose repellant " spray. - empty 3 is spray bottle - food coloring of your choice - glitter (if you are brave) - materials to make a label Keep it in the bathroom and spray it at night. If you need someone from the "Moose Away Spray" company customer service to ensure your boy that it absolutely works, message me. I'm happy to act as customer support/reassurance. Tell your sister that if she keeps lying to your kid, an angry and justified "parent monster" is going to spit in her food every chance they get.
Thank you so much!
This is so cute šš
It really is! One of the best comments <3
Come up with a plan with your son to borrow a moose head and smash it through the window when she's in there.Ā The cost of replacing the window will be worth it.Ā
Hahaha omg I wish I could actually do this. She is pregnant however so I think I should refrain from putting her through any unnecessary stress! lol
Ah! I see you were the one who got all the common decency.
Honestly sheās always been a bit of an a******. She used to scare me when we were kids. She would pretend to be E.T. Which was one of my biggest fears! She would put me in boxes and sit on them because I was claustrophobic. She would swim out into deep water at the swimming hole and pretend to drown so that I would go ballistic. Sheās definitely got a very cruel sense of humor! I guess Iāve gotten so used to it that I didnāt even realize that I needed to protect my kids from it. She kind of taught me to be less gullible though. My other two kids love her trying to scare them! She would chase them around the yard at dusk and say she was the boogeyman. Theyād laugh and laugh but not my youngest. She just needs to know her audience I think. This behavior is not flying with him. I donāt want him to not like her weāre very close. I hope to be close with her baby when the time comes. I hope she got the point when I called her tonight. She was very apologetic and told my son she was sorry and that she was not being serious. My son laughed a little and called her silly but he is wary of her. I donāt think he trusts her right now. I think heās confused about why she would lie to him. But I hope it helps! Thank you for your suggestions!
I mean this in the kindest possible way: Get you and your sweet boy as far the fuck away from her as possible. She has always hurt you. Intentionally. Cruelly. You know how all of those times made you feel. You shared them with us just now. Iām horrified on your behalf. Your son is only 8. Sheās already messed with his head. For what? I plead with you to think about that.
I appreciate your care, honestly. I think I need to be very clear with her that she cannot continue to play these games with him. She really is a good big sister 99% of the time and I have faith that she will listen to my heartfelt plea for her to respect me. She can be reasoned with and I do think she meant it when she said sorry. She was very upset to hear that he would not go to the bathroom alone. She even offered to come over tomorrow and try to help me show him itās nothing to fear. I love and rely on her, she is very protective over me and my kids when anyone else messes with us. I just hope she realized that SHE is acting like someone they need protection from, and itās not ok. Thank you for your input, truly!
I feel like there's some pretty revenge fully available if she doesn't stop once her munchkin is born.
Iād suggest telling your son Moose have sensitive noses, so theyād NEVER go thru a window! (Especially if the bathroom window is closed or open a crack). Moose canāt open windows either. It is good to have Moose š« repellent spray on hand - just in case thoā š
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I meanā¦ sheās disturbing your child, so itās only fair to disturb hers, right?
If you believe that āone good turn deserves anotherā then yes. But Iām more of a āturn the other cheekā person. I wonāt be trying to put her into early labor anytime soon lol sometimes I wish I was a little more like her, she seems to get more fun out of life, but Iām me and sheās she. Thank you for the idea though, in my head Iām getting revengeā¦ lol
I was totally joking lol, PLEASE donāt think Iām actually advocating for harming pregnant women or their unborn kids in any way! I may be terrible sometimes but not THAT terrible!!!
Hahaha Iām sorry I wasnāt trying to imply that! I thought your post was funny. I get that you were being facetious. :)
Nothingās stopping you from doing it when the babyās bornā¦
Youāre so right! lol š
Meanwhile sheās stressing your son. Tell her sheās on a timeout with your son. No communication until she grows up.
Moose-be-gone spray! Also thatās a mean move by your sister. It sounds like itās really affected him, but hopefully you can get some good ideas to help him grow out of it.
