No exaggeration - all my female relatives and most of my friends seem to have one favourite topic of conversation - being 'the general crapness of men'. Whatever the subject, it always seems to end up being about men being useless, men being thoughtless, lazy, dim, whatever. Sometimes it's in a jokey 'Mr Bean' way, sometimes it's a real slanging session.
I don't feel comfortable with these conversations for two reasons. 1 - I have sons, and quite often they're around when these conversations are going on. I don't want them to grow up believing that men are there to have the piss taken out of them. 2 - My DH isn't perfect (nearly but not quite ) but he works hard and does everything he can for me & the DC. So I don't have any reason to slate him and don't want to anyway - why would I be so shitty about someone I'm supposed to love? .
So anyway, usually when these conversations are going on I go a bit quiet or make my excuses and go (because apart from anything else it's boring to hear again and again and again). At that point my friends/family will start pulling faces and making remarks like "Ooh Mr Flump would never do that.... ooh loves young dream Ooh sorry I forgot you live in a perfect little love bubble" etc ect....
One of these times I did actually get quite pissed off and tell the family member concerned that it was really sad that she'd rather spend her life with someone who she clearly doesn't have any respect for and slag him off constantly behind his back than do anything about it . We had a few frosty weeks after that...
So anyway, AIBU?
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To not moan about my DH, therefore unintentionally pissing off nearly every woman I know?
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badtasteflump · 12/02/2013 09:50
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