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811 replies

HeidiHaughton · 06/02/2021 15:29

Ltb being mine.

OP posts:
Ltdannygreen · 06/02/2021 23:02

@Iknowwhatudidlastsummer I thought you get married because you love them and want to be with them. I don’t believe in marriage full stop but I also don’t believe you should get married for security.

namechangetheworld · 06/02/2021 23:04

'Have you seen a GP about your anxiety OP?'

'Unlimited access to the fruit bowl.'

warmandtoasty2day · 06/02/2021 23:05

'did you mean to be so rude' ? yes i did actually... and ?

HeidiHaughton · 06/02/2021 23:09

Another one.

Well he's not going to marry you now op.

OP posts:
Blankscreen · 06/02/2021 23:17

If a step m dares to post about a family situation with the husband's ex and or children - they are immediately told to *butt out it's none of their business"

But if same poster were to post and say husband has lost his job should I step in and pay maintenance for said children - *you absolutely must you are family unit"

The 'no' is a complete answer brigade.

HeelsHandbagPerfumeCoffee · 06/02/2021 23:17

Did you mean to be so rude? Fuck yea...and?

LaMarschallin · 06/02/2021 23:17

The new, shiny Covid cliche is not just that the nasty person shouted/screamed/shrieked but "they did it right up in my face ".

DareDevil223 · 06/02/2021 23:25

Composing texts and emails for OP to use that no one in their right mind would send:

"DMIL Heretofore and henceforth never darken our door again or pursuant to section 11b of the Mother-in-Law Act 1979 we will call the non-emergency Police number and log it with them before engaging a SHL (shit hot lawyer) and taking you to the Small Claims Court etc etc"

LouJ85 · 06/02/2021 23:30

If a step m dares to post about a family situation with the husband's ex and or children - they are immediately told to butt out it's none of their business"

But if same poster were to post and say husband has lost his job should I step in and pay maintenance for said children - you absolutely must you are family unit"

Ohhh yes. It's a hoot being a SM on here let me tell you. Grin

Marinaloves · 06/02/2021 23:30

Why is London stealing all our money.
We’ve a bus a fortnight

HeelsHandbagPerfumeCoffee · 06/02/2021 23:33

The scripted mannered mn responses that’d make PG.Wodehouse blush

My neighbour puts their wheelie bin against my fence wwyd?

Well, I’d say...hey you there you filthy reprobate I have children who are grade IV piano and we have no countenance with people who don’t eat their fish fish en papillote or whom casually park their wheelie bin against a varnished wood fence
⬆️ Cue 300 people applauding 👏and agreeing that’s a reasonable response

Koolandorthegang · 06/02/2021 23:34

Give your head a wobble and get your ducks in a row

HTH

RoSEbuds6 · 06/02/2021 23:42

This.

Exhausteddog · 06/02/2021 23:44

Uber hygeine standards-

  • MN can smell from 5 metres away if you havent had the requisite 3 showers a day
  • Towels, and bedding has to be washed daily
  • An ensuite bathroom is "grim/vile/boak" because allegedly everyones DH does stinky poo "literally 3 metres away" every morning/bedtime/middle of the night
  • B and M bargains is responsible for about 89% of all covid infections (the rest probably originated from the range)
EmbarrassingAdmissions · 06/02/2021 23:47

My favourite variation on LTB is PTB (Patio…).

Phrases I like:
DH's dressing gown of doom
Shuffling slippers of sickness (or something)

HeelsHandbagPerfumeCoffee · 06/02/2021 23:54

@Exhausteddog spot on, I read some mn folk proclaiming they can smell sanitary pads from 2m and it make them convulse so hallucinogenic are the perfume

LouJ85 · 06/02/2021 23:57

An ensuite bathroom is "grim/vile/boak" because allegedly everyones DH does stinky poo "literally 3 metres away" every morning/bedtime/middle of the night

I saw this thread. I was in hysterics Grin

ALongHardWinter · 07/02/2021 00:57

Log it with 101.
A and E. NOW!

ALongHardWinter · 07/02/2021 01:00

Anyone who is rude,nasty or thoroughly unpleasant is either suffering from dementia,or has a a mental health problem. On MN,there is no such thing as someone being nasty purely because they are an arsehole.

MrsCods · 07/02/2021 01:03

@Neome

Have my first Biscuit

GrinGrinGrin

I’m so excited I’ve literally never done that!

Please can someone explain this: Biscuit to me?
grassisjeweled · 07/02/2021 01:07

Unlimited access to the fruit bowl

^^

I'm yet to see a child voluntarily peel and eat an orange

HeelsHandbagPerfumeCoffee · 07/02/2021 01:07

Back in the day on mn Gordon brown wouldn’t reveal his favourite biscuit.He prevaricated and eventually revealed a vague anything with chocanswer

HeelsHandbagPerfumeCoffee · 07/02/2021 01:09

Unlimited access to the fruit bowl lol as if that’s the zenith of a happy childhood

cherry2727 · 07/02/2021 01:29

My dh has a hobby which I can't mention as I may be identified!

Hate, hate, hate this one!!!!!

JockTamsonsBairns · 07/02/2021 01:43

Have you read "Why Does he Do That?" by Lundy Bancroft?

and

When he shows you who he is, believe him.

Both being standard responses to most threads in Relationships