To ask for your best examples of brass-neckedness to entertain us all on this dull day?

I wasn't rude. He had spent his entire dinner going on about his diet. And questioning the details about the dishes on the menu.
I didn't criticise him directly. Only asked him if he ate eggs ("allowed" is just an expression and I used it here because he was following some ioga guidelines - so it was an appropriate expression in this case). And then reminded him that what he chose had eggs in it.
I did not comment on his choice.
But I personally find that his whole attitude stank because after all that hassle and importance he was supposedly giving to his diet choices he chose to ignore the item that suited him.

Personally, I couldn't care less what people chose to eat (or not).

Yes, some of us vegetarians do eat eggs even though we're not quite vegan Cringe at how my friends and I used to call ourselves ovo lacto vegetarians (every time) to make known that we did indeed partake of those food products

Lweji has already pointed out that she asked him whether he ate eggs, he said "No". He then proceeded to eat a creme brulée despite having been told it contained eggs.
It's not rude to warn someone that eggs are in a dessert if they may not know it - and there's no point in warning someone if they eat eggs, so it makes sense to ask first whether or not eggs are part of that particular vegetarian's diet.

Lweji vegans don't eat eggs. Many vegetarians do....there's no "allowed" but what someone feels like in many cases. I think it's rather rude to quiz someone on their food choices!

well he was very odd then. Fair enough.

ds 'doesn't like eggs' but will eat them quite happily if they are, for instance, in cakes.

I know some do, that's why I asked him if he was allowed and he said he wasn't.

Lweji, many vegetarians DO eat eggs. Some don't. But the definition of vegetarian does generally include eggs unless the particular individual vegetarian decides they would rather not.

Vegans, on the other hand, do not eat either eggs or dairy. Some not even honey.

Oh, just remembered that a sort of friend/work collaborator once asked/told me he needed to shower in my hotel room because his own accommodation was further away from the meeting we had had all day and the dinner that followed. For some reason he couldn't live without going straight for dinner without a shower (or whatever it was).
I allowed it, after I had freshened up and had left the room.

This was also someone who pestered the waiters during another dinner because he had to have vegetarian food, but then chose to have creme brulee for dessert. I asked him if he was allowed to eat eggs. Apparently not. But when I pointed out that his chosen dessert had eggs, he shrugged it off and ate it all.

WingDefence, it's insane because she's so vile but none of her DH's family ever dare say anything in case he turns against them, which he is quite likely to do.

My friend and her DP moved out of their rented home and had a couple of weeks until getting the keys to their first bought house, so we said they could stay with us. It ended up being a few months as the completion date kept getting put back (not their fault). However, in all that time they never once did any house work, and they were filthy pigs. We very often opened our kitchen cupboards to find no plates etc left and had to go into their room to find crusty and mouldy crockery to wash up before we could cook and eat. Every single morning there would be soggy teabags, buttery knives, all sorts all over the place as they left for work first. Ashtrays everywhere, balls of hair in the bath/shower, skidders in the loo etc. They did contribute to the bills, but quibbled over every phone call on the itemised bill etc and only paid for the calls they absolutely knew that had made. We usually couldn't fit much of our own food in the fridge or freezer as it was crammed full of their own Tesco Finest stuff. Even when I allocated us two shelves each, they still moved our stuff to fit all their own in. The best/worst bit was one night they had a Chinese takeaway and had put all the empty containers/leftovers in the bin, which was just a carrier bag hanging on the kitchen door. In the morning I came down to find a massive puddle of brown slop on the lino, where it had all drained out of the little holes at the bottom of the bag. The ironing board had then been dragged through it, so there were long tracks of gloop all over the floor. At this point I refused to clear it up and left it to see how long it would be there....days....despite us all having to jump over it to enter the kitchen! In the end I had a massive screaming fit about it all to my DP in our bedroom, just couldn't believe they hadn't cleaned it up, then I stomped out and very loudly banged and clanged and cleaned the congealed mess up. The next day she asked me if things were ok between me and DP? as she'd heard that we'd had a bit of a row. Sigh. I didn't say anything at the time as I didn't want to ruin a friendship and cause tension and knew they'd be leaving soon, so just bit my tongue every day. I'm a different person now though, there's no way I'd let that happen now!

Quite a few years ago I worked in a shop that was open 12 hours per day.
There were a handful of staff and if someone phoned in sick then another member off staff had to cover their shift.
My best friend at the time worked there too.
When she was at work I would sometimes look after her three children.

I was living with my boyfriend,he beat me up and I had to leave him, find somewhere to live etc.
I asked for a week off work because I was in such a state.

