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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

If AIBU existed in the 50's, 60's, 70's

278 replies

KJT78 · 27/02/2020 23:14

What imaginary topics would we be discussing?

Bit of fun Smile

OP posts:
MrsDrudge · 03/03/2020 21:50

AIBU to save all my cigarette coupons and green shield stamps to spend on myself, or should I use for Christmas presents?

alloutoffucks · 03/03/2020 22:20

You should use them to buy a set of glasses like everyone else.

Madein1995 · 04/03/2020 20:56

I proper love this thread!

I'm having a baby girl (I hope) and am deliberating between names. Currently a choice between Claire, Rachel, Michelle or Louise. What do you think? I don't want her to be one of 7 Jackie's in the class like I was. Something original is best.

Recently had twin ds and am up to armpits in nappies, also sleep deprived. I'm a sahm, to the twins and a 3yo little terror. Dh works in an office where he gets to drink coffee and read papers in peace. We share night wakings and on weekends he gets up early one day so I can lie in. He gets the bus to work so not like he's harmed through lack of sleep. Dh is happy with the arrangement as am I. Mil insists I'm working her baby boy too hard, that children is my job and I'm being terribly unfair.

Aibu to want to go to benidorm this year rather than a damp caravan in bognor Regis? It's always cold and wet, the radiator never works, the kids argue like hell and the entertainment is shocking. They do package holidays which are brilliant and I can get a nice suntan. Pack kids off to kids club and jobs a good un. Dh doesn't like flights- jve told him the alternative is him taking the kids to bognor Regis alone and I'll stay at home drinking wine. He went a funny shade and is going to the travel agents tomorrow

Aibu to think this new money is a way to charge us more for essentials, like bread and cigarettes?

Aibu to think son in law is lazy and its no wonder he's fat (13 stone at 5 foot 5).he works in an office, so hardly hard work, and gets the train to work! He could work the 3 miles no problem but instead only walks a mile to the station. And of an evening he prefers wine and TV to a good hobby like football. Dd still does him cooked breakfast and tea though. Aibu to think this is no good, and a sign of laziness to come? Also aibu to make dgc 2 miles to school (he's 5) in all weather's to offset the influence of his dad's laziness?

I got pregnant by a gi during the war - well one or two anyway. I've always told Dd that her dad was a soldier who died in North Africa,which worked fine for years. Dd is now 25 and asking awkward questions - going to the library and researching. Aibu to cry whenever she broaches the subject in the hope she leaves it?

Aibu to refuse to marry any old man, and in fact refuse the dates my mother sets me up on, simply because I'm a single mother. I'm doing an excellent job for two parents and whatever dm says, the kids will benefit from seeing their mother work hard. I don't give a fig if she insists childcare is awful.

Have just turned 17 and got another job (my 6th since leaving school). Have found a great flatshare, but parents disapprove. It's in a up and coming - - dangerous - - part of London and is cosy - - tiny - -. I'd be sharing with a few others - - 6 people excluding me - - and paying a pittance rent. Aibu to think this is the independence I've always craved?

Ellmau · 05/03/2020 21:06

What are you all doing for the Coronation/Festival of Britain/Silver Jubilee?

AIBU to think Coronation Chicken is amazing? DH thinks it's too spicy.

AIBU to be concerned that the new teacher at DD's school is divorced? And she calls herself Ms instead of Mrs.

AIBU to be thrilled there's a lady doctor now at our GP's practice? I can go to her with things I wouldn't have liked to take to old male Dr.

AIBU to think SIL has a dirty mind, insinuating all sorts of awful things about 40yo DS, just because he shares a house with his best friend and has never had a girlfriend. I think he's just waiting for the right girl to come along, and so is his friend.

Somanysocks · 05/03/2020 23:19

My father always closes the doors on the tv cabinet so it looks like a piece of furniture but I like them open so they look like a telly, (obviously when we aren't watching it). Who is being unreasonable.

