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Don’t read if you’re feeling fragile - black humour.

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Wendyer · 29/10/2021 20:17

Or possibly not humorous at all, depending how you look at it.

My df died in 2015 and I have his ashes on a shelf in my bedroom.

My dh died in 2017 and I have his ashes on a different, more prominent shelf (under the tv!), also in my bedroom.

(I’ve just realised the presence of two lots of earthly remains in my bedroom might sound grim - it’s quite a nice room really I promise!)

Anyway, I have decorators in so I had to clear all shelves in my room today, and put stuff away. Df and dh ended up next to each other in a cupboard which made me smile as they weren’t especially fond of each other.

I had an imaginary conversation between the 2 of them going on in my head:

Df: What are you doing here?
Dh: What are you doing here - this is my bedroom.
Df : I’m in your bedroom?
Dh: Well, you’re in a cupboard in my bedroom to be precise.
Df : Well how long am I going to be here for? And who are these blokes?
Dh: They’re the decorators obviously, I thought even you would’ve realised that, what with the paintbrushes and the paint …

And so it went on (in my head) for quite some time! It was strangely comforting!

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KilledByWitches · 31/10/2021 10:15

When mum died the undertaker came to my house. At the time we lived in the old house and DH and I collected props, which were starting to take over a bit due to lack of room.

His face when he walked through the door to a life size Han Solo in Carbonite was priceless and I could tell he was trying to read the mood before mentioning it. He was a lovely bloke, and he did take a selfie before he left. I think it made his day.

Wendyer · 31/10/2021 18:27

@NotanotherboxofFrogs that made me properly lol. Ds3 asked what I was laughing at but I decided it was too complicated to explain to him - he’s very literal.

Which has just reminded me of him and dh having a discussion over fixing the WiFi (or something like that!) years ago.

Ds3: Dad, can you sort the WiFi?

Dh: Why can’t you do it? You should learn - I could be dead tomorrow.

Ds3: Well you better hurry up and do it today then.

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nothingcanhurtmewithmyeyesshut · 31/10/2021 19:13

My aunt has photos sort of tilted towards each other of my grandparents in a shelf and she swears that sometimes they turn away from each other on their own.

Wendyer · 02/11/2021 15:00

Dh is back on his shelf now so peace has been restored :)

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