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AIBU in the 1970s

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cleaty · 12/05/2016 16:59

I grew up in the 1970s, the age of relaxed and free range parenting. If mumsnet had existed then, what do you think mums would have asked in AIBU?

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Notagainmun · 13/05/2016 06:29

To send my primary school aged child to the back door of the pub, on a Sunday when it is closed, to buy a flagen of cider. I like the kids to have a glass after tea on a Sunday so that they go to bed early.

Handsoffmysweets · 13/05/2016 06:44

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SiencynArsecandle · 13/05/2016 07:07

AIBU to send my 10 year old to the dentist to have a tooth removed, by herself and on the bus? And when she comes home to then pack her off to school with just a scarf tied round her mouth? (Thanks Mom)

oliviaclottedcream · 13/05/2016 07:50

I often wonder what the future may hold for Spastic children?

oliviaclottedcream · 13/05/2016 07:53

She'll be alight Hands , she'll learn. It's just a phase...Just dont let her near that nutter Germaine Greer's books. Our libarary have them.

dentydown · 13/05/2016 08:06

Aibu to keep on smoking around my child? The doctor told me off because she keeps getting chest/throat/ear infections. Why should I let a doctor dictate what I can and can't do! It's my right. If I want to smoke on the top deck of a bus, I damn well will and ignore my attention seeking daughter coughing loudly.

dentydown · 13/05/2016 08:09

Aibu to wonder why my daughter won't stop crying. She was naughty so I smacked her. She wouldn't stop so I gave her a warning that if she carried on I smack her again. (I know warnings are a bit trendy parenting but I like to be fair). I've smacked her 4 times and she won't bloody stop! I want to read my Today newspaper in peace. Should I smack her again?

oliviaclottedcream · 13/05/2016 08:20

You're probably spoiling her denty. I threaten mine with DP's belt.

Every morning this man on the bus smokes his pipe. Now whilst I quite like the aroma, it means I can barely taste my own fags. What really cheeses me off is I've recently gone from JPS to Kensitas and they're dearer at 25p for 20. Should I say something?

kscience · 13/05/2016 08:33

AIBU to be shocked that my DH has taken out a mortgage for £5000 for our new house? This seems like such a huge debt for us to manage. Our current home is quite adequate but DH is determined to move to a nicer area. Its all about keeping up with the Jones's IMO. I am going to be worried sick

wanderings · 13/05/2016 08:53

I can't get a babysitter on Christmas Eve. Would it be all right to keep the kids locked in their bedrooms while we hit the town, so they don't open their presents?

Toadinthehole · 13/05/2016 08:54

AIBU to think my boss is overpaid? He earns 20% more than me.

AIBU to think there are too many cars in the street? There are now five, and they interfere with the kids' games.

AIBU to think people don't give as much of a shit about each other as they used to and that it's going to get worse?

AIBU to be glad that a woman is leader of the opposition, but think there's something not quite right...AIBU to think my boss is overpaid? He earns 20% more than me.

AIBU to think there are too many cars in the street? There are now five, and they interfere with the kids' games.

AIBU to think people don't give as much of a shit about each other as they used to and that it's going to get worse?

AIBU to be glad that a woman is leader of the opposition, but think there's something not quite right...

oliviaclottedcream · 13/05/2016 08:57

Margeret Thatcher? She'll never be PM and ought to smile a bit more. Miserable cow!

oliviaclottedcream · 13/05/2016 09:00

AIBU to think Green Shield Stamps are getting less and less valuable?

MissHooliesCardigan · 13/05/2016 09:16

The DCs are complaining about their tea. I've made them fish in those lovely luminous orange breadcrumbs and they've got Instant Whip for afters. Rude little shits. Me and my sister are taking all the kids to the beach tomorrow. We can fit four in the back and three in the boot. D'you think it would be OK to stick the youngest on the roof rack if we tie him on really tightly? We'll only be on the motorway for about half an hour.
(My aunt was only half joking when she suggested this).

Malina22 · 13/05/2016 09:24

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NotBadConsidering · 13/05/2016 09:29

I see on the news the world has been declared free of smallpox. That's amazing obviously but AIBU to expect doctors to come up with vaccines for other diseases? My older DSis is deaf from measles and my mum lost a baby to it before I was born and it still kills millions around the world, and then there's German measles, mumps, Hib meningitis etc etc. Just horrible diseases. If there were vaccines for them I can't imagine how anyone could turn them down...

(Sorry I know it's not in the lighthearted spirit of the thread!)

spongebob5 · 13/05/2016 09:35

I'm loving all these AIBUs Grin the PP who questioned about training to be a Doctor, you are being UR and fanciful. What about being a nurse? You could meet plenty of Drs , maybe you'll end up marrying one!

HappenstanceMarmite · 13/05/2016 10:12

This is my favourite thread for a long time Grin

When daughter came home from school today she was quite upset. She said she was lined up with her chums, told to bend over whilst the Headmaster thrashed them with the cane. AIBU to think it's her own fault for being caught playing in the old air-raid shelter in the "out of bounds" area near the school in her lunch hour?

Roomba · 13/05/2016 10:25

Sunny Smiles! I'd forgotten that - what were they thinking?

AIBU to leave 8YO DD at home alone when she's ill, after all we both have to work and I'll get the sack if I ask for time off to look after her. DH is a man, so obviously couldn't ask his boss. I have instructed DD to tell anyone who phones (especially the school) that I have 'just popped to the shop for a minute' then phone me at work, so I can pretend to ring them back from home (my DM did this regularly and completely denies this now!). She can cook basic meals and make herself tea so should be fine.

AIBU to let my kids sit in my lap while I drive around the block - no seatbelts for anyone of course? They nag me all the time to let them, so it's only fair to let them take it in turns. I also let them have a go at driving whilst sitting on a cushion, but only up and down our cul-de-sac (My Dad, who was a v strict teacher FGS).

AIBU to moan to anyone who will listen about what a bad sleeper DD is? She is 4 weeks old, FGS, and still wakes me once in the night. I give her a double dose of phenergan each night but she still won't sleep? I've tried rubbing whisky on her gums to no joy. My MIL says I should stick some brandy in her bedtime bottle, I am v tempted to do just that as this is getting ridiculous now...

Idliketobeabutterfly · 13/05/2016 10:26

AIBU to not worry that I accidentally got my son (8mths) drunk on the sherry trifle?

silverpenny · 13/05/2016 10:31

I really want artex ceilings but dh says they are to expensive?

ChishandFips33 · 13/05/2016 10:32

Aibu not to replace the cot painted with lead paint. My first two chewed it and they seem fine

Idliketobeabutterfly · 13/05/2016 10:36

To think asbestos is a really useful building material?

KittyKrap · 13/05/2016 10:42

AIBU to give my DS a first class stamp? They're so expensive but he wants to write to Jim'll Fix It to meet Gary Glitter.

MissHooliesCardigan · 13/05/2016 10:50

DD is wearing this ridiculous thing called a 'ra-ra' skirt. She has also developed an unhealthy interest in a band called Duran Duran (pronounced as rhyming with 'Durham Durham' by DM) They dress like homosexuals and wear make up!' I am concerned about the effect that this sort of thing will have on our children.

Disclaimer: This was actually early 80's.