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Things you can never say out loud in real life as you'll hurt the feelings of someone you like....

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hatetheplayernotthegame · 16/10/2022 23:01

...stop buying puppies from breeders FFS.

So sick of people popping up with the latest - inevitably moustachiod dull as fuck doodle - puppy that they've bought from some back yard breeder.

I love dogs. The people who do this never seem to really like dogs much, if they did they'd consider adopting one of the gazillions dumpbed post-lockdown (bought by moustachio-doodle loving twats just like them).

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PrioritiseCalm · 17/10/2022 06:57

Stop telling us you worked for the civil service, every time we meet. We know already!

supersop60 · 17/10/2022 06:58

Meseekslookatme · 17/10/2022 01:03

Grow a backbone, get some resilience and actually take some fucking responsibility for yourself.
The world doesn't owe you a living and I am sick of hearing how much of a struggle your life is. Do something about it or shut up.

I would love to say this to someone, who is 25 and ruining their mother's life.
To others-
You can't sing.
You can eat satsumas in the staffroom, you are over eating everywhere else, I fancy.
STFU about politics, the environment and how tired you are when I'm trying to wake up and watch the news at 6.30am

HairyHobbitFoot · 17/10/2022 06:59

Name changed for this.

You need to put your phone down for more than 3 minutes and actually pay attention to your kids. You call yourself a good mum but the only way you communicate with your kids is screaming at them, and you wonder why they are rude and disrespectful to you. You were outraged your ex called you a bad parent but I agree with him.

I wish you would get off the dating apps for a while and realise that being by yourself is not the worst thing in the world. Sleeping with random men and crying when 2 weeks later they ghost you is doing worse things to your self esteem and quite frankly it's bloody boring having to listen to your men woes. I really do not care and whenever I try and give advice you ignore it anyway.

You also do not need a new Range Rover. Yes, I know you work hard and think you deserve it, but taking out a ridiculous loan when your income is topped up by benefits, because your precious dog needs a bigger boot to sit in in ridiculous. You are going to trap yourself financially, you already cannot take time off sick to sort your mental health out because your job doesn't offer sick pay. Why are you giving yourself an even bigger financial burden that will make life even more difficult?

You are also a terrible pet owner and you need to train your bloody dog. He is a pup who should not be left alone at home 3 days a week for 8+ hours. Use some of the money you spend on lip fillers to pay for a bloody dog walker or rehome him to someone who will walk him and put the time and effort into training him. You think I don't like your dog which isn't true, I don't like that you got a dog you have no time for and can''t be bothered to train properly.

I didn't realise how long that would be. I could never say this in real life as the fall out would be epic, it's nice to have somewhere to put it.

Adieufattummy · 17/10/2022 07:00

emanresuymevas · 17/10/2022 04:16

Your daughter - yes, I said it - is not "redefining what it is to be a woman" by claiming that she's male. She's not "ahead of her time". She - yes, I said that too - found out her big sister had been raped multiple times when she was eight, thought her dad was going to die, twice, then found out her sister was sexually assaulted by a man in between lockdowns. Just as she herself was hitting teenage years.

Oh and she sees her mother in a SAHM role in which she doesn't really want to be, but tries to pretend she does.

Is it ANY WONDER SHE DOESN'T WANT TO BE A WOMAN?! She went from being a girl, to being a "they" to being a "he" within 9 months, with no dysphoria at all before. And seemingly none now either!

Everybody is dancing around "him" while "he" wears long dangly earrings, dresses and other outwardly feminine things..and has changed "his" name to something more feminine than the name on her birth certificate.

But saying that all this plus your daughter's crippling anxiety, that also developed during this same timeframe, has anything to do with her digging her metaphorical heels in and rejecting both the development her female body and what she knows can go along with that, seems to be sacreligious.

And if all that weren't bad enough, you enjoy the semi celebrity, the implied "specialness" of "being the mother of a trans kid". You enjoy complaining that she has to wait to get testosterone, that she has to wait to get a double mastectomy. You enjoy saying "it's not fair". She's 14 FFS. It's only been 18 months since this first started, less than a year since she decided she was a boy and now you're complaining she can't get her breasts cut off immediately?!

You are so desperate to be seen as the cool mum/woke mum/special mum that you're willing to sacrifice your daughter's future health. You're so happy being "the mother of a trans kid" that you're overlooking the fact she's lesbian (or bi) and helping her feel comfortable. You are making up for how unimportant you feel in the SAHM role (you're not, but socially it can feel like that - as you know I know) by gleefully taking on a special role as being a "mother of a trans kid".

You get a kick out of the pronoun "he" when talking about your daughter. It's almost like every time you say it, you reconfirm your conferred specialness. You love to say that you don't expect anybody else to get the pronouns correct straight away. And yet nobody f*cking dares get it wrong, because your (pseudo) magnanimity is patronisingly, disapprovingly transparent.

