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To wonder what are the most [shock] family habits you've ever encountered?

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Sapph1e · 15/12/2014 23:24

Mine are: an ex years ago was one boy with two sisters and one night we got talking about what they called their genitalia when they were growing up. I was flabbergasted when he said "Oh, I had a 'cock' and my sisters had 'minges'" ShockShock

However that was not as bad as the family BBQ (same family) where we were all sitting around a table having a lovely lunch; me, ex-bf, his parents, sisters, sisters' boyfriends and then ex-MIL casually mentioned that she hadn't woken up till 9am that morning.
"That's not true," says ex-FIL promptly, "I heard you having a shit at 5." Shock Shock Shock Shock did not cover it.

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Betrayedbutsurvived · 18/12/2014 15:46

Nooooooo, can't believe I missed the picture

Wealldancelamacarena · 18/12/2014 16:06

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

TeddyBee · 18/12/2014 16:09

O. M. G.

KnittingChristmasJumpers · 18/12/2014 16:10

Weall you are a star - I'd be so sad if I'd missed that!

InanimateCarbonRod · 18/12/2014 16:11

That's not going to make the OP happy weall She asked for it to be deleted for a reason. I suggest you have it removed asap.

onemiddlefinger · 18/12/2014 16:11

I missed it too Sad

Perhaps we can start a petition to have another showing?

onemiddlefinger · 18/12/2014 16:12

multiple x posts.

OMG!

worse than I imagined!

Gatekeeper · 18/12/2014 16:15

haha farewell dh always says 'Eh?' whenever something to do with hearing or deafness is mentioned

MarjorieMelon · 18/12/2014 16:16

Oh my!

It's not even arty! What did you say to sil? If my sil gave us that as a present we would be so weirded out that we would be taking her along to her Doctor in case she was having some sort of breakdown.

Does she have form for this sort of thing?

zaracharlotte · 18/12/2014 16:25

I demand that the picture gets a brief repost, or at least inboxed to me!!!!

zaracharlotte · 18/12/2014 16:26

Oh jesus, I have just refreshed. Goodness goodness goodness.

BalloonSlayer · 18/12/2014 16:26

My eyes, my eyes!

RebeccaMumsnet · 18/12/2014 16:28

@Wealldancelamacarena

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

Hi Wealldancelamacarena,

We have withdrawn this re post of the image, as the original poster asked us to withdraw it in the first place and we didn't think it was on to reports it. Sorry all.

WyldChyld · 18/12/2014 16:28

OH!

Uh.

Hmm...

That's intensely disturbing...

Wealldancelamacarena · 18/12/2014 16:35

Oh sorry my bad I thought it was a public forum and that everything posted was fair game !

londonrach · 18/12/2014 16:36

I missed the picture. Please someone write what was in it...

GaryShitpeas · 18/12/2014 16:38

this thread

omg

Failedspinster · 18/12/2014 16:50

Gutted - I've now missed it twice!

Jodie1982 · 18/12/2014 16:53

Ohhhhhh what did I miss!?? Damn it!

SoonToBeMrsB · 18/12/2014 16:53

Oh sorry my bad I thought it was a public forum and that everything posted was fair game

The picture is identifiable enough that the poster wanted it removed quickly so it makes sense that no-one else should be posting it.

Suzannewithaplan · 18/12/2014 16:55

I missed the picture. Please someone write what was in it

dont worry, I expect you can find it somewhere, it'll have been have copied and will now be posted up all over the internet

BelleateSebastian · 18/12/2014 17:19

I want to see the vag :(

Failedspinster · 18/12/2014 17:20

Suzanne, yeah, but who wants to google "cat and fishnet vagina"?!

Sapph1e · 18/12/2014 17:23

I started this thread and I NEED to see the cat n' vag photo!! Pm me????

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divingoffthebalcony · 18/12/2014 17:26

Just thought of one! I have in laws who really hate hosting people for lunch/dinner. Whether it's a hatred of cooking or having to actually spend money on extra food I don't know. I was once presented by tinned meatballs and told it was a Nigel Slater recipe from the Observer. DH was practically exploding with the effort not to laugh, because this wasn't the first time tinned meatballs had been grandly served up for lunch Grin

And it's not a poverty/frugality thing either.

Same family, served up fish fingers for a child's birthday party. Just fish fingers, for everyone, and there were considerably more adults than children. It was like a Birds Eye advert, seeing these fish fingers piled up on plates.