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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

to be fed up with people who don't give an opinion just

52 replies

goodbyemrschips · 18/04/2011 18:43

to be fed up with people on 'AIBU' that just say it is none of your business or let them do what they want and get on with.

I think it is a discussion forum for us to discuss if IABU.

So discuss it don't just say ''mind your own business''

Thanks.

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worraliberty · 18/04/2011 18:44

But 'mind your own business' can often be very good advice can it not?

bibbitybobbityhat · 18/04/2011 18:45

Ignore them if it bothers you. You can't tell people what to post. If something is offensive you can report it - otherwise, anything goes, I'm afraid.

trixie123 · 18/04/2011 18:47

agreed, OP. A lot of the topics on here are about other people's situations and often the OP is asking if their feelings about it are reasonable. When they are told its none of their business I always think its rather unhelpful. They aren't necessarily going to act on anything.

GypsyMoth · 18/04/2011 18:47

who are you to say what people should post?
AIBU is asking a question....one question...so could be a simple yes/no/yabu/yanbu

itsabiggywhatdoidonow · 18/04/2011 18:50

yabu

Asinine · 18/04/2011 18:52

None of your business Grin

PlopPlopPing · 18/04/2011 19:06

Yeah I saw one like that the other day. People were just saying that is shouldn't bother her and to mind her own. If it didn't bother her she wouldn't have posted about it!

K999 · 18/04/2011 19:07

Some folk need to be told to mind their own business...Grin

Pagwatch · 18/04/2011 19:08

But sometimes it is none of their business.

"aibu to think my neighbours should put her children to bed earlier "
"it is none of your business"

What is wrong with that? Maybe the neighbours children go to bed too late, maybe they don't.
but it remains None Of Your Business.
Perfectly valid opinion.

Asinine · 18/04/2011 19:09

K999 it's none of your business whether she is minding her own business or not?
Or is that none of my business?

exoticfruits · 18/04/2011 19:10

'Mind your own business' is often excellent advice.

HecateQueenOfTheNight · 18/04/2011 19:11

But - mind your own business IS an opinion.

It is my opinion that you should mind your own business.

It's giving an opinion.

Guitargirl · 18/04/2011 19:12

YABVU, 'mind your own business' is an opinion. And a very valid one.

DontCallMePeanut · 18/04/2011 19:12

Mind your own business and let them get on with it Grin

working9while5 · 18/04/2011 19:13

It's often pretty boring though

K999 · 18/04/2011 19:13

It is my business if the OP is asking for an opinion.....then it's my business to tell them to mind their own business, then the OP can reply by telling me to mind my own business...Confused Grin

52Girls · 18/04/2011 19:14

Sometimes folk need to be told that, actually, it really isn't any of their frickin' business! Keep the sticky beak out.

goodbyemrschips · 18/04/2011 19:15

Ok My thoughts on every single AIBU thread on here since I joined is it is really none of anybodies elses business other than the person it concerns.

But we all like giving an opinion don't we?

So give one don't just cop out.

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ViolaTricolor · 18/04/2011 19:16

People often give that response when the OP is thinking of moving on from their private musings to some ill-conceived interfering action, which makes 'it's none of your business' a perfectly reasonable and constructive response.

TiggyD · 18/04/2011 19:18

I'm going to start a new thread: "AIBU in thinking that goodbyemrschips likes to think of Ant and Dec covered in bacon while having sex?"

Wonder what I'd get told?

working9while5 · 18/04/2011 19:19

The most frightening thing about AIBU is how much people think is their business - how much they are "livid" and "distressed" and "pissed off" about the smallest of everyday minutiae. It has been eye-opening.. and very rarely in a good way.

scottishmummy · 18/04/2011 19:24

youre being so bossy,having a feetie stamp moment
thing is folk do their own sweet thing,and threads can go off at various tangents

frankly some post i read and think oi attend to your own business and stop bellyaching aka mind yer own business.because sometimes it is the only sensible-answer

CrapBag · 18/04/2011 19:26

YANBU. It annoys me.

Or comments like "this has been done before" "yawn" or "boring"

ginmakesitallok · 18/04/2011 19:27

I think that "It's none of your business" can be a valid response - but it's much more helpful to be told why it's none of your business.

goodbyemrschips · 18/04/2011 19:29

Yes the one ''this has been done to death'' annoys me too.

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