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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Aibu to start a thread about popular things that you just don’t get!

361 replies

LondonElle · 20/01/2019 16:06

I will start....

Mum- bloggers
Friends ( tv show)
Spas

Will probably think of more at some point
( this is meant to light-hearted and I appreciate everyone has different opinions)

OP posts:
redcarbluecar · 20/01/2019 16:08

Fancy dress parties
Twitter

Bouchie · 20/01/2019 16:08

air fresheners. Smell so awful and surely will found to be carcenogenic.

ILoveMaxiBondi · 20/01/2019 16:09

Twitter, instagram, hashtags on FB, selfies for no reason other than to have another photo of yourself. (As opposed to taking a photo of a fun event/occasion.)

RainbowWaffles · 20/01/2019 16:10

Instagram
Computer games
Cats

WhyDontYouComeOnOver · 20/01/2019 16:11

People who don't understand that everyone has different likes and interests.

Seline · 20/01/2019 16:11

Reality TV
Watching sport
Getting drunk
Clubbing

Whatjusthappenedthere · 20/01/2019 16:11

Twin Peak bars in Pound Land. Our local store has plenty?

SkinnyPete · 20/01/2019 16:12

People who don't understand that everyone has different likes and interests.

... Drops mic

Yearinyearout · 20/01/2019 16:12

Plucking your eyebrows out then drawing them back on badly with a pencil.

Waterlemon · 20/01/2019 16:13

Botox and/or lip fillers

LondonElle · 20/01/2019 16:16

Agree about air fresheners and hashtags! As stated this thread is meant to lighthearted and I know I am in the minority with some of my dislikes... especially friends...!

OP posts:
Amanduh · 20/01/2019 16:16

Game Of Thrones
Zoflora
Nandos

Thesnobbymiddleclassone · 20/01/2019 16:18

Video games (I'm bored after 5 mins)

Mrs Hinch

Harry Potter

LOL Dolls

Slime

Kitchens that aren't used

All grey house interior

DappledThings · 20/01/2019 16:19

Pandora jewellery

annieonamapleleaf · 20/01/2019 16:19

@WhyDontYouComeOnOver 👏👏👏👏👏

NotSuchASmugMarriedNow1 · 20/01/2019 16:19

Baby monitors. Can they not hear babies crying without one then?

MeredithGrey1 · 20/01/2019 16:19

Agree about spas, and definitely about air fresheners.

Would add Star Wars to the list.

LondonElle · 20/01/2019 16:20

SLIME!! I hate it too have ruined no end of my children’s clothes!!

OP posts:
Yearinyearout · 20/01/2019 16:20

I have no idea who this Mrs Hinch is...

purplewaterbottle · 20/01/2019 16:22

Baby monitors. Can they not hear babies crying without one then?

Not from across a large house or from the garden, no.

cheesenpickles · 20/01/2019 16:23

TOWIE
Made in Chelsea
Geordie Shore
Cropped tops/jumpers/jackets
Joules
Those random pots full of twigs people have in their homes

Racecardriver · 20/01/2019 16:24

False eyelashes only on the top lid
Joules
Nose piercings (although I do know some people who look really good with theirs but not on most people)
Lipstick
Minis
Group sex
Ian McEwan novels
Horse riding

crosser62 · 20/01/2019 16:25

Work “do’s”
False nails
Injections into lips/foreheads/chins
Plastic tat
Designer clothing/bags/shoes
Named brands
Football

Thesnobbymiddleclassone · 20/01/2019 16:25

Mrs hinch is a lady obsessed with cleaning and several people on my fb now just clean 24/7 foloweing her way of life tips

Racecardriver · 20/01/2019 16:25

@cheesenpickles the twigs! Surely they get really dusty?

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