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The relationship section of MN makes my blood boil.

868 replies

aaaaaaaaargh · 30/01/2012 19:42

I will never set virtual foot in there again. I have imprints on my forehead of the keyboard from where I have been banging my head against it. It makes no SENSE!!! I have a jaw like Jacob Marley. There are so many threads like this:

OP: The other day I was a miserable cow, kids were stressing me. He came home to a complete shithole and then proceeded to clean up. I could sense he was a bit miffed at the state of the house so I told him to cook his own fucking dinner. He wanted to tell me about a problem with work, but I was pissed off and told him I wasn't interested, tell someone who gives a shit. He then shouted that I didn't give a toss about him and stomped upstairs. I can't live like this anymore.

Reply: He cleaned up?? How controlling is he? He then tried to make you listen to his work problems? What about YOUR problems?

Reply: He's emotionally abusive, but you know this don't you.

Reply: Definitely controlling, he doesn't care about what you want. He wanted to make you clean up and listen to his problems. Why the fuck are you cooking his dinner?

Reply: He shouted at you? This is abusive behaviour. You don't have to put up with this, you need to really think about how to proceed. Has he shouted before? This isn't normal.

Reply: Well actually, you weren't too pleasant to him. Perhaps you should look at YOUR behaviour.

Reply (to above poster): Great support there, this woman lives with an emotional abuser. Don't speak if you haven't got anything constructive to say. Don't listen to that poster OP.

Etc, etc....

I know that a lot of people in seriously abusive or violent situations have been helped in this section, and that that is an extremely good thing, before you point that out to me.

But some of the replies on other threads!!! Madness.

OP posts:
AnyFucker · 01/02/2012 22:31

I had a relationship once

it was shit

UnlikelyAmazonian · 01/02/2012 22:33

arf!

Me too.

ArtexMonkey · 01/02/2012 22:34

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Message withdrawn at poster's request.

UnlikelyAmazonian · 01/02/2012 22:36

birchy girls at school

lotns!!

UnlikelyAmazonian · 01/02/2012 22:39

It's black and hot.

But really, it's not worth the four grand money. It is crap... Like an old viking open fire which cooks everything to a cinder oh yes, to a cinder.

caramelwaffle · 01/02/2012 22:40

Well it's Gallows humour isn't it notfluffy -

You know. What with at least one woman - maybe a MNetter - being beaten up, murdered, perhaps only shouted at this very night; and the MNetters who take the time out to be there, listen or advise just - being here - in case..

UnlikelyAmazonian · 01/02/2012 22:41

It's very sweet that aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa x 92 has gone for a little lie down.

Thanks
AnyFucker · 01/02/2012 22:43

ah, but does this oven boil the blood ?

that is very important

there's gotta be bloodboiling, or it ain't worth jackshit

caramelwaffle · 01/02/2012 22:44

(Still dizzy from the £4000)

UnlikelyAmazonian · 01/02/2012 22:54

It does yes.

You just put it on total low setting on the gas and leave it - you will come home to your house on fire.
It's shit.

When ExH bought it he was very triumphant and I was duly impressed. Confused

But since he has left for bangland I like to see The Lacanche as a metaphor for his knob: getting hotter and cooler in an unpredictable manner, shorter cooking time, blacker and more worn out as the weeks go by.

It's still for sale though

[hopfeul]

bejeezus · 01/02/2012 22:55

I really want to know who aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa is!

UnlikelyAmazonian · 01/02/2012 23:01

aaaaaaa (respectfully does the original 7) is dozing bejeez. Sssshh

caramelwaffle · 01/02/2012 23:06

bejeezus

shhhhh and give me that fiver sticking out of your purse - I have an oven to buy

ClaraSage · 01/02/2012 23:20

Jeez, this thread is still going on?
I think it's all been said now and even the OP has moved on.

TheFarSide · 01/02/2012 23:24

Do you think it's OK to gang up on and belittle someone you disagree with?

I think this is exactly the kind of behaviour that the OP and several others have objected to on the relationships thread.

UnlikelyAmazonian · 01/02/2012 23:25

clara this thread has moved on in spades.

We have been discussing the nuances of baking in a French artisan-cooker. Keep Up.

Sockrates · 01/02/2012 23:29

Notfluffy, did you get your name from those punter sites? They seem quite obsessed with who's fluffy and who's not. Apparently a fluffy is someone who's too nice and undemanding of the prostitutes they visit. I learned that tonight thanks to MN .

AnyFucker · 01/02/2012 23:31

every day's a school day ! Grin

caramelwaffle · 01/02/2012 23:33

Indeedy, hey Grin

ArtexMonkey · 01/02/2012 23:35

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

UnlikelyAmazonian · 01/02/2012 23:58

This was my exh's fave site: www.whorist.com/

UnlikelyAmazonian · 02/02/2012 00:02

www.whorist.com/

I am not sure how I will explain it to my son later (he is just 4) but am sincerely assuming that aaaaa x 94 will have a good reason.

UnlikelyAmazonian · 02/02/2012 00:31

I think this sort of thing is a lot of the point of the Relationships board both for sufferers and people who offer invaluable help: skip the ad. Sad Smile

notfluffyatall · 02/02/2012 01:33

Don't any of you ever read back and think 'I behaved like an arsehole tonight'?

The bit about waiting round for women in need made me giggle, the irony of that just exploded my irony meter.

But I do love a bit of self fulfilling prophesy caused by people too ignorant to realise that's what they were doing. It's fun.

tryingtoleave · 02/02/2012 02:59

I have obviously come into this thread way too late, but I just wanted to say that when I read the op, I thought - I recognise that thread! even though I've only actually read one or two relationships threads.

Actually, the thread I'm thinking of was slightly different, but exactly the same tone and I could link it if I didn't think that would be mean to the op.