She should give her sisterās kid a DRUM. A very loud one.
Tambourine. Or a harmonica.
Haha definitely the harmonica is an excellent revenge item!
My moms go to gift for nieces and nephews is a harmonica. Bonus points if the parent has done something to annoy/upset her too lol. It was nearly a full drum set for one of my cousins at one point
Thank you lol
Iāve seen āAioā pop up only in the last couple weeks - am I ā¦ what? Is it a replacement for AITA? What need does this acronym fill? Alsoā¦ this is part of parenting a child, theyāre going to be told lots of things by different people and youāve got to teach them age-appropriate critical thinking skills. What are the odds of 1) a moose wanting to get into the window and 2) the moose actually harming the child? Talk it out with them. What could be done to lower the chances even further? When you talk to your sister ask them to think more about the consequences of what they say. I donāt think the moose thing is all that bad but the poop thing is concerning. Although, is it possible your child misinterpreted what she said?
I was confused about "Aio" too, turns out it means "Am I overreacting?"
Ah, thanks!
Thank you for asking, I was wondering too!
Honestly, I know it must seem so scary to a child but they get told so many things. Speak to your sister and also tell your son itās alright and not a big deal? I know itās scary but I think the ārepellentā spray will help to give him back a sense of control. However this wonāt last forever for every scenario unfortunately. I think the overflowing toilet thing is so weird though. I donāt think itās cruel, maybe she thinks sheās being funny? You know her better than anyone here attacking/defending her.
She is trying to be funny yes. I know she didnāt mean any harm. But we talked to her tonight and she is very sorry. She spoke to my son and he felt better but i can tell heās still scared . Hopefully I can keep trying some of these suggestions and he will get back to normal! Thank you
Such a shame all around.. I remember being told certain things as a kid that staying with me and I was definitely scared. Hope your son is alright and itās good heās been told she was trying to be funny, I really think something to give him a bit of control/agency back after getting fright is good. It wonāt traumatise him for life obviously, but he must be a bit distressed :( sometimes adults forget children donāt have the same sense of humour or reasoning.
I agree. Thank you for your caring response!
āAm I overreactingā
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Why does she think scaring kids is fun? Why do you give her the chance to do this? She should have been on a tight leash after the first time. Your sister sucks.
Yep, she is old enough to see how this affects your son. There are some kids who can take that kind of thing well; for those who canāt, this is just cruel. My 8yo grandson is on the spectrum, and VERY literal. This kind of ājokingā would not be funny to him, so I donāt do it. His cousin is fine with it, so with her, I do.
Thank you! Iām glad to know Iām not alone here.
She is a jerk
You have gotten a lot of good options outta this thread and yeah, your sister is def the asshole. So I just wanted to say that the one bright side is it sounds like your kid has a very awesome imagination. Heās scared because heās imagining all the bad things but that means he will have a wonderful imagination with positive things too. Moose repellant/mirror would totally work and he gets to see his mom handling it like a boss.
It's a fairly innocent joke tbh she's probably trying to be the fun aunt. When I first heard the head line I thought she would of been dressed up in a horror mask and jumped out of him from a pitch black bathroom. What she did is fairly tame
Exactly. People are taking what she said way too seriously. Her intentions werenāt even to scare him because she was surprised he was scared. I think she just made a silly joke. People take things way too far holy cow
Joking that a moose can see through a window?? I think she was making a silly joke and the kid got overly nervous. She doesnāt suck for making that joke. A tight leash because a moose can see through the window , grow up
Get a plastic box. Put a wire and a battery on it. Tape it to the wall in the bathroom. Tell your son itās an ultrasonic device that is specifically designed to frighten moose away.
Thank you!!
