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Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

To ask you to share your weird, irrational, petty hatreds?

715 replies

WickedWitchInTheCupboard · 07/02/2019 14:28

I'll start...

It's incredibly immature and irrational but there is a certain (fairly common) name I cannot stand purely because it's the name of both a girl who bullied me when I was young and DHs ex, who is difficult.

I literally hate any mention of this name and automatically dislike anyone with it (ok, not really but in my head for a few moments I do!).

Another less petty but more bizarre one is that I HATE the tops of bottle caps scraping on my nails. It makes me want to be sick. Shuddering thinking about it right now!

Anyone else got any weird/petty/irrational dislikes?

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olbndansmummy · 09/02/2019 14:20

Ooh thought of more!
Jeremy corbyn and diane Abbott
All social media platforms and the twas who feel the need to share every single aspect of their lives
Ant and Dec
Keith lemon
Every fucker trying to derail brexit especially ones that never even voted
And people telling me I must be a racist because I voted for brexit. No cretins I am not I voted for a whole host of other reasons
My children not being able to play in the park because it's like a massive dog litter tray just pick up after your dog's

olbndansmummy · 09/02/2019 14:22

*twats that should say and I apologise for the rogue apostrophe in dogs 😠

Whatififall · 09/02/2019 14:28

Anyone who talks with their mouth full.
I sit opposite someone who does this. I’ve gone for the jokey “I can’t understand you” comments when they do it but they still do it. I’m wondering whether I can work “not speaking with my mouth full” in to their KPI’s for April’s appraisal.

username79999 · 09/02/2019 14:42

Another one today people who like to say with glee that they are going on holiday somewhere warm unlike here where it is so cold . I am probably jealous but I really don't care that you are going on holiday, I've managed so far in the cold I can manage a bit longer . It Wasn't anyone I knew either some guy in the post office queue collecting his currency who felt they need to share .

iklboo · 09/02/2019 14:50

TISSUES IN THE BLOODY WASHING MACHINE. DH!!! Angry

TheLittleDogLaughed · 09/02/2019 14:56

anitagreen my dad couldn't abide bagpipes either in a very visceral way!

PickleASturgeon · 09/02/2019 14:59

I detest that tab and button you get on some shirts for rolling up the sleeves.

DaveCoachesgavemetheclap · 09/02/2019 15:03

People who say "I'm waiting on..." instead of "I'm waiting for.." (unless they are waiters)

MaudesMum · 09/02/2019 15:03

People who wander around with their eyes glued to mobile phones unaware of the world around them. I keep getting the urge to stand still and just wait for them to bounce off me, perhaps even dropping their phones
Anyone who drops litter - just why?
People in cars bigger than mine who drive up my arse with their fog lights on, blinding me.
People who overtake when I'm driving to the speed limit - I have a sneaking hope that I'll come round the corner and find you in a ditch
Loud inane music in cafes
Loud inane music in shops
Misplaced apostrophes in signage
Food manufacturers and others trying to be witty on their packaging and signage and always failing. Virgin Trains - a shining example of this
Tourists and their irritating habit of standing stock still mid-pavement when I'm in a hurry
Nigel Farage - just because
Jacob Rees-Mogg - just because
Boris Johnson - just because
Men (and it nearly always is men) who embark on long train journeys without a hanky and spend the entire time snorting as they snuffle up their snot. Could you at least nip to the loo and find some loo paper to blow your bloody nose on?
Inane and incredibly frequent announcements on train & stations - See it, Say it, Sort it, or some such bollocks.

GWR's habit of announcing its trains about 7 minutes before they leave, leading to major platform stampedes and scrimmages to get through the ticket barriers.

poundoflard · 09/02/2019 15:13

the theme tune to the 'One Show' , those blaring trumpets annoy the hell out of me and I have to turn over quickly before it starts. It may be a good programme but I cant get past the trumpets.

