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Things you can't stand for no reason whatsoever?

418 replies

UnChristmassy · 10/12/2020 10:58

I have a real aversion to silicone. For some reason the thought of it makes me feel like I'm going to throw up, I can honestly get to heaving point 🤢 I've no idea why, it's not the feel of it. I just can't stand the thought of it.

It's the same with bottle tops, like the screw bottle top on a bottle of coke. The tip is always so scratchy and it gives me shivers.

Anyone else have random things they cannot stand but can't really explain?

DH thinks I'm a freak 😂

OP posts:
aquashiv · 01/01/2021 22:07

Coffee in Polystyrene cups
Tea
Pineapple 🍍 having to skin them

WitheredfromtheLake · 01/01/2021 22:11

Finding a hair or hairs caught up in a sponge or cloth that I'm using to clean something.

Oooohbehave · 01/01/2021 22:20

Marcus Waring's hair.

permanentlyexhaustedpigeon · 02/01/2021 12:45

Ooh, soup in a cup.
And I couldn't agree more about the manically enthusiastic choir thing. Some stage schools seem to encourage it too; along with the clasping of hands behind the back to open up the chest while singing (I get it, but with the manic grin it looks even more deranged somehow..)

Year2021 · 02/01/2021 12:47

When DP trims his face hair and leaves it all over the sink🤬 I could explode

Anycrispsleft · 02/01/2021 12:54

Lots of food words. Brunch, snack (particularly as a verb), picky bits. And the word "gönnen" in German, which means to enjoy or treat yourself. Actually, the word "treat" as well.

I love eating, I just hate all the words!

Twattergy · 02/01/2021 13:02

Really curly hair on (white) men, (afro hair is fine), find it really ick, esp if there is 'product' in it that makes it crispy.
The word 'belly'.
Pregnant women wearing dungarees. It looks horrible and is totally impractical as it is literally the most restrictive, ugly thing you can put over a bump. Makes me angry coz I think pregnant women only wear it because it is somehow expected of them. Weird thing to get ragey about but I do.

KateF · 02/01/2021 13:44

Interesting how many of these are sensory. Makes me understand why my autistic daughter struggles so much with how things feel or smell.

I can't stand baked beans, the look, smell, texture and especially getting the sauce on me. I can't stomach doing messy play with them at all.
Hate getting hair in my mouth. It actually makes me gag.
Loud background noise or people who shout rather than speak. I have a colleague who is nice and good at her job but talks constantly and very loudly. I have to take time out from her as I get very stressed by it.
Cling film was invented by the devil and can reduce me to incoherent rage as it sticks to everything but what I want it to stick to.

Missushbb · 12/01/2021 20:43

The word veggies.

Veg.

People who say "do you know what I mean? "
People obsessed with routines
Routines

myusernamewastakenbyme · 12/01/2021 20:53

Sick to death of people on social media saying they hover once a week....its hoover you illiterate morons.
Also mlm huns on FB posting vague job opportunities relating to their pyramid scheme and idiots replying with 'more info pls hun'.....its a fucking pyramid scam...it couldn't be more obvious.

myusernamewastakenbyme · 12/01/2021 20:59

On a roll now....also posts on FB asking if such and such is 'aloud'....drives me nuts.

Daisychainsandglitter · 12/01/2021 21:02

I can't stand anyone playing, touching or brushing my hair.

Backtoblack1 · 12/01/2021 21:10

Mr Bean

Starman88 · 12/01/2021 21:15

Yes i agree defo both hair and makeup never only one that has always maddened me i just don't get it?! Cannot relate and also defo Gary Barlow gawd that man

chocolatemademefat · 13/01/2021 00:03

Men - and more rarely - women who use fabric hankies. Balls of mucus and bacteria. Melon seeds - like rows of teeth just waiting to lunge at you.
The bit of a raw egg that joins the white and the yolk - looks snotty and I have to cut it off usually destroying the egg in the process.

Travelledtheworld · 13/01/2021 00:25

Other people's toenails.

Thedogscollar · 13/01/2021 00:35

Can't stand anyone who talks like they are asking a question all the time. I spent a whole shift with someone who did this and it drove me mad. Just speak normally ffs.

People who call everyone else hun and babe. I'm sure hun and babe have a name.

Facebook and I'm not even on it but all I hear is complaints about it, especially on here.

Stupid filters grown ups use to make them look like an animal or a fairy. Why??

Unicorn mania hate it with a passion. They don't exist.

Holly Willoughby's squeaky laugh. Omg so annoying.

Midsummer murders, the theme tune alone makes me want to commit murder.

Clevererthanyou · 13/01/2021 00:38

Neopolitan Ice cream. It’s absolutely foul.

Abikeofbees · 13/01/2021 00:41

The smell of burnt toast.

🤢🤢🤢

BeaLola · 13/01/2021 00:45

Feathers , Paloma Faith, those pink wafer biscuits - there's something about that shade of pink, custard or rice pudding touching my skin

BeaLola · 13/01/2021 00:47

Just thought of another - baked beans - goes with the custard and rice pudding - fear of getting them on my hands when I'm emptying tin for DS.

Furrybutts · 13/01/2021 00:52

I heave if I can smell toothpaste on someone's breath.

georgiamag1 · 13/01/2021 00:55

Sally from coronation street gives me the rage. So much so I wouldn't watch Bridergton just because her daughter is in it 🙈even thought it was highly recommended by friends.

TheVamoosh · 13/01/2021 00:58

My hair touching my face. Even other people's hair touching their faces. People with long hair who wear it down even when cooking. It doesn't make me want to eat their food, exactly.

Cloe78 · 13/01/2021 01:13

When people:
Call vegetables 'veg'
Say they have 'food in'. Food in what?!
Say 'I was sat'. No you weren't, you were sitting.
Send multiple texts/WhatsApps with a few words in each rather than writing a proper message

Tomato pips in sandwiches
The noise of trampoline springs that need WD40
The word Hollibobs
That horrible noise when you don't quite put your car into gear fully

And I thought I was quite tolerant until I started this list...

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