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What common things can you not relate to?

469 replies

Lockdowner35 · 03/01/2021 18:20

I would say
Drinking
Holidays abroad

OP posts:
Newkitchen123 · 03/01/2021 18:54

Contouring make up.
It just looks like a white stripe and white in the corners of the eyes!

Toomuchtooyoung01 · 03/01/2021 18:55

"its 5 o'clock somewhere" and all the repetitive unfunny jokes about needing a drink/all the jokey wall signs etc people have in their kitchens about alcohol "I like cooking with wine so much sometimes I put it in the food" etc
@Bangable summed it up so well re social media posers

shinyblackdog · 03/01/2021 18:56

Dubai
Bikini waxing
Love Island
Fashion

Ditto other people's babies, cricket and camping

MusicTeacherSussex · 03/01/2021 18:57

Mainstream TV like ITV and most of the shows on it

TikTok

Owning rodents or marsupials as pets

Onesies

Watching a "favourite film", or rewatching anything at all.

All baffling to me

Guineapigbridge · 03/01/2021 18:57

Watching cricket. I literally would rather watch paint dry.

1Morewineplease · 03/01/2021 18:58

Tattoos
Designer dogs
Facile reality shows
Fake tan/ stupid eyebrows/fake lashes/lip fillers
Beach holidays
Veganism that's just processed substance
Those artificial green hanging balls

allthegoodusernameshavegone · 03/01/2021 18:58

Facebook & Instagram, I have no interest in any of it.
Kids, having to listen to my colleagues drone on & on about theirs

Frozenintime · 03/01/2021 18:58

TV soaps and reality shows fake nails/big eyebrows, drinking

Meowchickameowmeow · 03/01/2021 18:58

Wine/Prosecco and middle-aged women taking group pics of themselves having a 'cheeky' glass.
Pregnancy/childbirth/babies.
Soaking in the bath surrounded by candles and having a 'cheeky' glass of wine/Prosecco!

Horehound · 03/01/2021 18:59

Smoking. Smells disgusting, you look stupid doing it, it's so bad for your health.
..don't get it at all!

Linguaphile · 03/01/2021 19:00

Cosmetic fakery (fillers, botox, surgery, eyelashes, tan, etc)

Tik tok

Butlins

Wall to wall carpet

Love for the Aga (I hate them)

LadyJaye · 03/01/2021 19:00

Getting your nails done - had them done once, it was horrific. Such a faff and not even pleasant.

Children.

Music festivals. In the words of David Mitchell (the comedian, not the novelist) 'did it once, didn't like it, didn't do it again'.

Chocolate. More of a crisps person.

However, I do like early modern choral music, sports massages, documentaries about Nazis, plucking my eyebrows and talking to my family, so it probably all evens out.

ValancyRedfern · 03/01/2021 19:00

Getting a manicure as a leisure activity
Shopping as a leisure activity

thosetalesofunexpected · 03/01/2021 19:00

Holding a fragile baby
Small talk at work situations about about mindless/Brainless ecapisim subjects for e.g such as emerdale farm, Holly Oaks Tv series etc

iklboo · 03/01/2021 19:01

Cobra Kai. It's such an unmitigated pile of steaming, cliched shite. I get it's supposed to be escapism but...man. Really sadistic violence with no repercussions - even being celebrated & lauded. Not for me, thanks.

DH giggling or 'ooohing' and looking over at me while he's watching (I'm on here / reading) is getting on my nerves.

RealisticSketch · 03/01/2021 19:04

@AlexisCarringtonColbyDexter

1. People who get really angry when others dont drink alcohol. Ive experienced this myself and I think its so weird. My not drinking doesnt mean you cant drink so why the anger about it? and why the need for everyone to get just as pissed as you for you to have a good time? weird.
  1. TV soaps. Depressing and tedious. I want to be entertained by TV not to watch people screaming and arguing at each other
  1. Glastonbury. Standing knee deep in someone else's poo in the freezing cold whilst you watch a distant dot on a stage sing off key, after 15 pints of stella
  1. Veganism. My God- a life without cheese isnt worth living.
  1. Instagram. Sorry, but I simply dont buy that you genuinely spend most of your life doing yoga at sunset on the edge of a cliff.
Also- if its such a wonderful moment for quiet, self contemplation who the fck is taking the photo??
I love this list.
EggBobbin · 03/01/2021 19:05

Board games/card games
Ale
Butlins
Camping
People with no lamps only overhead lights

the80sweregreat · 03/01/2021 19:05

Nando's is just chicken and chips and double the price
Jewellery (apart from a watch )
Designer clothes.
Star Wars films ( ditto most franchise films)
Cats

the80sweregreat · 03/01/2021 19:06

Oh yes to heels but kudos to those that can wear them without any effort at all.
Am in awe

Misshapencha0s · 03/01/2021 19:07

Hot tubs
Coloured in eyebrows
Only way is Essex etc and that whole look
Fashion
Pork scratchings
Going to hairdressers
Cars (just no interest other than to drive one)
Inflatable Christmas decorations
Velour tracksuits
Leggings in public (especially when you can see the pants/bum)
Harry potter
Clapping on doorstep
Designer hand bags especially ones with initials all over them.
Bright overhead lights when relaxing
Bars of soap as opposed to liquid soap
Chocolate in fridge/freezer
Line of duty

I know I must sound like a total bore!

Mangermaid · 03/01/2021 19:07

Romcoms
Shopping trips
Wine
Shoes
Panel shows
X Factor, bgt, etc
Cooking

MoreMorelos · 03/01/2021 19:08

Also baths! After 5 mins I'm bored and look like a prune, plus bath bombs, always smell bad and leave gritty shit in the bottom

GameSetMatch · 03/01/2021 19:08

Tea
Coffee
Alcohol
Holidays with ‘mates’

MorrisZapp · 03/01/2021 19:08

Where can I buy hot chicken and chips at half what Nandos charge?

nosswith · 03/01/2021 19:09

Mrs Browns Boys as it is foul mouthed and not funny.
Lager.
Broccoli.
Leggings.