To think this is twatty behaviour?

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I work in an office, mainly with women, mostly 10 to 15 years younger than me (I'm 46). They have given each other cutesy nicknames and hug each other every time one of them comes into the office. They speak to each other in ickle baby voices and keep reminding each other how wonderful and special they are. They tried to include me in it on one occasion but my face said 'fuck off' as clearly as any spoken word could have been. Am I being curmudgeonly? Or is this fucking ridiculous, infantalising bullshit? It's making me feel rather queasy

Hang on! These are women 30-35/6?

Wtf?!

Same age as you. Mostly male work colleagues. None of this shit to deal with and I couldn't stomach it. They sound like a bunch of twats!

When I lived in a flat, the couple opposite used to talk to each other in baby voices. It was extremely odd. I never even found out his real name, she called him Pooh bear all the time.

I’d have to leave

Do they have ‘powered by fairy dust’ stickers on their cars ?

Bloody hell, you’re a better person than me OP, I would have erupted by now!

I'm in my early twenties and wouldn't be impressed if people my age were acting like that. I really don't understand an adult woman choosing to act like a toddler and cultivate similar interests, I refuse to believe adults can actually get excited about fucking unicorns.

I had a friend who was very no-nonsense. She went to work in Ireland for a year and all the young women in the office called her a rhymey-wimey name.I was when I first heard it but she'd obviously got used to it.

I worked with someone once, a 45-50 year old woman, who insisted on speaking in a baby voice constantly.

I wanted to cave her face in with my stapler.

I left.

Idiots! I bet they all love unicorns too don't they...

And have wine wednesdays abd prosecco with 'these girls'

I'm 15 years younger than you and would rather eat my own feet than act like this in a professional setting.

Unicorns on their desk at 30? Desperately clinging onto their youth, huh. 😂

I would have pulled this shit at 19, I can't lie. But 30's? Fuck me, that's just embarrassing.

I'm pretty childish at home though.

Can you ask your boss to issue a “no personal effects except a family photo” on the desks edict? Might at least deal with the glittery shite.

Oh I'm with you!! I work in a school and three of the younger teachers spend all their time talking in baby voices, pulling "cute" faces at each other, making trouty pouty "besties" pics and jumping on the male staff members backs.
They're intelligent, professional women for fucks sake!!!
At least I work with several other grumpy old women who find the behaviour as bizarre as me... I'd go insane if I was surrounded.
Sending sympathy!!

Actually one client did mention something to the manager after a very unicorny member of the team asked him if he wanted to hug her special bear on his way out. Crappy manager did nothing ffs... I really need to work somewhere else before I properly lose my shot with them

Or shit even

I would be seriously irritated by this too. There is a woman at my son’s martial arts class who insists on talking to her 8 year old in the most ridiculous baby voice and that’s bad enough, let alone women doing it to their colleagues! YANBU.

You are me!

My fuck off face can no longer be contained. The day that people literally ran through the office because apparently there was a fucking Pokemon in reception I died inside. Love Island chat. Harry Potter obsessions.

On a serious note - why is it cool not to age past about 17? I much prefer being an adult; I can't imagine not evolving my interests in 20 years.

On a serious note not taking an interest in stuff like that does isolate me a bit. But I'm not able to fake it.

I'm 15 years younger than you and this shite boils my piss.I'm at work, not at a bloody Butlins 90's weekend. No hugs, no unicorns and absolutely no baby voices.

Definitely get a new job - on your last day make all their unicorns little gimp masks and lederhosen out of electrical tape and put the special bear in the shredder.

A woman in her 30s invited a client to hug her teddy bear?

mumonashoestring
pooryorick Yep. It's demented isn't it?

put the special bear in the shredder

That got real savage, real fast

Sorry I wouldn't even say they sounded like 19 year olds. They actually sound like my 2 DDs, who are 8 and 5. I would say, 'Go away, it's enough for me having to put up with unicorns and fairies at home, I come to work because I want to be around adults.'

I'm struggling to think what kind of work place this is. The only feasible explanation is that you're actors and story line creators for Teletubbies.

Jesus christ.

I am in the same age range and would definitely have fuck-off face if asked to join in with this bullshit.
In our office we generally refer to each other with insults and “cunt” is used with great frequency. It is one of the reasons I love my job

Oh dear lord!
No.

Just... no.
So many shades of wrong.

Put their unicorn shite in jelly