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To call my Sister a thieving cow

220 replies

Oldsu · 28/05/2018 21:25

My sister who is 65 and should know better is staying for a couple of days, and came this morning tonight she asked if she could have a shower before BGT, well of course there was no problem, my shower is her shower, I got out fresh towels showed her how the new shower works and gave her a choice of Radox shower creams we have about 4 fragrances and left her to it.

Went to to the bathroom door to tell her BGT was about to start, heard her tuneless singing and the unmissable smell of my FENJAL body mousse, well I didn't say she couldn't use it but it was in the bathroom cabinet not on the side of the bath so she would have had to open the cabinet to find it, sitting here faintly fuming not said anything to her, DH didn't help by saying 'oh you smell nice'

I only use it for special occasions myself and it looks like she has used half the bloody can.

Not happy at all

OP posts:
spontaneousgiventime · 28/05/2018 21:57

SexyManatee According to the OP it would seem that way. Grin

Sparklingbrook · 28/05/2018 21:58

Nowhere in the description does it mention being for your fanjo. Confused

An ultra-mild shower experience

The luxurious delicate foam of Fenjal Shower Mousse gently cleanses and envelops your skin with nourishing natural lipids, for silky soft skin, all day long.

KarinVogel · 28/05/2018 21:58

I thought it was about £20 judging from the amount of fuss created!

Fair enough its not the cheapo stuff but plenty of people will use Fenjal as an everyday luxury and maybe your sister is one of them.

I use L'occitane toiletries which are not cheap and not for the kids to swish down the plughole but any visiting adult is more than welcome to share them. Let her enjoy her shower and dont begrudge her something that brings you both pleasure.

SmileEachDay · 28/05/2018 22:00

“Ultra mild”

OBVS so it doesn’t upset the delicate PH balance.

Although it makes the husband commenting on the naice smell somewhat more worrying.

Highfever · 28/05/2018 22:00

At least you know what to get her for Christmas!

SandyY2K · 28/05/2018 22:01

A thieving cow?

You're obviously not close sisters. How sad.

PyongyangKipperbang · 28/05/2018 22:02

My sister and I share a lot, but there are things you just dont do and rifling through someones private belongings to find something nicer than the (perfectly good) item you have been given. Age has nothing to do with it.

But OP, dont forget that its a bank holiday and half term so there is going to be a fair amount of Prosseco fueled bitchiness tonight.

ferntwist · 28/05/2018 22:02

YABU. That sounds really selfish

Sparklingbrook · 28/05/2018 22:04

I would just move anything you don't want people to use out of the bathroom altogether.

Maelstrop · 28/05/2018 22:06

My grandma used to use that. Time to modernise, maybe, OP? I’m joking! Grin

Jezebel101 · 28/05/2018 22:06

Thread should have ended after sanityisamyth posted. Slam dunk there, madam.

If the OP is a first world problem, it's the firstyist worldiest problem in all the first worlds on all the planets in all the galaxies in the universe.

It's shower gel, she didn't steal grandma's pearls and sell them for crack and refuse to share it with you.

Shower gel.

Petalflowers · 28/05/2018 22:18

I’d be annoyed as well. It’s not so much the cost of the shower gel, but the fact that she rummaged in a cupboard, after you provided her with shower gels.

RussellTheLoveMuscle · 28/05/2018 22:22

stopPOP Grin

cakedup · 28/05/2018 22:23

I'm as skint as skint can be but never in a million ultra mild showers would I begrudge my own sister some of my 'special occasion' shower product. In fact if she likes it so much then you know what to get her for her next birthday/xmas so that's a result in itself.

RainySeptember · 28/05/2018 22:24

I was on your side, thinking about how cross I'd be if someone used my hidden Jo Malone bath oil, until I googled and realised it's less than a fiver.

Cheeky to rummage through your cabinet but on balance I'd let it go.

Justmuddlingalong · 28/05/2018 22:25

Is this one of them there begging threads? Either way, YABU.

00100001 · 28/05/2018 22:27

Isn't this just and avdert for the shower mousse?

TidyDancer · 28/05/2018 22:27

A £5.40 bath product is not worth fuming over and calling your sister a thieving cow about. Get a fucking grip OP.

PickwickThePlockingDodo · 28/05/2018 22:27

Foraging fucking Fenjal?

Grin
siwel123 · 28/05/2018 22:28

Think maybe OP is being sarcastic / funny.

Whatshallidonowpeople · 28/05/2018 22:30

It's £4 A Can, I'll buy you a new one!

SallyVating · 28/05/2018 22:31

I love the idea of sisters in their sixties still bickering like children :o

sweeneytoddsrazor · 28/05/2018 22:33

I like to give any guests fun shower gels. Got my son a treat with Imperial leather marshmallow. His exact words were 'how the fecking hell am I supposed to go to football smelling like a pissing sweet shop'

Grin
AppleKatie · 28/05/2018 22:36

Aw OP where’d you go?

sweeneytoddsrazor · 28/05/2018 22:36

Get your own back OP by leaving her out some tea tree shower gel, bit of that on her foof and she will be squeaking instead of tuneless singing