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Most ridiculous argument you've ever had.

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Christmasfizzleout · 02/02/2025 13:13

DD15 has just gone swimming training. She spent all morning moaning about how cold the pool is and how she didn't want to go. Before she left I found her kit bag in the hallway containing a damp manky towel, obviously left over from last session.

She refused to get a fresh one and spent 10 mins arguing that I was mistaken and that it was in fact dry!!

Anyone else ?

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merryhouse · 02/02/2025 17:45

TinyRebel · 02/02/2025 15:51

The crème fraiche / fresh cream debate with my (French) ex. He was adamant that they were the same thing and would not accept that in the UK, they would be two different dairy products. I needed crème fraiche for a recipe and we had a massive row in Sainsbury’s because he point blank refused to buy anything other than bog-standard cream.

my brain has just exploded. What do the french call crème fraiche? it's never occurred to me before

Simonjt · 02/02/2025 18:07

When we were both very very sleep deprived I over cooked some quorn nuggets. I ended up launching half the nuggets at him, I missed him every bloody time, somehow he ended up the tray nuggets and I had to eat the floor nuggets.

Hanson79 · 02/02/2025 18:29

When I was younger TOTP came on and hanson were singing their mmmbop song. My mum said wow are they sisters? And I said no it's three brothers. She refused to believe me and got really angry, saying she couldn't believe I was starting arguments and why can't I accept I was wrong! Went on for ages. It was awful as obviously I knew I was right and we didn't have internet at the time to show her the truth instantly. I had to wait a few days to get a print out from the school computer 😂 she ate humble pie. Such a pointless argument and weekend of silent treatment

Thank god she stopped being like that.

Poppymeldrum · 02/02/2025 18:37

This was almost 28 years ago
I'd just had dd1 and my ex and i where taking her for her first walk in the pram
Got into a massive row over the sex of the tellytubbies
It ended with me snatching the pram out of his hands and screaming 'po is a fucking girl you utter twat!' before storming off

Not my finest hour but I still say I'm right

snurtifier · 02/02/2025 19:07

Teenage son got really cross with me because I had put the stuffing inside the roast chicken and it should always be cooked separately. "Why do you think it's called stuffing?" I said. He insisted that it was called stuffing because you stuff yourself with it.

Gloriainextremis · 02/02/2025 19:08

DH once refused to believe that I had sat the 11-Plus (and passed), and unfortunately he brought this up in front of his entire family (stuffed with teachers) when we were staying with them. I said I'd taken it, he said I couldn't have done, and basically accused me of lying about it to everyone. This was about 15 years ago and I still haven't forgiven him for humiliating me like that.

PeggyMitchellsCameo · 02/02/2025 19:18

Gloriainextremis · 02/02/2025 19:08

DH once refused to believe that I had sat the 11-Plus (and passed), and unfortunately he brought this up in front of his entire family (stuffed with teachers) when we were staying with them. I said I'd taken it, he said I couldn't have done, and basically accused me of lying about it to everyone. This was about 15 years ago and I still haven't forgiven him for humiliating me like that.

A previous partner accused me of ‘buying’ my A levels as I went to private sixth form.
Cut to many years later and he asked me to ‘get’ his daughter in there as he wanted the best for her education.
Next partner did the same - said my school was a joke, that my parents wanted me to be posh, and my degree wasn’t worth a penny. Guess what? Both of his kids now go to… my old school.
It seems to me very common that men insult their partner’s schooling, exams and achievements and I have never understood it.

MMO · 02/02/2025 19:20

Absolutely love this thread. Trying to think of some of the stupid things me and my husband have argued about 😂

CluelessAsFuck · 02/02/2025 19:21

Anytime DH ignores google maps when driving. And then blames me.

PeggyMitchellsCameo · 02/02/2025 19:21

MrsSethGecko · 02/02/2025 15:32

My father once refused to speak to my mother for a week because she wouldn't agree that he looked like a young Paul McCartney.

