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What one thing do you think is overrated??

610 replies

RiverMeadow · 31/08/2020 19:33

I'll start....

Percy Pigs! 🐷

OP posts:
ShakerCan · 31/08/2020 22:41

Concerts.

I get that they’re fun and if we’re talking £30 ticket for a night out then great. But I can’t understand paying £200-300 a ticket like some I’ve seen for just one night. Atmosphere aside, crowds, screaming, queuing, overpriced food and jostling to all get out at the end. No thanks.

ToastyCrumpet · 31/08/2020 22:41

Bloody Facebook.

WitchesGlove · 31/08/2020 22:42

Nando’s
Netflix
Burgers
Center Parcs
Graduations
Christmas
Skiing
Lego

OhTheRoses · 31/08/2020 22:43

TKMax
Linen
Birkenstocks
Grey emulsion
Squid
Oysters
Happy clappy Wesleyan hymns
Little Women
Rigby & Peller

Actually I could put up with anything but the Birkenstocks. Bought some circa 2008 and can still feel the ache and the blisters.

Kitmerow · 31/08/2020 22:44

Grazing Table. I don’t get them. I don’t want a piece of salami touching my cake!

DeeDimer · 31/08/2020 22:45

Gin
Game of Thrones
Boston/French Terriers
Pugs
Bread
Affairs
Conspiracy theorists
Nando's
Hangars

WitchesGlove · 31/08/2020 22:47

Devon and Cornwall
Expensive cars

Soapysoap · 31/08/2020 22:49

Coffee. Yuk

formerbabe · 31/08/2020 22:49

Alcohol

RiverMeadow · 31/08/2020 22:53

Another one

Kings of Leon - sex is on fire

Overplayed and utter shit.

OP posts:
Justpickaname · 31/08/2020 22:55

Fancy coffee's

19lottie82 · 31/08/2020 22:57

Red wine.

Guineapigbridge · 31/08/2020 22:58

Banksy
Pandora
Springtime (we just get wind in Spring)
Live concerts (unless there's less than thirty in the audience and they're all sitting down and the bar is only two steps away and has a good selection of craft beer)
Pricey face wash (bit of l'occitane pure soap does the job)

pooopypants · 31/08/2020 22:58

Salted caramel anything. 50 shades.

Guineapigbridge · 31/08/2020 22:59

Totally disagree with Beyoncé and Birkenstocks Shock

thisstooshallpass · 31/08/2020 23:00

@RiverMeadow

Another one

Kings of Leon - sex is on fire

Overplayed and utter shit.

Hate it!!
Fishfingersandwichplease · 31/08/2020 23:04

Def Nandos!! Just don't get it!

powershowerforanhour · 31/08/2020 23:07

Not to derail the thread, but why are you doing it if you feel it's dangerous?

Cos I thought I would be a cool girl and he (well each of the last 3 actually) asked nicely. And also had hopes that it might be fun. Kind of like talking myself into liking the cool music that everyone else was listening to when I was young. They were respectful and gentle (as it's possible to be), used enough lube to sink a battleship. Nice kind blokes all (I'm married to the last one) that I really fancied. So optimal conditions were in place and...it was still dull. Had an epiphany moment eventually staring at the crack on the wall thinking "Well, I've given this a fair few goes now- goodness knows I'm not a quitter- and it's still crap. Do you know, I think it will always be crap. I learned to ski and liked it from the start, I learned to drive- hated it to start, quite like it now. Anal sex- wanted to like it, tried it, tried it, tried it- no still crap. Sorry fella, the show is over. Not doing that again. Turns out vanilla is my favourite flavour and I'm OK with that".

powershowerforanhour · 31/08/2020 23:09

Sorry for the derail.
As you were.
Avocados- nice if you can get a perfectly ripe one with a good flavour, perfectly seasoned but usually taste nothingy.

GabsAlot · 31/08/2020 23:11

@Kitmerow

Grazing Table. I don’t get them. I don’t want a piece of salami touching my cake!
sorry to be thick what is this
PoodleMoth · 31/08/2020 23:15

Caravans

Jay670 · 31/08/2020 23:15

Relationships
Kids
Sex

Ericaequites · 31/08/2020 23:31

Florida in general-the place smells like wet tennis shoes
Gin
French Bulldogs
Sandwiches with cutesy names
Macy's
Makeup
The Kardashians
High heels
Liquid soap and body wash, except in public loos
Fabric softener
Cheap sewing machines
Bare legs in winter- mine resemble cheap mince
Long fingernails- wicked unsanitary
Child beauty contests
Adult beauty contests
Coffee

choli · 31/08/2020 23:33

@NameChange84

Smartphones. Addictive little fuckers. Ruined family time. Work and other people can get hold of you 24/7. Can’t live with them or without them.

I’d love to uninvent the internet. I actually miss the dial up costing a fortune days of my childhood where you had to switch off or risk bankrupting your family.

You know you can switch off a smart phone? Or choose not to answer? You don't have to be available 24/7.
SistemaAddict · 31/08/2020 23:39

@Kitmerow

Grazing Table. I don’t get them. I don’t want a piece of salami touching my cake!
It's been a long time since any salami touched my cake never mind anyone grazed at my table.

People. They are definitely overrated except for some lovely exceptions including the kindness of mumsnet strangers who have helped me so much over time. People I actually know? No thanks.

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