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to be so petty

74 replies

SHRIIIEEEKPoolingBearBlood · 10/10/2011 22:30

I have hidden my favourite mug at the back of the cupboard so that MIL doesn't use it tomorrow when she comes up for a hard day providing us with free childcare.
In fairness, if she partciularly liked it, I'd be happy for her to use it, but she just grabs whatever comes to hand. So I wanted to make sure that the mugs that came to her hand weren't my favourite mug that needs to be waiting for me.

So am I:

a) not U
b) not U for the mug thing, but U to start a thread about it
c) U about the mug thing, but not U to start a thread
d) a bitch DIL from hell
?

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MrHeadlessMan · 10/10/2011 22:54

Yabu to diss the early-morning powers of a cuppa. Repent your tea comments before I start swearing and many knickers become twisted

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SHRIIIEEEKPoolingBearBlood · 10/10/2011 22:55

OK, thanks. But you do realise this is lighthearted, and that I, infact, haven't said a bad word about my MIL?
Just comments like that put a bit of a downer on it. My own fault for posting a light hearted thread in AIBU I suppose.

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Original poster
SHRIIIEEEKPoolingBearBlood · 10/10/2011 22:55

how many knickers do you have on?

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SjuperWereWolef · 10/10/2011 22:55

twas ver tall, mass produced in korea more than likely creamy white with lots of little pink and green flowers on it, almost like a latte mug it was so fresh and girly and pretty

we now only have plain white crappy mugs that i refuse to care about,

back in my youth i had a massive grey tea mug that i thought was the bees knees, my mum chucked it when it went mouldy under my bunk beds when i was 13 awful mug hating family i have!

LadyEvilEyes · 10/10/2011 22:56

YANBU, my ex would give any Tom, Dick or Harry my mug, if he's was offering coffee around.
It was my mug.
Aaaaargh, years later you've brought it all back.

SjuperWereWolef · 10/10/2011 22:57

at least your mil uses your mugs, mine just checks for fairy liquid residue Grin

MrHeadlessMan · 10/10/2011 22:57

That really made me laugh Grin

QuickLookBusy · 10/10/2011 23:01

Oh it's not petty at all. I have my 2 fav mugs and I don't let anyone else near them. They are for me.

I just think some people don't have the same respect for mug preference as others do.
They think all mugs are equal.Shock
We know some mugs are more equal than others.Wink

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SHRIIIEEEKPoolingBearBlood · 10/10/2011 23:03

oh I'm sorry LEE. Have a sit down. Brew? Any mug do? :o

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upahill · 10/10/2011 23:20

I do have one of them tea pot/cup all in one things that DH got me a couple of years ago. Now no one is allowed to touch that. I don't care about all my cheap M&s mugs that are all chipped but no one gets their mits on my tea cup/pot combo!! Even though I don't drink tea!

LadyEvilEyes · 11/10/2011 01:34

SHRIIIEEK, WTF.
That is not MY MUG. How dare you!
Pah.

MrsBloodyTroll · 11/10/2011 01:45

Ooh, YADNBU! I also have a favourite mug (plus an identical spare), from my old university. I like to drink from it first thing to remind myself that I do have a brain, in the midst of small-child early-morning hell.

DH once used one of them to make a salad dressing in, but won't be making that mistake again in a hurry!

My own mother once made herself a cup of tea in it and I gave her a very Hard Stare. Then I remembered who paid for my university education (well, the living expenses anyway) and decided to let her off. This time.

Morloth · 11/10/2011 04:16

YANBU, I have my mug.

TheQueenOfDeDead · 11/10/2011 04:36

Don't you just have a set of 6 matching mugs from ikea like everyone else in the world?

Thzumbiewitch · 11/10/2011 04:57

A. YANBU at all.
I keep hiding my favourite mug and DH keeps finding it. I've told him that Dire Things Will Happen to him if it gets broken but he still risks all on using it.
I have actually managed to obtain another one, through ebay, but there are No More, afaik. DH doesn't know about the spare - it is hidden away completely - only to be brought out in the event of a nasty accident to my favourite (and much gnashing of teeth and rending of garments etc.)

