Annoying things you can't properly respond to

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People who say "Oh you must be so lucky living so close to your family!"

The only real response to that is "Yes I know!" Because saying "Why? So I can live 5 minutes away from people who do fuck all as opposed to 2 hours away from people who do fuck all?"

/bitter

Anyone else get people saying things that are a bit innocuous but mean you have to bite your tongue?

When I was depressed, the question "How are you?" was the worst, because the only answer I wanted to give was "So miserable I want to die". But of course, I was always "Fine"

I think I need chocolate today!!!!!!!

My mum also says "gosh you've lost weight!!" Everytime she sees me. What she really means is "keep dieting fatty!! Don't give up..."

Snappy, thinking about it, it wasn't really an innocuous comment but at the time (being nineteen and a bit out of my depth), I didn't know what to say in reply. Nowadays though I'd be handing him his ass on a plate, the rude fuck.

My Gran has a habit of asking "How's your love life?"

I never know if she's asking whether I'm enjoying regular sex with my husband, or if she is waiting for us to split up!

Ooh, yy to the 'enormous amount of food' comments, my pil are terrible for that.

We went on holiday with them once, s/c but we treated ourselves to a perfectly ordinary English breakfast in the on site cafe on the first morning. Pil didn't want any but kept wandering over to the cafe to point at our food (), shaking their heads and laughing incredulously. fil then went on and on about it all holiday "That breakfast!, can't believe you ate all that!" Then when we all got home the story of our enormous breakfast was re-told over and over to anyone who'd listen.

On discovering that DD7 has ASD, I regularly get an assortment of comments from friends such as:-

"Well, she hasn't got proper autism"/"She's only a little bit autistic"/"She's not really autistic is she"/"my friends child has autism and he's much worse than your DD"

I think they think they are being helpful, because DD presents quite well, but I actually find it really upsetting.

the "is dad babysitting then?" "does dad mind babysitting then?" really get my blood boiling, I always say "I dont know I'll ask him if he does any, at the moment he's too busy looking after his own kid!" and believe it or not I get this from other mums at school, not just older folks, it makes me wonder what their homelife is like if they have to ask their OH to "babysit" their own kids.

My MIL at a recent family christening:'You're wearing make-up! (I don't normally) You should wear it more often, it suits you' because I'm an ugly trout without it then?

Not worn it since, rude mare

One that has just happened....

kid who lives round the corner but never plays with my DS but he comes here when he gets home from school and no one is in at home so he is locked out.

I really want to say thats not my problem,but he is a kid so I won't.

Wish I had today because he just kicked his drink all over the floor ahhhhhhh

'You are having a baby? About time syncs it's been 10 years since you got married'...just didn't respond to that one

When I told my grandfather that I'd been diagnosed (as an adult) with Aspergers, he spluttered: 'But you can't have that, you went to university!'

Erm. Okay. I might take him to an average computer science department in a university one day. His MIND WOULD BE BLOWN.

Also, far too many people, upon finding out that I was brought up from early babyhood by my grandparents have asked: 'Oh, is that why you are so into history?' Erm, how old do you think my grandparents are? Or me for that matter?!

When I don't wear make up there's usually always one person that asks if I'm ok because I look sick or sad.

When I was a teen my mum used to constantly embarrass me in public by asking if I'd washed because my neck looks filthy. I have a natural light olive skin tone from my Dad's side and according to her it looks dirty .

The weight loss one is bittersweet. I remember being the ripe old age of ten, ten FFS, and a family acquaintance shall we say asked if I'd lost weight because I was looking great... I've recently lost five stone and get a lot of comments about how 'amazing' I look. What, so I looked shit before I suppose? and one guy I know even said "you've gotten so pretty and slim." So I was fat and ugly before.

I get really peed off when people come to our house and say 'oh wow you're so lucky to live here'.

No, we are not bloody lucky. 7 generations of my family have worked like fecking troopers to get this place, build the farm up and I am the latest in the line working 18 hour days sometimes (harvest / lambing time) to keep the place running.

Luck had nothing to do with it - it's grafting that lets me live in my nice country pile (not that I get too much time to enjoy it)!

Mil - Your hair suits you in that photo.
Made me feel that she thinks my hair is shit now, but I can't get to Hairdressers every 6 weeks now to keep my hair really short

My default face is set to miserable. It must be the amount out folk who tell me to smile when I'm actually perfectly happy.

And I get really pissed when I'm asked if my holiday in Filey was nice and I reply with yes it was fab, we had the best time. Weather was ace YES REALLY and then they said.

Why don't you ever go abroad?

Just FUCK OFF!!

"Ah well it's a good sign isn't it" - upon hearing about non stop hypremesis.

I also used to get annoyed at "Is she a good baby?"

Also, "Are you over it yet?" about major bereavements.

Talking of which, my late father had a knack for asking questions that were really hard to answer politely. He once phoned me up while I had music playing and asked, "What's this rubbish you're listening to?" Another one from him, after asking whether the baby was in a routine yet, and I'd replied no, said, "Whose fault is that - yours or hers?"

I get pissed off when people say "ooooh how lovely for you being single and living on your own - no smelly man socks to pick up!!" Etc. but with a very obvious undertone of "what the fuck's wrong with you and while you're at it stay away from my husband!"

Of course the only appropriate response is a shit eating smile.

I have resting bitch face & DH is always asking 'what's wrong' when I'm just sitting there.

But DH famously gets it wrong as once he asked what was wrong when I'd just told him my uncle had terminal cancer & I was crying.

Also, far too many people, upon finding out that I was brought up from early babyhood by my grandparents have asked: 'Oh, is that why you are so into history?'

Have you tried saying yes, my grandfather was a Roman Centurion and my granny was Queen Victoria?

My two sisters live in Australia. I go to visit periodically as they never come here. I always get 'aren't you so lucky having them over there and getting to go so often?'

Yes I feel very lucky having the majority of my family living on THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD.

Including nieces I may add. And my parents are dead.

It's "bitchy resting face". I was glad when they invented a term for it.

I hate it when people ask you if you like something (music, plant, curtains etc) then get really offended if you answer honestly but politely that it's not your thing. Exacerbated by BRF.

DH and I got married in June...

"Oooooh, what's it like being married?"

"Not all that different from living in sin".

'Oh doesn't Sliced look lovely with a bit of make up on!'

Um, what are you trying to say exactly. That I look like total shit without it on?