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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:
Thurmanmurman · 07/02/2019 19:20

People talking about their dreams. I couldn't give a shit!

Drogosnextwife · 07/02/2019 19:24

When one hand is wet and the other isn't and I have to dry the wet hand on a towel. The difference in texture of the towel between the wet hand and dry hand gives me rage so I always have to wet the second hand before I dry. Irrational and I have no idea where it came from.

😲 I do this aswell! God I can't stand the feeling of one dry hand! It actually gives me a shiver up my spine.

Dahlietta · 07/02/2019 19:26

People who steer supermarket trolleys by placing both elbows and forearms on the front handle of the trolley, and crouch over it with their bum sticking out.

I do this sometimes Blush

When people say ‘mum’ and ‘dad’ when talking to people who don’t share the same mum and dad.

Weirdly, my sister has started doing the opposite of this. She will talk to me perfectly sensibly about 'my dad' or 'my mum'. They're my parents too! - this also makes me twitch Grin

Drogosnextwife · 07/02/2019 19:28

Tomato sauce, it gives me the absolute boak, I hate the smell of it the most. I eat it on a bacon and egg Sandwhich though, but it can't go near the crust and I can't stand the thought of eating it with anything else. I'm so weird!

rackhampearl · 07/02/2019 19:28

Any 'Hinch' related, Hinch Army, Hinchers, Hinching, Hinch Haul. So annoying.

The way people strategically place like a glass tray with a vase of flowers on a freshly made bed and photograph it for SM. Wtf is that about?

People who post 'Happy Birthday to my 'not so little' brother/sister/daughter etc.

Jokes that aren't funny like if something doesn't scan at the till and someone says 'it must be free then' Wink

That 4 finger KitKats no longer come in foil and paper. Sad

Forgetting to take bags to the supermarket and coming home with more bags.

Tops losing shape after one wash.

'Sorry not sorry'

People who post photos of their friends/family with a caption saying 'she's not right this one/not wired up right/something wrong with her' and it's something totally mundane like wearing a pair of novelty glasses in Primark.

Packaging. Especially on toys, I need a chainsaw to get some toys out of the packing at Christmas.

Hash tagging

And so many more things but I'm getting annoyed trying to think of them all.

PlayerRed · 07/02/2019 19:30

CheddarIsNotTheOnlyCheese

🤣🤣 Brilliant!

iklboo · 07/02/2019 19:30

Over enthusiastic yoghurt pot scrapers

GlitterGlassEye · 07/02/2019 19:31

Also the family opening new jugs of milk and leaving the foil cap lying on the work top.

Dp pulling off rings from cans and they end up in the sink Angry

Drogosnextwife · 07/02/2019 19:33

People who use 'literally' all the time. I was watching a programme earlier and a girl on it said 'omg, I'm literally shitting myself' she wasn't.

Maybe she was 😂😂

Drogosnextwife · 07/02/2019 19:35

The sound of other people brushing their teeth gives me the heebie jeebies.

billydilly · 07/02/2019 19:48

Game of fucking Thrones

Harry fucking Potter- unless it's being read by/discussed by an actual child, not a 'kooky' adult

Sting and anything he has ever said or done

Tom Cruise; I'd injure him if I could get away with it.

SweetAndSourPrawnBalls · 07/02/2019 19:51

People brushing their teeth, aarrgghh!
Gordon fucking Ramsey Angry
Cotton wool squeaking.
Blue cheeses, stinky fuckers!

Bussells · 07/02/2019 19:51

People exaggerating how much they’re laughing online: “I’m howling” “spat tea all over the keyboard” “woke up the baby/dog/DH” etc. when in fact all they’ve done is chuckle at most. I also hate the word ‘chuckle’ but I couldn’t think of an equivalent.

GlowWorm7 · 07/02/2019 19:58

When people say drinkie poos. Angry

On Mumsnet when a poster agrees with a previous pp and comments, This..

MissLanesAmericanCousin · 07/02/2019 19:59

People who write "erm' for dramatic effect-just makes them sound stupid

Fake tits- Sorry, I prefer natural ones. I had a huge group of friends who were exotic dancers and I could always tell when they had it done. No matter what size they got.

