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Your favourite unreasonable AIBU?

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Fulbe · 29/07/2025 23:21

There are so many wonderful examples of these, please share your favourites. Bonus points for links.

I remember one when OP was annoyed if the cost of children's birthday gifts weren't higher than the cost of hosting the party per child.

And the classic from a few weeks ago when OP thought it was ok to block the shared driveway and thought their neighbour who lived at the end was the unreasonable one.

I bet there are better ones out there though...

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Kibble19 · 30/07/2025 21:59

What was the one about the woman who’s neighbour (a child) had squirted her cat with water, so she went out and soaked the kid to teach him how it felt?

Loved her. 😂

BlueandPinkSwan · 30/07/2025 21:56

TheVeronicas · 30/07/2025 16:31

I didn't see that one, but it pops up every now and again, that theme!

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/mumsnet_classics/2301982-Im-getting-sick-and-tired-of-dinosaurs-being-forced-on-our-children

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Heck,😀 have just read OP's posts, fruit loop or what? But then again, everyone knows the world is flat and only 6000 years old and Dr Who is a real person who travels in time and space, then there's ...

MooseLooseAboutTheHoose · 30/07/2025 21:56

GoAwayNaughtyPigeon · 30/07/2025 21:46

The very recent threads from the poster who has 50/50 shared care with her exDH and was receiving CM out of exDH goodwill, and then tried to put in a claim for more CM has really kept me entertained lately 🤭 mostly because the OP cannot stop repeating that CMS deemed them "resident parent" (they are not) so they should deserve more CM etc etc, it's entertaining as the OP had a nice situation but then got greedy and wanted more, ignored ALL the advice from mnet and then predictably everything has backfired in her face. I would normally feel bad but it was all self inflicted, so...

I have a particular niche love for anything food related, not necessarily that the OP is unreasonable. But ranting threads about for eg, penis portions, or people regaling truly awful meals their parents/in laws/whatever served them. No idea why I find them so entertaining 😂 personal favourites are any threads where suddenly someone starts posting about any combination of "Fruit is child abuse because of the sugar" "If you give your kids cereal you might as well be giving them crack cocaine" "HUGE SALAD"

Sorry… penis portions??? I have definitely missed those threads! 🤣

CatKings · 30/07/2025 21:55

Every time I look at a dinosaur now I will think about its lack of family values.

Synchron1 · 30/07/2025 21:50

Thankyou for this thread I haven't belly laughed in a while . Love reading these

GoAwayNaughtyPigeon · 30/07/2025 21:46

The very recent threads from the poster who has 50/50 shared care with her exDH and was receiving CM out of exDH goodwill, and then tried to put in a claim for more CM has really kept me entertained lately 🤭 mostly because the OP cannot stop repeating that CMS deemed them "resident parent" (they are not) so they should deserve more CM etc etc, it's entertaining as the OP had a nice situation but then got greedy and wanted more, ignored ALL the advice from mnet and then predictably everything has backfired in her face. I would normally feel bad but it was all self inflicted, so...

I have a particular niche love for anything food related, not necessarily that the OP is unreasonable. But ranting threads about for eg, penis portions, or people regaling truly awful meals their parents/in laws/whatever served them. No idea why I find them so entertaining 😂 personal favourites are any threads where suddenly someone starts posting about any combination of "Fruit is child abuse because of the sugar" "If you give your kids cereal you might as well be giving them crack cocaine" "HUGE SALAD"

Livpool · 30/07/2025 21:39

TaraRhu · 30/07/2025 16:38

The stepmom that thought it was fine that her kids get better Xmas pressies than her step kids. Who wouldn't share any of her VAST personal wealth with her husband or blended family.

That was quite recent wasn’t it? She was horrible!

Synchron1 · 30/07/2025 21:39

The screaming at Michelangelo 🤣🤣 I actually can't read more , tears of laughter

LittlleMy · 30/07/2025 21:39

WhereIsMyJumper · 30/07/2025 21:26

It’s the bit where she says that security escorted her out that got me and that she had frightened an old lady 😂

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Yes! 🤣

Synchron1 · 30/07/2025 21:38

Crying with laughter at this

Createausernameplease · 30/07/2025 21:31

The woman who got angry everytime her husband expresses an emotion because she can “feel it”

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/amibeingunreasonable/5321369-dh-mopes-because-he-says-i-get-angry-every-time-he-expresses-a-feeling

WhereIsMyJumper · 30/07/2025 21:26

LittlleMy · 30/07/2025 19:41

Oh my! It’s so well written that it somehow elevates the comedic aspect more so. I just can’t believe it’s real though! OPs descriptions of her husband’s reaction are like something out of a comedy show. I can imagine them being a comedy couple on something like Catherine Tate show!

