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AIBU to be horrified shocked disgusted AND revolted by family on sofa?

238 replies

LauraMipsum · 03/01/2017 19:01

Just got back from a trip to extended family and was HORRIFIED to find that they sit on their bottoms on the sofa, often with only one or two layers of material between skin and chair. PIL don't even wipe it down with anti bac wipes in between different people plonking their backsides down.

WIBU to stand for the entire visit of two weeks? My knees hurt and my face aches from scowling.

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Finola1step · 03/01/2017 19:19

You need to LTB.

LadyOfTheCanyon · 03/01/2017 19:20

I'm going to buy a black light torch just for these very occasions! If there's any rogue protein matter or enzymes lurking about I want to know about it
trains it straight onto DPs suspected wank sock

pictish · 03/01/2017 19:21

Ugh the disgusting, revolting, minging, germ-ridden filthmongers! I would stand too. All week. With a face on. And I'd moan on and on relentlessly to my dh about his inferior family and their DISGUSTING GERMS.
DISGUSTING!

CaraAspen · 03/01/2017 19:21

Perhaps Robbie Williams can help, OP? He appears to need to bulk buy such wipes...

DixieWishbone · 03/01/2017 19:21

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CaraAspen · 03/01/2017 19:22

A fan touched him very recently and he looked "disgusted".

EggysMom · 03/01/2017 19:24

Buy them a present of a clear plastic sofa cover. It'll be easier for them to keep it clean. Don't forget to leave the price tag on so they know how much you spent on the unexpected gift.

ootsideinbacktaefront · 03/01/2017 19:24

Phone 101

nursy1 · 03/01/2017 19:24

You are joking aren't you?

LaChatte · 03/01/2017 19:25

Doesn't everyone just stick their sofa covers in the machine every night? It only takes a few minutes to put them back on again in the morning.

Catsick36 · 03/01/2017 19:25

You need to put your big girl pants on and grow a backbone. Every time they do this point out that their behaviour is unacceptable and repeat until they change. Don't be such a pushover.

SootSprite · 03/01/2017 19:25

We like to cover ourselves with baby wipes and then enclose with a layer of bubble wrap.

Catsick36 · 03/01/2017 19:25

Then call the police so they can log it.

BarbaraofSeville · 03/01/2017 19:26

For Dixie

AIBU to be horrified shocked disgusted AND revolted by family on sofa?
queenofthebucket · 03/01/2017 19:26

I try and ensure kitty at least licks his bottom before daring to sit on any of the furniture

queenofthebucket · 03/01/2017 19:27

Maybe 111 or A&E

YoScienceBitch · 03/01/2017 19:27

It's amazing how many people on this forum just have zero capacity for humour!

MapMyMum · 03/01/2017 19:28

Won't somebody think of the children?????

pinkblink · 03/01/2017 19:28

Wonder how many people wipe the sofa with the cloth they use to wipe the bin?

Clandestino · 03/01/2017 19:29

Well, that's horrendous. They probably evdn touch it with their grubby dirty hands. Hope you were not served sny kind of food and if, it was straight from the packaging, with sterilised gloves and on disposable plates. You poor thing. They sound like filthy monsters.

amysmummy12345 · 03/01/2017 19:29

Fucking heathens... Next you'll be telling me their mouth touches the cup when they drink from it Confused

YoScienceBitch · 03/01/2017 19:30

pink Grin

Heathens.

BarbaraofSeville · 03/01/2017 19:30

Back to the OP, shoes on or shoes off? Wink

EineKleine · 03/01/2017 19:31

YWNBU to leave and never go back. I threw out my sofa years ago, they're disgusting. Whereas carpets are pretty much self cleaning, I just cover them with bleach twice a day and the germs just dissolve.

Philoslothy · 03/01/2017 19:31

Some people even sit on the sofa in their pyjamas, they are feckless wastrels who can only be relied on to behave in a shit manner