Active discussions

Meet the Other Phone. Only the apps you allow.

Meet the Other Phone.
Only the apps you allow.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Talk
AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Original poster

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

Original poster
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.

Original poster
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?

Swipe left for the next trending thread