AIBU to say stop with so many Fricken rules!

[portobella]

I'm getting a little peed off at the whole you better live by these rules or judgement shall reign upon thee nonsense!

I can't use plastic, I can't have my Christmas tree and its decorations, I can t use wrapping paper, I must be vegan, not least because of the meat ingestion but because all the cows fart and hurt the ozone! Do you know how much vegetation is lost to avocados or the mafia and children being scarred for life by the acid in cashews?!

I can't swear around my kids, I mustn't enjoy meat of any kind, I can't buy new clothes, they must be second hand, must shop local, don't buy out of season, cant enjoy a good laugh at the expense of others! Hello, it's funny when someone falls on their arse or walks into a door! the list goes on!! REALLY??

AIBU to be getting a little peeved with all this?

I am a responsible citizen, I do watch my plastics waste, I do care about the wold. But I also do like meat every now and then, I do enjoy my Christmas decorations and the nostalgia of it all, I do enjoy new clothes sometimes and I do swear around my kids whilst having a G&T or a bottle of wine! (they're 15 &16) but it's not the point!

There's just too much all around.. Everyone and their dog has put 'THEIR' expectations on me!! that they expect me to live by, and if I don't I'm looked down upon, shunned and gossiped about.

My life is hard enough with my own expectations of myself let alone trying to live up the perfection and assumptions of others!

Those of you... the judgy and I mean really judgy self-imposed evangelists of our newfound world to be ARE NOT PERFECT you do know that don't you?

You have kids that run amuck, scream and have tantrums, and you call them diddums and little sweetie.. they're brats and need pulling into line or they'll be big brats living all entitled becoming worse versions of your judgemental selves.

You're so judgemental that you live on a knife-edge as you judge yourself worse than you do anyone else. Your husbands as yes this is mostly aimed at women! are tired and worn out by all these rules!!

They too are imposed or frowned upon for having an opinion no bra to burn or wanting a beer and laugh with their mates. Showing any masculinity at all! As if it wasn't what mother nature made them, god forbid! heavens above! these cave-like beasts, what are they doing being themselves?!

You act slightly human and beat yourself up about it. You're your own worst enemy! You go to yoga twice a week and think your the newfound Dali fricken lama!

Get a hold of your selves. If you want to be vegan and wear second-hand clothes and call your kids Far-qua go ahead no one is stopping you. But please please will you let us not so stuck up, constipated hypochondriacs, come to our own conclusions on how and when we will make the changes necessary for our lives and how we see ourselves within the planet and its future..

We may like the things you don't but doesn't mean we're not kind and loving people with similar values just means we're getting used to the fact that change is upon us and it takes us a little longer to get there.. !

And for your men please!! for gods sake stop crushing their masculinity let them be men, it's who they are and let them make their own way to their own place in this universe without being scowled at and nipped to pieces but your judgements and expectations! Scowling faces and pointy fingers!

You see yourselves as the saviours of our planet, I praise your efforts! I really do but in turn your losing sight of the love for humankind and your brothers and sisters that are right next to you!

Those that need nurturing are teaching - nurture and teach LOVE us and help us along the way by having a kind heart and patience with our ways that are not yet aligned with yours..

The world is changing but we're all in it together not just you.. give us time to reflect and be nostalgic to a life we once knew. We will get there but man give us some space to do it our way not your way.

OK rant over!

@SeditionSue the op definitely has at least 1 of each. Probably tattooed on their wrist aswell

Ummm... Ok
Threads like this only come out every now and then on MN but they are funny.

Yes, how do you pronounce Farquhar??

I used to work with a man whose surname was Farquhar and he pronounced it Farker.

Who is you? It's certainly not me or anyone I know.It's a bit of a stereotype to think vegans exist on avocado and cashews.I eat neither for the reasons you state.

Farker.

Who is saying these things to you? Is someone forcing you to do all these things? If this is just people on the Internet, maybe you should turn your phone off because this is honestly quite strange, why does it matter what other people are saying...

I kind of agree it is stressful the feeling of needing to be 'perfect' and it is a big thing on MN - shaming people for all sorts of 'not being perfect'. Such as spelling / grammar and the like..

OP, are you feeling well?

It's the brown paper and string crew that get me. Do they realise that wrapping paper = paper. Brown paper = paper. Just buy fucking wrapping paper that is just paper with a design on it which can still be recycled just like brown paper can. Just avoid foil and glitter types. They don't need to go all out scrooge and opt for brown paper. Brown paper is actually thicker than most wrapping papers so more tree goes into it!

@portobella

Do you feel better for that?

@user1471510720 you are taking the piss I hope.

Jesus fucking Christ Linda, all this because I read-ended your Mazda on team-building day.

You either know the wrong people, put too much sway in opinions of others or are far to semsie so yabu this does not reflect reality for a lot of people imo

It's fark - warrr isn't it?

Not one of these things is actually a ‘rule’.

You sound quite unhinged.

YANBU, here is my ideal manly man.

I think there are people who interpret discussions about how to live responsibly (e.g., environmentalism) with being told what to do. I reckon it's up to everyone to think things through and do what they think is best or what works for them.

I think what gets the OP is that they are feeling shit about themselves as they they have created expectations of themselves that are too high.

Our society is based on mass consumerism that exploits people and the world's resources. Some most people are able to know this and not really give a shit - or do what they can. Others find it tougher. I suspect the OP is one of those.

jennifer i read somewhere that wrapping paper can't be recycled, but brown paper can be. HTH

🤦‍♀️ my brain chose to only read the first sentence of your post. Many apologies. As you were.

Boris Johnson incognito, killing time to avoid beimg interviewed by Andrew Neil?

I’d correct your spelling but you’ll only complain that it was more rule enforcement.

Do what you want OP! Most people do those things out of concern for the environment, their children’s future, and a sense of wanting to make a difference while the politicians and big corporations continue to fuck things up royally for us. You obviously don’t share those concerns so just jolly on.

Maybe start recycling your daily mails though. You could wipe your backside on them.

Well the whole shitshow is on fire in Oz so perhaps a little restraint here and there is worth a go?

Ah feck, I like beer and am now worried I might be a man. I'm off to check my genitals just in case they changed (along with my chromosomes being rewired) whilst I wasn't paying attention.

Chiiiiiiiiill Winston