Passive -aggressiveness- Fine you hate me! Just say it!

When I take off the shower head to rinse the bathtub, some of the water manages to somehow follow the length of my arm and into my arm pit. I usually do this with clothing on, so it's a real pain.

Cheap perfume-I can smell you a mile away and it isn't pretty.

Up speak

When I open the door for someone and they look right past me, without a nod or saying thank you.

"Loose" instead of "Lose"

That's all I'm gonna write today. I'm in a good mood so I don't want to spoil it. Smile

TakenForSlanted · 07/02/2019 20:02

drinkie poos

I realise that I'm immediately going to regret this if and when another poster kindly steps up and relieves me of the burden of ignorance but...

WTF are drinkie poos?

Lymphy · 07/02/2019 20:04

Adults that are obsessed with Disney.
Yes! I work with a few, grown women with Winnie the Pooh diaries, fluffy Tigger pens and woe betide they use their Tinkerbell mug for coffee, that’s used to store other Disney shite

Sweetpea55 · 07/02/2019 20:05

Coathangers in a taffle. People who say ' joollerie not jewellery..Touching the wet wooden chopping board. It makes my teeth go funny.
People who say things like' I could of' instead ' I could have'
Cafe's who assume I want my toast ready buttered.. I'm not fecking five for fecks sake.

BartonHollow · 07/02/2019 20:08

@TakenForSlanted

Going for drinkie poos
Having a drinkie poos

Partaking in alcoholic beverages with or without company

Yes, it is nauseating

Maelstrop · 07/02/2019 20:09

He made a baby cry.

😂 Dying! I had to read this out to my DH because he is obscenely loud and scares the dogs.

Cyclists who press the button to cross the road then cycle off once they’re nearly at the other side. I mean, wtf, just cycle normally on the road!

People touching me to emphasise a point or to make me stop in the corridor. I’m not a child, I will not run away if you want to speak to me. You do not need to touch me.

bluddleuddleumdum · 07/02/2019 20:10

People on the phone at work ...."I'll give you my email address it's blah blah blah - all in lower case"! I swear to god I'm going to start tasering the cretinous fuckers Angry

ProperVexed · 07/02/2019 20:14

Over use of the word "luxury". It's everywhere.....luxury villa, luxury holiday, luxury yoghurt. Do we really need so much luxury? Is a yoghurt really luxurious? It makes me shout at the tv!

Whatisthisfuckery · 07/02/2019 20:14

People who say ‘can I get,’ as in ‘can I get a bottle of coke?’

People who don’t say please and thank you, especially if they say ‘can I get’ as well. If I’m behind one in a queue I’ll loudly say ‘please?’ At the end of their sentence where they should’ve said it.

Could of/would of.

People who spell definitely definately.

People who like, say like, to like, punctuate like, between every like, three words of like, a like, sentence.

Women who put on that stupid high pitched baby voice when talking to strangers. My sister does this and it makes my skin crawl and I have to walk away. I don’t know if they think it makes them sound extra nice or something but it just sounds idiotic.

Chewing and sucking noises.

DP clanging her cutlery on her plate or bowl. Striking the spoon against the bowl is not going to move the Weetabix, it’s just going to fucking wind me up.

The word ‘horrid.’ It makes me cringe.

Balloons. I hate them, the feel of them, the smell of them, the sound of them. They give me the creeps.

Fish. They also give me the creeps, even the pretty ones.

God I’m an angry cow. My blood pressure is shooting up just writing it.

badlydrawnperson · 07/02/2019 20:16

People with Illegally spaced or otherwise incorrect number plates on their cars

SeaViewBliss · 07/02/2019 20:17

The man in my office who thinks he’s so cool and hilarious because he single handedly fills the swear jar.

The swear jar.

The sun at this time of year when it’s so low it almost blinds you when you’re driving.

DS (14) being incapable of taking his socks off anywhere but the lounge and then leaving them there.

DH quoting Monty Python all the live long fucking day.

Wind blowing my hair in my face.