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What do think is soooo over rated?

243 replies

Overseasmom100 · 12/01/2021 23:31

For me it's Gin.
It's taking over the flipping spirit aisles with pink gin, rhubarn gin, parma violet gin, orange marmalde gin 😡

Get a grip folks...you've sucumbbed to marketing!!

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wowfudge · 12/01/2021 23:33

I've lived gin for years. I'm not into all those weak flavoured gin liqueurs. These things go in waves. Twenty five years ago you couldn't move for vodkas.

wowfudge · 12/01/2021 23:34

Loved, not lived. I like an occasional g&t.

Overseasmom100 · 12/01/2021 23:37

There's all these trendy flavours you then stick a mixer in it and bam it's gone! Trend nothing more than

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andpeggy1 · 12/01/2021 23:57

Dubai, I really don't understand why everyone wants to go there???

BaronessVonCake · 13/01/2021 00:12

Spas - boring and not at all relaxing to be touched by a random stranger (masseuse)

Hot chocolate 🤮

Prosecco - far too sweet, gassy and sherbety, Give me a nice dry Cremant instead.

Bluntasduck · 13/01/2021 00:19

Mumsnet Grin

AndMiffyWentToSleep · 13/01/2021 00:28

Blueberries - blackcurrants are SO much better!

Agree with you about gin too.

TerrifiedOfTrying4No2 · 13/01/2021 00:31

Bacon sandwiches.
Why is it a thing? If I wanted salty awfulness I’d ask DP to jizz between two pieces of white bread and call it a day.

Yak.

BarryWhiteIsMyBrother · 13/01/2021 00:32

Pyjamas

Guineapigbridge · 13/01/2021 00:48

Pandora jewelry. Cheap rubbish marketed to make it expensive.

Working your way to the top. When you get there you have more work, more stress and more people whinging at you. You can shove your ceo role or your prime minister jobs thanks. I could do them, I choose not to Grin

Tesla cars. For the price the interior is shite. Nice car to drive though.

Heatherjayne1972 · 13/01/2021 05:59

Dating. Men sex

sorrygru · 13/01/2021 06:10

@Heatherjayne1972

Dating. Men sex
Amen to this Angry

Regarding gin, I love the stuff. But I find any of the flavoured ones repulsive. A good dry gin with a Fever Tree of choice and I'm sorted.

WhydoesItAlwaysRainMe · 13/01/2021 06:15

Nando's

missmouse101 · 13/01/2021 06:17

Marriage.

Chicchicchicchiclana · 13/01/2021 06:20

Twitter

Iminaglasscaseofemotion · 13/01/2021 06:29

Wine, prosecco, champagne all of them and anything that resembles them are absolutely rank.

All inclusive holidays abroad. I know they're not all the same but so many people I know go to spend 2 weeks sat in a hotel next to a pool with hundreds of strangers, crammed in like sardines, and get pissed every night.
(I am boring thought because one night of drinking and I'm in bed all day the next day, and I can't stand weatherboard about 15 degrees. I also have an allergic reaction to the sun)

Ifailed · 13/01/2021 06:29

Coffee.
Anything Disney.
Beach holidays.

Iminaglasscaseofemotion · 13/01/2021 06:30

Not thought, though
Not weatherboard, weather over 🙄

GreekOddess · 13/01/2021 06:34

Le Creuset.

People's arguments in favour are that lasts for ever. I have had my Sainsbury's range since I moved into my first house 26 years ago and it cost a fraction of the price. But I guess it's something you have to own to be part of the middle class club.

Alittlelessthanuseless · 13/01/2021 06:37

Those air fryer things Confused
Like you OP, flavoured Gin....Bombay Sapphire for me every time!

StepOutOfLine · 13/01/2021 06:40

Homemade pasta.
Having lived in Italy for almost 30 years, unless you're in a restaurant famed for its homemade pasta (few and far between) trust me, it's not nearly as much as a thing or even that nice as Jamie makes it out to be.

Jo Malone- Kudos for the marketing back in the day. But 80% water (cologne) for how much? Those fancy schmancy boxes must cost £85 each given the colognes cost about £5 to make. (Yes, everyone likes them and tells other people they smell lovely- sure, because they're so simple and inoffensive there's nothing to dislike)

Hush/Mint Velvet. If I want sequins, leopard print or batwing sleeves, I'll go down the Albert Square market. Which is where it all looks like it's from anyway.

Binging on boxed sets/series. I love a good series, truly. I find the modern having to "binge" bizarre. From reading threads and talking to people it seems as addictive as kids on their mobile phones and grown men on their PlayStations. If I watched every episode all together I'd not remember any of it.

Lucieintheskye · 13/01/2021 06:43

Instagram likes/followers
Disney
Starbucks (weak poo water)
Prosecco/gin/trendy drinks
Grey home decor

goldielockdown2 · 13/01/2021 06:49

All alcohol. I'm sure I seem very unsophisticated of the tastebud but it all honestly tastes sharp, and horrible to me, just in different ways.

HopeForTheBestExpectTheWorst · 13/01/2021 06:49

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osnapitzchloe · 13/01/2021 06:50

Crushed velvet interior Confused