He didn't. He was in his sixties for a start.

God that’s priceless!

YoungGunsHavingSomeFunCrazyLadiesKeepEmOnTheRun · 02/02/2025 19:24

Recently dd and I were playing Hues and Clues.

She gave the clue "Peacock" so I put the counter on a shade of blue. The actual answer was a shade of green.

We spent 20 minutes arguing, googling peacocks, and calling everyone we knew asking if peacock made them think of blue or green, and then decided never to play the game together again 🤣

PeggyMitchellsCameo · 02/02/2025 19:30

budgiegirl · 02/02/2025 13:52

I argued with my teenage DS that rap music did indeed exist before the year 2000. He was adamant that it didn't. Stupid argument to have really, but we're both quite stubborn and neither of us could let it go.

When my niece was a teen she went through a stage of not wanting to talk to my mum, especially when her friends were there, which was pretty much all the time.
She went through a rap stage and so for a week I tutored my mum in rap. We had diagrams the lot, including East Coast vs West Coast.
She ‘popped’ in to see my niece and casually asked her friends who their favourite rappers were? And after gaining a few answers gave a masterclass on East vs West, the history of the feuds and at the end asked…
So who do we think did Tupac then?
Bearing in mind she was wearing a blazer from Marks, her smart pleated skirt and silk blouse a nice pair of court shoes.
Sibling said they had to go into the kitchen as they were close to tears laughing.
Anyway, my niece was then much admired for having a cool gran whose favourite rapper was Kanye West but he never topped College Dropout, did he?
I just wish I’d been there!

Hanson79 · 02/02/2025 19:39

Bernardtheseal · 02/02/2025 16:35

With my ex-husband about how many years there were between June 2022 and June 2024. I said two. Apparently it’s three because you count 2022, 2023 and 2024. My brain just can’t compute that.

I hate that!
Yes it includes 3 different years but the timespan is 2. People do the same with hours and days

Hanson79 · 02/02/2025 19:42

Gloriainextremis · 02/02/2025 19:08

DH once refused to believe that I had sat the 11-Plus (and passed), and unfortunately he brought this up in front of his entire family (stuffed with teachers) when we were staying with them. I said I'd taken it, he said I couldn't have done, and basically accused me of lying about it to everyone. This was about 15 years ago and I still haven't forgiven him for humiliating me like that.

That's awful, please tell me him being such a twat was a one time thing? (as can see you're still with him)

MinnieMountain · 02/02/2025 19:45

With a friend when we were 5 about whether Father Christmas delivers your stocking presents or your big presents.

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Christmasfizzleout · 02/02/2025 19:46

Some of these are brilliant!

Just thought of another. Went out for with my school friends in half term. We must have been around 14. We ended up having a massive fight and splitting into 2 groups.... you know what started it - disagreement over the lyrics to Careless Whisper. Half the group thought it was 'guilty feet have got no rhythm' the others 'guilty feeling, got no rhythm!' Wouldn't happen today with google.

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the80sweregreat · 02/02/2025 19:47

Surtifier
There was a campaign many years ago to stop people ' stuffing ' Turkeys at Christmas with stuffing because it doesn't cook properly and people were getting food poisoning and it's best to cook it separately to the poultry.
Maybe this advice has changed , but I do remember it.

SBHon · 02/02/2025 19:47

Buffypaws · 02/02/2025 13:23

Argument on a train all the way to London about whose fault it was that I had eaten all the sausages. I maintained I had warned him if there were cooked sausages in the fridge I would have no option but to eat them. He felt that it was still my fault as I should control myself.

Did you eat his share of the sausages too? If so I’m on his side and would be arguing with you too.

CurlyhairedAssassin · 02/02/2025 19:53

Hanson79 · 02/02/2025 18:29

When I was younger TOTP came on and hanson were singing their mmmbop song. My mum said wow are they sisters? And I said no it's three brothers. She refused to believe me and got really angry, saying she couldn't believe I was starting arguments and why can't I accept I was wrong! Went on for ages. It was awful as obviously I knew I was right and we didn't have internet at the time to show her the truth instantly. I had to wait a few days to get a print out from the school computer 😂 she ate humble pie. Such a pointless argument and weekend of silent treatment

Thank god she stopped being like that.

