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If fairy tales were on AIBU

164 replies

OrlandoWoolf · 11/04/2015 19:21

AIBU to call social services? Just got back from a lovely walk. The porridge has been eaten, there's chairs broken and there's a little girl asleep alone in my DS's bed. No sign of any parents.

WWYD?

(plenty of scope for wicked step mums here. And a bit of feminism as well Grin)

OP posts:
ZombieJenna · 11/04/2015 22:35

DGS went out skating yesterday and didn't come back. DGD claims she saw him going off with a strange woman in a sleigh and wants to go looking for him. Should I report to SS?

acatcalledjohn · 11/04/2015 22:36

Ah, I see.

Not that it matter now that she's a goner Grin

DoTheDuckFace · 11/04/2015 22:52

Aibu to have a relationship with an immigrant, all my community is against us but I just feel I should listen to my heart. My father has a local man lined up for me to marry but I can't get this pale skinned man out of my mind.

Egog · 11/04/2015 23:10

AIBU to use my dog as a nanny while DH and I go for a night out?

JustAStormInADCup · 11/04/2015 23:17

I'm not the most extrovert of characters. I feel so drab compared with my peers. Lately it seems that all I get are insults and jibes about my appearance.

AIBU to go NC for the winter?

stoopstoconker · 11/04/2015 23:19

Egog I'm sure it'll be fine if you lock the doors when you leave, it's not like anyone's going to fly in through the window after all!

elephantoverthehill · 11/04/2015 23:23

egog of course that is ok -as long as your dog is called 'Nanny'. If it is named 'Rover' I think I would be straight onto SS.

stoopstoconker · 11/04/2015 23:28

Just I think there was a thread about you the other day, try not to let other people affect your self esteem. If little Billy Elliot can become a swan, so can you.

elephantoverthehill · 11/04/2015 23:57

Justasstorm I think that was a great addition to this thread. Damn I didn't think of it and did not get straight away. I can't stop singing that song now

RevoltingPeasant · 12/04/2015 00:03

DW keeps eating all the fattiest parts of the meat. When I point out this is awful for her cholesterol she just says she can "eat no lean" but it's all right because I always have those bits Shock

Prepared to be flamed, but AIBU to think she has really let herself go and should stop licking the platter clean??

RevoltingPeasant · 12/04/2015 00:06

Baby names
A little man keeps telling me that unless I can guess his name he'll take pfb away. What do we think it is, ladies?

Norman?

Gordon?

Clive?

elephantoverthehill · 12/04/2015 00:11

Augusta

stoopstoconker · 12/04/2015 00:15

Charmaine?

littlebillie · 12/04/2015 00:16

I'm over the bridge but my brothers are in for it!!

nocoolnamesleft · 12/04/2015 00:23

I'm just a poor woodcutter, and I worry that my DW is jealous that my DB is rich, and so DB and SIL live a life of comfort compared to us. When out cutting wood, I overheard a group of armed robbers hiding their loot, and managed to pick up the combination to their secret fault. AIBU in wanting to sneak inside and take, say, a bag of gold at a time? What could go wrong?

MetallicBeige · 12/04/2015 00:43

The man next door is really into his vegetable competitions, big time. He's only gone and genetically modified a turnip, it's so big I can see its shoots peeping over the top of my leilandi. Just yesterday I saw him, his wife, the grandchildren, and their pets all trying to get it out of the ground.
AIBU to think he's a bit of a loon? I want to sell my house soon and I just hope the monstrosity is gone before viewings start. Also wibu to report him to the competition people? GM is cheating, surely?

acatcalledjohn · 12/04/2015 01:17

Baby names:

Surely it's Fred?

willnotbetamed · 12/04/2015 06:28

Omg, I have enjoyed this lurk! You lot are so clever!

So, anyway, my next door neighbour was LP since his wife died, just recently his new DP moved in. I feel like she's not nice to to his two kids - I can hear her shouting at them in the garden - and they have started looking a bit peaky. I'm not sure if they're getting enough to eat? Neighbour is unemployed and I saw them coming out of the food bank a while ago, so I guess they're having problems.

Then yesterday I was looking out from behind the curtains (don't judge me) and I saw the whole family heading off into the forest at the end of the road. One of the kids was carrying a bag of bread, so I thought maybe they were going on a picnic. A few hours later, neighbour and his DP came back on their own, no kids in sight. AIBU to think that that's a bit worrying? Should I ring SS?

ProudAS · 12/04/2015 07:11

AIBU to think I should have had an invite to princess' christening

King and queen invited twelve other fairies to be god mothers. They said my invite got lost in the post although I heard whispers that they thought I was dead - I have been keeping myself to myself for the past few years but jumping to that conclusion seems a bit extreme.

They'll get their comeuppance though. I put a spell on their PFB so that when she turns 21 she will prick her finger on a spindle and die.

willnotbetamed · 12/04/2015 07:38

Proudas YABU. They are out of order not to invite you, but did you really need to put a spell on her? Anyway, who uses a spindle these days?

ninetynineonehundred · 12/04/2015 07:48

Aibu to feel jealous of my brother.

The employment situation means that all i can afford to buy is a cottage described as 'thatched' (looks like the whole bloody thing is made of straw if you ask me)

My first brother lives in a beautiful log cabin and the second one in a red brick mansion.

There's no security on my property and someone keeps trying to break in and is threatening me. Should I call the police?

Wibu to ask if I can live with my brothers?

DoTheDuckFace · 12/04/2015 09:10

AIBU to be worried about my colleagues?

I work in a small team of seven. I I think one has naracalepsy as he is just so sleepy, we work hard but we house share so I know he gets enough sleep. We have a live in home help too so he is not over doing it. The other is really grumpy all the time I don't know if he has some issues but its taking its toll on the rest of the team. I am a really happy guy but I can't put up with it forever. Oh and let's not forget the guy with hayfever. All he does is sneeze all day long. I have left some piriton out but he is still at it.

Waxlyrically · 12/04/2015 09:34

I have an allotment and have grown turnips for years. This year one of them has grown so large I can't pull it out of the ground! Lots of my strong and well built neighbours have offered to help to no avail. Now a tiny frail old man who lives nearby has suggested he could help. AIBU to tell him not to bother as he couldn't possibly make any difference.

CoolCadbury · 12/04/2015 09:44

Was I AIBU? I was cold and in a hurry to get home to make sure my servants were getting the feast ready exactly so and then a pesky little girl starts hassling me - I hate it when parents let their children out without supervision - to buy matches. AIBU to tell her to pee off and shove past her?

RevoltingPeasant · 12/04/2015 09:48

Relationships

DH and I have been issues recently. First he grew this "funky" coloured beard which I can only assume is some type of hipster statement. Then he told me not to look in his mancave whilst he was away. Of course I did, and omg he's got the heads of a whole bunch of his exes in there! What is worse is, DBro is coming to visit soon and I'm afraid he'll pick up something's not right.

Should I go on a spa day to get over the shock? Also AIBU to insist we get a cleaner, as all that blood will be a total arse to get out of the carpet?

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