Your eldest daughter does not have a brother called Emilia (not real name). You do not have a son. You are not raising a male and female child. You have two daughters, one of whom is trying to back-peddle from being a woman so fast it hurts. She needs help, real help, not a broken voice or her breasts cut off.

I used to look up to you and your parenting. I don't now. I'm so, so sad. I cannot say any of this because you only want to hear things that make you feel special on this topic. I don't want to be labelled as a transphobic bigot any more than you have already suggested I am based on conversations we had before all this started.

Your DD could be called delusional for insisting she's the sex she's not. After everything she discovered in a short period of time and sees from your life, accompanied by the social isolation of lockdowns, is it any surprise she doesn't want to be a woman?! I actually think she's perfectly rational but has found an irrational way to express it.

PS I'm the mother of a son and a daughter. I know there are different issues raising the two sexes, especially once puberty raises it's head. But trust me, raising your daughter who has recently identified as male is not the same as raising a boy. Really, trust me on this. You're gaslighting me (or attempting to) about my own experiences raising a boy and I find it insulting. My son is not a traumatised girl. He's a boy, with all that that means physically and socially.

PPPS My son is also not a rapist-to-be. Funny how you can tell the difference between our "sons" on that front.

So sad. I hope this poor girl sees the light before her idiotic and irresponsible mother is able to inflict permanent and irreversible damage on her body. Behind so many ‘trans kids’ lies a self centred attention seeking parent in it for the woke points.

definitelynotlistening · 17/10/2022 07:01

Wow, I thought this was going to be about bad haircuts and bad breath.

Sparklfairy · 17/10/2022 07:03

I know you desperately want kids but you would he a terrible father. You think it's all rosy but you would not cope and would give up and leave the second it got hard (probably day 2). Please don't get a girlfriend and knock her up

Shutupandsitdown · 17/10/2022 07:08

Can’t afford for your ceiling to be fully plastered at mates rates but can afford a flat nosed, overbred new dog? Twats.

Also your other dog is just a Poundland version of ours.

You are both c**ts and I can’t wait to not have to deal with you anymore.

DoubleBuggyDriver · 17/10/2022 07:10

IF YOU’RE SO TIRED JUST GO TO SLEEP BOY

(this is for my 6 month old son😬)

Mrmoody · 17/10/2022 07:13

Your dog is not a baby.

I've had a baby and a dog, its not the same thing. Yes you love the dog but it's not your child!

Adieufattummy · 17/10/2022 07:13

P - your insistence on holding fifteen strategy meetings and writing 25 planning documents before anyone so much as scratches their bum is tedious and time wasting, not the hallmark of an effective, thorough manager. You hold absolutely everything up and are a massive barrier to progress. There is so much I do now by flying it under the radar and not involving you and I can’t wait to get a new job and not be micro managed by you.

R - I am very fond of you but you are without question the most disgusting eater I have ever met and if I have to sit next to you at a meal I find myself unable to finish as the saliva noises you make when eating actually make my stomach heave and ruin every meal for me.

F and T- you are a useless entitled man child and I wish someone would call you out. T you are a rude cow and have damaged F’s relationship with his family. All your nauseating professions of how special your love is don’t land as you hope they do, o don’t see a couple who love each other soo much more than any other couple, I see an unhealthy co-dependent relationship where you have isolated F from W ergo me so he is dependent on you. If you loved him as much as you claim to you wouldn’t have dissuaded him from furthering his career when he had the opportunity, he’d have a decent job now instead of being a 40 year old man working in a call centre.

Dh - I wish you would stick to your diet.

ahh that feels better!

birthdaytou · 17/10/2022 07:14

You were an absolute moron to vote for Brexit, now look at this mess we are in.

Adieufattummy · 17/10/2022 07:15

Isolated him from everyone, sorry!

popularinthe80s · 17/10/2022 07:16

@mackthepony Can you ask me a question for a change?
YES
YES
YES

KermitlovesKeyLimePie · 17/10/2022 07:22

Stop saying "you are so lucky"

No. I just made better life choices.

I made my own "luck"

Ihatecocomelon · 17/10/2022 07:25

I bet your first new house (in November) will be funded by dad because you two are money grabbing scumbags.
Also everyone thinks you should leave your fiancee but are scared if you do she will stop you and your parents from seeing the kids.
No I don't fancy your fiance he is shorter,fatter and balding with 2 kids. I don't and never would go after used goods.
One last thing your eldest son is on the road to being a violent delinquent and your youngest looks like a ginger orc.

