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AIBU?

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?

OP posts:
mimibunz · 07/02/2019 16:51

The words ‘milk teeth’ Grosses me out.

CheddarIsNotTheOnlyCheese · 07/02/2019 16:52

0urKid I'm totally going to say that to dh next time I cut the cheese. Grin

Anyway back to the subject at hand.

Those white stringy things on bananas.
Old folk eating ice cream cornets.

LaBelleSauvage · 07/02/2019 16:53

...and Peter Hitchens

birdsdestiny · 07/02/2019 16:54

Oh my god Morgan, someone touching my face is my number one hate. If anyone does it I flinch back as if I have been burnt.

Wedgiecar58 · 07/02/2019 16:55

There's a woman at work? Who talks like this? Like halfway through a sentence? She puts her voice up at the end? So it sounds like? A string of questions?

Oh that is the worst!

Some of mine:
Slow walkers, particularly on the underground. I get so mad if I miss out on a seat because someone in front of me is dithering.

Ditherers in general

When waiters offer you sauces, then take ages to bring them and your food is already half-eaten or cold.

Those horrendous eyelashes on cars, they infuriate me beyond belief.

People that say "pacifically"

People that don't bother recycling/put things in the wrong bin out of sheer laziness.

kaitlinktm · 07/02/2019 16:58

Old folk eating ice cream cornets.

That's a bit mean - we old folk love an ice cream cornet. :(

hazell42 · 07/02/2019 16:58

People who listen to half a song. Or watch half a TV programme. Just at the moment I commit myself to it mentally, they swan off and put so mething else on.
Pick a song. Listen to it. Pick another one. Its 3 minutes. How fucking hard can it be?

Morgan12 · 07/02/2019 16:59

Oh that reminded me of the person i know who.......talks like this.......and then waits a few.........seconds before........finishing the.......sentence.

papersmile · 07/02/2019 17:01

Have thought of more.

The word 'panties'. Are we in the 1970s? They're pants or knickers.

Someone talking, whispering or kissing close too close to my ears.

repetitive noises and movements

PerfectionistProcrastinator · 07/02/2019 17:04

Spacially unaware people. Not just people who walk slowly in front of you but people who don’t move over when you’re trying to get past in the opposite direction. Or people who take a few steps backwards without checking that they’re not going to walk into anyone. This includes kids running around shops (not tiny kids, ones old enough to know).

Standing in something wet whilst wearing socks Angry

SharonBottsPoundOfGrapes · 07/02/2019 17:10

Being subjected to someone wittering on about dreams, horoscopes, people I don't know, diets, their fitbit, what they're having for lunch, what am I having for lunch...

Also oversharers. I was sat with a colleague eating a yogurt when she tells me you can use yogurt or coconut oil to cure all fanny foibles.

worlybear · 07/02/2019 17:10

I absolutely love "The Yorkshire Vet" but the ancient crone Irene who seems to appear with her equally dull husband gives me the absolute rage!
Just ... why?
(I think she's supposed to be a lovable character but I could cheerfully swing for her!

Friendlyoldwasp · 07/02/2019 17:14

So many things annoy me. I think I need to chill out 😂

Adults who love Disney
Incorrect use of words: When people say his instead of he's 😡
Pacific, persketti, walldrobes, spag BOWL etc etc
When people say couple without the of: "I bought a couple bagels" I know this is ok in America but I'm in the UK aaaargh

People who breathe loudly
People who eat loudly NO I DONT WANT TO HEAR YOU SLOSHING FOOD AROUND YOUR MOUTH Aaaargh
Passive aggressiveness
People with big smelly dogs who think everyone likes their dog as much as them.
The list goes on...

CheddarIsNotTheOnlyCheese · 07/02/2019 17:15

Kaitlin I actually mean old men. Saw one fella on South pier in Blackpool slurping, licking and sucking completely unaware that people were staring. It was pornographic. Then once I noticed him I noticed more and more old men at it. Never seen a woman make a show of herself in that manner. Grin

ChipButtyNotABap · 07/02/2019 17:16

People who sneeze in an over dramatic way.

The word advices. It's advice!

Hun.

Tobebythesea · 07/02/2019 17:16

The term ‘Daddy Day Care’. Ahhhhh

SueGeneris · 07/02/2019 17:17

People who say, or write, 'I know, right?!' as if they are in Friends.

Having my feet trodden on when in shoes (by DC); See also having my head touched or patted when zipping up a child's coat or fastening a shoe etc.

Getting water on me when I am dressed (e.g. when showering a child). I like to be either in water or not. Not in between.

Socks that roll round your feet and go out of place.

heronsinflight · 07/02/2019 17:32

People who solicit your advice about something, then completely ignore it and do what they were going to do anyway.

iklboo · 07/02/2019 17:33

My mum (and I love her dearly) will say 'Have you watched X tv show?'

Me: No, it's not our kind of programme

Mum: Gives real time account of the last episode they watched

Anyone touching or patting my back. Including DH. His family are back patters when they hug. DH reminds them every time we see them. They pat. How they're still uninjured is sheer will power on my part.

ALongHardWinter · 07/02/2019 17:33

thatsmyspace What would you rather people blow their noses on?! Surely not a real handkerchief? Urgh. The thought of them makes ME want to vomit. At least you can bin a tissue!

NellWilson · 07/02/2019 17:34

Vocal fry.
Upspeak.
"Like" every other word.
Glottal stops.
Grace Dent.
Office jargon ie "drill down to the granular".
Nuns.

ALongHardWinter · 07/02/2019 17:39

The expression 'a simple meal' annoys me beyond reason! I imagine a glass of water and a slice of dry bread.

Discombobulated9 · 07/02/2019 17:40

Calling children kids!!! There are children, not bloody baby goats

Tinyteatime · 07/02/2019 17:43

James Arthur. Have no idea why I just can’t stand his face or voice. It makes me so angry whenever I see or hear him.

FreshBoomBatImaTouchIt · 07/02/2019 17:44

Winter I also hate the term " Slap up dinner". Or worse bil uses the word "Eats" as in "Where shall we go for eats?"