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AIBU?

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Partner called me ungrateful.

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HodgePodge23 · 09/10/2015 18:10

Him and I have different outlooks on gifts and I'm starting to think that perhaps I'm a bitch.

A few things led him to call me this. Firstly, my in laws bought us some baby stuff when my son was born. I left it at their house (in my partners old room) as we didn't need it and we don't have a lot of space at our house for unnecessary things. They recently found it and got upset that we hadn't used it. I'm of the impression that you can give someone a gift, great, but they are under no obligation to use it. Especially if they haven't said they needed it.

Another few examples. My sister asked me what I wanted for my birthday. I told her what I wanted and she got me something else (same price) because that's the thing she liked. I was miffed because I didn't like it, nor did I need it. She was upset because I didn't like it. My partner once again said I was horrible and that I should be grateful. She shouldn't have bloody asked me what I wanted if she wasn't going to get it!

Lastly my gran bought something age innapropriate for my baby. I thanked her and said he wouldn't be able to use it just yet as it was a choking hazard. She exclaimed she could never do anything right and took the bloody gift back!!

So yeah, aibu or is he?

OP posts:
sleeponeday · 10/10/2015 18:29

My opinions are so essential that they must always be posted to enrich the spare time of others, but my own time shimmers with platinum and diamonds, and I never bother to read other people's contributions.

AIBU?

This is not especially aimed at the last poster. It's all over MN at the moment - and it's been bad online manners since Television Without Pity had a rule banning people who did this back in 2002. How fucking rude do you need to be? I really don't understand a mindset that isn't prepared to read other people's thoughts, usually on the basis that their time is too valuable, while promptly wasting everyone else's with their own uninformed and out of date ramblings. If you've not got time to read the fucking thread, you've not got time to post anything of value.

And the irony of doing it on a thread where those posting are pearl-clutching about the OP's manners is pretty striking.

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