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AIBU?

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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:
Khione · 28/02/2020 12:18

Is my sister being unreasonable taking her 2 preteen daughters on an anti abortion rally.

fluffyrice · 28/02/2020 12:29

WWYD- I'm pregnant with my first child and a bit worried about money when I have to give up work in a few months. I also have morning sickness and the smell of smoke makes me gag so I am thinking of giving up smoking. It doesn't cost much but I could use the money to buy a few things for baby. My doctor says giving up will be stressful and will be bad for baby so if I want to save money I should walk instead of getting the bus or maybe buy cheaper meat for DH's tea some times. Would I be a bad mother if I cut down a lot?

(real dilemma from my DM in the late 60s)

Khione · 28/02/2020 12:34

I am in strong labour with my 6th child (1958), is my DH being unreasonable going back to work after lunch, before the midwife arrives?

ChazsBrilliantAttitude · 28/02/2020 12:46

AIBU to be puzzled why people think Til Death Us Do Part is a comedy. Alf Garnett sounds reasonable to me just like that nice Mr Powell (who is a toff and knows Latin)

recklessruby · 28/02/2020 12:49

Aibu to want to move to London? Our boring town has never heard of the swinging sixties and I get stared at when I wear a mini skirt? DH thinks we should settle down in boring Hertfordshire, buy a house and have dc. I would have to give up work and my bubble car isnt going to fit dc in.
Aibu to be sick of dd age 7 and her smurf and troll collection? It s taking up the sideboard and I have nowhere to display my Tupperware for my party tomorrow.
Aibu dd age 16 has dyed her hair green and listens to the sex pistols. Its disgusting.

ErrolTheDragon · 28/02/2020 13:05

AIBU to ask if you like my collection of Whimsies?

Lovely, but I prefer my collection of Robinson's golly brooches etc.

spongejack · 28/02/2020 13:28

Lovely, but I prefer my collection of Robinson's golly brooches etc.

OMG! Yes, unbelievable!

Somanysocks · 28/02/2020 13:51

Should I let the lady in the village with the bottom skimming dress and beehive that she shows her knickers when she leans into her baby's pram Shock

Littlemissdaredevil · 28/02/2020 14:24

My DC have asked me to give up smoking as it is bad for me. They also don’t like smoking in the house or the car as they say it is too smoky and it stinks. AIBU to think this is incredibly rude and that children should be seen and not heard

squeaver · 28/02/2020 14:32

Rosehip Love Thy Neighbour is ok, but Mind Your Language is hilarious!

TheDogsMother · 28/02/2020 14:39

AIBU to get the cheaper bus route to school so I can afford 10 Number Six and a book of matches.

Is it true that using tampons causes you to lose your virginity ?

Should I believe my friend's mum when she says she can tell if a girl is a virgin by looking into her eyes ?

AlpineSnow · 28/02/2020 14:55

AIBU to wonder why dc is behaving like this and to not know how to deal with it.
YABVU. You need to smack him/her of course. That's how all less than ideal behaviour should be dealt with and no need to trouble yourself with thinking what caused it

TellingBone · 28/02/2020 14:56

Is it just me that can't get their head round decimalisation? Wonderloaf used to be 1s 3d and now it's 7p? Nearly two bob for a loaf! Bloody rounder uppers.

AIBU to wear hot pants for work? They're the smart, tailored kind with a bib and brace [over a white work blouse].

Should I have a Purdy cut?

hellcarryingahandbag · 28/02/2020 15:12

AIBU to knit my 13 year old a bra instead of paying 4s 2d for one? Children these days, having the audacity to ask for a proper bra from the Co Op... I've got a mind to hit her with the carpet beaterAngry

Graphista · 28/02/2020 16:02

Based on stuff I was doing/going through at the time...

Aibu to go back to the hairdressers and insist they redo my perm? It’s completely dropped on one side. Mum says it’s my own fault for washing it so soon (3 days after perm, I did and said about the washing and they redid it for me)

Aibu to think it’s not normal to have periods as bad as I do? (I read problem pages and they all said periods can vary a lot in early years. I’d no idea what I was experiencing was far from normal until I collapsed at school and mum took me to gp. Even then gp only put me on pill which merely masked the symptoms of the endo I had clear symptoms of)

Aibu to be feeling constantly anxious at the thought of the bomb being dropped and wish it’d never been invented?

“Findus crispy pancakes - oven or grill?” Erm I think you’ll find they were fried!

Aibu to wish mum didn’t fry EVERYTHING in lard? It tastes gross and leaves a film on the roof of my mouth!

Aibu to be creeped out by the toy donkey my uncle brought back from Spain that my mum insists be in the corner of my bedroom?

Aibu to be embarrassed my brothers been given my old bike? Dads sprayed it blue but it still has the basket on the front and brother isn’t very happy either.

Aibu to keep pestering mum to get us continental quilts? Everyone else has them and we’re still sleeping in itchy wool blankets and nylon sheets that spark! Mum says they’re a fad and won’t catch on, and that sheets and blankets are easier to launder.

1990! Before she finally gave in!

BMW6 · 28/02/2020 16:03

October 1962
Just overheard my Mum and Dad talking about something bad involving Russians and missiles, and Dad reassured Mum that he'd see to us children and Mum, and then himself.
What do you think he means?

janemaster · 28/02/2020 16:07

Should women be allowed to wear trousers in the office?
AIBU to think I should be able to get a bank account without my husbands written agreement?
AIBU for wanting to keep the children away from Aunt Mabel who has been in a mental hospital for a year?
AIBU to think that my sister should put her disabled baby into care?

AdoptedBumpkin · 28/02/2020 16:08

80s - AIBU to think mobile phones will never catch on?
90s - AIBU to think the internet will never catch on?

AlpineSnow · 28/02/2020 16:11

Spongejack I loved those Wade Whimsies!

Somanysocks · 28/02/2020 16:25

Those barcodes on everything will one day mean we won't have to have those sticky price labels on because everything will be scanned (don't believe it, just how?)

(I loved pricing up with the gun) Smile

MatildaTheCat · 28/02/2020 16:31

Spongejack I’m green with envy. My collection disappeared. My relationship with DM can never recover.

Aibu to think Tales of the Unexpected is extremely frightening?

AIBU to consider a career in nursing after the wonderfully accurate depiction in Angels?

AIBU to open the front door and send the dog for a nice walk on his own?

Ponoka7 · 28/02/2020 16:38

The real AIBUs would be about having to see disabled children/people about and the rise in multiculturalism. How right Enoch Powell is. How women shouldn't be causing all this trouble by demanding rights and not accepting the occasional sexual assault and slap. Everything else wouldn't be questioned. That took until the 80's.

x2boys · 28/02/2020 16:43

I don't see why you can't wear hot pants for work @TellingBone after all, all three of my Dad,s sister,s wore a similar outfit for his wedding to my mum in 1971 (their black and white wedding album is hilarious)my grandmother who was probably only about 50 at the time looked a good 20 years older with her sensible court shoes , checked over coat ,handbag ( the type the Queen always carrys,s )and very prim and proper hat.

TellingBone · 28/02/2020 16:44

'The real AIBUs would be about having to see disabled children/people about...'

What does this mean @Ponoka7?

squeaver · 28/02/2020 16:46

Lol at Angels and continental quilts.

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