To take offence when someone passes comment on me "looking like a drowned rat"

[saturdaygirl]

The title says it all really. Me and my boyfriend were drenched and my nan said we looked like drowned rats. AIBU to take offence at this?

YABU. How on earth does that phrase cause offence?

it's quite a common phrase that means "oh you poor thing, you're wet through, come in and sit by the fire whilst I get you a clean, fluffy towel"

so if she meant it like that, YABU.

However, if she meant it in the lesser known sense of "sheeee-it what do you look like, do you not own an umbrella you tight bastard" then YANBU

i think its very unpleasant actually.

YABtotallyU if you really were drenched.

if however you'd done your hair like that deliberately and thought it looked great you could be a bit offended.

YABU. Its just a saying.

it's a common saying meaning you're wet through
Cindy Crawford would look like a drowned rat after 10 mins in a downpour

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I like it, it gives me an opportunity to demand that I need nurturing and hot chocolate or a whiskey.
As a parent, others are usually too busy whinging at me to notice if I'm soggy or dying of pneumonia.

hahaha...its just a saying..you looked drenched probably with spiky hair..

Are you easily offended by any chance?

I say this all the time! Perfectly normal expreaaion.

It is only a saying.

A good rule is only take offence if offence was intended.

Did your parents never use this expression OP ?

YABU - it's a harmless saying. By your nan.

God your Nan is a bitch, I would never speak to her again if I was you.
But then I am NOT you, I have a sense of perspective.

of course yabu. grow up or people won't bother to speak to you as you get offended so bloody easily.

It's just a phrase love. She's not saying you look like a rat.

She just means you are soaked wet through.

YADBU, it's just a phrase, a very commonly used one as well. And it's your nan FFS! Unless she's a heinous old witch, and this is the latest in a long line of things that bother you about her, YABVVU!

lol. You takin the piss, yes saturday?

Bonkers. What is it with all the totally unreasonable AIBU threads of late?

Come on, OP - you ARE trolling.

Anybody that could take offence to this needs their heads examined...

take it to mean you are both munters.nan speaks sense

i found a drowned mouse, it was bloated with water, maybe she means you look wet and fat

hehehe@south