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ivfbabymomma1 · 16/11/2020 16:10

.... that's so stupid without thinking & then your like why the f**k did I just do that?

I just made a cup of juice for my DS, and without putting the lid on chucked it in the bottom of the pram?! Why!!! What was I thinking? HmmHmmConfused

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RedskyAtnight · 16/11/2020 18:15

I once went to get my dinner from the kitchen, only to discover I hadn't put it in the oven so it was still raw.

So, I put it in the oven and left it for another half hour. Came back to discover ... I hadn't actually switched the oven on.

PotterHead1985 · 16/11/2020 18:15

My mam has done the whole forget the cup under the nespresso machine too many times!!!

mycatlovesmenotyou · 16/11/2020 18:19

I made a beautiful sun shape out of some sort of gel, at a craft day. The idea was you could stick it onto a window once it was set. I was very pleased with it because I am not very creative.

I stuck my finger in it to see if it was set. It wasn't :( It then bled into another part and totally ruined the outside shape of it.

FallonsTearoom · 16/11/2020 18:20

@JovialNickname

Yesterday I shaved my legs, bikini line, armpits in the shower. It was only afterwards I realised I'd left the little clear plastic shield on the razor
I did that last week too. Was complaining it wasn't working when DH pointed out the safety was in place.

I've also put the breadmaker on without the paddle inside it.

Carefully packed a moving day box with kettle, tea, coffee, milk, mugs and biscuits etc and stashed it neatly in the van so it was the LAST thing out instead of the first. By the time we got to it we were on the beer and fish and chips stage!

Crankley · 16/11/2020 18:20

I was playing poker last night online (not for real money and one of the other players went all in (put all his money in the pot) which either means he's got a fantastic hand or he was bluffing. I had a totally rubbish hand and was happy to check each round just to see what card might appear. Instead of folding I had a moment of madness and went all-in. He won, of course but what was worse was the embarrassment of everyone at the table seeing my crappy hand and wondering what the hell I was thinking. Blush

MummytoCSJH · 16/11/2020 18:21

I went to wetherspoons with a friend and we got a cocktail pitcher between us. I started pouring my drink... straight onto my phone. Missed my glass completely, and by a lot not a smidge, what was worse is I just watched it drench my phone and carried on pouring it for a few seconds until my friend noticed and grabbed the pitcher. It was exactly as you describe - like an out of body experience! Luckily phone was fine Hmm

JaffaCake70 · 16/11/2020 18:22

My boss spent 20 minutes looking for her specs.. which she was wearing..

Ratherembarrassed2020 · 16/11/2020 18:22

Made DD a hot water bottle the other day, and popped a spoonful of instant coffee in there along with the slightly cooled kettle water. Took ages to rinse out properly!

PenguinsOnParade · 16/11/2020 18:23

I'm a total disaster zone at times. I've touched an iron to see if it was hot (it was), I licked a spoon after making toffee when I'd just removed it from the pan, I've also touched hot sugar when making caramel (I now avoid anything involving melting sugar as much as possible), I've even run my finger along a sharp knife to see if it was still sharp (yes it really was.)

I also ruined half a glass of wine once by going to top it up while I was in the kitchen before I sat down, but DC were younger and I was more used to pouring cups of milk for them and topped my wine up with milk instead.

santashoeshine · 16/11/2020 18:24

I recently put hair removal cream on my toothbrush 😬

Sniv · 16/11/2020 18:24

I had ear defenders on at work. Someone came in to talk to me, so I took my glasses off to hear them better. Briefly worried I'd gone deaf.

joystir59 · 16/11/2020 18:25

Searched high and low begging oh to help me find my glasses cos I was late setting off for work.....and she just laughed and pointed at my head.

dolphinpose · 16/11/2020 18:27

OP, on the bright side, at least it wasn;t milk. You'd have had a cheesy buggy forever.

Thank you for starting this thread. I just spent all afternoon perfecting a document and then clicked 'Don't Save.' Why??? Why???? There was no autosave version anywhere, just a blank page. Had to do it all again from memory and it isn't as good. Angry

dolphinpose · 16/11/2020 18:28

@Ratherembarrassed2020 - that made me giggle!

ivfbabymomma1 · 16/11/2020 18:29

@Ratherembarrassed2020 I cannot cope hahahahahaha

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EarringsandLipstick · 16/11/2020 18:30

@LongPauseNoAnswer

Poured my lovely bone broth down the sink and stood looking at the bones remaining in the colander Hmm
Oh I've done this! So glad not just me 😂
ivfbabymomma1 · 16/11/2020 18:30

@dolphinpose that's very true blughhh!

Oh dear - I hope it didn't take too long to re do!!! ☹️☹️

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Creativenina · 16/11/2020 18:32

I dropped the heaviest weight in the gym on my foot. For some strange reason I thought I could lift it instead of asking a strong man to help me take it off the machine I was using. It slipped out of my hand, bounced from my knee and landed on my foot. I bravely left the gym and went straight to the toilets where I was silently crying in pain. I walked back in the gym and told someone what happened and they got the first aid kit out. I had to drive home bandaged up and by the time I got home my foot was dark purple and swollen. My dad took me to A&E. I’d fractured a couple of my toes.

LooneyLovefood · 16/11/2020 18:33

I am in stitches reading these!

My DH once went to pour me a glass of water from a very large, full jug while in a restaurant. He somehow completely misjudged where he was pouring and poured the water all over my lap. Even when he realised what he was doing wrong he didn't stop pouring! I ended up with the entire jug of water all over me and the floor.

DS is potty training at the moment so I'm getting in the habit of putting his underpants out with his clothes for the morning. The other day I picked the pants up off his pile of clothes and couldn't work out why there weren't fitting him - turned out I'd picked up a pair of my knickers and was trying to make them fit a two year old!

Dontsayyouloveme · 16/11/2020 18:33

Rinsed my mobile phone Under the tap, after I’d dropped it in the loo!!

Ericaequites · 16/11/2020 18:33

I washed my Nissan key fob yesterday by leaving it in a skirt pocket. It still works, but I should be more careful.

Sparklfairy · 16/11/2020 18:34

I posted this on another thread a few weeks ago but it's very fitting here.

We were driving somewhere (I was in the passenger seat). My phone was on my lap. When we arrived I'd forgotten it was there and got out of the car and my phone fell on the ground, intact. I looked at it, considered picking it up, vividly remember thinking, 'hmm, I've dropped my phone, that's lucky it didn't break!'

And I then I stepped right on it with my full weight. I heard a loud crunch and the whole screen was completely crushed. I have no idea what I was thinking.

EarringsandLipstick · 16/11/2020 18:37

This evening jumped into the car with 2 of my DC, taking them to training. It's wet & dark (obviously) here & I commented to the DC how it was so hard to see anything, it must be the rain ...

About 2 minutes later realised it's because I wasn't wearing my glasses 😬 thankfully we were in our estate, not out into the main road but God!

(In fairness I only wear my glasses occasionally, usually contact lenses)

Iminaglasscaseofemotion · 16/11/2020 18:37

Today I thought a would be clever and just shake some sugar from the sugar pot into my cup, because I was too lazy to get a spoon (which I was going to need anyway, and the spoons were ony about 4 feet away at the sink, so it was particularly lazy) but instead of a nice sprinkling of sugar coming out a massive load fell into my cup and all over the worktop.
I regularly do stupid things, usually because of laziness and give myself even more work.

madcatladyforever · 16/11/2020 18:40

Looking for my phone while speaking on it.

Drank coffee at work with a visor on and ended up wearing it down my front.

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