Jacksmania · 11/10/2011 05:12

YANBU at all. DH, who is a smart man, never uses or offers my mug with hibiscus on it that I bought in Hawaii because he knows it's more than his life is worth :o

Ok, may I derail the thread for a minute? I have a mug question and was ashamed of myself for being so petty but it seems this would be a safe thread to ask this question on.

I have a co-worker I dislike intensely. DH and I own the practice we work in and have thus supplied all the kitchen stuff (mugs, cutlery, plates, coffee maker, microwave etc). The mugs were all spares we brought from home. There is one specific mug hat holds only unpleasant memories for me - bought as a replacement for a mug broken by a vile ex - and I've been wanting to get rid of it for a long time. Vile co-worker always uses this one mug. One day recently I was making coffee and accidentally took this mug down from the shelf. Vile co-worker was in the kitchen and immediately snarked at me, "do you mind, I always use that mug!". I said "seeing as I've brought all these mugs from home, yes I do mind, if I want to use it, I will." Nothing more was said about it, but since then I've really been wanting to chuck the damn mug and pretend it was broken. Would that be terrible? Blush
Sorry for hijack!!

Jacksmania · 11/10/2011 05:13

shoot, strike-outs didn't work Blush

ZonkedOut · 11/10/2011 05:29

I had a special mug, not a favourite as such because I didn't actually use it that often, but it was made specially for a team I worked for, so held memories, and was irreplaceable.

My Dad broke it when he tried to wash it up. We have a dishwasher, and I said, "don't worry about that" (mostly because his idea of washing up is running something under a tap), but no, he had to wash it up, then it slipped in his hand and broke. I pretended it wasn't a problem, but I'm still a bit upset.

So YANBU to hide your mug.

allhailtheaubergine · 11/10/2011 05:31

I once lent my house to someone and NEVER SAW MY FAVOURITE MUG AGAIN. She either stole it or broke it and didn't mention it. The bitch.

It was a sort of pucey purple with nastily gurning spiders dangling all over it. Quite the horridest mug ever, but oh I loved that mug.

Morloth · 11/10/2011 06:40

That's actually a leetle bit mean Jacksmania yes, technically they all belong to you, but if that is his/her work mug it would have been nice to have let them have it.

I always end up having a work mug, I actually have one I take to my different jobs so I can have 'my' mug, which is of course different from the home one.

I am pleased to see there are others with this weird habit.

Anyone else have a chair as well? I have a whopping great 'barrel' chair, which is mine and anyone caught sitting in it (with the exception of the cat, she can sit where she wants) will be in trouble.

SamaraMorgan · 11/10/2011 07:05

You think you lot are weird! I can't drink from a mug at all. The feel of the thing against my lips makes me want to gag, even thinking about it makes me feel a bit sick

Good job I don't drink tea or coffee really.

I have 2 spare ones which were given as presents stashed at the very top of a tall cupboard for if visitors insist on a hot drink but DH has to make them

Thzumbiewitch · 11/10/2011 07:11

PMSL at "I think you lot are weird" and then confession to mug phobia! Excellent irony, thank you samara! Grin

ScarahStratton · 11/10/2011 08:53

I have my sofa, which is my sofa. LittleDog can sit on it with me, but nobody else.

I also have my mug. I have trained the DDs to not touch this mug as it is Special. But it's not as special as my first-thing-in-the-morning-teacup, which is blue with a robin on it, and from PipStudio.

I heart my teacup muchly.

loveglove · 11/10/2011 08:56

Ha! I thought I was the only one that got Angry when others steal my favourite mug. It really does irk me, especially when it gets snaffled and taken to someone else's work with them. Grrr.

SamaraMorgan · 11/10/2011 09:06

I didn't say you lot were weird! I said "You think you lot are weird" Confused

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