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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

To wander round in bra and pants with wet hair?

339 replies

Scissor · 20/08/2019 10:20

Of course I'll drop all the towels I've been using on the floor and leave a half eaten bowl of coagulating cereal next to the sink. Having great fun staying at my daughter's first proper flat and she has a fab sense of humour. What else could I do?

OP posts:
notacooldad · 20/08/2019 17:15

is it really ok for teens to be so outrageous and selfish towards their own families?

Oh come on. Not every teenager does all these things all the time!! Its a fun thread!
I recognise some things that I used to do and that was over 40 years ago!!

BruceAndNosh · 20/08/2019 17:16

Leave the box from a pregnancy testing stick in the bathroom bin

BuggerOffAndGoodDayToYou · 20/08/2019 17:21

is it really ok for teens to be so outrageous and selfish towards their own families?

They aren’t like it ALL the time......

LonnyVonnyWilsonFrickett · 20/08/2019 17:39

goldfinch for some balance OP should pop round to DD's friend's house and be absolutely charmingly adorable to the parents. Then they can text the DD along the lines of 'you have done such a great job with Scissor, she is so lovely.'

Sidge · 20/08/2019 17:40

Use a white flannel to remove your charcoal face mask.

Show her something on your phone but DON’T LET HER HOLD THE ACTUAL PHONE. Just hold it far enough away that she can’t see it and then say uuurrggghh you’re so BLIND if you can’t see that!

Choose some new shoes that you love, then never wear them again after leaving the shop because they don’t fit and they’re too tight and they’re the wrong colour.

HeronLanyon · 20/08/2019 17:54

Buy a bottle of wine (if you drink) share it with her (if she drinks and show her this thread.
Only if you’re sure she’s out of the terrible teens stage - for some it lasts well into 20s and sometimes beyond.

TrainspottingWelsh · 20/08/2019 18:12

Oh yes, never let them touch the phone. And if you’re showing her something when a notification pops up, even saying something meaningless such as ‘best friend just liked your photo’ be sure to snatch the phone away and scroll and type furiously, whilst glaring as though she’s read your diary.

Bookworm4 · 20/08/2019 18:13

Straighteners on the carpet, fake tan handprints on the walls, towels.

BikeRunSki · 20/08/2019 18:18

Don’t flush the toilet
Ask her to buy you something that costs at least £50 every half hour
Hide the remote controls

Ligresa · 20/08/2019 18:19

sidge GrinGrin

Pinkarsedfly · 20/08/2019 18:31

Go vegan overnight and heave when she eats meat, or point out that she’s eating chicken period when she’s having an egg mayo sandwich.

EL2019 · 20/08/2019 18:41

Sign up for an app on her phone that charges her £7.99 a week.

Never use the app.

EL2019 · 20/08/2019 18:44

Tell her that you only like one type of cereal. Refuse all other cereal or breakfast options.

Make sure she buys a massive box of it.

“Go off it” the next day.

Six months later, the day after it has all been thrown away as it’s out of date, ask for another box. Refuse all other cereal or breakfast options.

EL2019 · 20/08/2019 18:46

Scream “I’M NOT YOUR SLAVE!” if she asks you to do a minor task like pass her the salt.

BigSandyBalls2015 · 20/08/2019 19:05

Help yourself to her booze then swear blind that you never touched it and that new bottle of gin has always been half empty

RapunzelsRealMom · 20/08/2019 19:32

Walk up to the fridge, sigh, slam the door and mutter, “There’s never any good food in this house!”

Start a collection of mugs, other crockery and food wrappers under your bed.

When you empty a shampoo bottle, leave it on the floor of the shower, start a new one and leave that there too!

If you overhear any bodily function noises coming from the bathroom, shout, “Urgh!” in disgust, “I can’t believe you’re farting!”

Ask for a lift in the middle of dinner, then have a massive strop when she asks you to wait till you e all finished your meal.

Make sure every item of food or drink that you consume is almost, but not quite, empty before returning it to the fridge.

Come home very drunk and teeter around in your highest heels walking upright only by reaching from the frame of one doorway to the next. Ensure you are completely offended when asked if you’ve had quite a lot to drink, in fact go nuts! Then forget all about it by morning.

When washing make up off, just give a little rub and splash of water, then take the remains off with the whitest, newest towel you can find.

Never replace the toilet roll!

Shall I go on?

73Sunglasslover · 20/08/2019 19:35

Get make up on the bed sheets. Leave your shoes in the middle of the hallway. Look through all her jewelry to see what you might want to borrow and put none of it back. Drink 1/4 of each booze bottle and fill it back up the original level with water. Put the heating on full blast and open all the windows.

Ooh, this is fun!

JohnnyMcGrathSaysFuckOff · 20/08/2019 19:53

Strip to your knickers and plaster yourself against the living room window. Grin insanely at passersby and announce in a voice of thunder any passing dogs or buses.

If she prepares any tomato based meal, wait till she leaves the room for a split second and then massage it vigorously into your face until you have attained a Trump-like skin tone. When she returns, smile winningly at her.

In public, make offensive observations in a loud but dispassionate voice. For example, point at a man and remark "that lady is very hairy", or insistently point out minor traffic offenses at volume.

If any of her neighbours attempt to greet you, howl with fear and hide your face in her crotch. As soon as they are gone, become your usual sunny self again.

TrainspottingWelsh · 20/08/2019 20:01

Can you imagine a teensnet? “Aibu to grow penicillin in my bedroom in every mug in the house, and then mutter at my parent about there being no clean mugs in the kitchen?” It would be so harmonious, just pages of replies saying ‘omg yanbu, just because all the mugs are under your bed it’s no excuse for none to be in the kitchen, that’s just so unfair’ Followed by more pages of posters selfies with their bedroom crockery collection.

73Sunglasslover · 20/08/2019 20:16

“Aibu to grow penicillin in my bedroom in every mug in the house, and then mutter at my parent about there being no clean mugs in the kitchen?” It would be so harmonious, just pages of replies saying ‘omg yanbu, just because all the mugs are under your bed it’s no excuse for none to be in the kitchen, that’s just so unfair’ Followed by more pages of posters selfies with their bedroom crockery collection.

Sometimes it feels like mumsnet is like this!! Always agree with the poster - never offer an alternate view!

OhamIreally · 20/08/2019 20:19

Zip up nine soft plums in one of the inner compartments of her brand new soft leather handbag and don't tell her you've done so.

SheChoseDown · 20/08/2019 20:22

Dye your hair (then shake like a dog), fake tan your entire body (make sure you sleep in fresh white sheets!!) and use veet to remove your body hair (really rub it in to every nook)

SalemShadow · 20/08/2019 20:32

Haha love it!

SalemShadow · 20/08/2019 20:32

Haha love it!

TerrifiedandWorried · 20/08/2019 20:39

Insist that everyone else leave a room so you can do your homework. Sigh loudly and repeatedly. Obviously do no homework, just shout at anyone else who tries to use the room that you are "doing my HOMEWORK". Bonus points if you use the kitchen for this while she is trying to prepare a meal.

Practice your musical instrument but only when she is on the phone. Roll your eyes and say "but I thought you wanted me to practice. Make your mind up"

Wait until she has tidied up after you and then inform her you liked it like that so it is her problem that she wasted her time doing it.

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