To see some examples of Passive Aggressive tactic BINGO

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I have seen a fair few in my time so here are some of mine

1. Dramatic Washing Up. To be done messily and splashily as possible preferably with deep breathing and sighing.

1. The Last Biscuit. "No OF COURSE you can have it. It's just a biscuit. I'm fine, fine, fine really I am."

1. The Passive Aggressive Bath. Might sound weird but highly effective if the only toilet in the house is in the bathroom. Most effective if you have guest that have just arrived or you are doing it near most people's bed time. Have a long bath and observe the squirming dance/irritation at not being able to do bedtime ablutions.

More effective still if doors are locked and guests have no keys and the kitchen sink isn't an option. On no account warn your guests about wanting to have a bath.

1. Dramatic Housework in general - Particularly if they have it in mind it should be YOUR job. Bonus points if they think that having a penis (or ID'ing as male) absolves you from housework EVER.

PA dishwasher emptying! Banging of cutlery and crockery, with bonus snarling at cats getting underfoot. I swear my mum cowrote the PA handbook with above posters'!

She's also great at the, "Do what you like, QQ." grumble, martyred tone of voice and all!

I have a white noise app on my phone which I use to help my son get to sleep. It's called PA Tone, and as a result I always imagine it whooshing away with a little internal monologue going 'no, that's fine, you just leave me to make the white noise. I know you don't really have the vocal cords for it, so I'll just get the baby to sleep for you shall I? It's no bother.. I mean I can do loads of other stuff but i don't mind just doing this, so long as you're happy...'

DP does PA dinner-choosing.
I'll be writing the shopping list for the week, "DP, anything in particular you want for dinner this week?"
"Ah, no, it's alright, whatever's easiest."

So I'll pick the dinners, and guaranteed, "Oh, are we not having X? I was looking forward to that!"

The weeks dinners are written on the fridge in whiteboard marker, you told me you had no preferences, and now you whinge, you passive-aggressive carcass, you.

I think The PA barking mum wins the thread.

Selective memory is another one. Cannot remember shopping list or coursework but can remember a single offhand comment from two years ago.

Passive aggressive pegging out of washing, which involved lifting the items out of the basket and pegging it willy nilly on the line with no attempt to shake or straighten! I had to wash it again so i didn't have to iron it all.

One of my vaguebookers has just updated her status. She hates how haters get their wooden spoons and twist things. She is inboxing the huns as we speak.

Wrong thread! Sorry

Passive aggressive vaguebooking??

How many Irish mothers does it take to change a lightbulb? None. Sure I'll just sit here in the dark. I'll be FINE.

PA packing - everything shoved in and two important things missing and 10 random things we've never used or needed included.

My cat is PA.

I moved furniture around in the living room. Cat not happy. He huffily tried sitting on everything else in the room, the more uncomfortable the better, while giving me side-eye daggers, then huffing off to try lying on the lamp or the very edge of the coffee table or something. My laughter was not appreciated. He pointedly sat on DS's lap later when he would normally sit on my lap and he stared at me with narrow murderous eyes.

pa childcare - taking the children in the morning so you cAn have a lie in then leaving all the doors open and only going to the next so you can hear the toddler and baby scream whilst you try to sleep!

Passive agressive singing happy cheerful songs really angrily 😆😆

RunRabbit I have a PA cat too.

If turfed into the utility room where the cat beds are earlier than she would like, she curls up on the hard shelf next to the comfy bed & stays there all night unless she jumps out of bed when she hears me in the morning & gets back on the shelf, shoving off a couple of packets of bird food & cat crunches to make room Her sister just goes to bed, loudly purring, & settles down in her proper bed

Vaguebooking is PA on its own.

This morning I passive aggressively didn't make my hungover DH coffee.

We just had some PA chopping of potatoes. There was no reason for him not to chop them except that he didn't want to, so he's left black and green bits on and they're all different sizes

Not getting the kids or any of the stuff ready because you don't actually want to go on the outing

I can offer passive aggressive lawn mowing.
It's almost dark but DH is marching up & down the garden attempting to improve my shoddy job. Head down, eyes almost closed in concentration with a look of pain on his face.

I am guilty of using " I don't know" in a PA way. I DO know what I think but can't quite bring myself to say it. That's probably quite annoying, oh dear.

Love the passive aggressive slow walk - I called my mum on it once and gradually reduced our speed so that we Just kept getting slower and slower and slower. She then did a p.a. flounce and started off power walking!

PA food shopping......loudly dumps bags on counter (doesnt involve putting away) -- buys all the stuff we already have - another 10 tins of beans - no milk, loo roll or toothpaste of which we are clean out.

I am just made a PA dinner...OH is pretending to sleep on the sofa with both kids sitting on him, loudly watching Horrid Henry (no one could sleep through that din) and his Nan rings the house phone, I pass it to him and say 'It's your nan, you should answer as she'll want to speak to you not me' to which he half opens his eyes with a pained expression and whispers, as if on his death bed, 'can't you get it'...

I felt like yelling 'Oh, you're tired are you? You've sat around all day enjoying yourself whilst I've cleaned the house, cooked a big roast for your family and cleaned up after them, kept them in tea, coffee, wine, lemonade and anything else they asked for, then as soon as they leave think it's time for a nap?? It must be so hard being you love!'

So I admit, I threw the phone at him, said 'NO', huffed, flounced and banged around making soup in the kitchen without asking if anyone wanted any, just hoping OH says 'I don't want that' so I can let loose the injustices of the day I've just lost to the kitchen and the dishwasher

I think I might have over reacted

I undertake all housework in this manner