If AIBU has been around during the blitz

[briebuiltthiscity]

(Lighthearted)
If Aibu has been around what would have been posted? Would we really see the “blitz spirit” or more “ndn seems to have more rations than me - Aibu to report them”.

"I was at Waterloo Station yesterday with my test pilot Belgian husband and my DD in her carrycot. The air-raid siren went off and it was a Doodle Bug. It stopped making its noise so DH pushed me and the carrycot into the base of a pillar and covered us - it exploded some streets away but the noise was horrific...... we went into the waiting room and bugger me another one came close - we all ended up under the re-inforced table and it exploded quite near but apart from a bit of broken glass coming in, we were all fine. AIBU to have a stiff gin when I get home because it was a bit disturbing"

Replies:

"Is your Belgian husband really a test pilot? Sounds like a stealth boast to me"

"I find it highly unlikely that two V2s would have exploded close to you in this situation - are you attention seeking?"

"YABU to have a carrycot and not be using a sling"

"For heavens sake think about your DH - he should have the stiff gin and his slippers warmed, it is incredible selfish of you to have a drink and possibly leave him to have to look after your DD while you get blind drunk - what kind of wife / mother are you?"

"Can you have a spa day?"

Based on a true story told me many times by my dear departed Nana to whom this actually happened, DD was my Mum.

AIBU to genuinely not understand why we cant have a bonfire and fireworks in the garden on 5 November?

@OldQueen1969 he pushed you? Clearly he’s an abusive twat - LTB.

@briebuiltthiscity

Yep, missed that one LOL!

@OldQueen1969 there’s always a new way to berate someone on AIBU

AIBU to think all houses should have an indoor toilet of their own and I should suggest this to the family who’ve taken them in?

Oh my word! Hark at you and your fancy ways! An indoor toilet - are you The King? I feel sorry for your husband having to put up with your ideas above your station. Anyway, an indoor toilet would be discusting. Think of the smell. YABVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVU!!!!!!!!!!

MNHQ - can we please have Churchill and Charlie Chaplin emoticons to keep our spirits up?

Aibu to think dh is ridiculous? He cang join as is old so has joined the home guard. He has a gippy knee from the last one - and now spends every sunday after church leaping into rivers and crawling through mud. He makes an awful mess of his trousers. AIBU to think that if he must volunteer he can do fire sanding duty? Maybe more dangerous but at least his trousers wont be filthy.

AIBU to ask Mr Edwards the butcher to put me in touch with his nephew, whos on the black market? Mum says theyre immoral but shes the first the whinge if theres no joint for sunday. I need my gin and quite frankly putting gravy browning on my legs makes tbe dog excited.

AIBU to run air raid drills with the children, timing how long it takes to get from bed to the shelter? Granted were in Carmarthen and havent been blmbed yet but theres always a first time. I get DH to stsnd at the bottom of the stairs and make the noise at 2am in tbe morning. Eldest moans that she cant concentrate in school but shell find it harder to concentrate if shes hit by a bomb.

AIBU to be heartbroken dp has joined up. Im thinking of bribing my doctor cousin to write an excemption for him. He says he wont, but i know hes married and has a mistress in Saltley so im sure he will with enough persuading.

Im working in a factory and quite enjoying it. DH has been invalided out with a missing thumb (fine for his office job) and wants me to stop work. AIBU to tell him to shove it?

I live in rural wales and have taken in 3 evavuees, mine are grown up and i was looking forward to hsvjng children abour again. I knew itd be hard them leaving home so i asked cath who lived in london for a year im '29 for advice. I made it all homey and even shelled out for chips their first night. The youngest (age 2) is a darling but the other 2 are hellions. Swearing, letting the sheep out stc. Aibu to tell the reverands wife they havd to go? Ill keep the baby of course

AIBU to keep seeing my GI boyfriend? Mum disapproves and dad calls him a ponce, but he gets me chocolate and stockings

AIBU to pretend my dp (and dad to baby dd) was killed in action, when he actually went back home to Texas and marry his sweetheart? I need to move back with mum and dad will have a fit if he knows one of the "overpaid, oversexef and over hear' GIs got me pregnant

AIBU to join the land army? Terribly exciting adventure and i might meet some soldiers. Theres a train next Monday and im on it.

AIBU to be devastated at dd joining the land army? Such hard work, not at all suitable for a young lady and she will be so miserable. She might snag herself a GI too. Why cant she stay home and lead the first aid class in the church hall if she must be helpful?

AIBU to think shell shock is a load of bollocks? Ds has come bsck from war and reckons hes struggling. Aibu to tell him to crack on like i did after ww1- drink whisky snd nevrt spesk of it

Aibu to swap kids sweets ration for extra bacon and tea? Bacon sarnies and tea are my saturday treat and children dont need sugar anyway.

