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What are you being unreasonable about today?

110 replies

ThomasRichard · 03/01/2018 11:33

I’m grumpy because the house won’t de-Christmas itself, I have too much underwear for my drawers (pun unintentional), I’m fat and my house is full of chocolate and biscuits that I bought and my guests didn’t eat.

I’m fully aware that I’m being unreasonable about all of this. Anyone else joining me in the unreasonable corner today?

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PavlovianLunge · 03/01/2018 16:29

I’m being unreasonable about having to fold and put away a ridiculous amount of clothes, which I should have folded and put away as it was dry, rather than letting it stack up for many weeks.

Nomoretears56 · 03/01/2018 16:32

I'm being unreasonable because I've just cleaned the living room and now the kitchen looks like a shit hole so I've got to go and clean in there and it's DH first day back at work (I don't go back until the 8th) and I suppose I'm going to have to make dinner.... Hurumph!!

Mugshotzforlunch · 03/01/2018 16:34

It's my birthday and OH had the day off work to take me out. Only he hasn't. Kids at school and nursery so no excuse to not have a lovely day to ourselves for the first time in 14 years. But instead he does 3 hours work on the pc. I cook breakfast, tidy up, Do the laundry. Then he finally says at 12.30 are we going out Then? We went for a walk then came back fo rme to put the chicken in the oven. ( i fancied aroast for my birthday tea) then went to pick the kids up.
He's now gone to his mother's (that's another post) while I finish cooking my tea.
Also I don't have a birthday or a birthday cake.
Do I have a right to sulk and be unreasonable for the rest of the night?

misscheery · 03/01/2018 16:36

Ohhhh I have a combo. So grateful for this post. Officially starting whining:
-Back at work today and this bloody rude customer gets exactly to ME with a very complicated thing to do, (that no one knows how to, so I spent hours in the procedures AND skipped my lunch and got sick because of it) so now I am stuck with his shit for at least 2 days. Hope it's sorted by Friday
-I think I might have anxiety looking into this ASAP
- My hair isn't long enough to get back to my old cut

  • I
started dieting today and I'm not skinny yet GrinGrinGrinGrin
isthismummy · 03/01/2018 16:39

I'm annoyed that my flat is too small and I haven't got room for things. I'm sick of decluttering and DH is sick of me chucking out his stuf.

I'm annoyed I have to bath the dog tonight. She's a very fluffy Shih Tzu, and bath and blow dry will take two hours!

PollyShelbyLifeCoachServices · 03/01/2018 16:47

where to start, having to go back to work for a living on the 9th Jan, ffs..
Having to constantly feed 2 pre-teen twins who are out growing everything...
having to buy school trousers and pe trainers for said twins (see reason why above)
but at least my kids are grateful for the Christmas their father and I slaved eleventy billion hours at work to pay for "Thanks Mum and Dad for sacrificing any sort of joy so that we can have a great childhood (said no child of mine in the two weeks we have had off)
see, I like the rest of you are perfectly reasonable, am I not? :)

PollyShelbyLifeCoachServices · 03/01/2018 16:48

Wow! this thread is so cathartic, pure therapy...thanks OP! Great thread!

Todayfrustratingday · 03/01/2018 16:49

I do love this thread!
I laughed and almost spat out my tea at reading my flat is too small and I haven't got room for things. Yesterday I sorted one bag of stuff to take to the charity shop and I almost got blown away walking the bag there in the gales at lunchtime. Weather is very unreasonable.

Noodledoodledoo · 03/01/2018 16:50

Husband was in a mood as he is back at work, I don't work Wednesday and yesterday was INSET for me!

I am trying to sort the small toy mountain an impossible task with a 3 and 1 year old 'helping'

I just ate the remainder of the brandy/champagne cream - am getting weighed tonight

I have work to do by tomorrow and no chance of it getting started much before 9pm tonight! Regretting leaving it till now - but planned to do it yesterday and little one was sent home from nursery!

Am fed up of living in chaos but struggling to achieve any calm!

Chocolaterainbows · 03/01/2018 16:53

Ellendegeneres

Sounds just like my house. Made me smile Smile

LivingDeadGirlUK · 03/01/2018 17:00

My Sons first day of nursery and he got sent home early, 48 hour exclusion means the few extra days I paid for so I could have some me time, prior to returning to work next week, were a compleat waste.

At least he seems happy even with shit up to his ears :)

AtlanticWaves · 03/01/2018 17:07

I'm at the end of a 6 day sickness bug. And I haven't lost all the weight I put on over Christmas.

I was meant to start work yesterday but Dr signed me off for 2 days. But I don't work Wednesdays so it was a wasted day signed off (We get paid sick days).

