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Best comebacks please

55 replies

ChoochooMcGoo · 16/11/2019 12:58

Let's say someone has behaved really badly and you just cannot let it pass without confronting them. They've caused a lot of hurt to a lot of people and have been manipulative.

When you confront them and they say you have no right to judge them what would your best comeback be?

This person uses this line a lot to deflect from answering a question so need a good response to shut it down.

OP posts:
Redshoesandtheblues · 21/11/2019 14:02

Btw, my own suggestion earlier was one i actually used.

It caused enough of a pause for me to outline the facts one by one and then sit back. And wait.

Emergencycake · 22/11/2019 00:11

The best come back I think I've ever heard was when I was about 15. I was with a group of school friends and we were at the fayre. A group of lads started making really lewd remarks about what we ought to be doing to them to which we told them where to stick it. They got quite agitated at their response and as quite a shy person I had no idea or enough confidence how to respond. Then one of my friends simply said really loudly "You don't take rejection very well do you" I was weak.

Saracen · 22/11/2019 01:18

"I'm not judging YOU, I'm judging your behaviour. I'm sure YOU have done many lovely things in your life. This certainly wasn't among them."

ActualHornist · 22/11/2019 01:47

‘I have every right to judge you’.

I wouldn’t try and explain or put my point across because they won’t hear it and wouldn’t agree anyway. I’d just let them know that I judge them for their behaviour. If it’s relevant I’d also tell them I wouldn’t be engaging with them further.

HomeTheatreSystem · 22/11/2019 06:28

Are you dense as well as nasty? I'm not judging your hairstyle, fashion sense, choice of perfume /aftershave here. This is about YOU inflicting YOUR shitty behaviour on another human being and the hurt it's causing them, so damn right you can expect to get called out on it!

But I also liked the PPs infinitely more succinct "Nevertheless" and "And yet here we are" Grin

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