Ladybirdbookworm · 06/03/2020 01:38

AIBU I'm 11 and last night was made to go to bed after the first part of a drama called Threads.
Apparently it continued after the News at Ten but my parents wouldn't let me watch the ending.
I've been to school today and none of my friends were allowed to see it either.

I'm dying to know how it ended .

I still haven't seen the second part and bloody hell I don't want to now.Grin

alloutoffucks · 06/03/2020 09:39

AIBU to ban the children from watching ITV? It is full of adverts and a bit common.

Madein1995 · 06/03/2020 11:05

Aibu to be excited theres a new village gp and she's a female? We now have 2 - the new gp is about 30,not married and dresses very smartly. Most of the other mums disapprove of her, but I think it's good. Much less embarrassing to speak to a female.

Aibu to think Britain's gone to the dogs since we lost the empire?

Aibu to go to greenham Common to protest with my friend Sandra? Sandra thinks it's risky because our parents might see and also of we get arrested well miss work on Monday. Aibu to not care?

Aibu to think a street party is a perfect 2ay to celebrate dd getting into grammar school? She wants to go to the pictures instead but she can go there any time! I'm going to do cheese and pineapple on sticks and have already delegated 1 dish to different women in the family. That way we share the load and I don't get too overwhelmed. I've outsourced the scotch eggs to aunt Mary and the cake to marge. I'll do the pineapple sticks and get the cherryade.

Aibu to think it's fine for uncle Bob to liberate a barrel of beer from the pub he works at, for the party? Dh says its stealing I say if he's that concerned he needn't have any

Elder sister got really fat and then went on a month long seaside holiday with mum. When she got back she was all teary and now she's dyed her hair pink, smokes and refuses to speak to anyone. Aibu to think she's ungrateful! If id gone on a seaside holiday I'd be happy. Also aibu to demand that I get a holiday? Mum hisses and tells me to stop it but I think she's just being unfair on purpose.

Aibu to slather on the baby oil when the sun comes out? I'll get more of a tan and look healthy.

Aibu to think curry is lovely? You need a glass of milk nearby of course, but it's nice and oriental. Aibu to think the stuff mum makes, complete with a ton of condensed milk, raisins and mango chunks, is not at all comparable?

SerenDippitty · 06/03/2020 11:10

AIBU to want to have a brown colour scheme in my living room? And an avocado suite in the bathroom?

BluebonicPlague · 07/03/2020 17:41

AIBU to want my husband to buy a washing machine?

(Apologies for not having read TF very long T)

SugarStealers · 07/03/2020 19:21

Drinking dandelion and burdock from a pop glass bottle, taking it back to the shop and getting some money back for returning it. I use to collect empty glass bottles and the local offy was my go to place

amispeakingenglish · 07/03/2020 19:24

Janemaster
There were lots of problems about extended family living together. From interfering parents/in laws, to those who were demanding and wanted everything their own way, to those who were manipulative.
In the 1950s after the bombing during the war, there was a real shortage of housing and so many extended families were forced to live together when they did not want to.

Bit like now with the house prices , I have 4 young adults plus visiting boy/girl friends in my London terrace, its like bloody Eastenders cramming them all in...lucky had the loft done! don't you ever wonder how so many fit into one house in that programme.

Jellykat · 07/03/2020 19:28

Chat - Blue Peter or Magpie?

amispeakingenglish · 07/03/2020 19:29

Crossroads def, where to buy the best Oxford Bags?
Love the new Vesta Curry...
Do German sweet wines have more sugar in them?
Sugar Stealers... the same, if like that now no issue with all the plastic bottles and no litter!!
David is by far better than Donny, more of a bad boy.
Will Star Man be no 1 on Tuesday?
Do you like my new Brown bedroom colour scheme?
Remember secret visits to the phone box to make a private call?
Meeting the boy with motor bike at the end of the road and not having to wear a helmet..............

Jellykat · 07/03/2020 19:30

Swap shop or Tiswas?

Oblahdeeoblahdoe · 07/03/2020 20:04

AIBU to use one of my dad's old razor blades to cut my sister's hair into a feather cut? She's going out with a skinhead and needs to look the part in her Crombie coat.

