Things that PISS you off, but you can't really say so.

The 'flower girl' and 'bridesmaid' distinction has only come about in recent years in the UK and it's an imported thing from America.

In the UK, female attendants to the bride, regardless of age, have always been called bridesmaids, whether they're adults or kids. The term 'flower girl' didn't really exist in the UK until about 15 years ago!

But are they exaggerating or do you just see the child out of the house and not have a full picture of what goes on at home.

my oldest is autistic but presents as well mannered, polite and helpful outside of the home. Inside the home he does nothing and his favourite activity is saying deliberately offensive things to antagonise me 🙄

I don't see why anybody can't choose whoever they like to be bridesmaids. Why do you think the cousin should have been chosen instead?

Yes, I certainly do. Sometimes people huff and remove bags slowly and sometimes you end up sitting in whatever shite has come off their filthy trainers.

Wholeheartedly agree with this one.

Marks & Spencer have even started using ‘picky bits’ on the and in-store signage around the picnic items.

But, yes ‘bits’ in general, it’s just so lazy and reductive.

To be fair I cannot imagine choosing an 8 year old child to be a bridesmaid. Flower girl, yes. But way too young to be bridesmaid, that is for adults, surely?

Sounds like you have a good friend there! And sounds like you know it! 🙂

I have a friend who is convinced every single bloke on the planet fancies her

(Even my dp,his friend who is in a long term relationship and my married son-she tells me they are all desperate for her)

I was once sat in a cafe with her,waiting for our drinks and admiring a scarf I'd just bought when she leaned over and stage whispered 'see that bloke on the next table?he keeps looking at me,I feel for his wife as he must fancy me'

I kept a close eye on this bloke for the next 45 minutes

He didn't so much as glance at us,he was too busy chatting to the lady he was sat with

Shes deluded,the odd bloke does come sniffing around but as soon as she shags them,they leave but it enforces that every bloke on the planet fancies her

Drives me mad when she's flicking her hair at random men in the street and giving them the 'you fancy me' look on her face while I'm trying to chat to her

Most men either don't notice or look terrified

It's all she talks about,If I hear just one more time 'they like my tight fit body' just one more time,she's getting some hard hitting truths

Whinging neighbours going on about trivia like bins etc. Since I got the ring (type) door bell I just dont open the door to anyone who looks like they are going to suck up my time. If I did open the door I would be tempted to tell them to F OFF so I am really doing them a favour by ignoring them.

Wow, does it also make you a complete cow??

What an overreaction! I think I am allowed to internally roll my eyes at a group of 40/41 year old women who are constantly convinced that things like a cricked neck and a broken nail are "perimenopause" yet also appreciate that for (mostly older than us) women it can be an awful time?!

I just don't think at our age we need to be pathologising every tiny thing!!

Gotten is traditional Olde English. It's not American. It's actually proper English.

@AxolotlEars that’s going to be tricky for you to avoid then!

Colleagues who moan theyre too busy at work - then when you need help they ‘don’t have capacity’. When they clearly do. Then moan again that they don’t have the work to reach their targets. Tell you what - I’ll just do all the work then. I’m not pissing about passing stuff back and forth. At least if I keep it I know it will get done properly,

I am Welsh!

Exactly this, she won’t even be friends with most of them in ten years and has already fallen out with her closest friend.

Doing things to impress SM. Do your own bloody thing. Be unique

Influencers and the sad people who copy them

People who think its ok to shout, swear and be rude against customer facing staff

Retired people who shop on Saturday mornings, complain its busy and piss off shoppers who worked all week. People say that the retired are lonely. Not the ones I see as shop with their DW/DH or a friend.

Companies that charge for buying by card, when the ONLY option is to pay by card!!!

Oh my bad! I meant competitive hahaha!

I can beat that

I was once at work 8-3 so up at 6am and home by about 3:10pm

We where having friends dog for the week and had arranged for him to drop the dog off around 4 ish

We knew he'd be late (he's got undiagnosed adhd) and that was fine,he'd be with us about 5pm (we expected this)

5 came and went,so did 6,7,8,9and 10pm

All messages went unanswered and he wasn't picking up his phone,his girlfriend (who was at home) said he'd left just after 4pm

I'm light sleeper so I knew if I went to bed,he'd wake me up by pressing the doorbell (we have a weird door setup and don't hear if people knock)

11:55pm he finally showed up (God knows what happened from him leaving his house and getting to ours)

I let dp deal with it and went to bed

I was past being worried about him and didn't care if it was rude

Even the poor dog looked a bit pissed off!

I really can't understand the fad for a netball team of bridesmaids, surely they will detract from the bride who will expect to be the centre of attention. It used to be a couple of small ones and an adult one to keep them under control.

Parents who don’t rsvp to kids parties. I get that invites go missing or forgotten about from time to time but to just ignore it completely?
We are all busy, I get it, but it takes less than 2 minutes to text.

Influencers on Instagram always trying to sell you something (usually something really shit)
Every other post is an ‘ad’
Even worse when they use their kids to flog something.

I love my dear mum to pieces and I feel a bit nasty for even writing this but she has the most terrible table manners. She talks with her mouth full when eating, food is literally falling out of her mouth, she uses her fingers to get pickles and stuff from the jar, she double dips with the spoon and if we’re preparing a buffet and she’s helping, she will pick at it as she’s going along. I have told her before to use a spoon for the jars, even told her to close her mouth when talking but she just laughs. I often have to look away when she’s eating.

The fact that so much of your life can be affected by the one thing over which you have absolutely no control: the circumstances of your birth.

That my niece didn’t ask her 8 yr old cousin to be a bridesmaid at her wedding. Not childfree wedding, no tons of family to choose from, a very well behaved little girl who wouldve loved the chance to be a bridesmaid.
Instead she chose 6 adult bridesmaids for the instagram effect.
Obviously we’ve not said anything but dh and I pissed off and I have to say it’s really privately soured things for us with that side of the family.

The late mother of my partner was like that. Not only did she speak really quietly, she droned...everything was at the same level, and she had a very strong accent to top it off! Partner is on good terms with his ex, and she once said to me 'is 'partner's mother' still totally unintelligible?'

I'm half deaf and having conversations with her was a nightmare. I was lucky if I heard one word in ten. Didn't help she was a boring as fuck whiner as well...

I think beard is different from hair since you have to basically kiss him there. I'd say something. I'd have to, after all it's what you're attracted to and if you prefer your own husband without a beard you have the right to say so.