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AIBU?

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Adults sucking lollypops....

133 replies

JonesyAndTheSalad · 07/04/2017 10:06

Just NO.

AIBU?

Middle aged male visitor is sitting there right now, with DH in the kitchen. His DD I think has a pack of the things (I hate them anyway but kids I can forgive)

And he's sucking one.

He's making little "Shlep" noises when he takes it out again.

I'm so grossed out right now. This is a big grown man of 47.

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DoesAnyoneReadTheseThings · 07/04/2017 10:08

Yabu.

SheSaidHeSaid · 07/04/2017 10:08

YANBU about the noise thing buy YABU about an age limit on sweets

LordScuttlebutt · 07/04/2017 10:10

Oral fixation.

Maybe he's given up cigarettes?

LolaTheDarkdestroyer · 07/04/2017 10:11

Yabu I love a good suck.

TheWeeBabySeamus1 · 07/04/2017 10:14

I love a lolly pop. It's just a boiled sweet on a stick so im not sure why adults shouldn't eat them.

The noise thing is gross though so fair enough being annoyed at that.

NeonGod73 · 07/04/2017 10:17

Adults with lollipops are ridiculous. YANBU! I am with you on this.
Same goes for adults eating any kiddie junk cereal breakfast like coco pops or that shit sugary Frosties. Or eating cheap sweets like Haribo. The Haribo ads always make me laugh with the adults with toddler voiceovers in them. Brilliant!

WorraLiberty · 07/04/2017 10:18

Ahh lighten up

We're a long time dead.

UppityHumpty · 07/04/2017 10:19

I'll eat what I want thanks. YABU - who made you the food police? Just mind your own and hope nobody's judging you.

JonesyAndTheSalad · 07/04/2017 10:20

Wee it's the "on a stick" part that annoys me. I don't know why. It's just not needed!

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RoseAndRose · 07/04/2017 10:20

Who loves ya, baby!

Sandyfeet101 · 07/04/2017 10:21

I sucked lollies in the first few awful days of giving up smoking. Only in my own home though!

user1489261248 · 07/04/2017 10:23

I think YAB a bit U, but some people find things more annoying than others. It wouldn't bother me to be honest.

I know people who think grown women having soft toys is pathetic, in fact a woman I used to work with was incredibly spiteful and nasty to me when I was about 25, because my boyfriend at the time (now my DH), had bought me a toy bunny for Easter. 'What are you FIVE?' she sneered.

I think she was a jealous bitter cow, because she was 10 years older, and had never had a relationship last longer than 2 weeks. But that's another story.

Itaintme · 07/04/2017 10:23

YABU. I bloody love Coco pops too.

SpreadYourHappiness · 07/04/2017 10:24

YABU. Who gives a shit that a grown man is having a lolly pop? How does it affect you in any way?

TheDowagerCuntess · 07/04/2017 10:25

I've never seen an adult sucking a lollipop. I would judge, and judge harshly.

I hate boiled sweets at the best of times, so one shackled to the end of a stick makes even less sense.

OhDearToby · 07/04/2017 10:25

For some reason the sight of a grown up eating ice cream from a cone disturbes be in a similar way. I work in a shop near a really popular ice cream shop and as soon as the sun comes out every second person through the door has a melty, drippy ice cream that that are slurping at. It turns my stomach a bit.

Strangely though it wouldn't bother me in a park or on the beach.

icelollycraving · 07/04/2017 10:25

Yabu. I love a lolly!

Pigface1 · 07/04/2017 10:27

The noise thing is absolutely gross.

TheDowagerCuntess · 07/04/2017 10:28

How does it affect you in any way?

As if things personally affecting people has ever stopped the mass international pastime of hoiking up the judgy-pants.

JonesyAndTheSalad · 07/04/2017 10:29

Toby it sickens me a bit too.

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Itaintme · 07/04/2017 10:32

What age should I have stopped eating lollys,ice cream and Coco pops?

SpreadYourHappiness · 07/04/2017 10:36

TheDowagerCuntess No, but it might make them realise it's a stupid thing to get angry about.

DPotter · 07/04/2017 10:37

Rose - you and I are clearly of the same vintage!

Who loves ya baby!

NeonGod73 · 07/04/2017 10:38

Itaintme. About 16? But I know mental age is different. Grin

AnnieAnoniMouse · 07/04/2017 10:39

Whatever.

You need the lighten up, you'll give yourself an ulcer.

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