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Ever wish you could uninvent something (lighthearted)

121 replies

Outnotdown · 01/11/2017 14:53

Lego! I'm sick of it! Prising it out of my toddler's mouth, mopping up the tears when my 5 year old's impossibly long car falls apart. Breaking up the fights when one child wrecks the other's creation. Standing barefooted on a microscopically tiny yet painfully sharp bit that got left behind.

And I can't make ANYTHING with them. And they're EVERYWHERE AngryAngry

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Bluelonerose · 01/11/2017 16:44

Ffs not Drs.

Actually auto correct needs to go on the list too Angry

DesignedForLife · 01/11/2017 16:48

Periods.

Outnotdown · 01/11/2017 17:06

Nerf bullets YES! Chewed up bits all over the floors (and I don't have pets, it's my toddlers doing it Blush) and my 7 year old crying because they're wrecked. Well PUT THEM AWAY then ffs

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BreakfastAtSquiffanys · 01/11/2017 17:15

Selfies

Candlelight234 · 01/11/2017 17:30

That stupid clapping And cup banging song. Fuck knows what it's called but my kids are banned from doing it, drives me into a rage grumpy cow

lougle · 01/11/2017 17:47

Lego top tip: have a rule that Lego can only be played with on a sheet or blanket. Then you can just pick up the sheet/blanket and pour the Lego into the box after it's finished with. Star

MrsJayy · 01/11/2017 17:49

Filters on snapchat or whatever half of my facebook look like disney creatures Hmm

aly2244 · 06/09/2018 10:39

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wanderings · 06/09/2018 10:52

As a child I remember wishing certain things were uninvented: mint, injections, smacking, my younger brother. (still light-hearted, although I didn't feel that way at the time!)

Lweji · 06/09/2018 11:00

Dan TDM

And fucking Jake Paul.

Lweji · 06/09/2018 11:01

Twitter. Then I wouldn't have to see news of what the idiot president of the USA has been (t)wittering on about.

By extension, I vote for electoral colleges. Direct elections all the way.
Then nobody would need to worry about presidential tweets.

InertPotato · 06/09/2018 11:02

Just one.

FORTNIGHT.

InertPotato · 06/09/2018 11:03

Oh god, the nerf bullets. I pull them out of my poor dog's anus at the dog park a couple of times a week.

UpstartCrow · 06/09/2018 11:05

Keeping a cat as a pet

longwayoff · 06/09/2018 11:29

Slugbrows and fishlips

longwayoff · 06/09/2018 11:31

Told you before Inert, you're supposed to keepthem in your handbag.

IfNotNowThenWhen1 · 06/09/2018 11:33

The Internet. I miss libraries and books.

IfNotNowThenWhen1 · 06/09/2018 11:34

And doing productive creative things with my time.

RedPanda2 · 06/09/2018 11:35

Children's scooters. They seem to love getting in the way or going straight into my feet

Yokohamajojo · 06/09/2018 11:36

I was surprised it took a whole page before someone said fortnite!! Fortnite all the way

AgeBeforeBeauty · 06/09/2018 11:38

Yes to periods ... and hormones.

Will add hair dye to the list, and botox, and smartphones.

ForalltheSaints · 06/09/2018 11:59

Any show managed or with Simon Cowell.

Kewqueue · 06/09/2018 12:04

Air travel. I don't like it but I don't want to miss out so nobody else can use it either.😆 I actually think the world would be better off without it anyway.

AngeloMysterioso · 06/09/2018 12:07

Cigarettes. They bring nothing good to the world.

KC225 · 06/09/2018 12:09

Roblox
Minecraft
Slime and all who make it
Rubbish 80s/90s American family sitcoms on Netflixs that DD watches
Heavy Metal
Sprouts

Aside from that I'm quite easy