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To wish somebody somewhere has had a shit day too?

69 replies

MrsGravy · 20/04/2011 21:00

Jesus wept, my bloody Facebook newsfeed is full of happy, happy updates about the wonderful, fun-filled day my Mum-friends have had on beaches, in parks, up fucking mountains with their sunny natured and beautifully behaved children.

Please, before I curl up on the floor and start sobbing, somebody tell me that they've been refereeing arguing siblings, enduring endless tantrums, wrestling with over-tired babies, dragging their children home in disgrace from days out? Please? Somebody? Somewhere?

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faeriefruitcake · 20/04/2011 21:02

I've had a totaly shit day, one more child/person/MIL/DP gets in the way it is not going to be pretty. I've already hit the nutella!

thisisyesterday · 20/04/2011 21:02

no no, it's just you. the rest of us have perfect little angels who always behave beautifully. then we come home to a wonderfully clean house, where we prepare a wholesome yet tasty meal for the family.
we're just nipping on here momentarily before going to clean the kitchen

or something like that.

hogshead · 20/04/2011 21:03

not exactly your day but not been the best day Ive ever had tbh

Merlotmonster · 20/04/2011 21:03

no kids...but worked all day in an air-conditioned office (cold) and then travelled home on non-air conditioned train(v hot!!)

MrsGravy · 20/04/2011 21:06

thisisyesterday, I knew it, I FUCKING knew it. Sob.

There's all dried up spaghetti on my kitchen floor from dinner time, I've been trying to summon the energy to clean it for 3 hours now.

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flamegirl77 · 20/04/2011 21:07

Shit day, shit evening, can't hit the booze as pg, about to hit the chocolate. Dairy Milk makes everything better. Hope all your evenings improve!

millie30 · 20/04/2011 21:10

Well I've got an essay due in two days that I haven't even started, and my DS has chosen today to prove the theory of the terrible twos. He has poured washing liquid all over the kitchen floor, run off and wee'd all over the carpet when I tried to sit him on his potty and when I decided a walk to the park was in order he decided to lie down in the middle of the pavement. This led to all kinds of bribes, threats and then just pleading for him to get up. I prayed he would go to bed so I could crack on but he has decided tonight's the night he will jump up and down on his bed and refuse to settle. He is now sitting on the sofa and I am wishing just for once I had somebody to hand over to so I could have a bath, a break, anything!

giraffesCantDanceWhileSober · 20/04/2011 21:12

People only post what they want you to read Wink

Jennytailia · 20/04/2011 21:12

I have some lovely pictures of days out I have been on. Not on Facebook though!

And I have had some monumental tantrums and arguments on those days out.

So much so I have given up, am not doing anymore days out tomorrow or Friday, am staying in to catch up on work and they can bloody well entertain themselves as they are so bloody ungrateful and don't seem to appreciate a damn thing I bloody well do.

Ahhhhh and breathe Grin

leapster · 20/04/2011 21:12

girls were with their dad sorry lol BUT ds has been a royal pain in the rear, yes he is teething and at 3 months i have mucho sympathy for him, my ears are feeling the pain tho!
yesterday was spent pulling my perfectly well behaved girls apart, apart from the constant fighting and screaming at each other they ARE well behaved lol!

piprabbit · 20/04/2011 21:14

I haven't updated my FB status today. I'm obeying my DM's advice not to say anything if I can't think of something nice to say.

TheOriginalFAB · 20/04/2011 21:15

Good morning.
Shit afternoon.
Hate everyone.

Milliways · 20/04/2011 21:15

I am making cakes for an amazing friends funeral tomorrow, and thay have just sunk :(

NinkyNonker · 20/04/2011 21:16

I've had a lovely day. BUT...8 mo old dd is now really unhappy and DH is away, so am sat in the dark eating a cold, burnt dinner one handed while rocking side to side with a grumpy, insomniac baby strapped to me. Looks like being a long night!

Thank god for Midsomer on v v quiet.

Georgimama · 20/04/2011 21:16

Some people use FB status updates like a continual Christmas round robin. A lot of it is made up, or at least heavily edited.

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NinkyNonker · 20/04/2011 21:18

And there is no booze in the house! Insult to injury or what.

WikiSpeaksagain · 20/04/2011 21:19

Oh YY to people only putting the good bits. I've actually chosen to hide one person's status updates as they were so nauseating.

They aren't bunnies. They are brats.

meaniemo · 20/04/2011 21:20

I had a shit day too!

Kids were a handful and then to top it all off I discovered we had mice (by finding they'd eaten all the kids easter eggs).

Terrific!

Al0uiseG · 20/04/2011 21:21

I've got PMfuckingT, ds1 is a selfish teenager, ds2 stayed in and moped all day, the decorator has been in my kitchen all fucking week and my husband lurks works from home.

I have self medicated with Gin and Galaxy and will go to bed before dh & the kids AGAIN.

I'm currently being subjected to Michael McIntyre on the comedy channel.

Ninx · 20/04/2011 21:22

My DS (3) got up just before four this morning and has only just gone to bed because he is hot and had a nosebleed despite being desperately tired.

He has been absolutely miserable all day.

I decided to save taxi fare by the getting the bus which supposedly runs every five minutes (ho ho) and waited twenty in the broiling heat only to find that I had saved a total of 20p fare-wise.

DS' speech therapist decided to call unannounced this afternoon instead of tomorrow's appointment when I could have had the house lots a bit shinier.

Come over to my FFS Holiday thread in chat OP Grin

Al0uiseG · 20/04/2011 21:23

Bollocks!

millie30 · 20/04/2011 21:25

Mice? Dog shit? MILs? I don't want to revel in anyone else's misery but I'm starting to feel a whole lot better about my day!

MrsGravy · 20/04/2011 21:31

Millie30 - same here! You lot have had thoroughly shit days haven't you? I am so buoyed by your misery that I might just put my own smug update on Facebook.

FAB definitely summed my day up best though. I shall search out your thread ninx...

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