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Perfectly reasonable things which you unreasonably unreasonable about

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GetOrfMoiLand · 13/09/2010 10:44

Names with umlauts in them, unless you live in Germany or nordic lands. I don't mind accents in names, or that funny dot above the i in Irish names, but names with umlauts in get on my tits. Especially Zoë. Everyone can pronounce it when it is spelled Zoe. It is just attention seeking.

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nickelbabe · 16/09/2010 10:25

Grin yeah, i've never gone with the trend - to the point that I only like stuff when it's completely untrendy.
(like 10 years, normally)

my wedding dress was definitely not in a trend - not even in an accepted colour! Grin

GetOrfMoiLand · 16/09/2010 10:28

OH I am glad it is not just me re strapless wedding dresses rant.

The thing is with strapless dresses that 99% of people, thin or fat, have an unsightly fold of skin/fat under their armpit and that is all you see in the photos.

Plus, it looks so 2004

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GetOrfMoiLand · 16/09/2010 10:34

I should suit strapless stuff (am thin, have nice shoulders) but that bit of flab under the armpit puts me off.

Even Victoria beckham has it.

Re wedding dress fads, I remember in the late 90s there was a trend for corset bodices to be worn with vile bias cut skirts which had material pooled like a curtain swag at the hip. I went to loads of weddings with dresses like that - all the brides looked vile and even if they were of Kate Moss proportions they looked broad in the beam. Ghastly fashion.

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FellatioNelson · 16/09/2010 10:54

Oh yes the fishtail dress of the early nineties was VERY difficult to wear well. They were hoping for Jessica Rabbit, or some 30's Hollywood siren, and they got a giant Conference pear cling-wrapped in satin. Didn't stop'em though...

GetOrfMoiLand · 16/09/2010 10:58

lol at conference pear.

Only thing i can assume is that they had magic mirrors in all the bridal shops.

Also went to a winter wedding where the dress was half red velvet, and the bride wore a red velvet cape and a fur muff thingy instead of a bouquet. She looked like little red riding hood. Hoped to god that someone was coming to the wedding dressed as a wolf.

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FellatioNelson · 16/09/2010 11:01

Grin That's made my morning.

Are we being bitchy now Getorf? Will we be told off in a minute?Confused

GetOrfMoiLand · 16/09/2010 11:02
Grin

I just typed a whole post on the fat woman = short hair thread and deleted it because I would have been lynched if I posted it.

S'my thread anyway Grin

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FellatioNelson · 16/09/2010 11:06

I've not seen that thread, but I can imagine. I used to have very short pixie-crop hair, but I put on loads of weight and in all my photos I looked like a pea on a helium balloon, not to mention looking like a butch dyke lesbian. Which is a great look, really, if that's your thing, but it's not mine. So I grew it.

Maria2007loveshersleep · 16/09/2010 11:58

OK I haven't read through this whole thread (it's huge) so some of these may grate on other people's nerves too. So be it:

-I very unreasonably dislike it when waiters / waitresses come very cheerfully to the table, when you're (inevitably) in the middle of a serious discussion, and ask 'is everything ok?' First, it's highly unlikely that the answer will be anything other than 'everything's fine'. If it weren't, one would probably have said so to the waiter already. Second, sometimes you have to say 'everything's fine' with mouth full (extremely annoying). Third, it's not great to be interrupted mid-conversation. And to be honest, what's the point?

-I get irritated (fairly unreasonably, I know) when I'm speaking to a friend on the phone & they start having long chats to their offspring mid-conversation

-I dislike it when young children answer the phone. But sometimes (as I know from bitter experience) you can't stop them...

-I unreasonably dislike it when people chew gum.

-I hate it when people sit on the outside seat on the bus, when there's no one sitting on the inside. Why don't they bloody sit on the inside (window) seat & make it easier for whoever comes in after them to sit? (not so unreasonable this).

-I get irritated & disgusted with anyone drinking milk or- even worse- yoghurty drinks, particularly from a bottle (yuk yuk yuk).

-I very unreasonably dislike cats Blush. Always have.

-I hate all expressions that are something like 'plonk on the table' 'pop in the oven' 'bung (in the oven again)', 'fling on the stove'. As much as I like Nigella, she does it an awful lot.

-I hate hate hate the words: 'faby' 'rellies' 'Maccas' 'defo' 'chrimbo' (and any word in this category).

And....deep breath!!!

FellatioNelson · 16/09/2010 12:01

Shock Can you imagine what our kitchens would look like if we really did that? Fling, plop, plonk, chuck, whack, whizz, glug, etc? Jeez, the mess.