Pieceofpurplesky · 07/03/2020 22:53

AIBU my friend said Posh Paws the dinosaur on Swap Shop is a stupid name. I think it's great but I don't know how they hit it .... Wink

Justanotherlurker · 07/03/2020 23:11

MN is just a vocal online modern puritanism movement. it would be as out of touch with society has it has done since its inception.

You only have to look at politics and see how out of touch this place has been for over 10 years

minionsrule · 07/03/2020 23:25

How wonderfully convenient and tasty Pot Noodles are.

alloutoffucks · 08/03/2020 08:31

@minionsrule I remember Pot Noodles being introduced. They were seen as food for students who couldn't cook and single young men who couldn't be bothered to.

2beesornot2beesthatisthehoney · 08/03/2020 10:41

alloutoffucks

I thought they still were

Feefsie · 08/03/2020 10:59

Should I bath the kids by candle light when there’s another power cut?
Should I stop buying French apples? My Mum and aunty stopped buying them!
Is there going to be a nuclear war?
Are Tampax dangerous?
Tupperware or Pippa Dee party?
Looking through massive Grattan catalogue at things we couldn’t afford
Never buying things on tick or paying weekly to the catalogue
Paper wage packets with money in
Insurance man coming to house for premiums
Miners strike
Perms
Being too old at 30
Women all wearing a tabard to do the house work
Women being prescribed Valium and Tamazepam for anxiety
Domestic violence and rape
Not being in control of family finances
Staying married because of the shame
Curing homosexuality with brutality
Mental asylums
Racism and all other forms of discrimination
Putting things back at the supermarket because didn’t have enough money
Babycham, Cherry Bee and Barley Wine
Orange juice as a starter on a paper doily
Forcing kids to kiss elderly relatives
Calling your mums friends aunty

Madein1995 · 08/03/2020 13:59

My auntie still wears her pinny (tabard) to do housework now.

Aibu to be pissed off there's only two buses a day to /from our village. It means I have to catch the 7am one to local city and wait in a cafe for an hour before work. Then I need to be flying from my seat at 5 to catch the 5.07 bus back. If I miss it I either habe to ring dad to get me, plead a lift with Mr. Jones or get a train and tram which takes 2 hrs longer. Mum says it's My fault for wanting a job in the city rather than the local sweetshop

Aibu to think teddy boys look ridiculous? Hippies too - you can never tell what they are cos their hair is so long.

Aibu to think that cannabis isn't at all funny and is a gateway drug to things like heroin?

Aibu to think drug addict dB doesn't need treatment or methadone drinks? He got himself into this mess so he should jolly well man up and get through it. I think cold turkey is the best way. I'm not a complete monster - I've fitted locks on me ma's spare room so he can't escape but I've also given him a fan, some magazines, plenty of water, layered clothing and food.
Update - aibu to want to throttle the sod? Na is. Breaking her heart at his screams and it's taking all my energy to reassure her. Anyone know how long withdrawal lasts?

Aibu to be shop steward for the union? Dwife worries I might get sacked. Also aibu to tell Bert the union is for pay disputes and working conditions, not wanting the management to provide nescafe instead of maxwell. House?

Itsonlymeeee · 08/03/2020 15:08

Aibu to think it's ok to put the back seat down on our Ford Cortina Estate car so that when we travel overnight to Scotland all 5 kids (11, 11, 10, 9 & 7) can squeeze into the back to sleep? Also, it's ok right to leave all 5 kids unattended when we stop at the services so me & dh can go & have a cuppa & something to eat? It's dark & they're asleep so they'll be fine.

Aibu to think my hv suggesting giving my crying baby phenegan (travel sickness medicine) at night as it will knock her out is a brilliant idea?

tryingtoloseweightnow · 08/03/2020 15:59

Channelling my gran in 1950.

I didn't spend 4 years at university just to have children the minute I got married.

AIBU to travel with my new dh first, teaching whenever I can get jobs then settle down and have children in my 30s?

My mother and sister think I'm mad.

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