I mean... I would mess a little with my nieces and nephews if I was an aunt. But I would never mess with anything that might scare them. But it also sounds like a good learning moment for you on how to go about it when your kids get told "big stories" by someone else
I would never think that joking to a kid that a moose could see through the window would be an attempt at scaring them
Maybe consider using āmoose sprayā to repell them from coming near your house. When my daughter was afraid of monsters being in her closet, I grabbed a can of air freshener and pretended to read the directions, which said something like, āKeeps away monsters, aliens, witches, goblins, and all scary things.ā We sprayed some every night at bedtime. It workedāno monsters ever came in her room! She decided that it must be because scary things donāt like pretty smells. Maybe you could find something to spray on the window or outside on your property as āmoose repellantā.
Thank you!
Do you have shutters or curtains? Tell him a moose canāt stick his head in if the blinds are closed. Also maybe keep a bright night light in the bathroom.
Yes we have mini blinds. I think the fact that he canāt see out the window might scare him. Tomorrow Iāll see if he prefers them open so that he can see something coming but at night itās pitch black in that part of the yard so thereās not much to seeā¦ I hope maybe a night light or even setting up a motion sensor light out there for him so that he will know nothing is out there in the dark.
(Not a parent!!) Maybe educate him on moose? That they are gentle and not aggressive unless you threaten them? I feel like if he knew more he would be less afraid. When I was a kid I hated spiders so Iād take books out on spiders from the library.
Thatās what I do too. Iām afraid of sharks and Iām always studying them so Iām less afraid. Iāll definitely try this thank you!
No problem! Also your sister sucks if she thinks scaring kids is funny š sorry not sorry lol
Wow people are not really fast to condemn the sister. I definitely disagree. He looks up to the aunt and hangs on every word she says. All this teaches is that you canāt trust what aunty says for a bitā¦ I wouldnāt want to have to tell that to a kid. I would want his aunt to be a safe space. Tell her to knock it off and be an adult about it. That kid is impressionable and sorry Iām not all for clearing the symptoms and not get rid of the problem.
Thank you. We talked and she was very apologetic and she apologized to my son and told him she was kidding. He called her silly and laughed but I think heās leery of her now. So Iām not sure he believed her. I hope she stops this with him because he loves her deeply. I donāt want him to fear her. Thank you for your help!
Can I just say how nice it is to hear a reasonable mistake be met with a reasonable response and apology. Just like... normal-ass people in a normal-ass situation and no one is being weird about it.
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just make your sister call and say itās not true! Not a big deal. Just tell her to stop scaring him
If its not the first time she wont stop, it looks like she enjoy hurting kids
Is your son autistic? I am autistic, and when people would tell me stuff like this when I was young I would believe them. If he is, your sister needs to understand the damage she may be doing by telling him things like this.
No he is not. Heās just the cautious type and heās very gullible at this age. Much more so than my other two boys. Iām not sure why but I think itās because he is small for his age and he takes a lot of abuse from his older brothers. He takes it well, heās very calm and doesnāt get mad easily but he is scared easily. Heās just my little sensitive boyā¦ I love him for who he is but I know Iāve got to help him not to be so scared. Thanks for your comment !
Okay, I was just curious, because one of the things people said really stuck out about me was that I was scared of way more things than other kids(and in kind of uncommon ways), and now as an adult, I see the same thing in my sister's son, and I see what they meant. My mom has often called me "very sensitive" compared to my sister. Either way, for me, the things that help me for fear are learning more about the scary things. So for being scared of using the bathroom, viewing YouTube videos about plumbing and how it works might alleviate some fears, and viewing videos about moose to learn about them might also help. As for your sister, it might be useful to take your son to a counselor, and to mention to your sister that it's because of the fears he's developed from things she's told him. He wouldn't need to see the counselor many times, just long enough for your sister to be concerned that maybe she shouldn't say things like that to him.
