Meet the Other Phone. Child-safe in minutes.

Meet the Other Phone.
Child-safe in minutes.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

To ask if you agree or disagree with this statement?

107 replies

DontCallMePeanut · 20/05/2011 22:40

"Just because I'm married, doesn't mean I can't look"...

Just wondering what you all make of this statement.

OP posts:
UrsulaBuffay · 20/05/2011 22:54

It's full of swagger & bravado & for other folks' benefit IMO.

worraliberty · 20/05/2011 22:55

Oh there's nothing wrong with what she said about the gym. Sounds like banter to me, nothing more...nothing less.

MmeLindor. · 20/05/2011 22:55

In that context, I would say it is fine.

As long as she is not out to pull a "fittie" but just distracting herself from the workout.

peggotty · 20/05/2011 22:56

Has your sil always been like this or is it a recent thing? It may be there are some 'ishoos' in their marriage but it's inappropriate that she's saying these things to her husbands sister.

AgentZigzag · 20/05/2011 22:56

at edam not being able to write cliche with the correct accent.

Grin

Agree with your post.

TeamLemon · 20/05/2011 23:00

She's right about the gym though. Nothing wrong with a bit of "thinspiration" to while away the boredom on the treadmill Wink

Going out pulling though? Yuck!

edam · 20/05/2011 23:01

Grin If you'd like to explain how to do an accent on an (old) apple laptop keyboard, while in Firefox and in MN, I shall try to apply the information in future. (Was being a ponce today, explaining to ds what a cedilla does in Spanish. While he was having a poo admiring the notices on a baby-changing table in the loos at his gymnastics session. Then I realised I was being a pretentious twat...)

edam · 20/05/2011 23:02

(But he had asked, honest, I didn't just use the opportunity to force information into him!)

UrsulaBuffay · 20/05/2011 23:03

I can't even do a hash on a mac, I have to google it every time.

DontCallMePeanut · 20/05/2011 23:03

Pegotty, I'm not sure, it may be a case of a recentish thing, or might be that I have previously turned a blind eye to it. Usually, I just zone out when she's talking Grin

Zigzag, at the time the conversation had been diverted by her younger brother, who'd jokingly said he'd join us, yada yada, so felt it was too late to say anything.

OP posts:
edam · 20/05/2011 23:06

I've just looked and I can't see a hash, either - just as well I'm not into Twitter! (But I did find this ~ which has pleased me immensely.)

AgentZigzag · 20/05/2011 23:08

Is it possible it was just banter and she didn't mean anything by saying it?

Either she's seriously thinking about cheating on your DB and by saying what's on her mind it gives everyone fair warning she's not happy in the relationship, or she's just not like that and is being friendly and that's how she talks.

What's she like normally?

UrsulaBuffay · 20/05/2011 23:09

There is no hash! I mean wtf! You have to do actual magic on it just to get a hash.

sorry for hijack!

DontCallMePeanut · 20/05/2011 23:09

My # is underneath (on the same key as) the ~. Intrigued about the accent thing though. But I have an HP... Much to my geeky friends' bemusement.

OP posts:
UrsulaBuffay · 20/05/2011 23:11

I can't even locate the squiggle

:cries:

DontHassleTheBOF · 20/05/2011 23:12

It depends on the context, but it is a bit of a cliché

Generally though, I think it comes across as disrespectful.

DontCallMePeanut · 20/05/2011 23:13

Possibly, Zigzag, but she's one of these people who will say exactly what's on her mind.

OP posts:
DontCallMePeanut · 20/05/2011 23:14

Ursula, mine's next to the return key. :)

OP posts:
rubyrubyruby · 20/05/2011 23:14

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

Bunglie · 20/05/2011 23:15

Sorry a bit puzzled by all this. I am married and my dh thinks jylies bum is "pert"! What am I missing it doesn't look like rhat to me? because we are married he chose not to buy a calander this year of "Kylie" but if we were not married it would be on his bedroom wall. I think that is resprct for my feelings, but wat is it about her bum?

AgentZigzag · 20/05/2011 23:15
Shock

Did you think of edams feelings before doing that DontHassle??

Hmmmm, did you?

Just ignore her edam, obvious trollery.

edam · 20/05/2011 23:15

~ is just to the left of the Z on my keyboard. No hash, though. And the only time I can imagine using the ~ is to put it on top of a Spanish 'n' but I've no idea how I'd get the two letters to go together.

DontCallMePeanut · 20/05/2011 23:15

And aye, DHTB, your last sentence is my sentiments exactly.

OP posts:
DontCallMePeanut · 20/05/2011 23:16

Bunglie, I'm sure your bum is lovelier than Kylies Brew

OP posts:
UrsulaBuffay · 20/05/2011 23:16

~ ooh I found it!!!


It's by shift on mine

also lol at this website

<a class="break-all" href="http://www.wheresthehashkeyonamac.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.wheresthehashkeyonamac.co.uk/</a>
Swipe left for the next trending thread