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To detest a shopper in the queue behind me?

71 replies

Menopausalcraziness · 11/06/2021 19:17

So, I’m in the store where you’ll find kevin the carrot and there are lots of folk queuing to pay for their shopping.

Anyway, behind me is a chap (1) joined by a different chap (2) and they begin chit chatting away.
Chap 1 asks chap 2 what he’s up to after getting his 3 items to which he replies, “going home to my miserable wife”.

Straight away I can’t stand him and i’m very tempted to give him a piece of my mind?

AIBU to feel so enraged on her behalf, bearing in mind I don’t know either of them or am I unexpectedly hormonal?!! Confused

OP posts:
FierceBarrie · 11/06/2021 19:57

So, I’m in the store where you’ll find kevin the carrot

What do you think will happen if you name the store? Grin

toocold54 · 11/06/2021 20:01

Why would this enrage you?
There’s hundreds of posts on here from women saying they are unhappy in their relationship. Are you enraged by this too?

Port1aCastis · 11/06/2021 20:03

Get all sorts in Aldis but gossiping women are the worst

InFiveMins · 11/06/2021 20:05

YABU - mind your own business Smile

GreenWheat · 11/06/2021 20:05

Why would you automatically side with her when you don't know either of them?

WettyHainthrop · 11/06/2021 20:06

Maybe she is miserable? She isn’t automatically the one to back by virtue of her sex. Anyway, you’ll never know.

SpongeBobJudgeyPants · 11/06/2021 20:08

@Borgonzola

I was having this conversation with a friend the other day. There seems to be a real enduring trend among men of a Certain Age to act like they really just don't like their wives. If I were the wife I'd be mortified.
This. Whenever I hear anything like the OP it gives me the rage. Whether or not the partner is miserable, I immediately want to reccomend her a SH lawyer. And it's not because I am menopausal. It's just so disloyal. And before someone starts bleating on about women doing it about men, I don't like to hear that either.
ddl1 · 11/06/2021 20:10

*SODA water

Good - if she had really been drinking suds-y soapy water, it could have explained her being miserable!

DolphinFC · 11/06/2021 20:10

To be honest OP, straight away I can't stand you and I'm going to give you a piece of my mind.

Mind your own sodding business!!!

Grizalda · 11/06/2021 20:14

@Borgonzola

I was having this conversation with a friend the other day. There seems to be a real enduring trend among men of a Certain Age to act like they really just don't like their wives. If I were the wife I'd be mortified.

This might well be true, I don't spend much time in company of middle aged men, but if you've ever got a group of married women together over drinks you'd know that Shit Husband One-Upmanship really is A Thing.

JudgeJ · 11/06/2021 20:15

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LolaSmiles · 11/06/2021 20:15

YABU OP. She may well be miserable.
Does it really matter that a stranger in the supermarket thought their spouse was miserable?

What do you think will happen if you name the store? grin
Such disgusting chat wouldn't happen in Waitrose would it?
Wink

DaphneDuBois · 11/06/2021 20:16

You’re being ridiculous. You don’t know the first thing about either of them. She could be really unpleasant. Why would you be enraged on her behalf?!

DappledThings · 11/06/2021 20:17

Why are you being coy about saying Aldi?

SpongeBobJudgeyPants · 11/06/2021 20:19

@JudgeJ

This. Whenever I hear anything like the OP it gives me the rage. Whether or not the partner is miserable, I immediately want to reccomend her a SH lawyer. And it's not because I am menopausal. It's just so disloyal. And before someone starts bleating on about women doing it about men, I don't like to hear that either.

What a humourless person you sound to be! It never ceases to amaze me how many people seem to get worked up on other people's behalf, without knowing both sides, I hope you're never on my jury! My later OH was regularly referred to as 'face ache' and/or 'misery guts' but being adults we were able to clock up over 50 years of marriage.

My sense of humour is fine thanks. Just because you slag yours off....
UrAWizHarry · 11/06/2021 20:28

Honestly, I'm more judgy about someone who hears something in supermarket queue completely out of context and runs off to post about it on the internet.

Get a life.

TheFairyCaravan · 11/06/2021 20:33

Tbf if DH said he’d be going home to his miserable wife this week, he’d be right. I’ve been in agony, not slept and am completely fed up. He’s not been near Aldi though so it’s not him.

Don’t judge what you don’t know.

Chikapu · 11/06/2021 20:34

What exactly would you have said to him? Maybe his wife is miserable. We all have a moan about our other halves you just happened to overhear his.
To be enraged over a situation you know nothing about is a bit dramatic.

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 11/06/2021 20:52

Hold on!
Where are you?
Have they got Kevin the Carrot there?
How much were they?
Are they the 'proper' ones?

Freckers · 11/06/2021 20:56

He's obviously not married and just trying to cover for the XL nylons in his basket.

CharityDingle · 11/06/2021 20:57

@SmidgenofaPigeon

*SODA water
I really wanted it to be suds water! Grin
XenoBitch · 11/06/2021 21:00

The conversation was not for your ears so YABU to get so worked up over it.

KarmaStar · 11/06/2021 21:01

For goodness sake!!have you really nothing else to think about?Confused

WithANameLikeDaniCalifornia · 11/06/2021 21:09

Must be nice to have no problems of your own.
What would be the point in giving him a piece of your mind? It’ll just get you ejected from shop by security guard.

Anythingelseintheboxpandora · 11/06/2021 21:22

What even is a “shit hot” lawyer? Do they advertise this on their website?

Why is it always “shit hot” that is used to describe lawyers who are good at their jobs? It’s cringe.