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Oh arse. I've just been ridiculous.

190 replies

Hurr1cane · 01/10/2014 15:34

Back story, my DS has autism, disabilities, and health problems.

I had to pull over on the way home from school because he was having a seizure in the car. I managed to get him stable enough to rush him home.

I got home to find a work van parked over my drive.

I beeped a couple of times and nothing
So rather than just beeping I sat and leant on the horn for ages.

A man came out. I didn't even look at him, he moved the van, I pulled into my drive and he smiled at me so I just gave him a look of death and carried my DS in stomping as I went and slammed my front door.

Now I've calmed down.... I must have looked unhinged.

I'm forever going to be known as "that strange angry woman" aren't I? Hmm

Please tell me your stories of misdirected anger or over reactions to make me feel better.

I'm honestly usually a very calm and reasonable human being. Not a huge burning ball of rage. Blush

OP posts:
R4roger · 05/10/2014 05:55

Grin, I was angry, but not that angry

Timcook · 05/10/2014 07:24

No, I was just seen as a mad irrational woman. So no satisfaction at all :(

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 05/10/2014 12:56

My most recent RMM was when dh (who is a tad right wing in his views) was telling me how all the political problems in the country were down to stupid people being allowed to vote. His solution to this was to give the Right people extra votes - and his definition of the Right people was people who paid higher rate tax - which includes him but does not, and never has included me.

I was incensed by his anti-democratic views, and by his implication that his opinion was worth twice what mine was, on matters political!! There was a lot of screaming, some crying, plenty of snot, and he had to stop me storming off in the car.

He has since apologised, admitted what he said was stupid, and learned the error of his ways.

GnocchiGnocchiWhosThere · 05/10/2014 13:32

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SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 05/10/2014 16:31

I could come and scream/snot/cry at him for you, if it would help, Mermaid! Grin

BrevilleTron · 05/10/2014 17:27

My RMM was when helping my best mate move. I had backed my trailer down the drive at the back of her flats and it was quite a narrow entry. Some of the local oiks kids were playing with a hose which they shouldn't have been So I asked them very politely not to get the water over the back of the trailer by the slightly dodgy electrics.

All ok I thought.
Til I looked out of her fourth floor window and saw them doing exactly that.
I lost it and ROARED at them!
"THATS MY BLOODY TRAILER GET AWAY FROM IT"

I was so loud!
To top it all off the cow in the flat underneath was out on her balcony and said snarkily "Well it's raining so the trailers getting wet anyway"

so I replied "Well it wasn't FUCKING WET UNDERNEATH TIL THOSE LITTLE FUCKERS SOAKED IT"

I almost lost my voice but they scarpered quick-sharp

unlucky83 · 05/10/2014 19:37

Ohhh I have a driving related one ...a London back road, really long I lived at the top. Cars parked on either side, only room for one car to drive along a time. There were a couple of side roads, space where you could wait for an approaching car to get past.
I turned onto the road and started driving up - as I turned there was a car behind me indicating in too so I thought he was behind me. A minibus was coming down - I went past the only one car space I could have waited in as he went past one of the side roads ...
I hadn't pulled in cos a) thought there was a car behind me so the space wasn't big enough b) it was a bigger space so easier for him to wait in the side road...he should have stopped.
We met head on, the red mist descended ...I COULD have backed up - but I didn't. Instead I sat facing him ...he was gesturing and mouthing for me to back up - I just shook my head. After a minute or so he wasn't moving, I wasn't...I turned the engine off, got out, locked the door and started walking past him. He called me and we had a why didn't YOU wait, no why didn't you wait argument...meanwhile about 4 cars were stuck behind him ...one of the drivers got out and told the minibus to back up (he couldn't expect a woman to back up that far Hmm). Minibus started backing up (with the 4 cars behind also backing up) ...but the minibus driver had given up , I had won! - I got in my car and reversed at speed neatly into the space so they could all get past ...thus proving that even a woman could reverse Angry

I was soooooooo mature and sensible - not....Blush

CrazyMrsBtobe · 05/10/2014 20:33

Hi, thanks for response. New to mumsnet. Just curious as to how they make safe sockets more dangerous? Obviously wouldn't have them in with power switched on

dotdotdotmustdash · 05/10/2014 20:41

I had a screaming fit at my OH when I was pregnant, we had a toddler and he let me down in something I needed him to do. We had a (our only, ever) brand new car and I stormed out of the house, got into our lovely shiny new car and started to reverse out of the drive. I do remember him standing beside the car shouting that the drive gates weren't completely open but I didn't care and reversed anyway. Got some nice scratches up both sides of the car.