Maria2007loveshersleep · 16/09/2010 12:06

FellatioNelson, well exactly, I have this image of a wild-haired Nigella running & jumping around the kitchen, flinging chickens on the frying pan, popping things in the oven, plonking (with a bang) pans on the table, chucking potatoes in a pan to boil (I always have an image of potatoes falling outside the pan & water splashing & burning anyone closeby), whacking (with huge aggression) any piece of meat or fish, etc etc.

The chaos! The mess! The madness!

minxofmancunia · 16/09/2010 12:55

people (a friend messaged me with this on fb this morning actually which is what made me think of it) who say "oh well you know me, I like my sleep" or even worse "you know me, I need my sleep"

As if the majority of us neither like nor need sleep. Hmm

"oh you know me, that sleep thing, can take it or leave it"

Particularly when said by a non parent to a parent Angry

minxofmancunia · 16/09/2010 12:58

Blokes at yoga (totally and uttterly U I know, I've been going to yoga for 10 years but they get right on my tits, maybe cos they take it so bloody seriously)

Blokes at yoga who wear far too skimpy shorts, sometimes resembling a swimming trunk. Not necessary.

nickelbabe · 16/09/2010 13:23

i agree with your waiters thing - drives me batty - just leave me alooooone, okay!

lalalonglegs · 16/09/2010 13:34

I can't stand the expression "fell pregnant" and I hate it when people refer to their grandmothers as "nanny" or "nana". I also do not like men salsa dancing unless they are of Cuban or, at a push, Brazilian origin.

Maria2007 You are so right about children answering the phone, wrong, wrong, wrong.

flyingmum · 16/09/2010 14:08

Ohhhhh I have so many. Gosh I'm grumpy

Big big thing about noise of people eating and gulping drinks. Can't stand it at all and have to eat with my finger in my ear to cut out sound of chomping from family members. They would probablly be pretty justified contributing to this thread about my almost phobic response to the noise.

Whistling - really annoying.

Anyone who sings along while someone else is doing proper singing - I want to listen to the proper person not your off key crap.

People who clap along to songs, etc so you can't hear anything. A la strictly etc - why????

My sister in laws dogs licking her feet. It makes me want to vomit and usually I have to leave the room on some pretext otherwise I will hit something.

Dogs licking their parts (yuck).

Mothers who lick their child's dummy when it has fallen on the ground and then stick it back in off spring's gob.

Other people's radios, sound systems encoaching on my space. I think I have a thing about noise actually Blush

AliBaba40 · 16/09/2010 14:20

Anyone who wears a halter neck (or strapless) top with a normal bra. Why why why? It completely ruins the look. (Particularly if it's a very glamorous top and a dingy grey everyday bra).

Actually also anyone who wears visible dingy grey underwear. Please at least try to hide it. Or wear black so that it looks like a fashion statement when it shows.

Olifin · 16/09/2010 15:20

I know this is unreasonable of me but I am intensely irritated by the 'lioness' gubbins that pops up on MN (yes, I've just seen it again on another thread) You know, where posters compare being a protective mother to being a lioness. I'm not a freaking lioness, I'm a woman and yes, I am protective of my children.

Spacehoppa · 16/09/2010 15:25

People who take too long to pay at checkouts especially if they are getting lots of coins out.

nickelbabe · 16/09/2010 15:38

ugh! dogs licking people is really really gross.
[vomit]

StealthPolarBear · 16/09/2010 16:20

Food that talks to me
"Plonk me in the oven for 20 minutes then serve me with salad and a slice of lemon"

I do not take advice from food thank you

FellatioNelson · 16/09/2010 17:01

Yes I hate patronisingmessages and suggestions on food packets as well. I particularly hate the world ideal when I see a pack of marinaded pork chops with a big sticker on the front saying 'ideal for the BBQ' Hmm

Or pre-packed mini portions of things saying 'ideal for lunchboxes'

No. Really? Wow, they are so clever thos marketing types.

And I really hate stupid serving suggestions like a photo of two DRY weetabix with some beautifully arranged sliced of banana and strawberry on top, and the message 'Try me with fresh fruit for a healthy low-fat treat.'

Yum.Hmm No ta.

nickelbabe · 16/09/2010 17:06

urgh! weetabix can only be eaten with sugar and milk - unless you're my mum, and eat it with butter and jam..... Hmm

TrillianAstra · 16/09/2010 17:07

I hate it when people mention a part of my body thathad previously been unaware of - and now I have to go look for it to see if I have a good one (what is this bit under armpit that you are talking about?)

specialmagiclady · 16/09/2010 17:28

The bit under the armpit? Do you refer to the Arm-gina?

I am unreasonably chuffed to have a chance to air my new coinage on such an influential forum. Could Arm-gina be the new Camel toe? Could it?

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