DH held the fort with the D.C. Whilst I was ill and didn't do half the things I would have and they watched way too much TV. Then I said at least he'll better appreciate all I do usually and he just looked at me blankly

Fruitbat1980 · 03/01/2018 17:09

I am not eating carbs (Atkins diet) I am doing dry January, my three year old is toilet training, and after high giving our success he just shat on the carpet, I cooked haddock for his tea and the house smells vile, my sespitt is full, I am annoyed at how large my neighbours house sign is (and might cut it down) I have PMT. happy fucking January!

OurMiracle1106 · 03/01/2018 17:11

I’m being unreasonable in that...... I’m not prepared to take more rubbish from certain housemates- think stealing food, using all my plates, refusing to put their share of gas/electric on all with the same excuses we’ve had for a year!!!!

Funny how he can’t afford to feed himself or contribute but can afford to feed his heroin addiction HmmAngry

But of course he thinks I’m I reasonable because I’ve had enough.

Original poster
ThomasRichard · 03/01/2018 17:12

DS is being shorn.

What are you being unreasonable about today?
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MillieMoodle · 03/01/2018 17:15

I am back at work and annoyed about it.

Also I had ryvita for lunch and the rest of a bag of lebkuchen and haven't lost any weight yet.

Also it's windy and I really hate windy weather.

Also my doctors appointment which I have waited weeks for was cancelled an hour before I was meant to go and now I have to wait another week and go to a different surgery.

I have had a generally grumpy day today.

BillyAndTheSillies · 03/01/2018 17:16

I'm annoyed that suitcases don't unpack themselves so I'll have to find time and energy to do that. And then the masses of laundry that come with that.

Also gggrrrrrr to the HR Manager who was so keen to have a convo with me about a role, scheduled a call for 11:30 today, emailed at 11:45 to say she was going in to a meeting and would call me when she got time....and hasn't. Avoided a load of stuff I needed to do this morning because I didn't want to have to do a telephone interview in the middle of the high road.

SecretLimonadeDrinker · 03/01/2018 17:25

Suppose to have gone back to work yesterday. Am 8 weeks pregnant, nauseous, dizzy whenever I stand up and generally exhausted. Feel terrible letting my team down. Sad

DH is on annual leave looking after DS but isn't doing the housework because he just doesn't see it despite me saying the washing needs doing when he was complaining DS is running out of clean trousers. Feel bad about not doing more but nearly fell down the stairs earlier during a dizzy spell.

Bahhhhhumbug · 03/01/2018 17:42

My Dmil had a fall just before Christmas - - her own fault for not waiting as told for me to help her into my car-- and she would try accept any outside help from anyone (including personal care) which she and my dh
and BILs and Sils seem to think as the only female relative happens to be at home during day, that l should do it. Not gonna happen lm afraid so love arranged some outside help for her (physios, continence nurses, occy health etc) Still not good enough apparently so lm the black sheep atm.

Bahhhhhumbug · 03/01/2018 17:46

My Dmil had a fall just before Christmas her own fault for not waiting as told for me to help her into my car and she wont accept any outside help from anyone (including personal care) which she and my dh
and BILs and Sils seem to think as the only female relative happens to be at home during day, that l should do it. Not gonna happen lm afraid so lve arranged some outside help for her (physios, continence nurses, occy health etc) Still not good enough apparently so lm the black sheep atm. Cheers Mil!

TheOnlyLivingBoyInNewCross · 03/01/2018 17:52

DS had a friend over toda specifically so I could Get Things Done.

Nothing got done. I had one of those emails that makes you cross all day; Tesco pissed me off; the laundry is everywhere; the house is still decorated for Christmas.

I ate a bag of Frazzles and some pink wafer biscuits and watched old Strictly dances on YouTube and now feel even worse. Why aren’t I one of those women who eats a satsuma and goes for a 10k run?

TheOnlyLivingBoyInNewCross · 03/01/2018 17:52

today

I can’t even bloody type any more.

TheSpecialOne · 03/01/2018 18:32

I'm grumpy because I have strained my back. Two days of no sleep and had to go to work today with a horrible aching back. Pain relief helps but it wears off too quickly. I think I'm being quite reasonable to be grumpy!

Original poster
ThomasRichard · 03/01/2018 22:21

There are several very reasonable people here.

Update:

  • the house is de-Christmas-ed and everything except the pigging Christmas tree is in the loft
  • DS has had a haircut
  • his PE kit is in the drier
  • both DC got dressed for the trip to the barber and are now asleep, with school bags packed and ready to go in the morning
  • I took two black bags’ worth of clothes to the tip so can actually close my drawers
  • all the unopened Christmas chocolates are in a bag by the door waiting to be dropped at the food bank collection point
  • I am still fat, but am currently submerged in a nice warm bath so never mind.

Here ends today’s unreasonableness.

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uncoolnn · 03/01/2018 22:34

I am grumpy because I've been back to work today and I have a stonking headache. And I genuinely think I might have a stalker HmmSad