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AIBU MIL has come in drunk from her work Christmas party

113 replies

Ihavelostthegame · 07/12/2025 02:15

And bloody told me that whilst there someone mentioned the game to her. So she has lost the fucking GAME. And because she told me, now I have lost the game also.

And as the rules of the game dictate I am duty bound to come on and inform you all that You have now also LOST THE GAME!

Sorry! Not sorry

Merry Christmas

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DallasMajor · 07/12/2025 09:47

YorkshirePuddingsGreatestFan · 07/12/2025 09:32

My children play The Game a lot.

I've written THE GAME on the bottom of my will. That'll show them how to win the game 😂

Pure class

Nottheduchessoftransiyvaniaaaa · 07/12/2025 09:46

Mumsnet, can you ban this poster please! You’re lucky I’ve only been winning for 2 weeks, stupid TikToker broke my long run.

Judd · 07/12/2025 09:42

YorkshirePuddingsGreatestFan · 07/12/2025 09:32

My children play The Game a lot.

I've written THE GAME on the bottom of my will. That'll show them how to win the game 😂

That is excellent

SharpBrickMaker · 07/12/2025 09:32

HelenaWaiting · 07/12/2025 05:42

Everyone in the world is playing "The Game," and the goal is to forget it exists.
You lose (and announce it, often with "I lost the game!") the moment you remember The Game. Consequently anyone who reads your announcement also loses the game. You're "winning" as long as you can go the longest without thinking about it.

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After 34 years I have now lost the game

YorkshirePuddingsGreatestFan · 07/12/2025 09:32

My children play The Game a lot.

I've written THE GAME on the bottom of my will. That'll show them how to win the game 😂

itsgettingweird · 07/12/2025 09:30

I’ve never heard of the game.

I’m pretty good at losing games I know I’m playing and it’s a new achievement to have just lost one I didn’t know I was playing 🤣

Well played OP!

4forksache · 07/12/2025 09:29

Well I’ve got a streak of 58 years that I’ve just lost today then.

WalterMittysPuppet · 07/12/2025 09:27

Oh fuck it. It's been about 3 years.

LunarEclipser · 07/12/2025 09:27

Well played, OP! I reckon I was up to three years or so 😁

PuggyPuggyPuggy · 07/12/2025 09:26

Well I'm 46 and this is the first I've ever heard of it so I guess I'm not getting a better streak than that 😂

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XiCi · 07/12/2025 09:25

Aaaaaagh, it's been so long for me.
My daughter will also be losing the game today 😁

AprilinPortugal · 07/12/2025 09:18

GarlicRound · 07/12/2025 04:45

It's like being Rick Rolled, only less musical 😂 That's due for one of its many comebacks, I feel.

Your MIL must've been well oiled!
[damn link didn't work. Never mind, I RR'd myself]

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Thanks for the explanation! 😆

Blorengia · 07/12/2025 09:16

Oh ye gods! It's been YEARS for me too...
For those who have no idea what it's about, you do now so you're playing The Game:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_(mind_game)

Shakirasma · 07/12/2025 09:15

Ffs, I'd been winning for months!

SconesAreABreakfastFood · 07/12/2025 09:08

Oh you prick! It’s been over a year!!!

DonttouchthatLarry · 07/12/2025 09:07

Sneaky OP - well played 👏

SardinesOnGingerbread · 07/12/2025 09:00

Dammit Janet. I was up to about ten months. I shall have to call my eldest (23) today to make sure he's lost too.

Coconutter24 · 07/12/2025 08:55

I’m going to take a wild guess that MIL wasn’t the only one drunk last night

Blondeshavemorefun · 07/12/2025 08:50

Bjorkdidit · 07/12/2025 08:45

As I'm a mere baby at 52 and 2 months I graciously concede to your seniority and experience. Unless fellow 52 YO @Blondeshavemorefun can just edge ahead of you?

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Sadly not. 52 and a half. Another 6
long months till summer and birthday blondes

so in the middle of you both

Fangisnotacoward · 07/12/2025 08:48

Diabolical! Well played!

Though oddly only a few days since I last lost the game. As I was thinking about games for Christmas, then i thought about "the game". And lost.

828Pax · 07/12/2025 08:46

Noooooo!

Bjorkdidit · 07/12/2025 08:45

ChristmasMantleStatue · 07/12/2025 08:09

Hoiks up trousers. Raises fists.

53 in January.

Fight fight!

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As I'm a mere baby at 52 and 2 months I graciously concede to your seniority and experience. Unless fellow 52 YO @Blondeshavemorefun can just edge ahead of you?

JurgenKloppsTeeth · 07/12/2025 08:41

GODDAMN

I was doing so well

AliceTheBat · 07/12/2025 08:28

Ffs OP! 😂

I hadn't lost for ages

Natsku · 07/12/2025 08:27

I lost a few days ago, announced it and my teenager groaned so I guess its going around the youth again now.