To not go because they have stupid nicknames

[AmperoBlue]

Invited to dinner (supper is their chosen term) with long term partner. Invite by the couple and to meet a few more of their "chums" who are in town.
The thing is they act like they are in a Richard Curtis film.They are all "delightful" but it's so so grating. The conversations are always about something nice that happened either now or in the past. No one ever is really funny or interesting or anything really.
Some have made a bit of money but none are upper class or even upper middle so it's all a bit twatty.
The really annoying bit is that they all have fucking stupid nicknames like you did in the 80's. Even the teenage kids. I can't give them all as too outing but there's a Mumps, several with food nicknames and some others pronounce their names wrong for effect.
Yes they are all perfectly nice and there are worse things to be doing but if I have to call someone Scone again it will finish me.

I don’t think I could bring myself to go. They’re probably perfectly nice people - I’d just want them all boiled in oil.

I once had a friend of a friend tell me ‘Everyone always calls me Teabag’. I had to say I don’t do nicknames, full stop. I’m sure he thought I was a stuck-up cow, but I think people over the age of 17 expecting to be addressed by a nickname should buy a brain and a personality, in that order.

They are two different meals, but what they are called is down to your upbringing etc. No need for your disdain at that.

But you’re happy to mock the OP?

You sound deeply judgemental op. Maybe you should look beyond the language people use and grow up a bit.

This makes me feel a bit sad. I come from a home where one parent said dinner and the other supper (as do all relations on their respective sides of the family). On the ‘supper’ side we all have nicknames - some of which are pretty silly - and no real qualms about using them in front of others. I now worry if we are being judged by the people we consider to be our friends (clearly they aren’t really though!)

Don’t go. Don’t spoil their nice supper with your nasty condescending attitude.
Best regards from Judy ( my nickname) , Mouse, Twinks, Ron and Jon, Mr Greedy , Twinny and Kraut ( vairious family/ friend nicknames.

Princess to be honest I feel awful and ridiculous calling a late middle aged man "Sherbert" all night.

I think it's the fact that they are so non offensive, that the name thing really bugs me.

Will there be red trousers? John Finnemore has a super song about them.

If you haven't already seen this, you'll enjoy it.

[http://lookatmyfuckingredtrousers.blogspot.com/]

What's wrong with nicknames? You don't call people by their actual names do you? 😳

They sound great! Don’t go; you’ll ruin their night.

You don't like these people at all! Do they really think you're a friend?

@Weezol you legend!

John Finnemore's red trousers song is my favourite thing ever (closely followed by 'put it on a plate')

I'm going away now to listen to both...

I thought it was a regional thing, husband and I both say:
-breakfast
-lunch
-supper

A more formal evening meal would be dinner, we would typically go out for dinner and stay in for supper.

@OohMavis 😂😂😂

I'd go. But I'd also probably play a solo drinking game to get me through.

I was actually thinking about this from another angle just this afternoon. What do you do if you hate your partner’s friends? I had a boyfriend years ago who couldn’t do much as piss without getting the opinion of al his mates. Every time I saw them they’d think nothing of picking apart the latest developments in our relationship because he’d told them everything (and my opinion apparently didn’t matter).

They don't sound great to me!

It sounds like it should be quite an amusing night, from a people-watching perspective if nothing else.

DH has a friend called Badger. I have to think to recall what his real name actually is as no-one uses it.

ps loving the red trousers song - thanks to whoever suggested it.

But is the dress code Hightum, Tightum or Scrub?!

Absent I am invited bevause they are my partners friends They all went to college together, they are all either retired or coming up to retirement (early in most cases).
We have mutual friends and I have my own friends.

Some have made a bit of money but none are upper class or even upper middle so it's all a bit twatty.

Eh? What does this mean?

He probably spells it Sherbet though. Don’t go. Chances are they are dreading you turning up and patronising them. Your objection seems to be that they have aspirations you don’t. Sez more about you.

Oooh, will Fatty and Pip be there, with lashings of ginger beer?

I went out with man who had a group of male friends from university who only ever called each other by nicknames which were Geordie (his real name was Joe and he came from London), Rosemary shortened to Rosie (who was Russian, 6ft and 16st), Mr P , Raymonde, Croc and Greek Mike (Daniel from Wales). They never used their real names. I don't think they could have recalled all their real names. They were all terribly posh.

OP u sound awful. I’m not into all that stuff either but these people r trying to be nice and include you (I doubt you’re their cup of tea!!) and you return it by coming onto the internet and slagging them off. Don’t go to their supper. I hope I never come across u in RL