why do people on here feel the need to be so dramatic?

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not a thread about a thread, i saw on another thread someone telling the op to 'move out. now' over a minor inconvenience with her dh aibu to think people on here are unnecessarily dramatic?

I take it all back! You gave it to us on a plate and I was unable to find it probably due to exhaustion.

But two 'key words' from your original post and there it is!!!

I feel like an idiot 😂 I will try to find it over dinner😂

I give it a solid 7 out of 10. Floppy handshake and all... 😉

😂 Got it. i was an idiot

@AlternativePerspective

And the one where an OP was ripped apart for admitting she didn’t love her dog as much as she loved her children....

Really? I would think someone was seriously weird if they loved their dog as much as they loved their children! Also suspect anyone that claims as much is talking BS, I mean if they were honestly told they had to choose between their children or their dog, they would have to think twice about it?

Oh and the wedding cash thread is hilarious. Tearing up a wedding invitation and never talking to the person again because they asked for cash instead of gifts! Give me strength...

@PopcornAndWine It is😂 I am laughing my arse off in there. And I didn't even write that I didn't send thank you cards because I had no idea such thing existed. Not like my friends gave a fuck. Because we had just close family and actual friends. But I assume it would cause few aneurysms here😂

Well I love my dog as much as any imaginary children I might have had. She's much easier.

So have we found the one with the overwrought poster whose husband committed the terrible crime of inviting someone to stay a night. Topped off with inviting friends over for breakfast. She's furious!!

Oh dear. Her husband is clearly the type that likes socialising but no she's not having it. A suggestion that the rule is 'your invite your housework' was dismissed out of hand (complete with 🙄) and we are now on 'it's Covid'.

@SchrodingersImmigrant it's just the sheer dramatics of it... why all this "grabby", "tacky", "cringe" blah blah. Why not just say I wouldn't personally do it, here's why, why not consider this instead...

Yeah I've skimmed read that wedding thread. I'm saving it for when I'm having problems sleeping. There is nothing more boring than the whole 'my wedding is right yours isn't' thing. God who cares???? I mean really who cares????? Make it stop!!!!

People who know the "correct etiquette" apparently care😂
I care just because I think it's shitty behaviour to go and call people scummy etc just because they don't want physical gift but would rather money towards something useful or fun. Same way like it's fine to not want anything or ask for cutlery. 😁
Tip for anyone getting married soon, ask for forks! I've bought hundreds by now! Just forks😂

@Vodkacranberryplease

Well I love my dog as much as any imaginary children I might have had. She's much easier.

So have we found the one with the overwrought poster whose husband committed the terrible crime of inviting someone to stay a night. Topped off with inviting friends over for breakfast. She's furious!!

Oh dear. Her husband is clearly the type that likes socialising but no she's not having it. A suggestion that the rule is 'your invite your housework' was dismissed out of hand (complete with 🙄) and we are now on 'it's Covid'.

I'm so pleased someone else thinks the same thing about that thread, last time I read it, everyone was telling the OP she was right, I just thought she was really rude.

Also I've searched all those words and can't find anything about floppy handshakes old men and serial killers Help me out...

Found it!

Haha see.. we got good clues in the end!!

@SchrodingersImmigrant

People who know the "correct etiquette" apparently care😂 I care just because I think it's shitty behaviour to go and call people scummy etc just because they don't want physical gift but would rather money towards something useful or fun. Same way like it's fine to not want anything or ask for cutlery. 😁 Tip for anyone getting married soon, ask for forks! I've bought hundreds by now! Just forks😂

Oh I totally agree! Calling people scummy over this is just ridiculous! Would I ask for money? No probably not. Would I be mortally offended if so done else did? Probably not. Because I just don't fucking care enough. Would I then insult them with words like scummy if they did? Definitely not!!!

The two that get me is how everyone is "PETRIFIED" - never just scared, or even a terrified - it's always "PETRIFIED"!

Also - everything is always "FAR TOO ...." eg: "AIBU to let my 14 y/o DS (turning 15 in 2 days) watch a 15 cert film?" "FAR TOO YOUNG! HE'LL HAVE NIGHTMARES FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE".

Or... "WIBU to have ordered a small 10 inch pizza between 20 people?" - "FAR TOO MUCH! It is beyond me how ANYONE can POSSIBLY eat more than a crumb of pizza and not be full for 3 days afterwards! We are WOMEN - we only need half a lettuce leaf once a week!".

Nothing is ever a just "a little bit too much" or "perhaps a little young" for something - everyone is FAR TOO YOUNG or everyone is eating FAR TOO MUCH!

The dramatics on MN sometimes are hilarious.

@SchrodingersImmigrant oh my god the puddle poster!! Who also does the live parking thread too. How does that woman find the time?!!

Is that the puddle thing that went on for about 10 threads?
I always put all of that stuff (patio doors etc) down to creative writing and/or original threads having a modicum of truth about them but then the OP beginning to bask in their own MN fan bubble and starting to make things up.

In another thread here I mentioned - have they thought of Relate? and I must admit I don't see that much here.

When I was here a few years ago I had a situation with very close friend who'd turn up hours late to meet me - after I'd trekked across London near to where she lived to meet her... lent her money which she took ages to pay back - my last thread was a lending her money one which she complained about receiving as she was abroad and even before I got lots of advice from MN to 'be kind, understanding etc'.

I ditched her as a friend and though in some ways I miss her I don't miss constant criticism which she gave me too - nor the constant lateness and requests for money to borrow as she considered me well off compared to her.

I must admit some of my friendships have been in the past a bit drama based as I am bit of (or was) a drama queen... have tried to tame that part of me in the past... I have to have the last word and flare up then calm down and forgive easily. But like I said I don't do that much now, not good for me or others.

I'm a bloody nightmare

[quote Keeping2ChevronsApart]@SchrodingersImmigrant oh my god the puddle poster!! Who also does the live parking thread too. How does that woman find the time?!![/quote]
Almost as if it were her job, innit😱

Also - everything is always "FAR TOO ...." eg: "AIBU to let my 14 y/o DS (turning 15 in 2 days) watch a 15 cert film?" "FAR TOO YOUNG! HE'LL HAVE NIGHTMARES FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE".

@lifeafter50

Also - everything is always "FAR TOO ...." eg: "AIBU to let my 14 y/o DS (turning 15 in 2 days) watch a 15 cert film?" "FAR TOO YOUNG! HE'LL HAVE NIGHTMARES FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE".

that is ridiculous re the far too young stuff!

I was in essence far too young (by a few months or a year) for a lot of things including films but they certainly didn't traumatise me!

Why does the OP ask if her DS is too young to watch a 15 cert film if 15 in 2 days?!

Maybe it's just me, but if I react with facts, let alone numbers, then mostly get ignored. I tried reacting with some drama, and everyone jumped on the bandwagon. This makes me feel sad (I mean genuinely. Not MN way, and I'm sure not sobbing over it :))

There was one not long ago where the (male) OP was looking for advice on leaving his wife after he had learnt she was seeing someone else. One reply was...."have you asked her why she felt that she needed to be with someone else instead of you and maybe work on becoming a better husband?" Can you imagine that being said if the situation was reversed?

Yes but according to dramatic MNers there is no such thing as a reverse, because MEN HAVE THE POWER!!!

I found another gem:

"I woke up at 6.30. my plan was to have a cuppa. Have a shower. Practice the school run as next week it's Showtime."

Of course the poster is all about anxiety and stuff. Even if there is an issue, this sentence is just OTT dramatic :)