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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

OP posts:
BeingATwatItsABingThing · 07/12/2025 06:34

Dizzywizz · 07/12/2025 06:03

Intrigued, I have never heard of this although it sounds right up my street …is it a particular area of the uk?

I’m the South West.

FenceBooksCycle · 07/12/2025 06:24

This is not a MIL problem, this is a DH problem. It's his failure to keep firm boundaries that meant your MIL was able to do this to you. LTB.

AIBU MIL has come in drunk from her work Christmas party
ChristmasMantleStatue · 07/12/2025 06:18

kinkytoes · 07/12/2025 05:53

Haha MIL sounds like good fun. I hope you gave her a large glass of water and some paracetamol before she went to bed.

I was going to say this. I thought it was going to be a post about a MIL who behaved like all humans do on occasions and the OP was up in arms because shock horror.

I've never heard of The Game. I'm 52. Do I win something?

ThatNaiceMember · 07/12/2025 06:16

Dizzywizz · 07/12/2025 06:03

Intrigued, I have never heard of this although it sounds right up my street …is it a particular area of the uk?

I don't know, I grew up in West London and can't remember when I realised I was playing 🤣

ThatNaiceMember · 07/12/2025 06:15

YAVVU but I have shared the misery by messaging my eldest, that will be a nice surprise when she wakes up 😀

Dizzywizz · 07/12/2025 06:03

Intrigued, I have never heard of this although it sounds right up my street …is it a particular area of the uk?

BeingATwatItsABingThing · 07/12/2025 06:02

BootMaker · 07/12/2025 05:56

Only idiots care about the game.

And only stuck up knobs would care this much. If you don’t care, just scroll on by.

Figcherry · 07/12/2025 06:02

Well that’s me lost after at least 5 years.

BootMaker · 07/12/2025 05:57

Although I got my daughter the other day...

I don't care though!! So cannot be got on return.

BootMaker · 07/12/2025 05:56

Only idiots care about the game.

kinkytoes · 07/12/2025 05:53

Haha MIL sounds like good fun. I hope you gave her a large glass of water and some paracetamol before she went to bed.

FasterthanBolt · 07/12/2025 05:52

Catladywithoutacat · 07/12/2025 03:26

Weird and not funny just weird and dumb

Rude

FasterthanBolt · 07/12/2025 05:51

That was my longest streak ever, dammit!

BeingATwatItsABingThing · 07/12/2025 05:51

My DH and I still lose the game frequently!

Randomlygeneratedname · 07/12/2025 05:50

Well played OP, although I am now disappointed about 2 things. 1) losing the game, I was on a roll of about a year so yeah, thanks for that. 2) Not getting a good drunken MIL thread where OP is obviously unreasonable for thinking her MIL can't have any life outside of looking after their children or something.

DhIsAJudge · 07/12/2025 05:45

God dammit!

HelenaWaiting · 07/12/2025 05:42

Thunderpants88 · 07/12/2025 05:36

Can some kind soul explain??

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.

Thunderpants88 · 07/12/2025 05:36

Can some kind soul explain??

Tenofcups · 07/12/2025 05:03

Ffs 😂

KimonoQueen · 07/12/2025 05:01

Oh you ratbag.
And I think the last time I lost the game it was a post on here too...

nadine90 · 07/12/2025 04:50

I lose it all the time and have no one left to tell so I’m glad you lost it, because it means I’m not the only one still playing 😅

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]

lizardwizard · 07/12/2025 04:37

Diabolical OP, it'd been YEARS 💀

JustJoinedRightNow · 07/12/2025 04:35

It's been ages for me too! Well played OP.

Whatsthatsheila · 07/12/2025 04:33

What game? We were playing a game?

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