Completely unreasonable and irrational conclusions you’ve made

[UhtredRagnarson]

Inspired by the topic of another thread I have been reminded that for reasons I can’t fathom I believe that houses that have the big light on in the living room of an evening must be chaotic homes. I hate the big light on and I hate seeing it in other homes if I’m out for a walk. No idea why. It doesn’t affect me at all.

What’s yours?

Also, what is it with people who feel the need to tell you they've hung out their washing and act all smug?
Always the same 'type'.
Like it's some kind of bloody laundry competition.

@UhtredRagnarson

Inspired by the topic of another thread I have been reminded that for reasons I can’t fathom I believe that houses that have the big light on in the living room of an evening must be chaotic homes. I hate the big light on and I hate seeing it in other homes if I’m out for a walk. No idea why. It doesn’t affect me at all.

What’s yours?

You'd love my house, so, as there are no centre light fittings in either of the reception rooms.

@UhtredRagnarson

Inspired by the topic of another thread I have been reminded that for reasons I can’t fathom I believe that houses that have the big light on in the living room of an evening must be chaotic homes. I hate the big light on and I hate seeing it in other homes if I’m out for a walk. No idea why. It doesn’t affect me at all.

What’s yours?

Two of my neighbours sit watching tv with their big light on and their curtains open.

I firmly believe they are axe murderers.

@Spied

Also, what is it with people who feel the need to tell you they've hung out their washing and act all smug? Always the same 'type'. Like it's some kind of bloody laundry competition.

Or my mum who tells you how many washes she’s had out “already” today who the fuck cares about your clean towels in? Just you. That’s who, so that’s who you should tell that story to.

Two of my neighbours sit watching tv with their big light on and their curtains open.

I firmly believe they are axe murderers.

Without a doubt!!

@Superstardjs

You yell: Put the big light on! when a child or a cat knocks over a glass of wine. Or if you see a spider. It goes off immediately that the crisis is averted. No real other necessary times in my house.

@BillMasheen omg my childhood too !! Always lamps, always red wine, always massive spiders 😂😂

When I still lived at my DMs house it was a daily battle between the big light and the lamps. I used to read and none of the lamps gave enough light to read by, and DM certainly wouldn’t fork out for another one so we always used to argue over whether the big light went on or not. When DM visits me she always comments that it would be nicer if I had a few lamps to put on, instead of the big light, but I’m not budging. My only concession is to have a shade that hides the bulb. Can’t bear seeing the bulb.

Oh and three cats !

Yup, big light is the worst.

I feel the same about curtains/blinds unopened of a morning when inhabitants are fully up.

You really shouldn't kill a spider because they are so territorial that when they die they emit a scent which lets other spiders immediately know there is new territory now available...... so they come out in their hoards.

I have no fucking clue whether this true but it seems logical yes?

My DM also always tells me about getting her washing out first thing for a good blow in the fresh air and in by lunchtime. The implication being that I am a lazy slattern for shoving it in the tumble dryer mid afternoon.

Those putting the hug light on to read it see or crochet or whatever are wrong. No no no.

Wear a head torch.

Hug light?! Big light

Hug light! that sounds quite nice.

Oh, and DM was also horrified that, following the passing of a friend, the relatives didn’t come round each morning to open the blinds and each evening to put some lights on and close the blinds. I pointed out that as they worked full time that they probably didn’t have the time nor inclination to be doing that, but she wasn’t having any of it.

@darelask we have plugs in our living room that are connected to the wall switch. They are a special plug so you go to use it and then feel thwarted. It is like being in a hotel room!

@Callingallbutterflies that's it! That's just what I wanted.

Deep plug envy

@IndecentFeminist

Yup, big light is the worst.

I feel the same about curtains/blinds unopened of a morning when inhabitants are fully up.

I concur with the big light, neighbour once complained that my curtains are closed all day some days, I explained I work nights, so they will be, apparently I should learn to sleep with the curtains open because it's better to get some sunlight, and it doesn't ruin the look of the street. This coming from the heathen who watched tv with the curtains open, big lights and lamps on. Glad I moved, may have been her next victim. .............

I get the big light thing. Unfortunately, it was only when DH and I moved into the house we'd just bought and I was pregnant that he mentioned that "he didn't believe in lamps". This hadn't previously been an issue as we'd spent most of our time together in my house where there were only lamps in some rooms. I had noticed a lack of lamps in his flat but then not all lights had shades or bulbs so I just thought this was due to being disorganised rather than a moral position. I have since managed to slip a couple in and even get them set up on timers but it doesn't stop DH from turning on the main light.

Oh, and I was quite curt with the person whose garden backs onto ours for months despite her being very pleasant, having similar aged children etc as her washing was often on the line when I got up for work at 7am so I decided I wouldn't like her. It transpired her second child doesn't really sleep but I still don't know why she can't doze on the sofa and watch Peppa endlessly like everyone else well, me rather than be efficient!

I had washing out early this week but only because I’ve got a new dog and she gets up at stupid o’clock in the morning and looks really cute snuffling around the garden. I’m training her on appropriate wake up times.

Somewhere in my upbringing I came to the conclusion that having the Big Light on was somehow (lowers voice) "common". I'm not sure why but I can't shake it and have used the Big Light in this house so few times in 18 years I've only changed the bulb once, and that was when we took out the godawful brass 3 armed thing with coloured glass shades and put in a single bulb with a reasonably tasteful (to my distorted mind) lantern shade. It only goes on to look for lost things.

@DareIask our lamps are connected to Alexa. We have different settings for various ambience.

So, if we're watching a movie, we say Alexa movie lighting and they dim and change colour.

My life has been transformed.

However DH freaked my out when I was home alone and he changed the lights from his phone

I have a very irrational hatred towards people who say someone has passed. Or someone's passing. The person is dead. They have died, no euphemism will change the fact that the person is dead.
I just can't be doing with these twee phrases. My Uncle Tom dropped dead in front of me when I was 8, my brother died when he was 19, I was 18. I'm probably quite callous about death but let's face it, death is one of the certainties of life.

Oh god my DP is one of those difficult people with an immaculate car. He even bought an extra long extension lead so that he could Hoover it more easily