We are staying a friends multi million pounds house this weekend, and it’s mad the way everyone stares at you !!

[Lardlizard]

When they see you on the balcony and when they see you drive in and out the gates

Wish I was a multi millionaire too !!

My good lord some people can’t read a lighthearted thread for what it is! Such unabashed jealousy it’s funny!

That sounds amazing op. I do think people may just be curious.

Nothing to see here
www.google.com/maps/@50.6849461,-1.9493848,3a,75y,213.31h,89.74t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sp8AvYr7X0tvJe9flkQtyMg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Pah. Link fail. Streetview of 114 Panorama Road Sandbanks

@KurriKawari

I'm more jealous of the doritos than the house.

😂

Love your name, btw!

Another weird posting, is this the poster of “where’s the best place to free camp” and “where are the best beaches that will be empty if I set off earlier enough during lockdown?”
Fiction or what?

@slippingshipyards

Are they staring because you don't look like the sort of person who would live there?

Are you suggesting the op is tattooed? :-)

I'm laughing at the PP 'correcting' Shania Twain's grammar That won't impress her much!

Me too Anne

Them trying to be all sarky and dry 🤣

@ellaandthebella original Doritos, caramelised onion dip, halloumi and chopped mushroom, cucumber, carrot and red pepper (would have preferred yellow but Tesco substituted).
The halloumi made it.

@tilligan

Another weird posting, is this the poster of “where’s the best place to free camp” and “where are the best beaches that will be empty if I set off earlier enough during lockdown?” Fiction or what?

You tell us seeing as you advanced searched her?

@Hopscotch27

My good lord some people can’t read a lighthearted thread for what it is! Such unabashed jealousy it’s funny!

That sounds amazing op. I do think people may just be curious.

I don't think so!

MN shouldn't be about giving GFs like this a platform just to wind people up and get a bit of entertainment,

You may think ha ha, but the OP is deliberately worded for maximum effect, and then abandoned. How is that helpful or supportive at a time like this when many many people's MH is rock bottom, just ask yourself, before you trivialise it.

@daisychain01 you don't have to read the thread though do you?

the OP is deliberately worded for maximum effect

ok....

It sounds like you're having a unique opportunity to do something rare and fun. I hope you have a wonderful time op!

I actually get what the OP is saying. My house is not a multimillion£ one, but it’s a bit of a ‘landmark’ house (i.e. one in a prominent location that people know). It was also sat behind very high (and very ugly) hedges for a really long time. When you’re at the front of the house it’s very obvious that people stare at it, and quite funny if you’re there in the front and they spot you and try to pretend they’re not staring (I usually smile and wave). It’s been undergoing renovation inside so I’m wondering if that’s part of it, one of the rooms in particular was a state for a really long time.

Ultimately we will need to get shutters for the front in order to use those rooms properly but I’ve been wfh in one of the front reception rooms and everyone has a bit of a gawp.

@daisychain01

So, knowing there are people who are on furlough, or on the list for redundancy and knowing that there are millions of people who have lost loved ones to coronavirus and haven't been able to mourn them properly or that there are people who are anxious that their children may not be at school in Sept, still doesn't matter to you and you feel the need to post a pointless thread that nobody actually cares about.

Says so much about the shallowness of some people ....

Can’t we have one thread WITHOUT thinking about these things?

shame on your friend getting you to house sit and not paying you

@daisychain01 I didn’t see it like that at all, op is not pretending it’s her house, she is making an observation which could have sparked an interesting conversation.

So you read it completely differently to me and some others.

Talking of mental health..aren’t the pile ons on here quite sickening sometimes?
Often the op won’t come back after the initial ganging up.

@daisychain01

It’s a lighthearted thread. Don’t make it into something it clearly isn’t.

If you don’t like it, move on. Why should everyone always be walking on eggshells about what they say due to Covid-related concerns? It’s crazy to censor conversations because of that.

I’m still 😲😲 that someone has told you off for posting something light and amusing in the middle of a Coronavirus crisis! 🤣. Enjoy your stay OP and tell us a bit more.

@daisychain01 you aren't the voice of the people, it's so incredibly mean spirited of you to come onto a thread and bollock someone for a light hearted post as if they're a terrible person.

You have no idea what other people are going through. You preach about all the difficulties all of us have faced recently. What about OP? What if she has had an incredibly tough time recently, maybe lost people, been terrified about finances and then finally had some good luck and got to stay somewhere fabulous and has shared a bit of that joy on here in a very clearly light hearted thread that does absolutely no harm whatsoever.

Before you preach about decency maybe think about whether your behaviour is decent or not.

Some of us who have had a particularly shit time DONT want to be constantly reminded of how shit life is at the moment. Some of us want to enjoy other people's good fortune. Some of us want to be distracted and have a laugh.

When I'm grumpy I remind myself: Life is short, don't be a dick.

[quote backseatcookers]@daisychain01 you aren't the voice of the people, it's so incredibly mean spirited of you to come onto a thread and bollock someone for a light hearted post as if they're a terrible person.

You have no idea what other people are going through. You preach about all the difficulties all of us have faced recently. What about OP? What if she has had an incredibly tough time recently, maybe lost people, been terrified about finances and then finally had some good luck and got to stay somewhere fabulous and has shared a bit of that joy on here in a very clearly light hearted thread that does absolutely no harm whatsoever.

Before you preach about decency maybe think about whether your behaviour is decent or not.

Some of us who have had a particularly shit time DONT want to be constantly reminded of how shit life is at the moment. Some of us want to enjoy other people's good fortune. Some of us want to be distracted and have a laugh.

When I'm grumpy I remind myself: Life is short, don't be a dick. [/quote]
What if what if whatifery

What if the OP were to explain all the supposedly terrible struggles they are having in that case. No, they're all la de da about having a party. Doesn't sound like they're that distressed to me!

It is mean, and no they haven't returned to the thread to engage with anyone, so I call bullshit.

And I don't agree with anything you've said.

@daisychain01 why should the OP have to explain anything? You sound very bitter.

They did return to the thread and engage. I agree with backseatcookers, your post(s) does come across as mean. There’s nothing wrong with doing something legal and uplifting like going on a U.K. holiday. There’s no need to justify it. I’ve just lost my job that I’d had for over two decades due to Covid. I’ve had a bloody dreadful week watching distraught colleagues worrying as their lives crash down. I enjoy threads like these as they’re just light entertainment. It’s not a misery competition.

Staring at posh houses is one of life's underrated pleasures.