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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:
MrsEricBana · 20/01/2019 16:25

Spas, X Box, melon

TheRhythmlessMan · 20/01/2019 16:27

People who boast how they're going skiing. It's cold. It's dangerous. WHY?????
Grin

notquitethesame · 20/01/2019 16:29

Ripped jeans
Skinny jeans- they suit about 2% of the population yet 98% of jeans on sale are skinny

I have a bit of a thing about jeans

cheesenpickles · 20/01/2019 16:35

@Racecardriver yes! It looks like they've killed a plant and just left it there.

Pachyderm1 · 20/01/2019 16:41

The all grey interior decoration trend

The Aldi Jo Malone dupes

Mirror furniture

maddiemookins16mum · 20/01/2019 16:41

Tatoos
Peircings in noses
Those big holes in ears with big round earrings (?) in them.
Cheryl Tweedcoleshian
The Kardashians

annieonamapleleaf · 20/01/2019 16:41

I can't stand the trashy look that seems to be popular now - orange face, heavy eye makeup, ridiculous false eyelashes.

Oh and the Kardashians - I loathe everything about them.

morningconstitutional2017 · 20/01/2019 16:41

Science fiction, muscle cars, James Bond, Harry Potter.

redexpat · 20/01/2019 16:42

jaffa cakes. Awful texture and awful flavours.

FaFoutis · 20/01/2019 16:43

sport

Sparklingbrook · 20/01/2019 16:44

Cold shoulder tops.
Bath Bombs
Camping

UtterlyDesperate · 20/01/2019 16:44

"Slug" eyebrows
Television sport
Football at any time or any place
Reality television
Beards

Good job we're all different, eh Grin

TheRealBoswell · 20/01/2019 16:45

Smash cakes

SleepingStandingUp · 20/01/2019 16:45

Baby monitors. Can they not hear babies crying without one then?
Well I have a small house but it's still the difference between a "can I hear a cry?? Mute the telly. Listen intently. Go to bottom of stairs and listen some more" and "Baby sound screaming in my living room"
Perhaps if the house is quiet and all the door are open but I like to watch telly whilst he sleeps.

Sparklingbrook · 20/01/2019 16:46

Oh yes, forgot beards. Grin

SleepingStandingUp · 20/01/2019 16:46

Non-White fish.

Ironing tea towels, knickers etc

Drawing on eyebrows because you just plucked yours off

Purplecatshopaholic · 20/01/2019 16:47

Men in drag
People who actually believe whats in the Daily Mail
Panto

Conseulabananahammock · 20/01/2019 16:47

Eyebrows

Mumberjack · 20/01/2019 16:48

Sometimes I feel real ‘square-peggedness’ when it comes to a lot of stuff that’s popular.

I don’t understand the popularity of

Gel nails
Grey decor
Clothing from boden, white stuff etc
Britain’s Got Talent and reality shows

Mumberjack · 20/01/2019 16:50

Oh and filters. Saw a blogger the other day in insta talking about something serious, so why have the dog ears and nose???

UtterlyDesperate · 20/01/2019 16:50

Sparkling if only I could forget them SadGrin

CurlyWurlyTwirly · 20/01/2019 16:51

Skiing (cold, expensive, dangerous)
Contouring and sharpie eyebrows
Drinking ( hangovers or even a fuzzy head are not worth it)
Reality tv / soaps

Flaskfan · 20/01/2019 16:51

Permanent fake eyelashes. I have very good eyelashes, but I just can't compete with fake ones. It makes me sad.

George Ezra. Ed Sheeran. Boring, pretend rock music that covers bands sing in pub and everyone sings along to like it's 1997 and they're at a festival.

recklessruby · 20/01/2019 16:52

Instagram.
HD brows.
Orange fake tan.
Duck pout selfies.
Unicorn everything.
Amberlynn Reid.
All of celeb shows ie celeb big brother/the jungle one etc.
Body positivity when your friends share partially clothed pics of themselves fat rolls and all and everyone says they look terrific but they are actually 3 stone overweight and couldn't run to the end of the street.

ferrier · 20/01/2019 16:52

Biden
White walls in a home
Jeans of any kind
Shaven heads unless you're verging on bald
BMWs
Monty Python

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