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What's the most pampered/indulged behaviour you've ever seen?

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ChaosTrulyReigns · 16/08/2013 12:08

When I used to have a proper job Wink, one of my colleagues would phone her mom at the first spit of rain to go and fetch her washing in. This was about 8 miles from the office (so who knew what the weather was like at home?) abd a 4 mile round trip fir the mom and dad (mom didn't drive).

SIOB that the parents would do it!

She once called home and asked her to go and wash up a breakfast bowl as she had run out of time to do it.

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AntsMarching · 19/08/2013 23:01

SPB nothing exciting. I took the stuff as asked and then avoided her for the rest of the time I worked there.

wickeddevil · 20/08/2013 13:35

Delurking. (And thread hogging)

Sorry but all you supposedly pampered princesses are complete amateurs. Let me tell you about my ex SIL you slackers and maybe you could learn something.

SIL and BIL no children, 2 bed house no pets. Manageable housework then. SIL works part time. Has "too much on" to work full time. BIL works shifts + overtime (long days). SIL leaves BIL a note with the jobs he is expected to do when she is out shopping with friends or being pampered.

Pampering very important to SIL btw, once overheard her describing someone to her Sister thus "the sort of woman who doesn't even pluck her eye brows" (was possibly referring to me....). Anyway both her and her sister are overweight and SIL has a long, horselike face, so not really sure that people would notice her eyebrows or manicure tbh.

Anyway princess SIL would return from a hard days shopping or work (small clothing shop) have a bath, while BIL cooked her tea then put her pjs on. At 6pm. Clearing up and remaining chores done by BIL while princess watched soaps.

If BILs shifts meant he was not around to cook dinner, her mother would plate something up for her and drop it off. Princess didnt cook you see.

One Xmas they came to us and she had a cold. I had 2 DCs under 4 at this time and cooked all the dinner while she sat on her arse having her wine topped up. She did not move off the settee all day even when everyone else was helping with clearing up and washing up. She explained that she wasn't very domesticated.

We probably had them over for a meal at least every couple of months. This was never reciprocated, she sneeringly said that didn't cook. not like wicked. Her implication being that I was a lower form of human life and she was above such triviality.

You note she is my ex SIL. BIL did eventually see through her.

wickeddevil · 21/08/2013 08:55

I killed the thread didnt I?

vladthedisorganised · 21/08/2013 09:35

SPB again, nothing exciting - I didn't wake her up with her 5ml of lemon juice, she woke late and had a tantrum, I shrugged and suggested that perhaps she was the only person able to meet her own exacting standards. She refused to speak to me again and left after a couple of months - perhaps the course didn't meet her exacting standards either!

Lavidaenrosa · 22/08/2013 17:18

vlad I had a flatmate who asked me to wake him up, I did not mind because I had to wake up before he did. The same I told earlier in the thread got his mum to clean our flat when it was his turn...

vladthedisorganised · 22/08/2013 17:51

You're more charitable than me, Lavida! It wasn't the waking up I minded so much, it was the fact she wanted her lemon juice prepared just so and her toothbrush ready in the bathroom with toothpaste applied.. so when she didn't take a polite 'no, I'll get you an alarm clock if you need one' for an answer I thought it was better just to give up!

Lavidaenrosa · 22/08/2013 18:18

vlad I think your flatmate wanted a maid or a butler, not a flatmate!

ArtisanLentilWeaver · 22/08/2013 18:26

vlad Shock WTF 5ml of lemon juice Shock

I hope you freshly squeezed it into her eyes.

SunshineBossaNova · 22/08/2013 20:07

A neighbour once came round and asked my mum if she could mop her kitchen floor. She was six months pregnant and her husband didn't want her to do it as it might be too strenuous.

DM was eight months pregnant at the time and told her to jog on.

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