SIL the copy cat

[littleolwinedrinker]

(The title is supposed to be a light hearted joke....)

DH and I have one DD. She is 3. We are going on her first holiday in July. I felt like I lost myself a bit after having DD and really took to fashion and I really enjoy styling and putting together outfits, quite eccentric outfits with bold statements pieces.

Like my beloved sandals....

I have a beautiful pair of very eccentric, loud, chunky sandals. I bought them last summer and wore them all summer. As soon as we booked the holiday last month all I could think about was getting my sandals out for the 10 days and I day dreamed about different outfits to wear them with

UNTIL yesterday

We were having breakfast yesterday morning and DH says 'Its ds birthday next week, i'll see her at dm house tonight, i'll ask what she wants for her birthday'

He returned home to say she wanted a pair of my beloved sandals to take on holiday.......

DH then gave her his bank card to order them there and then.

AIBU to be annoyed by this?

They were going to be the only shoe I was gonna bring and apparently she is saying the same because theyre ££££

Dh and I spend £££ on DS and her husbands bday presents and they spend £££ on ours. DH has no other siblings and I'm an only child.

AIBU to annoyed? I don't fancy going around our holiday destination in the same sandals, it would be very noticable. She is 25 years older than me, our sense of style is usually very different so she would style them different to me and we won't be going around in the same outfits head to toe.... but still..... :(

@RumpoleoftheBaileys OMFG that's a brilliant post

OP,you're first thought when you're taking your DD on holiday when you've had several holidays without her, is your fucking ability to wear sandals?

Jesus parent your child and look forward to spending a holiday with your daughter for the first item, albeit you seem to need adult company as well.

You've not "lost yourself" since having a child, you've prioritised you need for holidays alone, your need for fashion "statements", you're need to look forward to wearing fucking sandals above building sandcastles.

I can't believe this is still going. Surely no-one believes it?

Ageeed @MyGhastIsFlabbered surely no mother taking their child away for the first time (although she's had plenty of holidays without them) is so shallow that the first thought is about the fucking footwear?

I actually think this might be real

YABU

Got to page 8 and had to stop myself bursting out laughing and likely waking my baby when I read "da fooq" from @frouby
This thread is so funny.
Those sandals are hideous! I was so intrigued to see them and now I just picture a kind of Ab Fab Jennifer Saunders craziness air about the op.

She's done you a favour!

Fucking hell those are some ugly sandals. Can’t believe two pairs of those have been sold!
Those Stella ones look like a cross between a Nike huarache and a hospital boot for a broken foot!

Fuck me, just shows how easy it is to con rich people out of money by sticking a designer label on it and calling it fashion.

If you were half board in Benidorm you would probably be laughing stock with your twinny SIL, but I guess the jollies you go on are only ones where all the guest can afford to dress in equally tasteless, ridiculously expensive tat. That cost the same to make as cheap shoes.

How many siblings does DH have? That’s a big gap
Good point? ;)

Oh OP bless you. They remind me of Me Silly's shoes! But if you love them you love them. Maybe you could wear them on a royal system?!?

I know a lot of people with “old money”, and I don’t think any of them would spend that kind of money on sandals (especially those ones!). They don’t tend to like throwing money away like that. It’s more common I’ve found in people who have made their own money to be a bit more careless with the cash.

Most of the people I know from “old money”, you’d never even guess how wealthy they were from what they were wearing/driving/living in.

OMG OP THEY ARE FUCKING UGLY!

They honestly look like those frightening looking toys where your child can draw a picture and then have that toy made.

Except someone has got they're child to draw a pair of shoes and then they've had those made.

If you and your SIL wear those shoes at the same time on the same holiday people will think your both part of some strange cult

It's not that unreasonable of a gap. We have an 18 year gap in my sibling group as well.

@Osirus. Agreed! I know some of the richest people ever. Old money. None flaunt it incredibly. No press around. Don’t gaudy themselves up. Take care of their staff. Etc.

I saw some bloke dressed top to toe in Gucci. In town the other day. I remember thinking what a twat......

I didn’t realise till you posted the sandals what brand it was either

Hahahaha you can have all the old money in the world but you can't buy class or good taste.

@Inherdefence

Are you a fan of the Mapp and Lucia books?That brilliant idea is carried out by one of the characters!

Alan Partridge-Steve Coogan- had an item sending up this type of fashion in his Alan Partridge show.

The designer was explaining each piece-it was very funny-like these shoes.

Enjoying the thread but don't believe a word of it-very young woman marries older man who is nobly born-old money-she isn't but he gently indulges her. Seen this plot before in old fashioned Mills and Boon novels.

Can’t believe two pairs of those have been sold!

I know!

Surely guide dogs are trained to stop their owners getting into this sort of situation . . . .

I saw this poster in a bus shelter today, and had to share. This is the current Gucci ad campaign.

They look like they stripped naked, covered themselves in glue then ran through the nearest charity shop. In the dark.

"They look like they stripped naked, covered themselves in glue then ran through the nearest charity shop. In the dark."

In the 1970s.

They’re just something I can never, ever unsee... wow
People will definitely notice 2 nutters with those beasts on

I want her gloves parasite