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A 1970s/80s AIBU?

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Scarletohello · 20/07/2014 21:33

Just been reading the brilliant and nostalgic threads about all the things parents did then that would be massively judged now so thought it would be fun to start a 70s/80s AIBU

Want to join me..?

Here goes,

AIBU to not want to have the whole of the street come and watch a football match on our new black and white TV?

OP posts:
inabranstonpickle · 20/07/2014 23:25

Haha these are funny :)

(Born autumn 1981, mine are:)

My DCs are both wearing shellsuits. WIBU for DH and I to wear them too?

(Several posts later) Thanks. We have some lovely photos! Blush

Dd is 4 and her older brother and his friends want to go to the park. AIBU to think dd can come too if I put her in the boot?

AIBU to be furious with the DCs for cutting their jeans up in an attempt to look like the cool teenager they all idolise? (Think that was more early 90s; said teenager was a big nirvana fan!)

helensburgh · 20/07/2014 23:27

AIBU to let the 7 and 10 year old take the axe to play in the woods.

Oh and matches and a jam jar of petrol to make a bonfire , only a few miles from home

helensburgh · 20/07/2014 23:27

It was fantastic fun though, still remember the smell of singed hair

herecomesthsun · 20/07/2014 23:28

AIBU to want to BE Debbie Harry?

wowfudge · 20/07/2014 23:29

AIBU to spend my Green Shield Stamps on one of those continental quilts or are they a flash in the pan and should I stick to sheets and blankets?

To think that Grolsch bottle tops on your school shoes are stupid and Bros are nowhere near as good as Duran Duran or A-ha?

To think that cramming seven people into a Fiat Panda and touring the mountain villages of a Mediterranean island on a rainy day is a great idea? (It was!)

OldLadyKnowsSomething · 20/07/2014 23:32

Never mind rara skirts, I had a drindl. But that was the '60's.

Watched Hammer Horrors with my older sister from the age of about 11, there was only one (I forget which, probably a vampire one) that led her to want to share the before-bed loo.

We shared a bedroom, we never shared the loo.

Timeisawastin · 20/07/2014 23:32

AIBU to think that no nightclub should ever ask a 14yr old for Id?

gordyslovesheep · 20/07/2014 23:33

AIBU to drink Cherry B and Babycham together ...it is New Years Eve 1981 and I AM 10

whethergirl · 20/07/2014 23:34

AIBU to think that we should be able to have Viennetta for desert every now and again, and not just when it's someone's birthday?

Timeisawastin · 20/07/2014 23:35

Can I be a long-haired lover from Liverpool?

Ericaequites · 20/07/2014 23:38

AIBU to send an eight year old to buy cigarettes without a note? She knows what brand I smoke. Yes, I did this at the corner store for my father. No one thought anything of it. I was a big girl to be trusted with a whole dollar.

Timeisawastin · 20/07/2014 23:38

AIBU to worry that there's going to be a nuclear air-strike from Russia :-/

gordyslovesheep · 20/07/2014 23:39

AIBU to think it's unfair that I always have to be the little one when we play 'Little House On The Prairie' complete with falling over at the beginning

sillybillies · 20/07/2014 23:41

To have all the neighbours come round our house for tea during the power cuts in the 70's as we were the only ones with the camping stove and lights. Always a good excuse for a get together.

We had a camper van which was great when we were teens as we could get at least 10 of us in it. My mum used to pick a whole bunch of us up from parties and often had to sober up a few friends with coffee before dropping them home.

I'd forgotten about the pirate videos. All the video rental shops had pirates under the counter - you just had to ask. It was the only way you got to see the disney films.

whethergirl · 20/07/2014 23:42

AIBU to think that someone should invent sanitary pads that are a little more discreet?

sillybillies · 20/07/2014 23:42

I was drinking babysham in 1981 new years eve too! At my Granny's house.

BlackeyedSusan · 20/07/2014 23:44

aibu to paint the hall lime green? there are no windows but the doors to the hall are plate glass so let in some light.

aibu to let my son in law wall paper every wall with woodchip?

aibu to let my (insert unknown person) do anymore diy? he seemed to be quite quick fitting the extra shelves in the larder and it did not cost me much in wood, he used some old bits..

aibu to let him do more diy, he seemed to be drilling an awful lot in the kiutchen while putting up those cupboards.

Answer: yes the work was crap and I had to repair it all when we moved in.

sillybillies · 20/07/2014 23:45

My mum still sends me to the shops to get her cigarettes occasionally and I still moan at her like I did when we were young. Sadly, she no longer bribes me with sweets!

Timeisawastin · 20/07/2014 23:46

Barbie sucks, Sindy rules

sillybillies · 20/07/2014 23:49

butterscotch angel delight was yummy.

OldLadyKnowsSomething · 20/07/2014 23:51

Sindy was always second-rate. And woodchip was a godsend to first time buyers on a budget.

Maryz · 20/07/2014 23:53

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MrsWinnibago · 21/07/2014 00:09

AIBU to send DD to the party down the road at "Aunty Joan's" in a hand-made dress? The frocks in M&S are so expensive and the telly meter eats all the spare cash.

ICanSeeTheSun · 21/07/2014 00:13

Aibu to get a microwave.

Got this from my mum and nan when they went down memory lane.

Timeisawastin · 21/07/2014 00:21

A microwave ICanSee! you must be mad! They shake all your molecules around and make you sick!

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