to be a bit sick of reading "don't you know there's a --war-- recession on?!" on here?

[AKMD]

An AIBU about AIBU, I know...

It's starting to grate that whenever a thread comes up about some minor, but nonetheless perplexing parenting question, a large proportion of the responses include something like, "Is that all you have to worry about? Seriously, don't you know we're in the biggest financial crisis of all time/the icecaps are melting/children are starving in Africa?" I've had a few of those responses myself and roll my eyes because even though I was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year, am having counselling to save my marriage and am perilously close to being made redundant, I still care about DS and the little things that affect his life.

Are we not allowed to post about minor annoyances anymore?

[manicbmc]

You should all be knitting ice cubes to send to the Arctic or something.

As well as competitive martyrdom, there's the occasional competitive charity giving.

[TheBrideofFrankenstein]

YANBU except if the petty irritation being cited by the OP is workmen shitting in their loo. Then the OP is being irredeemably unreasonable and deserves to receive a 3 hr lecture on the current economic shit pit we're all in.

[soandsosmummy]

Indeed Manicbmc - I've just dropped off all my designer clothes at Oxfam. I know i could have sold them on ebay and paid the electric bill but there are children starving in the third world you know and of course there's a recession so lots of people will be delighted to get my cast offs at such a reasonable price.

[manicbmc]

I blame Bob Geldof.

[KaraStarbuckThrace]

YABU

WILL NOBODY THINK OF THE MEERKATS???

[hwink]

[AKMD]

The meerkats are bourgois fat cats as far as I'm concerned. They have dressing gowns while the rabbits are locked in freezing hutches hounded by foxes.

[SusanneLinder]

Generally YANBU, but one or two threads do make me roll my eyes and wonder why the OP is getting in such a tizzy. :)

[AKMD]

Susanne, you made me win my own game of Bingo on the other thread. Just sayin' :) But I cheated to get the charity bit in so it's ok.

[manicbmc]

There are plenty of threads that make me roll my eyes. I usually avoid them.