Woobeedoo · 05/10/2014 20:47

Crazy - if the safety plug cover is pulled out, turned upside down and the single pin pushed into the single hole it leaves the bottom two plug holes open and therefore live.

NeedsAsockamnesty · 05/10/2014 20:51

Also a uk plug has a inbuilt shutter the socket covers stop that working and tend to damage the mechanism

BikketBikketBikket · 05/10/2014 21:33

This article explains it MrsB www.childalert.co.uk/article.php?articles_id=28

CrazyMrsBtobe · 05/10/2014 21:46

Thank you Woobedoo and NeedsAsockamnesty. Learn something new everyday :-)

IfAtFirstUDontSucceed · 05/10/2014 21:58

I had a moment a few weeks ago. I can't remember what the issue was about but basically whilst arguing DH walked away from me refusing to listen to what I was saying - a very important and valid point to the whole barny!

This infuriated me, it was so frustrating trying it reason with someone who wouldn't listen, so I took it out on the stair gate by slamming it shut. Unfortunately, the effect of me slamming the gate was pretty ineffective as it just swung right through with a pathetic "tink" noise. So I did it over and over - so it simply just went "tink, tink tink"! Until it just came away from the wall in my hand, and me scrambling to stop it tumbling down the stairs!

There's a nice reminder at the top of the stairs now where the paint on the wall has came away with me ripping the stair gate off!

Deathraystare · 06/10/2014 08:57

To be honest I don't seem to get the 'red mist'. Of course I get annoyed and angry at people and stuff.

Two incidents 'starring' my 'special' Aunt. First one-mr bruv always takes me to see my aunt on a SUnday morning on his way to play organ at the church. As she insists on getting as much spam post as possible from really dodgy places I spend my time ripping it all up. Pointless really as I only see her on Sunday and the rest of the time she is free to send off for more competitions where they take an amount out of her ever dwindling bank account.

Anyway, my brother normally waits until he sees my aunt has opened the door. This time he didn't. I rang her doorbell off the wall, banged on windows, chucked grit at her bedroom window. All to no avail. Of course I had not brought my mobile phone or my purse. I had to sit on damp ground for over an hour when she eventually emerged. She knows what time I come. I do this MOST Sundays.

I was so relieved she was alright (I had tried to ask a Tradesmen if I could use his phoe but he said he did not have one). I did not like to wake the neighbours either.

Anyway, I was so relieved she was ok and told her that I was so relieved she was ok that I wouldn't shout at her!!

By the way she won't let family have a key and has conveniently forgotten the code for her key box.....

The very next day, she took me to Tesco. I said I need to get back for a 12 o'clock signing on session at the job centre. Just to make sure there was no panic, I took all the paper work with me. So far so good.

I asked if she could wait at the small hospital next to the Drs as I needed to make an appointment. I know she hates parking anywhere (she would have difficulty parking in a football field sized parking area with no other car!!!). However I said it was just to make an appointment and I would not be long. I left my bag with her (my frozen food was in the back of the car).

Yep you've guessed it. When I got out the hospital, the red car parked there belonged to someone else. I was looking stupidly at the poor guy in the car after opening the passenger door! I walked 4 times around the parking places to find her car. Nothing. I walked arond the corner to see if she had parked near my brother's house. Nope.Nor across at the shops.

I had no watch on, or my mobile (she does not have one anyway). I had checked she wasn't coe over allill at the drs but where was her car anyway??

So, not sure of the time, I walked home -it takes about half an hour or so I think, maybe more. No sign of her (she has a key to the flat). In the meantime I rang my SIL to see if my aunt had gone there looking for me. At quarter to twelve I go out to sign on, leaving a note to say can she bring my bag with the paperwork to the signing on place so I can get paid my job seekers???!!!!

I get back from there. Luckily the job centre lady thought it was very funny. I noticed my shopping trolley in the flat but no handbag!. Luckily I noticed her just trundling off in the car park outside!

I got my bag from her and said that before I shout at her I am sure she will have a reasonable explanation for this. She started wittering at me about getting someone to help her look for me wtf???? If she had stayed in the car park and NOT moved, there would be no problem! I decided I did not want to find out where she had parked as it no longer mattered!!

I do remember once before I was to meet her at the library (not near the drs) and she sat in her car whilst I looked all over for her. Anyone else would flash their lights, sound their horn or get out the car and say "Oi! over here Dopey!!". No, she gave no indication that she had seen me!!

A week later she asked if I wanted to go out shopping anywhere with her. Err no thanks!!!!!

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