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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Minor irritants that are actually awful.

277 replies

CredulousThickos · 11/10/2017 12:08

Going to bed to discover you stripped the sheets earlier and failed to remake the bed.

Running a fabulous bubble bath and realising it’s run cold.

Waking up feeling crappy and remembering you oven-prided the oven yesterday in a fit of domesticated goddessing and you have to deal with it today.

Spilling your only glass of wine.

Making toast and then realising someone’s used the last of the butter and put it back in the fridge.

Day ruiners, all of these.

AIBU?

OP posts:
SleightOfMind · 11/10/2017 21:53

Realising you're meant to be at the bus stop on the other side of the road - as your actual bus sails past the empty bus stop opposite.

AppleBlossomTimeNow · 11/10/2017 21:54

Tissue left in pocket of an item of clothing in a dark wash.

liz70 · 11/10/2017 21:56

Leaning over the dog gate to drop something into the recycling bin by the front door, missing and dropping it onto the (rain-soaked) ground and having to step outside to retrieve it and put it in the bin. When you have slippers on. Arsing fuckwipes. Angry

crookedhooker · 11/10/2017 22:04

Today's were knocking a bottle of cooking oil down it went off like a bomb. Covered kitchen units and made the floor like an icerink. Having to cross said floor like Bambi to get to the cleaning cupboard to sort it out.

Having spent all afternoon degreasing the kitchen you decide to do something nice and simple for dinner poached eggs. Poached eggs look amazing restaurant style instead of my usual is it poached/scrambled/or just just give up the ghost type. Go to put pepper on my eggs and the lid of the container shoots across the kitchen and I have now more pepper than eggs on my plate. Try eggs again and they were my usual what were you trying to do with me. DH came into the kitchen gave me a frightened look and hid!

RooDaisy · 11/10/2017 22:08

Putting bacon under the grill (over door has to stay open when the grill is on) for a hangover bacon butty and wondering why it's taking ages then realising you have turned the oven on, not the bloody grill!!

scrabble1 · 11/10/2017 22:17

sitting very close to me in the cinema when it's virtually empty 😡

EKLInTraining · 11/10/2017 22:22

YY to the stripped sheets, gives me the rage.

Baggypants your dog sounds like my cat.

Trying to get to sleep all night, only to finally succeed 20 minutes before the alarm goes off.

Opening the cupboard to find no coffee, needing to go to the shop to get more but needing to drink some coffee in order to get the energy to go and buy the coffee.

Spoons deciding to give you an impromptu fully clothed shower when you're washing up.

SeraphinaDombegh · 11/10/2017 23:45

Planned a lovely trip to nearby tourist attraction with then 1yo DS but having to time it just right to arrive soon after it opens at 10, as DS will fall asleep before lunch if we leave after 11:45 and rest of day would then be ruined by howling baby. Leave around 10. Arrive at 10:20 only to realise I'd left my wallet at home Angry

LunchBoxPolice · 12/10/2017 00:26

Today -
Put too much milk in my tea this morning.

Stood barefoot on a slug.

Just settled into a lovely hot bath when toddler gets out of bed.

Here's to a better tomorrow Grin

KeepServingTheDrinks · 12/10/2017 00:33

Putting a long wash on and half way through seeing a tissue in there.
In a righteous rage inspect every item when hanging it out. Discover that the only thing with any pockets is yours.

OMG BalloonSlayer Are you me???? It's the righteous rage and the cold realisation, isn't it!

Another one is sorting all the dirty washing into piles and leaving them on the bed. "D"H then sauntering into the bedroom, assuming they're clean and awaiting being put away, and chucking them on top of the "clean laundry which is DH's job to put away which could be done simply once a week, but sits there for the best part of a month" pile. I'm mixing up my irks here!

LiquoricePickle · 12/10/2017 01:14

Oh my goodness, OP, you are so right. It made me angry just reading that.

SipsiCat · 12/10/2017 01:31

To wake up to the smell of bacon cooking only to discover oh has had the last rasher Angry
Come down in the morning to find oh hasn't emptied litter tray
Just get sn dc to sleep when next door play loud music and wake them up Angry

Tara336 · 12/10/2017 01:32

Desperately trying to find my ringing mobile in the bottom of my bag only to answer it to either a PPI company

IDefinitelyWould · 12/10/2017 02:03

Everyone finally ready to leave the house with seconds to spare when you realise you forgot to make the pack up...

Bottle full of really nice gin only to realise you have no tonic.

Blow drying your hair into the perfect style before looking out the window and spotting that it is blowing a gale/chucking it down.

Angelicinnocent · 12/10/2017 05:54

Your DH waking you up an hour earlier than the alarm cos he is a noisy arse when he gets up for a pee. Then having to go to the toilet since you are awake and by the time you come back to bed he is snoring at full chat!

Seeyamonday · 12/10/2017 06:54

Nomorechickens
At 2am she could have been anyone's dog!! Only joking, she's a retired Greyhound and I love her to bits but 2am for zoomies and she can sleep all day.... Really!! Smile

toomanysmallpeoplecallmemom · 12/10/2017 07:57

Deciding to do the 20 minute walk to playgroup pick up rather than drive and getting a call to say dd has vomited and needs collecting from School- running home with a double buggy to collect car as her School is too far to walk to, finding toddler asleep in pushchair when it’s time to swap to car Sad

EvilDoctorBallerinaVampireDuck · 12/10/2017 10:42

Getting to the counter at the Sainsbury's café, asking for scrambled eggs and bacon, and being told that they've COMPLETELY CHANGED THE FUCKING MENU!!!!!!!!! 😠😠😠😠😠😠

PurpleNurple69 · 12/10/2017 17:18

Putting the oven on to preheat and forgetting you put a bowl of cat food in there earlier (to stop greedy cat from helping himself to normal cat’s food).

Cooked cat food anyone? Envy

APaperMe · 12/10/2017 17:38

Risk walking around the kitchen in just socks then standing in a damp patch.
Slightly worse, sitting on a loo seat without checking and feeling the wet on your bum/legs.
Getting half way through a drink and realising the glass has that horrid dishwasher residue in the bottom.

Smudge100 · 12/10/2017 17:48

Something happens that makes you think, I can’t wait to tell the OH and then remembering that he left you for the woman down the road who pretended to be your friend,, your solicitor couldn’t be arsed to do his job properly, even though he charged you four times more than he originally quoted you and basically handed the loved-up couple all the assets and that you are going to have to work nine years more than you were planning to as a result.

bemusedmoose · 12/10/2017 18:03

Being knackered, using the last of the coffee as your only means to function... Only to watch the milk split as it hits the coffee...

Pajamagirl · 12/10/2017 18:15

Buying crisps from a vending machine , they slide out but no way are they going drop ! Drives me crazy

Yes to the sheets problem , if dh is away sometimes I will go to the other room rather than make it up just before bedtime

Thinking your toenail polish has dried and finding out they are ' tacky' as you put your foot into your shoe

bsbabas · 12/10/2017 18:18

Running out of tampax and not getting for like another week I now buy in bulk. Playing fallout 3 all day then not saving. Not being able to find that YouTube music video you wanted to watch. Partner fidgeting constantly then asking you to be quiet. Bitch I've been quiet for like eight hrs

PencilsInSpace · 12/10/2017 18:21

Putting your trousers on and finding yesterday's knickers stuck down the leg. Worse if you've already left the house before noticing.