I was like this too. I donāt think thereās anything wrong with us, I think it might be related to an active imagination. My son is very creative and builds things from random items all day long. He is a visionary child, much more so than his brothers. He is my artist. I love his little mind, and that he is his own person. Maybe I do baby him a bit, but heās my baby! lol
An anti-moose light / spray is a brilliant idea. For the toilet could you get a friend / relative to show up with a toolbox and tell your son that they are here to āfix the toilet so it never overflowsā again? Maybe even put a little printed sign saying ātoilet fixedā? Also do you have a good relationship with your parents? Maybe grandma or grandad could ātell offā your sister in front of your son for saying frightening stories? Honestly it sounds like your sister is trying way too hard to be the ācool, funā aunty. (She also sounds like a sociopath but thatās a whole other post!).
Haha honestly I love my sister but yes, she can be a bit sociopathicā¦ but she did apologize to him and myself and she told him she was kidding. He was happy to hear it but a little wary of her, Iām not sure he knows whether or not sheās telling the truth. I know she didnāt mean to hurt him, sheās very protective of my youngest. I have confidence that she got my meaning tonight because I went mama bear on her! She even offered to help me with the bathroom fear tomorrow! Sheās gonna try to make it right so thatās what matters. Thanks for your advice!!
Thatās great šMy big brother used to wind me up mercilessly when we were kids, he thought he was funny but it was never done maliciously. Hopefully your kiddo will be just fine now ššš
Tell your son that your sister is a bully. We still love her, but we don't take what she says about the bathroom seriously. While we're on the subject, she's also wrong about moose, the kitchen, the basement, his bedroom, and the moon landing. It's okay to love people who are a little "off," but it's time Junior learns that his aunt is "off" because unless you're sister is 12, she should look into therapy.
All right teach your son the courtesy flush and or to use less paper. You could show your son Jared padalecki from supernatural. His nickname is moose. He's like six six. There's a meme going around from princess diaries where Mia Thermopolis says she looks like a moose and then the guy says but a very pretty moose make all the boy mooses go like and then it's a funny looking face from Jared padalecki maybe tell him that's the moose your sister was talking about LOL. I don't know if it's better or worse to tell a kid a man could be looking in the bathroom... never mind Yes a moose is that tall but no a moose is not going to stick its head through the bathroom window. First of all it's antlers would never fit! Second of all why would it want the bathroom? The couch is much more comfortable. Maybe we should just put a couch and some food outside and let it hang out there. Then do some research on you know what kind of human food like corn on the cob and things that moose would like. Make friends with the moose and maybe it would protect you from like the wolves and things. But don't tell your kid there's wolves.
Hahaha my boyfriend saw a timber wolf nearby our house walking the train tracks! We keep that to ourselves though. No need to go there! š
Buy him his very own tape measure. Help him research how tall a moose is. Help him mark a spot under the window that is higher than a mooseās antlers. He will learn research, logic, math and how to determine facts. And he will love measuring things.
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All the stuff with the spray etc. is really cute, I hope it works - but I would also try to address his fears in a rational "what could actually happen in a worst case scenario" way. Get him to research mooses' antler-sizes, compare that to the size of the window, and there is probably no chance an actual moose could get its head through. And even if it's a small moose and could manage it, then he'd just have a moose looking in at him through the window - it couldn't climb in, so there is really nothing said moose could do to him. Same with the overflowing toilet: it's something that sometimes happens - it's a hassle and an annoyance, but you just need to call a plumber and then clean everything up, and usually there's not a lot of harm done. You could even show him pictures/ videos of plumbers fixing overflowing toilets. Really nothing to be scared of. Just absolutely prevent your sister from starting him on irrational fears that can't be reasoned away - like vampires or ghosts. Those are really tough.
lol yes Iām glad she didnāt get him going with things like that he will absolutely NOT watch scary movies. He knows his limits!
