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AIBU?

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To think MIL shouldn't have spoken to my daughter like she did

120 replies

Welshpoolmummy · 08/10/2016 18:50

My MIL is either lovely or a complete cow.
Big detached house in the priciest suburbs in my city, grew up with staff, children boarding school, worked until 40 part time.

Me on the other hand, daughter of a labourer. Done well for myself through education. I know she looks down on my side.

On results day, my daughter got a freak result in one subject and As in everything else she wantes to study further at AS.

She phoned her granny from Italy as promised to share news. Granny said she shouldve worked harder, shouldnt have wasted time going to lectures at Oxford. Shouldnt waste time in bed or playing on the computer. Shouldnt have spent her own earned cash on visiting universities. Time to pull her finger out. My daughter told her to f off as she was upset already.

Then when home, lectures on how well her friends grandkids had done as they go to the boarding schools her father and aunt went to.

Granny told her that she might not get into Oxford or a top 10 university but her results werent that bad. Angry
When your uncle was at oxford.....

We've decided not to tell granny where she's applied to university. (In fact she's already had an offer from a top 10 Wink)

AIBU?

OP posts:
wiltingfast · 08/10/2016 23:30

Did your DD really tell her granny to fuck off? Just because pointed out she should have worked harder? She is her gran, not some ornament. Pointing out some truths doesn't merit being told to fuck off.

Sounds v off to me tbh.

How would you feel if gran told her to fuck off? Or you? You think that's an appropriate way to respond to anyone?

EllenDegenerate · 08/10/2016 23:33

Ahem, to quote a7;

"It is no wonder your MIL looks down on you when quite frankly you have brought up a rude disrespectful potty mouthed brat!"

In fact I think 'provincial' was perfectly and possibly unnecessarily restrained under the circumstances.

I never quite know how to respond to posters such as a7, I'm almost certain that they must be taking the piss, surely?

Welshpoolmummy · 08/10/2016 23:34

Wilting.

In this situation, yes I should hope I'd have the balls to say it.

If she'd been asking for it, sure. My dd wouldn't bat an eyelid.

If she hadn't worked hard then fair enough. But she Did Work bloody hard, fair play to her!

OP posts:
Sellingyesterdaysnews · 08/10/2016 23:36

Just because you know someone who you say swears, and they are posh, does not mean it's acceptable for your dd to tell her own grandmother to F off . Telling someone to F off is very aggressive and is not just swearing. Stop making excuses for everything.

EllenDegenerate · 08/10/2016 23:37

Surely if you can tell anybody to fuck off it is members of one's own family?

It in no way suggests that a person is unable to refrain from profanity when in polite company.
If a child is properly brought up they will be able adept at adapting the content of their language to suit their present company.

To suggest otherwise is simply ridiculous.

accidentalbride · 08/10/2016 23:37

oh yes, posh people swear good and proper, don't get me wrong. However, I don't think any of us here has any problem with the actual swearing... it's about disrespect and telling someone elder to F off in a conversation. It's all about the context. The fact you can't see the difference is very worrying... I swear an awful lot. I wouldn't be able to tell my GP or my teachers or anyone I consider elder to F off. Swearing at someone is very different than just swearing!

Sellingyesterdaysnews · 08/10/2016 23:37

What was the freak result ?

PoppyBirdOnAWire · 08/10/2016 23:39

The freak result must have been the Maths one.

PoppyBirdOnAWire · 08/10/2016 23:39

And swearing at an older relative or indeed any relative is really vile.

EllenDegenerate · 08/10/2016 23:41

Why is it a freak result?

It's not a meteorological phenomenon. It's a fuck up in an exam, there are reasons for its occurance.

Let's not descend in to hyperbole as well as profanity, it will just serve to give Granny more ammunition Wink

PigletWasPoohsFriend · 08/10/2016 23:43

In this situation, yes I should hope I'd have the balls to say it.