Isaidnoalready · 17/10/2022 07:27

I'm not turning your kids against you but I wish I could you have lied cheated "the system" refused to pay child support gaslight everyone into believing that you pay above and beyond your a child abuser and a rapist the fact that children's services would not support me in cutting you off and forcing court is fucking appalling (he has "only" assaulted women and girls so we can't say he is a risk to the boys) you have just quit another job so you don't have to pay child support why am I the only one who sees this part? No-one else can work this shit out? Letter from csa Wednesday "accident at work" THURSDAY job loss by the weekend your not even trying with the same excuse "they weren't paying me" that's been four? (Possibly more) jobs that have done that now just how unlucky are you that you keep getting jobs and they "refuse" to pay you for all your hard work your no good for these children you wanted them desperately promised the world can't stop slagging their mum off for a second though can you? How dare she cope alone

I know your going to get pregnant by him again you have had massive surgeries on your body and he refuses a vasectomy birth control ain't working he ain't working you need to accept the chaos of living in a house with a chronicly sick parent and a stepdad who takes no responsibility is the reason why your eldest left not because she was bribed away I can tell this is happening because your reaching out to me again seeing how I am asking about the kids you have ignored me for over a year family is family but I cannot watch this all explode again

BookedOut · 17/10/2022 07:28

Standing next to me at choir because you ‘need to be next to someone good’ blocks me from chatting to my friends and puts me off because you are so consistently wrong in unpredictable ways. I’m not a strong enough singer to stay on track when you’re next to me. Looking at me in surprise and correcting me doesn’t help. You’re clearly a nice person but please, just let me sing with my friends every so often!

Rainbowcat99 · 17/10/2022 07:31

Stop making yourself into a victim. I don't miss our friendship and have no desire to "talk it over" and reconcile because the only one apologising will be me (again) whilst you cry and ignore the numerous unkind things you did.

OrangePumpkinLobelia · 17/10/2022 07:31

LightDrizzle · 16/10/2022 23:15

Have you never noticed that the other people in our book club don’t monologue for 20 mins about their husband’s progress 3 months after an initially complex wrist fracture when asked “So how are things with you?” Swiftly followed by an incredibly detailed chronological monologue about preparations for your daughter’s wedding and your trip to find an outfit.

Haven’t you noticed the other seven people turn-take and précis their news? Do you assume you dominate the floor because you are more interesting and important so we must be a rapt and grateful audience? You have a good job and qualifications; can it really just be lack of awareness?

Are we in the same bookclub? (Does your also wang on about how rich they are and how she recommends hiring a private jet for the half term getaway as you don't have to worry about baggage handler strikes).

I agree about the puppies and breeders. I have a colleague who was perfectly open in her distaste when we got our last dog from the RSPCA as she said you cannot possibly know what their temperaments are etc. But she bought her puppy during lockdown off our local facebook selling site from a 'hobby' backyard breeder.

warofthemonstertrucks · 17/10/2022 07:34

Please stop drinking and smoking so much. I love you and I want you to be well. And it's pretty lonely when you get so drunk that you can't hold down a conversation. I know things have been incredibly tough but booze is not the answer.

lightand · 17/10/2022 07:34

I am not even writing mine!

onwardandupwards · 17/10/2022 07:36

Put your phone down, headphones out your ears and notice your kids.
Yes I'm glad your not moving closer as don't have the energy to deal with any more negative people.
My phone wasn't broken I just turned it off to not have to deal with requests for more looking after your kids ( as lovely as they are) because you can't be bothered.
I don't have to tell you what is inside parcels I get delivered better still stop watching who gets parcels delivered in the street.
You always preferred alcohol to being a actual parent, 40 years later your still the same.

Mommabear20 · 17/10/2022 07:38

Stop telling us you're 'skint' and can't afford to meet us for coffee or swimming with the kids and then tell us which far off destination you're going too next month for your 3rd holiday of the year! 😡

No my DC do not need a 5ft teddy bear that takes up half of our living room!

Yes I do think your DD is being a little madam and that you need to actually teach her how to behave rather than letting her get away with everything!

Yes you do need to brush your DD hair 🤦‍♀️ she looks a mess!

Bluebellandpansies · 17/10/2022 07:40

Stop asking bizarre questions like you are so clever you want to unpick my life and I'm so stupid I would not know. Stop trying to be friendly when you only want a working relationship. I will never hire you. Stop posting your Instagram. I can't even recognise you with all those filters. Sometimes it looks like an alien has sucked the life out of you. Stop rescuing, buying animals, you want another kid have one. Stop being the local BBC. I know you are still young and immature, so I forgive you. I can't be friends with you though. No, not even in a distant future. Sorry.

Tulipomania · 17/10/2022 07:41

No I don't want another glass because as you know perfectly well I am driving, and if you have another one you'll become even more boring. But that's not going to stop you.
(Another book club one)