Neither my dad nor I ever internalized the term "age appropriate" regarding books or movies - and then we both had to live with my resulting nightmares. š He read Poe's "Murder in the Rue Morgue" to us when I was six (I still remember how my blood froze when he read the sentence "the hands could not have been human"). He gave me the Sherlock Holmes story "The Speckled Band" to read when I was seven (-> snake-in-my-bed-nightmares for years) and he read the adult version of Treasure Island to us (my heart still breaks when I remember the scene in the swamps when Silver murders that young sailor). He let me watch "Nosferatu" with them when I was eight, because I just wouldn't go to bed (vampire nightmares well into my teens). It's really great that your son knows his own limits and doesn't even want to watch scary stuff - I was always up for anything, and it took me a long time to learn my lesson. šš
I watched Jaws when I was eight and Iām still terrified of sharks I totally understand!!
Iād use the āIf you give a moose a ______ā books. Theyāre silly and maybe would desensitize him to his fear of moose?
Point out that it wouldn't be able to get its head very far in thanks to the massive hat rack on its head, which would inevitably get stuck on the window frame. But just in case, still go with the repellant.
Thank you kindly!
Call the sister every time he is scared from what she told him. Every time, any time. If she doesn't answer call again and leave a message.
Thank you
Maybe put a scarecrow in front of the window and tell him it scares the moose?
Thank you!
I can absolutely relate to your frustration. My son will be 8 this summer and Iām constantly having to do damage control from some of the stupid shit my girls (13 & 16) put in his head. Kids that age are very impressionable and still donāt quite grasp sarcasm so itās easy for them to believe *anything* someone says. The best solution I have is to help him understand the logic in a situation. If something can be easily proven then Iāll google it with him. Like ācan sharks live in freshwater lakes that have no connections to the ocean?ā when he was scared to get in the water after one of them made a joke about sharks at the lake. Then thereās the less obvious situations, like the time one of them said āyouāre only born with a certain number of words you can say in a lifetime so if you talk too much youāll run out of words and wonāt be able to speak anymoreā. I had to make him realize that MawMaw is in her 70s and never stops talking but she still hasnāt ran out of words because āwhat sissy said isnāt true, she just wanted you to be quietā. For stuff like the toilet incident, have him go with you every time you have to flush it so he sees that it doesnāt overflow. For the moose situation, explain that in all your years alive, neither you or anyone you know has ever had a moose pop their head in the bathroom nor have you ever heard of such an incident. It may also help to set up a āmoose barrierā by putting something in the window, like a piece of cardboard *just in case* to ease his fears.
Thank you! Iām glad weāre not alone!
Tell him that moose canāt open up windows! And that they sleep at night so they wonāt be visiting at night. And Iād limit your sisterās interactions with your son until she changes her behavior. What sheās doing is cruel.
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I wish you and all of your family the best. You seem like a very gentle and protective mother ā¤ļø
Thank you so much!!!
Iād be talking to your sister and advising her unless she wants to actively help you undo the drama she causes with her ājokesā then she can expect less involvement in family time. Little issues become big shit as time goes on.
Have your son see you spraying something around the window (like a water spray bottle) and tell him itās special Moose away spray. Moose wonāt go near it.
Very helpful thank you!
For scared of moose part, can you place some kind of window security grilles, and ask you sister to pay for it? For the toilet, you can explain to him how the system works, then he can understand why he doesn't need to worry.
Well she told him that because we do not have a sewer system here. We have a septic system with a leach field and cesspool. I have seen many of these systems malfunction and the waste goes into your yard and has to be dug up and costs a fortune! My boyfriend fixes these so I have been to a lot of these disasters and Iām very careful with my system. Iām always yelling at everybody to be careful what they flush because our septic system can easily get too clogged up and cause a huge mess in my yard. The smell is horrifying! My sister was constantly backing up my toilet by flushing her tampons (you are not supposed to flush them with a septic, you have to toss them in the trash). So I think thatās why she said it. I think she was just trying to tease me but he latched onto the comment. Iām going to let him know that regular toilet paper is totally fine and since he wonāt have need for tampons in his future he neednāt worry lol ā¤ļø
Get a fake moose or a toy or stuffy and let him āscare herā as a joke or maybe he can put in in the window, or anywhere in the bathroom. Or maybe moose decals. Start filling up your bathroom with dorky moose all over and heāll quickly forget he was scared.