My friend was offered my shifts which she agreed to do....she expected me to look after her kids while she was at work and was furious with me when I said no.

talking of screens... I once bought a skint mate a screen coz he was desperate, needed to apply for jobs on-line etc. I found out he sold it within weeks of me buying it for him. got some other sap to fork out for a better one apparently

I didn't say there was Did I? No, I think not.

But come on, going back to claim it after two years!

And I wonder he gave it to them in the first place, given the comments made about them and lifestyle.

Wow Cordy - overreaction on their behalf I think!

She sounds like a right cow :(

Is there a statute of limitations on getting loaned items back then?

I think not

(A bit of notice would have given them more time to get a bloody job I suppose; but he didn't get notice of his screen dying, & giving them the computer was generous enough, surely?)

Love some of these.

Though the one about the screen loan. After 2 years I'd think it's a bit mean to go and try to take it back off them.

Friend came on my hen night and brought a random other girl with her for some reason without asking or anything, and this random girl didn't even say hello to me once. I'd booked an Indian meal in town and a 'party menu' type thing, so we were all ordering chicken or lamb based meals. We'd all agreed in advance just to split the bill equally as everything was similar cost, but everyone said they wanted to pay for mine and my wine to treat me. Came to bill paying, everything kept on coming up short, so I put in for my own meal and wine, plus about another £30 extra as it was so embarassing. A few days after I was chatting to someone about the hen and they told me that the random stranger (who was at the other end of the table to me so therefore got away with it) had ordered a seabass main and a seafood starter, put in less money than everyone else, and not included anything for the expensive cocktails she'd ordered herself but my friend hadn't said anything as she'd assumed I was mates with this girl and wouldn't want a scene. At the end of the night the 2 of them just disappeared without even saying goodbye to us.

3 days before my wedding, my grown up cousin (who had been invited along with his sisters and parents as they all still lived at home and none had OHs we knew about) rang me to ask could his girlfriend, who I didn't know existed, come too, and because she lived so far away could they both have one of the only 6 rooms at our venue on the night? If not, then he might have to decline our invite... I just said no, hoped to see him there and hung up. People!

Bloody hell! :/ I bet he'd have pestered you for a puppy as well, or three

lomega I once caught a bloke in my back yard encouraging his dog to mount my 9 month old, first season, labrador bitch!

I've been watching this thread a few days now, swinging between laughter at some examples and pure shocked rage at others. Thank you ladies for this awesome thread...it's made for some super interesting reading.

OK so here are mine...

1. Friend of mine got married a while ago and I was one of her bridesmaids. She felt everyone had to drop everything for wedding rehearsals, bridesmaid dinners etc despite the fact I had a small baby and had just returned to work from MAT leave at the time, and when I couldn't go she was really pissy...to top it all off, her sister texted me and all the other bridesmaids a month before the wedding to say she'd booked us in to take the bride-to-be out for cream tea at a very, very expensive manor house nearby. Again ignoring the fact my income is pretty low! She didn't even ASK if we were alright with the idea, just assumed the time/date/cost would be fine and that we'd happily agree - as it was I had a pre-booked appointment that day (legit, I promise) and had to sadly turn them down. I happily did everything I was meant to on the day and wished my friend the very best, but I won't be cornered into that sort of thing by anyone, and she still had a fab wedding withOUT people having to remortgage their homes for one afternoon lol.

1. Was out walking my dog just around a local field on the lead when she was in season very early in the morning. I wanted to avoid other dog-walkers if possible and made sure she didn't get away by keeping her leashed. She still needs exercise despite her doggy period, right?

My brother was working in Japan and my BIL (EXHs brother) was going there for a few days with his job.

My BIL missed his flight home and had to pay out of his own money for another flight. My MIL rang me to ask if my brother would pay for his flight as it was my brother who had taken him out that night and he obviously got drunk and overslept I laughed and said no chance.

Incidentally when I split from my EXH I mentioned this to my brother and he said that he hadn't been with my BIL that night- my BIL had actually spent the night in his hotel room with a woman he had met. I haven't shared this with my MIL or my SIL despite the temptation!

Thanks for the explanation, disgrace (another one who didn't get the cryptic description )

I've got one from my Nan a couple of days ago! She was down to visit with my dad (we live 70 miles away) and had been going on about a BBQ, we said oh wait till you get here as the weather is so changeable and we don't live in the middle of nowhere but she seems to think we do, we can buy the bits here. Anyway she bought the bits days in advance and then when I said the weather report said it was going to rain she said "Oh thats ok, Mrdownstairsmixup can go outside and do the bbq!" I put her in her place and said unfort MrDP will not be doing that and we'll go to a restraunt instead. It did indeed rain so we ate at a beefeater!

Thanks for clarifying! Can't believe she got tasered. Hah.