Aibu to get hold of maths books and pay retired English teacher Mr Lewis down the road to tutor dc? The schools hsve shut due to bombing well that doesnt mean they can be idle

Aibu to think its perfectly reasonable to leave baby dd with 6year old dd while i queue for 2hours for chicken? NDN thinks its dsngerlus and i should tske them with me. But baby dd is sleeping snd older dc is sensible

@Ivegotnothing

AIBU to not want to give up my silk smalls for parachutes?

Wrong way round! Parachutes were made into undies.

AIBU not to donate my very expensive saucepans to the war effort.

@OldQueen1969

You say your hubby's a Belgian pilot, but what proof do we have? Either he's another sponging immigrant, or a german spy. Best thing would be to lock him up on the Isle of Man until we can give him a fair trial and hang him.

@iklboo

you want an emoticon of Charlie Chaplin?

Little man with a black toothbrush moustache? we all know who that is.

What are you, a fifth columnist?

Best thing is to lock you up on the Isle of Man until we can give you a fair trial and hang you.

AIBU to join the Communist Party of Great Britain? People say that most of the members are Special Branch, but Uncle Joe Stalin is a great friend of the country and we owe him a lot. it's great to see our two nations united at last. This is a comradeship that will never end.

@PigletJohn - How very dare you! Why, if my old man were here now he'd knock you for six he would. Gertcha, bully beef, Knees Up Mother Brown, gawd bless the duchess etc. I'm as Blighty as they come! I think you are trying to deflect attention from yourself. You seem very obsessed with spies and the Isle of Man all of a sudden .

AIBU? They’ve parked an anti-aircraft searchlight right outside my house and it’s partially blocking my drive. I know I don’t have a dropped kerb but can I still complain to the council?

My husband, a distinguished gentleman and former MP, has been imprisoned.

My friends Adolf and Joseph were most disturbed when they heard. I have family support in the form of five sisters to whom I am close, although one of them has serious health problems herself due to an unfortunate shooting incident.

AIBU to think it is outrageous to imprison a fine upstanding member of the community without trial?

We’d have lost.

"my DH came back for a week from the front and thinks he's done his bit by doing that and hasn't bathed the kids or cooked dinner once. Should I LTB?"

I thought Mrs Brown from number 27 had got her picture in the paper for winning first place in the village fete with her no sugar beetroot cake, turns out no, she was just stockpiling copies of the local newspaper for their outhouse. Very selfish of her, as now no one else in the village can wipe their backsides until the next edition is due on thursday. Also, AIBU- the government says because we live in the country it's our duty to house someone else's kids for the forseeable, looking after the house and my husband is a full time job in itself so apart from meals the wretches would have to pretty much fend for themselves as I'm far too busy already? Finally, I don't understand why people keep complaining about food rationing- yes it's a bit more difficult to get hold of things like chocolate and sugar, but just grow your own veg and fruit in the garden, you can make your own butter (if you or your neighbour happens to have a cow) and everyone can make space to keep a pig or two for bacon if they make the effort! Really, I think these city folk are downright lazy! ( I think I will ask Mrs Brown if she wants to trade a few slices of my home cured ham for some newspaper)

@BrightYellowDaffodil 👏👏 I was hoping there would be a parking one!

@Cocklepops to be fair I’m not sure “careless talk saves lives” type campaigns would work well in the age of social media!

@caughtalightsneeze I think your post is a bit outing mrs Mitford - best ask MNHQ to get it removed

The Blitz lasted for 8 months and 5 days between September 1940 & May 1941. The most intense period of the blitz, London Blitz, lasted for 57 days. During this time, the city was bombed by the Luftwaffe for 56 of the following 57 days and nights and almost daily thereon until May 1941.

Just posting this as I hadn't realised how long it lasted - imagine bombings every night!!
Of course it wasn't just London.

My next door neighbour (lets call her Ethel) has just had a baby, that she has named Karen. AIBU to think that these new fangled names make it sound like she is being pretentious- why couldn't she name the child something sensible like Brenda or Betty?

Also, sorry to keep spamming the post, but does anyone know where I might be able to get any? (Spam)

@dancinfeet can’t go wrong with a name like that - it will never age

AIBU to report my neighbour?

They look all respectable, but I know for a fact that when she first came here in about 1934, her mother visited and she had a German accent. They never go to Church, neither.

AIBU? My husband reckons he's out on Firewatch every night this week, so leaves the house all smart and shiny, then comes back in the morning in a right state and doesn't talk to me at all.