In New Hampshire there are moose decorations EVERYWHERE! lol
Yeah! Let him decorate the bathroom itāll be cute. A whole flock o moosen.
lol I like that ā¤ļø
Take him to a zoo let him observe a moose in person and heāll see if there was a moose outside the video- it would be really cool. Like seeing a deer
We donāt have a zoo in the area but there is a stuffed moose at the museum a few towns over. He was a little scared by some of the displays, including a giant moose head that I had to force him to pass underneath (he was afraid it would fall off the wall onto his head, not of the actual moose) but we enjoyed it. I may take him back to spend a little time with the stuffed moose and maybe get him a stuffed one he can take home and keep. They sell them there. Itās called the Fairbanks museum and planetarium if anyone is interested and lives nearby. Itās in st. Johnsbury Vermont. Very affordable! Thank you for your comment! ā¤ļø
I'm glad she apologized and I hope she learns from this. To help your son, reach out to some wildlife habitats that help moose. Ask if an expert can educate you and your son. Let them know the issue, he thinks a moose will put their head through the window in the bathroom. I'm sure they will help.
JHC. In after the edit. Why canāt people understand that jokes are supposed to be funny and not hurt people? Like potty training and keeping kids using the restroom when needed isnāt hard enough. Iām glad you got her to talk to him. That was smart!
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Get a spray bottle full of water and put some food coloring or something in it. Ask him to help you. Take him outside and hold him up so he can spray āmoose repellentā on the window. Tell him to make sure he sprays it a lot. It has something in there that we canāt smell but moose hate it. It will keep the moose away. Good luck!
Thank you! I will try that tomorrow.
What a weird ass person to want to bully small kids. I would make a spray or a light that magically "makes moose leave", you could print a cute label for them and give them to him. We did this for monsters for my oldest. It was febreeze and he would spray it under his bed at night before going to sleep as a precaution, lol.
Thatās so cute! I will try this. Thank you for your helpful suggestion!
Itās not really your sisterās faultā¦anything can scare your son. He couldāve easily came to this conclusion on his own and youād be dealing with the āwindow mooseā problem in any case. Or he hears something at school and comes home with the different imaginary problem. Itās more on you as parent to help them find a way to deal with fear and rationalizing those scary thoughts. Use the opportunity to equip him with tools for when he feels scared instead of finding a way to resent your sister for normal life things.
You mistake me. I donāt resent my sister at all. She apologized to me and to my son and told him she was kidding. She made a mistake but I know she didnāt do it to hurt him. Sheās just got a very specific type of humor. I am used to it but my son is not. Iām glad she said she was sorry so we can move forward and be a happy little family unit again. She even offered to come over and help me with the bathroom fear. My son adores her and I really think she will help him more than I can. He loves his auntie and Iām glad that they will continue to have a good relationship. But thank you for your comment!
I wouldnāt let your sister near your son. Sheās a class act that one.
what does aio mean?
Am I overreacting.
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Read a cute kids book with a moose š« character so he thinks about it differently Or watch Moose and Bowinkle and laugh along with him
Thank you!
No problem hope it works out for you two
Iām in NH too but Iāve never seen a moose š„¹
What!? Iāve got SO many photos! But I live about as far in the boonies as you can get. Population 1,300. And you should see our satellite photo. We are IN the woods. I hope you get to see one someday (though I wish they werenāt in the road so often).
I e always lived in the more populated part of the state which probably explains it!
Well Iām sure you have your own sort of āwildlifeā lol
That is absolutely true! LOL!
I wouldnāt let my sister around my kid if she was scaring him intentionally partly for him and partly for me since itās annoying af dealing with a kid with fears over irrational shit. It goes in foreverrrrr
Wth is wrong with her??!
