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What is the absolute ultimate thing you get judgy about?

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AtYourCervix · 14/04/2014 17:54

Toddlers eating greggs?
Fat people eating macdonalds?
P&C parking?
Fat people eating?
Disabled loos?
Fat people?

My own personal judgement is reserved for those people who hold their knife like a pen.

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WooWooOwl · 15/04/2014 10:04

I judge people who take threads like this too personally and get offended for no reason.

Just accept that we're all different, we all have different things that we like and dislike and we all have different ideas of what we think is acceptable parenting. Have enough confidence in your own choices that you don't need to think people are mean just because they do things differently to you.

I couldn't give a fuck if people judge me for liking Disney or driving my children to school or whatever, and I assume that other people won't give much of a fuck if I judge them for giving their children coke in a bottle.

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Sparklingbrook · 15/04/2014 10:10

Morning!

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angelos02 · 15/04/2014 10:19

People that take babies on planes. Unless you are moving abroad, just why?

Brittapieandchips · 15/04/2014 10:19

People who hit their kids. No excuse, ever. I did it once and it fills me with shame just to think about it.

People who won't even try breast feeding. I know I shouldn't judge, but I do.

Netmums. Grin

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Brittapieandchips · 15/04/2014 10:25

People who don't let their sons play with dolls.

People who are judgemental or annoyed at other peoples consensual activities.

People who pierce the ears of children too young to consent, or other wise modify their bodies for non medical reasons (eg circumcision) - do what you like to your own body, it belongs to you. Your child's body belongs to them, you only have power over it to keep them safe till they can make their own choices. Should be illegal.

IceBeing · 15/04/2014 10:26

britta oh - no point me posting then - you said everything I was going to!

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MummyPigsFatTummy · 15/04/2014 10:42

OK I admit I haven't got through the whole thread but I am so sick of all the bloody fat people judging (albeit I am probably just fed up of all the other threads on this topics rather than this one particularly).

I go to Slimming World each week, and if you could all come to a session and see how miserable all that judging makes seriously overweight people, you might think occasionally about whether you are so sodding perfect yourselves. Fat people are fat, not stupid (astonishingly). They know they are fat and they know they being judged. They particularly know it when nasty people shout unpleasant comments at them in the street, but they also see people casting sidelong distasteful glances at them. It makes them unhappy and because they have issues with food anyway (which they are well aware of) they turn to food and sabotage their own attempts to lose the weight.

It is bloody sad to see and hear at those meetings, believe me, and unless you are all perfect in every way just STOP IT.

However, I do judge people (whatever their size) who allow their young children to get fat (when it is not a medical issue obv), because that is just setting them up for a lifetime of unhappiness.

Nancy66 · 15/04/2014 10:44

The mother yesterday who I heard say: 'shut up with all the questions you fucking little shit.' to her son aged around six. he only asked 'where do you think they're going?' about a fire engine with sirens blazing.

...and other mothers like her. Yeah, kids ask question. yes, we all have bad days but she was just mean. His little face, he looked totally crushed.

Callani · 15/04/2014 10:44

Ok reading this thread has made me very judgey.

So with that in mind I get judgey about:
People who think what you wear makes you a better or worse person People who think that anyone who doesn't parent exactly like them is a bad parent
People who get high and mighty about fat people / thin people
People who judge working mums / SAHMs (it's never SAHDs is it?)
People who write off entire swathes of the population because voting Lib Dem / Tory / Labour makes you stupid / evil / workshy
People who think it's acceptable to make sexist / homophobic / racist / ageist remarks but then insist they're just "saying it like it is" and they're not actually sexists / homophobes / racists / ageists

Also, people who lick their knives - I just can't bare it.

Brittapieandchips · 15/04/2014 10:44

People who do excessive PDAs and gaze at their DP with soppy eyes, then turn every conversation into a conversation about their DP.

People who refuse to eat an entire food group because of a very slight discomfort, then explain it in detail.

Both of which I do, tbh, then judge myself afterwards for being a twat.

RandallFloyd · 15/04/2014 10:46

Disapproving monkey does not approve

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MummyPigsFatTummy · 15/04/2014 10:51

Nancy66, that is so sad. I honestly wonder sometimes why people have children at all. I mean, as you say, everyone has a bad/tired day and children do ask ENDLESS questions sometimes, but at the very least you could just say, "I don't know - where do you think he's going?" and let the child do the talking.

Jerboa · 15/04/2014 10:54

Chewing with your mouth open (if you can chew with your mouth closed).

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BeyondTheSea · 15/04/2014 10:59

That's just awful Nancy
I heard something similar in a shopping centre last week, why do parents talk to their DC like this. Just heartbreaking.

Nancy66 · 15/04/2014 11:02

it's horrible because I always think: if they're like that in public then what the hell goes on behind closed doors?

PeachyTheSanctiMoanyArse · 15/04/2014 11:13

'I've tried be reasonable and think well is it because they cant afford calories in a healthier form, but really no one needs to drink coke and eat sugary cereals and mountains of white bread. '

Grin

used to be me!
because I had my fruit and veg delivered and made wholemeal bread so just bought white for annoying picky dh.

I agree with the nastiness of judging fat people- but also the pointlessness. Say you are morbidly obese, you lose 5 stones but are still really big, you go out and get called names then feel shit and binge.

Yeah that judginess REALLY helped! Well done. Have a fucking carrot stick.

Apart from people who deliberately cause harm or are proud of ignorance I try not to judge.

SelectAUserName · 15/04/2014 11:21

Parents who swear (and mean it) at their kids.

Dog owners who don't pick up their dog's shit. I am a dog owner and sick of being tarred with the same brush.

Inconsiderate car parkers.

Anyone who says "I can't understand why X doesn't just do Y..." Really? You don't have the imagination, let alone the empathy, to come up with some ideas/reasons as to why a person or sector of the population does things in a certain way, just because it's different to you? Then yes, I will judge you, as it's usually a thinly-disguised "let's all have a go at X".

Other than that I'm fairly live and let live. Oh. apart from people who bite into a KitKat rather than break off a finger at a time - they have their very own circle of hell. Grin

fideline · 15/04/2014 11:22

Women with fat fannies. Can they not pile the weight on somewhere less excruciating?!

Are you a gynaecologist Mess? Or just a prolific lesbian?

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