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Regarding a grown woman who constantly refers to herself as a "Princess"?

219 replies

IcedBirthdayCake · 11/08/2014 16:21

A few months ago a girl I was at school with added me on Facebook. All well and good, but whenever she updates her status she says things like "I'm a tired Princess today" or "Princess can't wait to go shopping with mummy" or "Poorly Princess". We're both 32 years of age.

Is it me just me or is it fucking bizarre? Today she's posted saying "Five days till my holidays. Excited Princess!"

As far as I'm aware she's not a Princess or in any way affiliated with royalty!

She's always been very, very girly. Has a love of pink and such, but to be honest so are a lot other women I know. They don't go around referring to themselves as Princesses.

I've not hidden her statuses as I far them so ludicrous. She's deadly serious as far I can see.

Does she have some kind of personality disorder?

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misssmapp · 11/08/2014 17:43

I work with someone like this. she is in a constant state of bemusement that we don't all realise how special she is.

She said, a week before the end of term, ' I really do think people like me should get more non-contact time, people don't realise how tired I get' !!!!!!!!!!!!!

She has no medical condition btw, she is just very important!

EElisavetaofBelsornia · 11/08/2014 17:45

Feeling slightly self conscious about my user name - it's for the Chalet School threads, honest.

By the way, Cariad, you need to tell your Pwincess that Santa is not dead Angry

Alisvolatpropiis · 11/08/2014 17:47

Grin @ poster who referenced Drusilla! That is so accurate/cutting!

Squoosh do these women actually exist? Nooo!

Darquesse · 11/08/2014 18:00

Vom!

Bitch feels sick now

CatThiefKeith · 11/08/2014 18:01

I used to work with a woman like this. Painted her office pink, added a y to her name, and used to introduce herself to people by saying 'hello, my name is Clairey and I am a princess". She was in her 30's!Shock

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 11/08/2014 18:06

Did she not see all the dropped jaws and 'wtaf' expressions this caused, CatThiefKeith? And how did you restrain yourself from saying, "No, your name is CLAIRE and you are a twat!"??

puds11isNAUGHTYnotNAICE · 11/08/2014 18:11

SDTG thats how I introduce myself Grin 'My names puds and I'm a twat'

Best get it out the way before they realise themselves Grin

SignYourName · 11/08/2014 18:12

You know, people can do what the fuck they like on their own Facebook page, but when it spills over into the workplace they need to grow the fuck up and act like a professional adult. It boils my piss that women already have it hard enough without ickle girlies making it harder again to be taken seriously.

OP, keep her for the entertainment value and rename yourself Madame de Guillotine on your own FB page.

WitchWay · 11/08/2014 18:15

Do many men go for all the princessy shite? All the real men I know would find it hard to choose between staring in amazement, vomiting & laughing in their face bit like me then

Grin
AdamLambsbreath · 11/08/2014 18:17

Holy shit, that 'daddy' thing is nasty.

An old university acquaintance of mine had her e-mail set up so that when you receive a message from her the sender came up as 'Princess[Name]'. She also used to refer to herself as 'La Chica Bonita'.

When we were at university she entered an FHM magazine porny beauty contest with wonky pics of herself in her undies. They didn't win.

I was FB friends with her for a while. She posted a neverending stream of extreme close-up duck-face selfies before I finally liberated myself by deleting her, the silly bint.

Dubjackeen · 11/08/2014 18:22

I used to work with a woman like this. Painted her office pink, added a y to her name, and used to introduce herself to people by saying 'hello, my name is Clairey and I am a princess". She was in her 30's!

Words fail me!

WitchWay · 11/08/2014 18:23

Agree Dub - Clairey the Princess sounds a right corker!

Wonder what her job was...??

thatwouldbeanecumenicalmatter · 11/08/2014 18:24

WitchWay I showed DH this thread and he looked like this Hmm

WitchWay · 11/08/2014 18:26

thatwould I'll show mine later - he'll look like this Confused

Grin
Dubjackeen · 11/08/2014 18:30

I did work with someone who used to have a lot of cutesy (in her mind) soft toys on her desk, and along the partition between her desk and mine. Some of the ones near me sometimes fell down Wink. They had names and all. Ugh. I'd forgotten all of this.

She was one of those 'ain't I so precious' types, with an inner core of steel.

browneyedgirl86 · 11/08/2014 18:33

YANBU. This woman sounds like a nightmare. I agree it's right up there with "mummyof4" names on facebook. I'm surprised no one has questioned why she does this before now. Sounds very odd.

OracleofDelphi · 11/08/2014 18:33

I bet she is one of the ones who has that fucking sticker on the back of their car saying - "Powered by Pixie Dust" ...... Or petrol you idiot

AlpacaPicnic · 11/08/2014 18:34

Op. You must keep her as your Facebook friend forever. And everyday you must come on here and post her statuses [statii?] so we can all point and laugh!
G'wan, you know you want to...!

Thebodyloveschocolateandwine · 11/08/2014 18:37

Daft cow.

I would be sorely tempted to post that in her comments section.

Princess my arse

Catsize · 11/08/2014 18:39

Does she look a bit like this?

Regarding a grown woman who constantly refers to herself as a "Princess"?
Suzannewithaplan · 11/08/2014 18:43

Referring to oneself in the third person is also infantile precious and tiresome

Marcelinewhyareyousomean · 11/08/2014 18:52

I'm not a girl, my husband isn't my baby, no princess/ prince / little man (have ds).

I'm keeping my long hair because I'm reliably informed by my hairdresser friend that a Bob would make me look like a bell end.

CrapBag · 11/08/2014 18:57

'Princess' has given me a bloody good laugh!!

What a twonk. Don't hide her, have a good laugh knowing that she sounds like a twat and everyone else surely must think the same.

Sleepysheepsleeping · 11/08/2014 18:58

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WitchWay · 11/08/2014 19:01

Catsize I bet she'd never be caught dead in that nasty shade of diarrhoea mustard