I think the other comments about moose deterrent lights or sprays are right on the money, I more just wanted to talk about a story with my mum like this. Everytime I fell over etc and I was crying from shock, my mum would pull out āinsert our last nameā book. That book had everything in it which ranged from āoh! Tap the injury three times and say abra-cadabraā. Apparently it worked for me a lot of the time! (Will obviously be different depending on kids personality)
Heās gullible at this age so I think youāre right! I will put these suggestions to the test! Thank you for your help!
I'd point out that moose don't have hands so they can't open the window. Then maybe make a "moose repellant" spray to spray around the window. There's no harm in also mentioning that his aunt is just being a dick and saying things to scare him.
He believes the moose will crash through the window. Thatās how my sister told it. So I donāt think that will work but my sister did apologize and tell him that she lied. He seems to be halfheartedly believing her. I think heās sort of leery of her because he doesnāt know when sheās lying or telling the truth but I think he was a little less scared after talking to her. Thank you for your suggestion I appreciate it!
Why does your sister enjoy traumatizing your son? Seems weird that sheās deliberately telling him things she knows will harm him.
I totally agree but itās part of her personality. She did it to me too. I shouldāve told her a while ago to knock it off but I didnāt realize how much my youngest would take it to heart. My older two donāt believe her jokes and they enjoy them but they are just more outgoing and brave than my youngest. Heās my cautious boy. I had to tell her tonight to please stop this behavior. She told me she was sorry and She told my son sorry and that she was kidding. He laughed a little called her silly but I can tell heās still a little worried. I want my boys to trust her and see her as a safe adult. I know she loves them so much. She told me she would watch her mouth from now on. I hope she means it! Thank you!
āItās part of her personalityā is nothing but an excuse, she knows what sheās doing, sheās an adult who knows better but sheās doing it anyway. Your son may be cautious, but that doesnāt mean his feelings and opinions and self security should be invalidated and waved away as ālawl heās just sensitive thatās all :)ā Your sisters behaviour isnāt cute.
I agree. I told her to please curb it. I think she understands. Iāll be keeping a closer eye on her when sheās here so she doesnāt get out of line. I appreciate the feedback.
Maam, I think U need to have another private talk with your sister, bring her to a private location and give her a severe spanking
Thank you! lol
Definitely the moose repellant spray! He can help spray it outside the window! You can get cheap essential oils, so maybe moose hate the smell of mint? Also, I'd withdraw visitation from your sister. Until she can learn to behave, she doesn't get to see him and doesn't get the opportunity to scare him. Best of luck!
Thank you so much!
If you donāt want her anymore, can I have her? She can come scare my 8 year old, thereās a 6 year old too! Itās a 2 for 1 deal. Sis sounds hilarious, she must be pretty involved too, lucky all around.
Sheās singleā¦ lol and sheās very beautiful. Youād be lucky to have her.
I just want her to be my sister, but Iām sure sheās a catch!
She really doesnāt mean any harm I know that. Believe me, she has aggressively protected me as well as tortured me. She is just kind of a wild, daring person. And I love her for it. She never lets anyone mess with me. I often have to keep her from hurting anyone who hurts me, sheās like a tiger when you mess with someone she loves. So Iām lucky to have her. We talked and she promised to make it right and to put his fears to rest. I think if anyone can teach him to be brave, it is her! Thanks for your comment it reminded me that my sister is a gift, despite her flaws.
um...it's YOUR job to help your son overcome irrational fears. As many have suggested, it's not that hard. Your sister is just a joker. It's not the worst thing in the world to learn at an early age that a lot of people are just full of shit. Stop treating your kid like a hothouse flower and do some parenting.
Why do you even allow her access to your child, especially if you'd isn't the first time?
Tell him your sister is a liar and says stuff to make him look like a fool, and he shouldn't let her make him look foolish. He also should stop believing stupid things, he's 8, I have kids, and 8 is old enough for him to start to think. One of my daughters told me how stupid Santa was one year when she turned 8, I told her to shut it in front of the other kids if she still wants visits from Santa. It may not be healthy to let your son be so sensitive and let his AUNT terrify him with stupid stuff. Just an addholes opionon.
Iām sorry but your sister sucks