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to tell you things I don't do?

172 replies

ShirleyO · 27/01/2012 11:57

I don't do gymnastics or ballroom dancing and I also don't do offal.

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galletti · 28/01/2012 00:21

Ooh this is getting easier, thanks to Pandemonia and Ample. All of the above except I do do Sunbathing, tennis, sushi and fried breakfasts, but only when away in hotels, and have been known to buy the odd Bolden thing.

Pandemoniaa · 28/01/2012 00:28

I also don't do:

Telling people I entertain "household names" even if I do.
Facebook bitchery
Xenophobia
Homophobia
Instructional Notices posted around the house
Parties that exist only to sell me stuff
Parties that exist to sell me stuff to stuff up my frontbottom

happybubblebrain · 28/01/2012 00:33

I don't do:

Hairdressers
Expensive mobiles
Fake or unkind people
Meat and fish
Newspapers
Electric wires everywhere
Nintendo, DS and all that rubbish
Lies
Hypocrisy
Early nights
Mess
Plastic windows
Tescos (much)
Uncomfortable shoes
Cold countries (except England)
Sweets
Diets or scales
Running
Football
Pubs or clubs

fullofregrets · 28/01/2012 00:38

I don't do:

Saving for a rainy day
Dentists (even attractive ones)
Dusting the skirting boards (according to my mother I should be doing this)
Driving on the motorway

Letchladee · 28/01/2012 01:37

I don't do:

Celebrities
Selfishness
Football
Running
Shoes
Lager
Books in the Loo
Snobbery
Ladettes
housework (if I can help it)
Badly behaved children

Laquitar · 28/01/2012 02:45

YY to not herbal teas and no books or magazines in the loo.

Prawns
Christmas present list
CenterParks
'Dates' with dh
Spa breaks
Carpets
Hot bottles
Vitamins
Expensive

Bunbaker · 28/01/2012 09:01

"Saving for a rainy day
Dentists (even attractive ones)
Dusting the skirting boards (according to my mother I should be doing this)
Driving on the motorway"

I do all of those. Do you mean to say you never ever go to the dentist?

Yama · 28/01/2012 09:07

Driving (even though I have a drving license).

CrabbyBigbottom · 28/01/2012 10:21

Tidy or organised, unfortunately.
Cheap, cruelly produced meat.
People who refuse or are unable to see the other side of an argument or point of view.
Ironing (except once in a blue moon), Housework (very often, except hoovering), Washing up (if I can help it, and certainly never ever until the following morning).
Sunbathing.
Waxing.
Tesco, Asda.
Teetotal.
Running, cycling or swimming.
Patience. But I am trying hard to improve.
Shit reality shows (BB, XF etc) or soaps.
Cleaning my car. What's the point - it'll rain eventually.
High heels. Wish I could, but I can't.
Any sort of fulfilling and wholesome activity that would fill my evening with something other than drinking wine.
People who don't care about animal welfare.
People who don't treat other people with respect and consideration.
People who don't train their children to treat others with respect and consideration.
The school run, since we started HE.
Fashion.
Pop, house or R&B music.
Aspiring to be a 'size zero' - 10-12 will do me fine, thanks.
Politicians.

inchoccyheaven · 28/01/2012 17:36

Grin goofymum I am assuming you mean your DH and not mine Wink
I am also with you on weightloss and newspapers.

mosschops30 · 28/01/2012 17:43

I dont do petting zoos/farm animals
I dont do lamb (bleurgh)
I dont do camping or any holiday that is less than my own home
I dont do keeping my mouth shut
I dont do bullshitters
I dont do nature programmes

Inertia · 28/01/2012 17:48

Rachelwalsh glad to see somebody else remembers :)

gilmoregirl · 28/01/2012 18:07

reality TV (have not even seen one episode of X factor etc),
tabloid papers,
Ironing,
stopping for charity people who accost you on the street,
high heels
brazilan bikini waxing (or other exotic location variants thereof)
umbrellas
false nails
dusting

GoingForGoalWeight · 28/01/2012 19:01

Argue on MN, skiing, nightclubs, friends with benefits, gym, buy newspapers, watch jeremy kyle, cook from scratch.

lockets · 28/01/2012 19:03

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bigbird80 · 28/01/2012 21:51

I don't do:
Central heating
Bottle-feeding
Getting babies into a routine
Licking OH bum-hole/ perineum
Men with unclipped nails, ugh
Missing apostrophes
Pain in the arse colleagues
Brussels sprouts
Ready-made meals
Parent and child groups ( especially if you have to talk to other parents)
Ungroomed lady-gardens

CrabbyBigbottom · 29/01/2012 10:06

Or ready meals. Ever.

CharlieLimaHotel · 29/01/2012 19:38

I don't do the following;

Sushi. Or much fish for that matter.
Any soap i.e. Eastenders.
Football - no I will not sit quietly whilst you watch 90 minutes of crap. Especially if you "ssh" me when I offer you a cup of tea.
Those shrimp or banana sweets. Yuck.
Ironing.
Being sympathetic unless there's a bloody good reason.
Eating when I'm not actually hungry.
Badly behaved children.
Lies.
Sudoku.
I don't ski, ice skate, or roller skate.
Feet.
HP Sauce.
Smoking/Drug taking.
Twilight.
Having to be friendly to drunk men letching on me. Go away. I said please the last time.
Walking along eating.
Camping.
Tracksuits.
Leggings without a long top over the bum/crotch area. why?
Twitter, or publishing my personal life on the internet.
Running.
Homophobia or racism.
Lamb.
Newspapers.
Trashy magazines pointing out non existent flaws - even if someone has a bit of a stomach, why point it out? What has it got to do with you?
Zumba.

Probably a lot of other things too. I've been thinking about my list, can't you tell? Grin

EnjoyResponsibly · 29/01/2012 19:50

Going on holiday to Wales. Sorry Wales but there it is.

Camping, particularly in Wales.

Thai food

Fancy dress Parties for adults.

Childrens parties featuring tarantulas and other giant bugs. Or tarantulas.

Tarantulas.

mrsmaltesers · 29/01/2012 19:54

I don't do

John bishop
Michael mc intyre
Big macs
Smoking (smug reformed non smoker that i am)
Standing up for too long
Fried eggs
Hurdles
Netball
Pot noodles
Scotch eggs

NorthernWreck · 29/01/2012 20:22

Vodka
Fast Food
"Oooh I really shouldn't"
Shoeboots
Patterned tights
Lilies (they are for funerals)
Twitter
i-phones
shoes that are Made in China
Primark
Pay full price-for anything. (Everything is negotiable)
Undersell myself
Saunday papers
Magazines
Fake tan.

finalclearance · 29/01/2012 20:24

I don't do co-dependency in the workplace anymore

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