Oh yeah, the internet has settled hundreds of arguments in our house. God knows what we did before that, everyone must have seethed for days...

I once had an argument with my friend's younger brother because he was insistent that it was "Seen" Connery and not "Shaun" Connery. I was trying to explain that Sean was pronounced Shaun and he wouldn't have it. He'd seen the Bond films, I had no idea what made him be so adamant it was "Seen". He's a headteacher now 😆

Blue278 · 02/02/2025 19:56

When my twins were 4 I put a spoonful of sugar on the patio so they could watch the ants come and find it and carry it off. They found it fascinating.
Then they got into a screaming row because ‘He’s looking at MY ANT’.

BitOutOfPractice · 02/02/2025 19:59

Who was bigger, Slade or Depeche Mode.

warmheartcoldfeet · 02/02/2025 20:12

Christmasfizzleout · 02/02/2025 19:46

Some of these are brilliant!

Just thought of another. Went out for with my school friends in half term. We must have been around 14. We ended up having a massive fight and splitting into 2 groups.... you know what started it - disagreement over the lyrics to Careless Whisper. Half the group thought it was 'guilty feet have got no rhythm' the others 'guilty feeling, got no rhythm!' Wouldn't happen today with google.

I'm pretty sure it was 'guilty feet ain't got no rhythm'

just saying, not trying to start a row or anything

PeggyMitchellsCameo · 02/02/2025 20:21

Christmasfizzleout · 02/02/2025 19:46

Some of these are brilliant!

Just thought of another. Went out for with my school friends in half term. We must have been around 14. We ended up having a massive fight and splitting into 2 groups.... you know what started it - disagreement over the lyrics to Careless Whisper. Half the group thought it was 'guilty feet have got no rhythm' the others 'guilty feeling, got no rhythm!' Wouldn't happen today with google.

Did you not get Smash Hits?!!! 😂

MargaretThursday · 02/02/2025 20:29

Another I've remembered.
My dbro was at that quickly growing teen stage, and dm was always terrified he was going to starve. So he had to have the lion's share of food. You know:
Chocolate cake - give him 3/4. Packet of Jaffa cakes - one each and the rest of the packet for him. Funnily enough he was never quite as starved when it came to basic foods.

Dm asked me to serve out scampi. I loved scampi and it was a real treat. Dm saw me serving out for the 5 of us by going round putting one on each plate, and went back to the kitchen to fetch the rest of the food.
Dbro came in and rushed out and straight to the kitchen shouting loudly that I was serving the food unfairly.
Dm came in, thinking that I was teasing and putting his share onto someone else's plate, and said in bewilderment, "what's wrong with that?"
He said with full dignity "it's not fair-she's giving me the same as everyone else!"

Cue hilarity from the rest of the family, and annoyed indignation from him. I think he refused to eat anything on the basis it wasn't fair. And dm realised that maybe he shouldn't always get most of any treat foods.
Dbro's quite a reasonable person in life now anyway and wouldn't expect more than his fair share.

Poppymeldrum · 02/02/2025 20:31

Just remembered the one when Beverly Hills 90210 was massive

My brother swore up and down the houses that it was 'Beverly hills 901210

It got that heated,I broke his nose

Dp and I once rowed over what house we'd buy if we won big on the lotto

I said I'd stay in our house and he said he'd want somewhere bigger and he'd sell our house and wouldn't rent it out

It got very heated until ds2 pointed out that neither of us play the sodding lotto

Dd1 and I had a stand up row when she was a teenager because she didn't realise that I was a teenager myself when Kurt cobain killed himself

She refused to believe I knew who he was in the first place,let alone listen to his music

Mum could never be THAT cool