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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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supersop60 · 04/03/2018 09:25

Ex-boyfriend and I were playing Monopoly. Just the two of us. And he cheated.

MorrisZapp · 04/03/2018 09:32

My old school friend would argue black was white. We argued continually but some highlights include Jimmy Saville's name (it's Jimml Fixit, everybody knows that!), the lyrics to I Don't Like Mondays (which apparently goes I'm gonna shooooot you) and whether large books count as annuals.

Christ it was wearing. She still spouts shite on fb.

Also had huge argument with first boyfriend because Chinese delivery man called me Mrs His Name and I laughed and said I wouldn't change my name anyway. He went mental. We'd been together for three months.

DevilsDoorbell · 04/03/2018 09:37

Dh and I got into a row about who would get the kids in a divorce. We were happily married, no problems, divorce was the last thing on our minds. Until then. It got very ugly! We laugh now

Lilyargin · 04/03/2018 09:39

I had a big argument with my son about whether Paul McCartney likes cheese.

BakedBeans47 · 04/03/2018 09:45

We had an argument over how we’d split the money amongst our families if we won the jackpot on the lottery

BakedBeans47 · 04/03/2018 09:47

I had a big argument with my son about whether Paul McCartney likes cheese.

This has made me LOL

Badbadtromance · 04/03/2018 10:07

" mum buy a house in the most expensive area of town so you won't have to drive me to the gym" said by my teen.

MrsPottsTheTeapot · 04/03/2018 10:09

My ex and I once stayed up all night arguing over a plastic bag

Lilyargin · 04/03/2018 10:16

BakedBeans47 he has since come round to my point of view that he probably does like cheese. Family joke now, but we both got really cross at the time!

Aria2015 · 04/03/2018 10:18

My dh and I had a blow out row about which nozzle to use to hoover the stairs once! It got so heated but half way through I started laughing because it just dawned on me how silly we were being!

BubblesBubblesBubbles · 04/03/2018 10:29

Dh and I had a major fight over a hypothetical child number 3’s name Confused we don’t want a 3rd child and can’t have a 3rd child but hey ho. It involved a lot stamping of feet and him sleeping in the spare room.

We have also had fights over Lego Batman. And we can’t ever play monopoly it causes war!

Anasnake · 04/03/2018 10:31

How to eat a Jaffa cake Shock

FindoGask · 04/03/2018 10:33

The stupidest argument I can remember was in the car with my then 2 year old daughter, over whether some cows in a nearby field were in fact cows (they were) or horses (as she maintained). I couldn't let it go. I even got her Usborne animal book out when we got home to point out the many differences between horses and cows.

Idontevencareanymore · 04/03/2018 10:37

Frozen bacon. And wether it's available to purchase. Went on for a good fortnight and I technically "won" but it was vegetarian bacon so technically doesn't count.

it so does

honeyharris · 04/03/2018 10:58

My DH put all our wet washing in a tumble dryer on a German campsite and his patterned shirt made a green stain on my white jeans. He said I shouldn't be upset as they only cost £5 in a sale so i should have bought two pairs but at the time of buying I was unsure about them and didn't know I was going to like them so much. Ruined the entire day.

AliasGrape · 04/03/2018 11:32

With my ex, over whether Marky Mark Wahlberg was ever in NKOTB. There were tears, and there was a fair amount of me sobbing ‘w-why do you never JUST LISTEN TO MEEEEEEE?’ Turns out he was right, but I’d deny it to his face to this day.

Same ex - whether Chris Tarrant was Australian. He claimed I’d faked the web page I used to demonstrate that he was not.

Current DP - we only ever argue about food. The great chicken soup war of 2016 still looms large. And on our first ever weekend away together I told him I was ending the relationship because I didn’t think we were compatible - I wanted lunch there and then and he wanted to wait a bit basically. He’s since learned never to let me get hungry.

ElenaGreco123 · 04/03/2018 14:59

With my BF about the colour of her hair. I thought it was black and she thought it was dark brown. We had too much time on our hands at uni. [facepalm]

HiggeldyPigsinblankets · 04/03/2018 15:45

my brother and I had an argument last year about a hypothetical 26 million lottery win, he said I was tight because I would only give my kids and his £500k each (10 kids between us!) and him and our mum 3 million each Grin

WashBasketsAreUs · 04/03/2018 15:55

TicketBoo the Wisps issue resonates here. I buy a 4 pack of Wispa's each week usually and a 4 pack of Double Deckers (I don't like Double Deckers, but that's important, bear with me)
2 adults, 4 Wispa's, 2 each right? DH likes the Double Deckers so he eats all of them. After shitty evening at work I was dreaming about that one Wispa left in the fridge that was mine and came home to discover he'd eaten it! Basted. ( and there were Double Deckers still in the fridge!) I thought I would cry.
I made him buy me a 4 pack of my own and ate every bloody one in front of him.
I told our grandson and whenever he's shopping with me there's always an earnest discussion on the chocolate aisle about the time grandad made "bad choices" by stealing my Wispa. It was months ago but he never forgets. Neither does DH, the correct accounting for of Wispa's is now correct. ( and sometimes I buy some and hide them!)

WashBasketsAreUs · 04/03/2018 15:57

Bastard, obviously not basted!

GrooovyLass · 04/03/2018 16:11

I think I can start an argument in an empty room tbh. Most of my arguments with DP are stupid and most of the stupid ones are because I'm tired or hungry!

My finest hour is probably when I drunkenly had a massive go at him for slut-shaming Barbara Windsor. I still stand by that, actually...

GingerBeerDrinker · 04/03/2018 16:30

Idontevencareanymore farmfoods sell frozen bacon.
I can't remember any ridiculous arguments of my own.

poddige · 04/03/2018 18:59

When heavily pregnant I almost LTB when DH asked if I wanted a sugar in my coffee.

(I had been talking about giving up sugar)

It still gets trotted out now as an example of my delightful pregnancy hormones. Boy, they were wild.

skippykips · 04/03/2018 19:18

Another hormone one! I wasn't pregnant but I suffer with dreadful hormones!
This is by far the most stupidest thing I have ever been annoyed by!
My wonderful DP doesn't do much wrong, he cooks, cleans, works and helps with the children!
This fresh batch of hormones were aimed at him! I sat up in bedroom trying to figure out why I despised him so much!
I worked out I was just hormonal.
I went downstairs unable to be 'ok' with him! He asked what was wrong and out I blurted 'you!, I need to be in a mood with you but Mr fucking perfect hasn't done the slightest thing wrong so I have no reasonable reason to not like you'
The poor man went into the kitchen feeling confused yet smug! He knew hormonal Skippy could usually find something to be peed off about! But this time I had nothing! So I spent the rest of the night in a mood with him because he had done nothing wrong!
He even asked if I wanted a Chinese for the next day!
He now boasts about this to his friends! I just sit there feeing quite ashamed!
My hormones are now controlled!

Bexterfish · 04/03/2018 19:31

Me and dh had a massive argument over what colour 'purple' is. Is it like pink or is it like blue? Neatly caused divorce. 😂

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