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AIBU?

To be not too pleased by this comment?

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MolotovCocktail · 08/03/2014 16:24

Just met some new neighbours today. My 5yo dd was very excited and chattering away like mad to them.

"Glad mine isn't the only one with verbal diahorrea."

Wasn't said in a nasty way, but didnt come off jokey, either. I didn't really like the comment. I mean, dd is a chatterbox; she does talk a lot but I prefer to say that as opposed to the verbal diahorrea thing. I would prefer to hear that from perfect strangers, too.

I guess the neighbour could have been nervous and/or it just popped out ...

Anyway, AIBU?

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AllDirections · 09/03/2014 10:40

YABU

I didn't think that 'verbal diahorrea' had anything to do with shit. I thought it meant that the words kept coming and coming and coming.

winterhat · 09/03/2014 10:54

It's a metaphor AllDirections so it's comparing the two.

Supercosy · 09/03/2014 10:58

I agree you probably are being a bit sensitive but I would feel the same. Someone we know was saying to me "Your Dd is lovely isn't she?" I said "Yes, she's a lovely girl" They then added "She's a bit chatty but nevermind, other than that she's great"! I was a bit put out by that so can understand why you felt the way you do.

cardibach · 09/03/2014 11:13

It is a metaphor, yes, but the comparison is with flow not content! It simply means uncontrollable, I have never considered the comparison to be suggesting that the person is talking shit! OP YABVU and even more so now you say you won't consider a friendship with the poor woman!

winterhat · 09/03/2014 11:21

"the comparison is with flow not content"

Yes I know. I'm just saying it's a rather unpleasant comparison to choose when there are plenty of other ways of saying someone talks a lot!

BillyBanter · 09/03/2014 18:24

Even if the implication was that both their children talk a lot of crap I doubt I'd bother to be offended. It's hardly a novel concept to grown ups that young children talk a lot of nonsense sometimes.

bobot · 09/03/2014 18:30

YANBU if the neighbour said it in front of your dd. Otherwise, I'd shrug it off.

candycoatedwaterdrops · 09/03/2014 18:35

This thread completely embodies the craziness that is MN at the moment!

Topseyt · 09/03/2014 18:50

I can't see why this phrase could be considered a problem. I even jokingly tell my own daughter that she suffers from verbal diarrhoea because she is such a chatterbox (chatters on regardless of whether or not she even has an audience sometimes, or used to when she was small anyway).

MolotovCocktail · 09/03/2014 21:41

Ah, now, my "arsehole" comment made yesterday was uncalled for. Sorry about that. I didn't think the biscuit was really necessary but neither was that response.

I think some posters have explained why I didn't like the 'verbal diahorrea' comment; I took it to mean the equivalent of 'talking shit'. And my dd was standing right there as it was said.

I now realise that it very probably wasn't intended that way. I also realise that I should try not to over react; not to sweat the small stuff because it really was a matter of trivia.

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SleepSleepSleepSleep · 09/03/2014 21:43

Definitely sounds like a joke and just the type of thing I might say about a chattery child. Oh and I am very talkative myself so think it is a great quality to have!!

candycoatedwaterdrops · 09/03/2014 21:45

Wahoo, so let's eat

FreudiansSlipper · 09/03/2014 21:47

I can not see what the issue is

ExcuseTypos · 09/03/2014 21:49

Molotov, that phrase means talking a lot, not talking shit.

I don't blame you for being annoyed if you thought it meant that

LunchLadyWannabe · 09/03/2014 21:54

Verbal diarrhoea?? WTAF???

I ve never heard this said before.

I dont like it tbh, saying my child talks shit.

Not a good impression to make at all.

ExcuseTypos · 09/03/2014 21:58

It doesn't mean that Lunch.

LunchLadyWannabe · 09/03/2014 22:01

It sounds that way though. Why would people say that?

BillyBanter · 09/03/2014 22:02

Because they are normal people.

ExcuseTypos · 09/03/2014 22:04

I've heard it numerous times, from every age and class of people.

LunchLadyWannabe · 09/03/2014 22:05

Normal people? Thats not normal to say that.

I am known for being very blunt. But there is no way on this earth that i would say that

LunchLadyWannabe · 09/03/2014 22:06

Excuse

Where do you live?

CorusKate · 09/03/2014 22:07

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ExcuseTypos · 09/03/2014 22:08

I've live in the south now, but spent my childhood in the north.

LunchLadyWannabe · 09/03/2014 22:10

I live lancashire north west, and have honestly never heard it.

Is it a more common phrase in the south?

gamerchick · 09/03/2014 22:13

Depends on whether they said it in front of my child or not.

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