Then that makes you just as wrong and rude as your MIL and DD.

PoppyBirdOnAWire · 08/10/2016 23:43

"GreatFuckability

your DD got an unconditional offer from a top 10 uni, the DAY after she submitted her UCAS? despite not having completed her A2 exams yet???"

Weird. The university must be desperate to have her.Hmm

MagicChanges · 08/10/2016 23:44

Sorry I don't get this - it's October - DD "wants to study at AS level?" so what grades are we talking about - GCSEs? I thought AS levels were part of the 2 year A level course that some schools do and other's don't - it's a choice the school can make. And yet the DD has an offer from a top Uni "the day after she sent in her UCAS form" - so she must have 3 good A levels? So why is the OP talking about AS levels.

Please correct me OP if I'm wrong but I have never ever heard of an offer being made the day after an UCAS form is submitted. I do have knowledge of the procedures for offers based on UCAS forms and to be honest it simply isn't possible for an offer to be sent out the very next day, but obviously in was in your case.

Oh and I think the MIL and DD were rude.

PigletWasPoohsFriend · 08/10/2016 23:44

your DD got an unconditional offer from a top 10 uni, the DAY after she submitted her UCAS? despite not having completed her A2 exams yet???"

Good point.

MagicChanges · 08/10/2016 23:45

Yes poppy that's what I'm wondering too!!

crashdoll · 08/10/2016 23:46

You all sound just delightful, to be honest.

ollieplimsoles · 08/10/2016 23:47

I'm seriously laughing at some of the pearl clutching posters on this thread who cant believe the dd swore at her very rude and bitchy gran, who clearly doesn't understand the mental and physical toil A levels can have on a person, and before that you have the stress of GCSEs...

The reason darling granny is so fucking rude is because someone didn't tell her to fuck off...till now.

Well done dd I say.

crashdoll · 08/10/2016 23:48

I applied for uni after I'd received my results and it took more than a day to get an unconditional offer.

accidentalbride · 08/10/2016 23:48

fucking delightful, if you want to sound posh crashdoll Grin

PigletWasPoohsFriend · 08/10/2016 23:50

I'm seriously laughing at some of the pearl clutching posters

No not pearl clutching at all.

Very amazed that the day after the forms go in her DD gets an unconditional offer. Hmm

thehugemanatee · 08/10/2016 23:50

your DD got an unconditional offer from a top 10 uni, the DAY after she submitted her UCAS? despite not having completed her A2 exams yet???"

I think it was badly worded and the OP's DD's results are her A2 results.

I got an unconditional offer before I sat my final exams though. It was so long ago now that I don't remember how it all worked. It wasn't as soon as a day after (presumably it's all done online and is faster now) but I do remember knowing I'd got my offer before I took my exams and I think it was even a full year before I took the last exams as well.

PigletWasPoohsFriend · 08/10/2016 23:52

I'd got my offer before I took my exams and I think it was even a full year before I took the last exams as well.

Yes you get them before your exams, not the day after the forms go in.

Welshpoolmummy · 08/10/2016 23:54

To the posters who are wondering about the uni comment.
My post says an offer, no mention of unconditional.
You apply before A2 are sat, as everyone knows.
Why is impossible for a university to make an offer a day after the UCAS application was recieved by the universities?

OP posts:
PoppyBirdOnAWire · 08/10/2016 23:55

"ollieplimsoles

I'm seriously laughing at some of the pearl clutching posters on this thread who cant believe the dd swore at her very rude and bitchy gran, who clearly doesn't understand the mental and physical toil A levels can have on a person, and before that you have the stress of GCSEs..."

The rude granddaughter hasn't even sat her A Levels yet. That is what makes this whole thing a very tall tale indeed.

PigletWasPoohsFriend · 08/10/2016 23:57

My post says an offer, no mention of unconditional
You apply before A2 are sat, as everyone knows.

Well no, not everyone would know. No need to be so rude.

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