What's the most ridiculous thing anyone has said to you?

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I occasionally volunteer at a local community centre. It's managed by a woman who tells anyone who cares to listen that she has a medical condition that means she can't eat. She looks well-nourished but I've always been too polite to ask her questions about her condition.

I volunteered at an afternoon event today. I get the seniors to their seats and make pots of tea. Cake was served. The woman who never eats was standing there eating cake.

'Look at you, eating cake! Are you better?' I said. 'Oh,' she said, 'you know me, you know I can't eat because of my medical condition.' 'But you're eating...' She walked off and is apparently really pissed off with me. Apparently I'm rude.

There are some real weirdos around, aren't there?

I’m on dialysis awaiting a kidney transplant. So many people, when they discover this, ask “so when will you get a kidney?”

Please post a primary reference (ie the actual news article where people are identifying as a cat, hopefully with pictures and identification of the exact school) rather than bullshit discussion of people identifying as cats.

English sister in law asked if she needed passport / to change her money to go to......Scotland 🤦‍♀️

👏👏👏👏 this fascination with what's in other people pants is just down right creepy, let people just be 😊

I support a lady with autism and learning difficulty's and was shopping with her as it is one of her weekly activities, a man approached after she said "morning" to him at 16.30, he turned to me and said and I quote " Have you tried prayer" I was so surprised I said the if Drs cant cure her Jesus has no chance, sorry not sorry

@SinnerBoy

When you pointed out you didn't work there, what was the reaction?

My friend brought a friend home from
uni to Stockton (from the south). Parents lived in a perfectly ordinary post war semi. Friend was totally shocked they had ‘proper windows’.
fuck know what they thought northern people had.

That my best friend of 20 years can no longer trust me as I told her her partner tried it on with me…no problem forgiving him
mind but apparently I’m the problem

There is a test you can get to see if twins are fraternal or identical, but I'm guessing they'd have no interest in that! I have known identical twins I couldn't tell apart until I knew them for a good while, then I couldn't understand why I couldn't tell the difference immediately.

Do you know my SIL?

My dear old mum told me quite seriously that my brother was losing his hair because he'd had a vasectomy!

This happens alot..
Presumably there must be an automatic initial reaction when this happens, but hopefully after a while there will be a different mindset about the situation

🤣That is hilarious. It reminds me of when I was ordering coffee for me and a friend. Friend wanted a long black. I ordered a long black and the barista asked if I wanted milk added to that. 🤔

Hilarious! The others play with each other. Except the ones who fight, argue, bicker, cry. Best lack of insight ever. 😂

This is GOLDEN on this thread. The Be Kind TWAWers are getting very confused about who’s on what side of this particular argument proving their argument makes no sense.

Absolutely perfect.

Doesn't surprise me at all. Have you seen how much OW are blasted on here with hardly a nod at the guy who was actually married to the wife he betrayed? And a zillion justifications for it too.

This is the kind of thing Tony the shrink from afterlife would say 🤣

I agree. I think OP was rude and trying to be a bit of a smart arse.

I’m a older mother of a mixed heritage adopted child who looks very different to me, I’ve had;

’when does she go back?’ (From a supermarket worker when I gently rolled my eyes because she was bouncing up the aisle). Have still no idea what she meant
(From ‘Father Christmas’) - have you asked granny, erm mummy?? (Looking at me in panic).
I’ve had Granny loads even though I was in my mid 40’s when she was a child and don’t look particularly old for my age.

lots of ‘I would have adopted but my husband wouldn’t go for it’ (yes because he’s a caveman and can only recreate mini images of himself)

’you could have had IVF/donor egg…I know someone who had a baby at 44 45, 47 etc etc etc’ - like adoption is a complete last resort for everyone and we all have endless funds to try for a 2% chance of recreating our own genes.

I feel sometimes adopters are seen as second class citizens in the parenting world and are excluded from about 70% of conversations in the early days because we haven’t got birth scars/haven’t breast fed etc.
Most adopters I know are amazing people, who deal with daily battles with schools, social workers, have to deal with delicate situations with birth families and just have a much more complicated journey all round. Nobody wants a medal for this, it’s an absolute privilege to be given responsibility for a child who needs parents when their own have not the capacity to do so but I do feel a little more understanding/compassion would go a long way. Or just some interest would be nice also.

We have a local identity who complains and moans about seagulls. He honestly believes that they ought to be culled and keeps writing letters about it to the papers and the council. Because they are noisy apparently.

He lives by the fucking sea.

I want to move to the coast and I’m looking forward to the seagulls noise in the morning.