DH and DSis fallen out - I'm stuck in middle

[WoodyElephant]

Sis came to our house upset as she'd had a row with her line manager. I tried to comfort her while she was here and dh suggested to her that her dress had owls on and perhaps that contributed to the confrontation. Sister is now saying that dh is takin sides with her line manager and they I am taking sides with DH and therefore, nobody is supporting her. I feel stuck in the middle as dH did not mean to blame sis, but just pointed out factors that could have contributed to it all. But then again he could have been more tactful about it. On the other hand, sister is been unfair to me (I feel) as I was the first to support her when it first happened!!
AIBU to tell her I support her but also see where dh was coming from or would it be more reasonable to just tell her I want nothing more to do with it as I feel stuck in the middle and I feel that is unfair

See those owls, troublemakers!

Oh where is the op??

This thread is amazing

Where is OP???

froggyjump definitely has it - they'll be in Sheffield and it'll be some Blades/Owls childishness.

Maybe it was something like this..

(By the way...did we ever find out what a willy off was?)

Perhaps the line manager was a member of the Kikuyu people of Kenya and the DH knew this.

From Wikipedia

Among the Kikuyu of Kenya it was believed that owls were harbingers of death. If one saw an owl or heard its hoot, someone was going to die. In general, owls are viewed as harbingers of bad luck, ill health, or death. The belief is widespread even today.

easy to not be stuck in the middle when one side was very obviously being a nob. If he thought he was being big and clever by playing devils advocate and coming up with weird reasons why your sister had just had an upsetting experience, and trying to blame her for it, rather than being supportive, then im not surprised your sister got more upset. Does he do this sort of thing to you aswell OP?

A quick google image search reveals that most dresses with owls on seem to be very short... I wonder if there is a reason for that... apart from the fact 90% of them are made for dolls or toddlers

Must stop procrastinating and get back to what I should be doing...

I have a dress with owls on...tis lovely and work have never complained.

Loving this thread.

DH thought it might be that her dress had owls on-mind boggles at that.

OP could see his point??!!-completely at that!

What's the dress code?

Is owl a typo? If not I can't really understand the problem? Was he joking? I can't imagine how the conversation went.

Place marking with glee...really hoping it was not a typo!!

Was it on her dress??

Owl motifs are quite popular so it might not have been a typo. Your DH might not have thought they were formal enough for the workplace or he might have been making an ill-judged joke in an attempt to diffuse the tension (my DH does this) but either way he acted inappropriately. If it was a typo and the dress had holes in then perhaps he had more of a point but it could have been made tactfully when your sister was feeling better. He should apologise.

Ruffled your sister's feathers a bit.

Anyway this thread reminded me of macrame owls lookie

pinkrblue I want to see your lovely owl dress - can you post a pic? This thread has made me hanker for an owl dress . . .

Cmon OP come bayack

I hate dickish OPs like this. It's pure attention seeking. Post a shit half a story that makes zero sense just for hundreds of replies asking for you to come back.

Some of the replies are amusing though.

Four pages of owl jokes, and no-one's suggested that you wind your neck in?! What's wrong with you people?

I don't get the owls either.

OP if you agree with where your DH is coming from then she should know that. You and he could be right, you could be wrong, no one has a clue because wtf owls!

Give us a clue OP - is it Hollyoaks?