And the advert (Halifax?) with Ghostbusters (which was a shite film anyway) and the woman yells 'WE GOT ONE' in an annoying screechy voice. I immediately MUTE.

And all that whoopin' and hollering on shows like Strictly, which I really hate because of this.

poundoflard · 09/02/2019 15:13

But I do love a good bagpipe :)

longearedbat · 09/02/2019 15:43

The One Show, and all its stupid simpering presenters.
Any adult who is interested in Disney, goes on Disney theme park holidays and /or collects Disney branded stuff.
An acoustic guitar that makes a strange squeaky noise when it's played. I think it's the players fingers moving along the strings, but all I can hear is the squeaks between the notes. Not explaining it very well. Perhaps a guitar player will understand what I mean!

labazsisgoingmad · 09/02/2019 16:41

brexit
cruelty
bad spelling on social selling sites
bullies
thunder storms

EducatingArti · 09/02/2019 16:55

Pops of colour
People saying they are going to change the baby's bum. I hope they are actually just changing the nappy. I have visions of babies that pull apart at the hips like Lego minifigures.

NannyKasey · 09/02/2019 17:06

People singing along to songs and commenting on TV programs (DPs I'm looking at you)
Polysterene and balloons, (I will go and cry in the corner rather than have to deal with them)
Headbands on any but especially bald babies
The fact that some people cant spell 'sandals'
The use of 'myself, yourself', 'authored' and 'medaled' Angry

I'm just a miserable menopausal old bat Grin Grin

HeyDelRey · 09/02/2019 17:07

Sam Smith - a voice like a toddler whining on about sweets when you've got a hangover and just want to get out of the supermarket and onto the sofa NOW

emilybrontescorsett · 09/02/2019 17:26

I don't like polystyrene either.

CheddarAndCrackers · 09/02/2019 17:29

Going through doors which promptly grab you by the pocket, belt or sleeve.

When you're the next in the queue and a sales assistant comes over to help serving, looks over your shoulder and asks "who's next?"

GerdaLovesLiIi · 09/02/2019 17:39

Teenage boys (or worse, grown men) with their trouser waist-bands round their knees.

That woman in the super-market this morning who walked very slowly in front of me, but sped up every time I tried to overtake her.

GerdaLovesLiIi · 09/02/2019 17:39

Also stepping on a wet floor whilst wearing socks.

reallybadidea · 09/02/2019 17:40

The song 'Rude' makes me angry enough to shout at the radio every time it comes on.

  1. Why are you asking the father of a grown woman for his permission to marry her?
  2. What is the fucking point of asking for permission if you're going to marry her anyway? That's just fucking disrespectful. YOU'RE the rude one, you dickwad.

God, that's wound me right up, just thinking about it Angry

ABlether · 09/02/2019 17:44

When you get given a fork that's had its prongs misaligned, like one is bent at a different angle to the others. When it's windy it makes me irrationally angry.

LonelyAmongUs · 09/02/2019 18:20

All those throwbacks in "The Voice" audience that pump their arms up and down.

This, a million times. The gormless shitcunts who do it with alternating hands really fucking cunt me off Angry

Raffles1981 · 09/02/2019 18:56

Car engines running for a stupid amount of time. And then the driver is having a conversation with someone on the pavement. TURN YOUR FUCKING ENGINE OFF!!!!
People who take almost a minute before answering a simple question.
Sleeves getting wet/my socks getting a spot of water.

CallMeSirShotsFired · 09/02/2019 19:25

When you have your hair in a ponytail and there are 1 or 2 strands pulled too tight but you can't locate them to loosen.

People who pompously say "I have always thought...." and then proceed to say something that 99% of the population has also always thought.

Mumford & sons. Loathsome waistcoated faux-yokel bellends who sing shit songs.

MNers who correct simple/easily understood typos in a new post 39 posts after the mistake one; and use the Blush face like they just committed a truly heinous crime.

To pp: James Arthur looks like a doll. Creepy fucker.

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