Things you do that your Mother doesn't approve of/thinks are unladylike

[noirchatsdeux]

Lighthearted!

My mother thinks it's terrible that I drink beer. Ladies don't drink beer. I'm 52 and she still pouts when she knows I've had some!

Any other unladylike ladies on here?

@MrsBeltane

Ankle bracelets. Sure sign of prostitution.

Also a sign of a swinger

Haha, well if you are looking for swingers you also need to look out for gnomes, pampass grass, black rings on fingers and coloured rocks in the front garden

My MILs friend reported back to her that we did not have blinds up in every room yet (just moved in and window frames were getting sanded and varnished). Apparently I was not keeping house properly. She has also chastised me if our blinds/curtains aren't closed when dark and opened first thing. She didn't mention it to DH though... mind you, she thinks all my housekeeping is wrong. Dishes must be done (by me) immediately after eating and I should be up every morning before the household to get a wash on, get the laundry on the line, do the dusting etc)

@ivfbabymomma1

Doc martens.... she called them bother boots?! (I don't get it)

My kids have Dr Martens and my dad calls them bother boots too, but in a Cockney accident, bovver 😂

My mum never disapproved of anything on the grounds it was 'unladylike' - far from it!
Her reservations were more around eco-friendly vs low effort housework - she was a great believer in blitzing in as little time and with as many chemicals as possible, whereas my vinegar-and-newspaper approach is more like my gran's.
"Do you ever think that that vinegar might go better with a bag of chips..?"
I miss her.

Pretty much everything!

I don’t wear make up.
I don’t get my nails done
I don’t get my eyebrows done.

I don’t “get ready” to leave the house- change into something nice, put a bit of lipstick on, check my hair. She’s horrified that I’ll leave the house in my jeans or jogging pants and a hoodie.

I don’t have a “nice coat”

I don’t wear “nice clothes”, dresses, heels, classics for jaques vert and country casuals

I like coloured sheets. Should always be white apparently. Same for towels.

I don’t have things “for best” like extra cutlery and dinner service.

That I don’t ban the kids from eating nice food that I may want to offer an unexpected guest.

That I don’t drink, and am not stocked up with a wide variety of wines, spirits and mixers that I may want to offer a guest

That I don’t insist on getting “a man in” for millions of small little diy stuff I am either fine with or can do myself.

That I don’t bother with co-ordinating my house decor and I’ve let the kids choose their own, even let them have an input into the rest of the house.

That I won’t take sole responsibility for anything wrong with the house, buying a new vacuum etc.

Probably loads more...