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What is the most ridiculous argument you have ever had?

195 replies

Pointlessfact · 27/02/2018 21:37

I remember when I was in high school , me and my mate had an argument about Liverpool football club only buying players people hadn't heard off

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WhatAPowerfulPerm · 27/02/2018 22:39

With my DH about what the theme tune was for the Animals of Farthing Wood. I was right.

Doo doo doo doooooo, doo doo doo doooo....

Redcliff · 27/02/2018 22:42

Chips - this row over mushroom wasn't on holiday with 2 female pals was it? It sounds just like one of the most stupid rows I ever had....

MabelStable · 27/02/2018 22:42

Whether you can be upside down in space. DH said yes, I said no.

ToadOfToadHallSingsTillLate · 27/02/2018 22:42

My mum borrowed my car when I was visiting one Christmas, without asking. She wasn't insured and had never driven it before. She may have skidded in the Icey conditions and given herself a fright, because when she came home (I didn't even know she was out in my car!!) she had a massive go at me about how my brakes weren't working!!!! Hmm When I explained there was nothing wrong with the brakes and if she'd asked to borrow the car, I could have shown her how it all works, and let her get used to the brakes which r different to hers etc, before driving it (in icey condutions) she then had another go at me saying I was angry she'd borrowed the car (which I wasn't! Just more concerned for her safety!) ... she then didn't speak to me for 2 weeks Hmm

I'm still really confused about that one Hmm

TyneTeas · 27/02/2018 22:49

It's not an argument that I've had but I overheard a fairly robust discussion this morning about whether cheese toasties actually contain cheese or in fact are just toast Confused

rememberthetime · 27/02/2018 22:58

Huge list of stupid arguments with each.
Filling the dishwasher correctly...
Did I let the toilet brush get dirty and it was fucking disgusting. I hadn't even touched it.
Moving a chair to another part of the room without asking.
Waking my son up for school rather than let him be late and learn a lesson.

I left him.

BetterEatCheese · 27/02/2018 22:58

I argued with my sister about a day out and we were suggesting the same place. She was so sure I was disagreeing and she just wasn't listening and just kept shouting. It was literally an argument about nothing

UnicornPug · 27/02/2018 23:01

My best friend of many years and I argued over which way wind turbines were moving when I drove past them. and she was plainly wrong

Arguing with my daughter is the worst. She starts with a statement, let’s say ‘grass is blue’. I disagree , saying ‘ I believe grass is green’ and calmly explain why. She gets more irate, we end up shrieking at each other. Then, she will do a complete 180 and start shouting about how she knows grass is green and I was the one who said it was blue and do I think she’s stupid? EVERYONE knows grass is green and I must be an idiot to think it’s blue. It’s exhausting!

EnglishGirlApproximately · 27/02/2018 23:01

We had an argument once about whether I would slow dance on stage with Robbie Williams at a concert as he does when he pulls someone out of the crowd.

Neither of us are Robbie fans so the likelihood of this ever becoming an issue is none existent Grin

LemonysSnicket · 27/02/2018 23:03

Wether the bread is toasted at subway in a microwave or a toaster oven. I was about 15, she didn’t believe me that microwaves make bread soggy.

OublietteBravo · 27/02/2018 23:07

DH and I still argue about the colour of the dress DD wore to a wedding in 2006. It was navy with white pinstripes, but DH refuses to accept this (he thinks it was brown Confused).

CoffeebyIV · 27/02/2018 23:07

If there was a difference between a migraine and headache

VladmirsPoutine · 27/02/2018 23:08

@UnicornPug Grin I used to be just like your dd. Sorry! For the record, we do grow out of it! Grin

ThePlatypusAlwaysTriumphs · 27/02/2018 23:12

DH and I had our first proper call out about...George Michael. He said that he should have been open about being gay and I said it was nobody's business but his. As I recall the argument ended with me calling now DH a " small minded Sun reading asshole " before slamming the door behind him.

Neither of us even really listened to George Michael Confused

aurynne · 27/02/2018 23:21

I left my parents home forever after the most stupid argument that my dad started over me not taking sun glasses to a walk. Obviously there was previous story there, of stupid arguments turning so cruel and nasty that I told him one more and I'd be out. However he really topped himself with this one, telling me I was useless and no one would care if I died. Over sun glasses. I never went back, and was much happier as a result. My only regret was leaving my little sister behind.

frasier · 27/02/2018 23:40

With ILs over whether a place was nice! They wouldn't agree to differ, they told me I HAD to agree with them because I was wrong lol!

Aspiringcatlady · 27/02/2018 23:44

I had spent a whole day at work once thinking about this lovely cookie (that was mine DH had his share), got home so excited to have this cookie and DH had eaten it!

TheFrogWithLibraryBooks · 28/02/2018 00:50

Not exactly mine but I was in the room when my DGD's (6) were looking at the wedding albums.
They both got very angry and screamed at my DD because they weren't in the pics..
The wedding was 18 months before they were born!

Birdshitbridgegotme · 28/02/2018 01:47

When I paired one of my other halfs socks with one of my son's socks...in my defence they were both black and i was in a rush

Bookywooky · 28/02/2018 01:54

My ex-DH who was very unhappy I bought cold sausage rolls at the bakers to heat in the oven at home instead of buying hot sausage rolls. 🙄

ClemDanfango · 28/02/2018 02:05

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onemorecupofcoffeefortheroad · 28/02/2018 02:12

In the 80s I had an argument with my DM about wearing a waterproof jacket on a sea trip. I was 18 and living away from home for the first time - DM and DD had come to visit me and wanted to take me on a boat trip seal spotting off the Northumberland coast. I absolutely refused to wear the waterproof jacket provided on the boat trip and so in the end we couldnt go. I'm not a stubborn or difficult person and got on well with my parents - to this day I can't understand why I was so obstinate.

thatwouldbeanecumenicalmatter · 28/02/2018 04:01

Over whether his favourite cardigan was grey (it was) or brown (definitely not). He totally refused to acknowledge that (at the time) as a Designer who regularly produced colour charts as part of my job I was more of a reliable authority over the colour of his sodding cardigan.

We laugh about it now

Soubriquet · 28/02/2018 05:59

Got to be on Saturday where we bickered over where to put the snake tank.

He wanted to put him in the cubby room with no radiator. Kept saying he has a heat mat he will be fine!!

I refused and said he needs to be on the landing as the cold end of the tank will be too cold.

We ended up shrieking at each other.. Confused

I won

lovesugarfreejelly63 · 28/02/2018 06:18

You never argued with my parents they were always right, not worth the hassle.