Oh god... I think I'm "that" cow from number X

[ImThatCow]

3 older teens hanging about outside my house, very quiet street and not the norm so I asked them what they were doing and asked them to move on.

16 year old me is cringing somewhere deep inside of me. They were doing no harm whatsoever and probably had no intention of doing so but I got my knickers all in a twist with a "not outside my house" attitude.

I'm now drinking wine to try and make myself feel less old and miserable 😬 think I should head to the shop so I can trade my wine for some MD20/20, Buckfast or Lambrini!!

Please share your own old lady moment with me to make me feel better...

@romdowa

I see young people going on nights out and all I can think is "look at them, they haven't even brought a jacket, they'll catch their death" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Sadly one of DS1s friends got too cold walking home after a winter night out and fell in a river. The water was so murky it took weeks to find his body. I have been known to offer lifts to random youngsters in cold weather and tell them the story.

Rushing outside to hand back junk mail to whichever poor sod has just posted it through the letter box…We Have A Sign Don’t You Know 🤷‍♀️ 😂

Nope.

Not OK for you to be ageist even if you're all cutesy about it.

@Bluntness100

Actually that’s not ok and not funny. It seems they weren’t on your property. You don’t own the road and can’t dictate who is allowed on it

It’s not an old lady moment it’s an unreasonable and unacceptable one.

Morning, Bluntness!

I don't think it's anything to do with being old. Have you never stopped and done something on the street in front of someone's house?
If they were on the pavement, not actually on your property, you were just bit mean and unreasonable person, nothing to do with age.

I don't care if I officially don't own the road - I told 3 teenagers making a racket at 2am in our tiny cul de sac they had no reason to be in to go and make a racket in their own street. If that makes me the cow from number X then so be it - I actually couldn't care less.

I do a 'oh for heaven's sake DD' when she goes out wearing a scarf for a top (literally - my silk scarf) and a skirt that barely skims her bum. She thinks it's hilarious that she gets to shock her mother, I get to register my disproval, everyone is happy.

Please share your own old lady moment with me to make me feel better...

What a nasty ageist thing to say. Nothing to do with being an old lady, you were just being a miserable git.

Well this thread’s going well OP

🍿for me

countrygirl99 that’s really sad. I come from a city that has this happen far too often, sadly

Oh I missed the old lady bit - that'll teach me to read the whole OP.

Ach well, miserable git here. I get like that when I'm kept awake by teenagers shouting at 2am.

I said to my DD(12) "You're not going out dressed like that". She wasn't wearing anything skimpy but an old ripped men's T shirt that she'd found in the charity rag bag and a pair of her brother's black joggers which were about a million sizes too big. She'd wrapped some sort of scarf round her waist to hold the whole thing up. She looked like an actual tramp.

DS1 came along and said "to be fair Mum she does look cool, that's what they're wearing on Tiktok" and so I lost the fight and she was allowed to proceed....

@HunkyPunk

“I’m picturing you as Fanny, Lady Button from Ghosts, saying that, with that face she does grin“

Me too now!

DP (loud voice due to deafness) had to tell neighbours kids off as they were lifting our drain cover and banging it back down. It's a deep drain maybe over 8 feet. Obviously not a safe thing to do. Now I see the kids on our street giving us all wounded looks. We are officially that house!

For those saying I behaved poorly... I think my OP is quite clear that I wasn't trying to claim anything other than me behaving like an idiot.

FYI they were on private property, the area is communally owned by the residents (5 houses). It is right next to council owned land though so people probably don't realise.

Still think I behaved like a bit of an arsehole though so I whole heartedly agree with you.

Some of these are making me feel slightly better though

I referred to Instagram as 'The Instagram' once. My 25 year old son's disgust was a thing to behold.

My sister once lives in a house on a corner here teenagers would congregate.

They were just talking loudly and excitedly but my sister used to move them on by opening a window with her swaddled baby in her arms and ask in a tired voice if they wouldn’t mind keeping the noise down as new baby was sleeping.

This was quite effective but also hilarious as baby was actually a doll but made a very effective prop!

Ah, @Mariell, that's brilliant!

Going for a games night tonight with friends;

1. I’ll be arriving slightly late due to childcare.
2. Friend who is hosting asked if we could all bring a ‘nibble’ to make a bit of a buffet. Everyone else is bringing something shop brought (sausage rolls, crisps ect) and I’m cooking some loaded potato skins and homemade balsamic tomato salad.

I’m 25 going on 60..

@blacksax

Good old MN, you can always rely on one or two people turning up to put the boot in.

Yep, it's obvious it was a fairly light-hearted thread yet some people just can't help themselves

@blacksax

Good old MN, you can always rely on one or two people turning up to put the boot in.

Yep, took a bit longer than expected but they never let you down.

A visitor for our neighbour regularly decides that before they set off they will sit on my garden front wall for a fag break and Diet Coke.

We don't share walls in any way - all of the drives are separate and said neighbour has their own front wall - for some reason they like to park in front of mine and sit on my wall instead, even though neighbours is clear.

I was just pulling into the drive and when I saw her my rage must have been evident in my facial expression through the windscreen, as she leapt off the wall.

I said can you please not sit on my wall? She was very apologetic and said "sorry if I offended you" but it wasn't enough for angry me, so I pathetically finished it off with - "go and sit on neighbours wall if you have to sit somewhere".
I'm 38

@ThePlumVan

I confiscate all the balls that land in my garden and make kids come and apologise at the front door. I hate myself but there you go.

Christ, I wish I had it in me to do this!

I just make sure I make very loud comments about how annoying it is when I throw them back over 😂

*Going for a games night tonight with friends;

1. I’ll be arriving slightly late due to childcare.
2. Friend who is hosting asked if we could all bring a ‘nibble’ to make a bit of a buffet. Everyone else is bringing something shop brought (sausage rolls, crisps ect) and I’m cooking some loaded potato skins and homemade balsamic tomato salad.

I’m 25 going on 60..*

Why do those 2 things equal 25 going on 60?

I find myself getting unreasonably annoyed about lights being left on and I really like opening windows to 'air the house out'. I also find myself very interested in any large deliveries my neighbours may receive and in the welfare of young people out and about in too little or too much clothing, I saw a young lad out in 20 odd degree weather in a padded gilet and actually uttered the phrase 'he must be sweating cobbs in that!'.

Watching Twilight and the hot werewolves running around shirtless. Found myself thinking 'they need to put their tops back on or they'll catch their deaths of cold'. I was in my 30s at the time.........