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It’s the bit where she says that security escorted her out that got me and that she had frightened an old lady 😂

MooseLooseAboutTheHoose · 30/07/2025 21:15

Squigface · 30/07/2025 19:40

Twattiest colleague ever - this is possibly my favourite thread of all time.

This is bloody brilliant… ‘he makes about 3 jokes a day about me travelling in from France’ 🤣🤣🤣 I really want to know if she owned it and have him an egg!!!

ExercicenformedeZ · 30/07/2025 21:05

Mine was the one who had four children with her ex who she claimed was mentally ill and so couldn't pay, nor did he want to see the children. Why asked why on earth she had had four children in short succession with a deadbeat, she said she 'loved the baby and toddler stage'. She wanted to make her crazy ex have 50/50 even though he was totally unfit. I just felt so so sorry for those poor children, that she had doted on them as little ones but just found them a drag and they grew older. I hope that they are doing ok and somehow realise they are worth more than what either of their useless parents could give them.

latetothefisting · 30/07/2025 20:48

Just re-read the fashionista on the Eurotunnel one. Best thing about it is it starts " sorry if it was covered before...."
Oh yeah, comes up every week that topic 😂

BreezyAquaCrow · 30/07/2025 20:36

Does anyone remember the one where the OP was furious that her husband used the oven on a warm day because it was making her dog hot? Think she was putting wet blankets on the dog. She was bonkers!

MyCatsAreFuckwits · 30/07/2025 20:13

@RepoTheGeriatricOpera
Yessssss, thats the one!
You absolutel star of a human you ❤️

That's my evening sorted 😂
I love you x

MyCatsAreFuckwits · 30/07/2025 20:09

@MrBallenIsaFittie
From memory I don't think she did.
.....I'm just trying to find the thread.....unsuccessfully 😭

Newsenmum · 30/07/2025 20:09

I remember a young lady who thought it was really unfair she couldnt just give up her job, buy some land abroad and set up a farm to live off. It was a really ‘unique’ idea and she deserved to do it and have that kind of life. She didn’t like anyone tell her that actually running a farm was really hard work and she couldn’t just potter about all day. I thought it might be a troll but she got genuinely very angry when anyone tried to ruin her dreams and she was planning on/actually set up a go fund me. It was so ridiculous!

RepoTheGeriatricOpera · 30/07/2025 20:08

MyCatsAreFuckwits · 30/07/2025 19:55

@Everlore
A world of thank-you's for reminding me of this one.
Quite possibly THE funniest thing I have ever read on here 🤣
Made funnier by the fact it went on for days. The OP kept coming back with another reason why it wouldn't be unreasonable for her to crash the party 😂
Please 🙏🏻 can one of you wonderful lot post the link?

I think it's this one?

Page 40 | Would you find this rude/be hurt by this? (Halloween party) | Mumsnet

A halloween party with over 20 people invited. Couple are hosting it but they didn't invite the man's parents who live less than an hour drive away...

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5151810-would-you-find-this-rudebe-hurt-by-this-halloween-party?reply=137882415

SaintNoMountainHighEnough · 30/07/2025 20:05

BeanQuisine · 30/07/2025 17:08

This one?

Sick and tired of dinosaurs

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This is possibly the funniest thing i've ever read. Thank you so much!

MrBallenIsaFittie · 30/07/2025 20:04

Everlore · 30/07/2025 17:12

The one where a mother of adult children, who no longer lived at home, had not invited her to a Halloween party they were holding for their friends. She was very upset not to be invited and was asking if it would be unreasonable for her to turn up anyway. Despite all of the posts urging her not to crash a party full of her kids similarly aged friends, who would probably find the presence of the host's mum acting as a chaperone quite weird, she was insistent that she couldn't see anything wrong with it. She was adamant that she would be a great help as she could bring some nice food and help her son's wife prepare food in the kitchen, which suggested a charming naivety about what twenty somethings often get up to at parties!

Did we ever find out if the OP went to the party?

MyCatsAreFuckwits · 30/07/2025 19:55

@Everlore
A world of thank-you's for reminding me of this one.
Quite possibly THE funniest thing I have ever read on here 🤣
Made funnier by the fact it went on for days. The OP kept coming back with another reason why it wouldn't be unreasonable for her to crash the party 😂
Please 🙏🏻 can one of you wonderful lot post the link?

RatherTardy · 30/07/2025 19:54

VimtoGarden · 30/07/2025 19:15

It’s got to be steak-cut chips and perfect pairings in M&S. - I think there was also something about a buffalo or maybe a bison from the same poster.

That's a troll