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AIBU?

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AIBU husband and waitress?

214 replies

Millionnewnames · 13/08/2021 11:33

Husband and I own a small cafe. We live in the flat above with my parents. We have two young girls working for us front of house, they are delightful and hardworking.
After noticing we were running low on a few things in the kitchen I went down into the cellar to get them and found one of the waitresses draped around my husband. I furiously asked WTF he was doing and he called me ‘a stupid woman’ and told me the girl had fainted after seeing a huge spider clambering about in the onions. He was stopping her from hurting herself as she fell.
I’m not sure what to think now.

P.s lighthearted. Bored. Guess the show and add your own.

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missnevermind · 13/08/2021 11:37

Lol. Before I got to the end I was saying You stupid woman with the accent 😉

Sundancerintherain · 13/08/2021 11:39

Gud moaning.

WetBench · 13/08/2021 11:39

@missnevermind

Lol. Before I got to the end I was saying You stupid woman with the accent 😉
This!
FadedRed · 13/08/2021 11:43

Now listen very carefully, for I shall say this only once, “Laisse le bâtard.”

Millionnewnames · 13/08/2021 11:46

Grin anyone else got any ‘Dear Deirdre’ type problems to share from the brilliant world of classic sitcoms?

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Justcallmebebes · 13/08/2021 11:50

Good moaning

It was probably to stop her falling onto the painting of the Madonna with the big boobies? Right thing to do!

Chikapu · 13/08/2021 11:51

Our neighbours have dug up their garden and planted vegetables, they're talking about keeping livestock next! They're lowering the tone of the whole neighbourhood and just look so poor. I'm not a snob by any means but how can they allow themselves to be so common?

Mummyoply · 13/08/2021 11:55

I'm fed up today, my kids are all grown up and making it out in the world, in various different jobs - I don't ask too much as long as they bring home the bread and chip in. They're all good kids really - even daft Billy. My other half on the other hand is a knob, went off with his floozy years ago - good riddance!

Millionnewnames · 13/08/2021 11:56

@Chikapu
They sound dreadful dear! They’ll be getting a bloody goat next! Doesn’t sound a very good life-style at all. Log it with 101 and consult a solicitor.

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DeathStare · 13/08/2021 11:58

I'd keep an eye on the other waitress too!

Millionnewnames · 13/08/2021 12:01

@Mummyoply
I hope with a family that size you made sure they all had their own bedrooms and never claimed benefits?
That aside, you’re infantilising your children. They should all be entirely independent by now, own their homes outright and visit only to bring you flowers on a Sunday.
You may need therapy to have brought up husbands affair after all these years. Book a spa day at the very least .

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PeraltasWife · 13/08/2021 12:03

I've started a new job. Actually my dream job finally doing what I want to do, but my boyfriend is making things difficult. He's constantly belittling what I do and then the other day he actually turned up at my work and made a huge scene. It was so embaressing!! We argued and I've said I need a break as he's just too intense, it was all heat of the moment stuff and I dudnt really mean it but now I've found out this morning he's slept with someone else!!! He's saying we were on a break but it was less than a few hours before he slept with this girl..what do I do?!

aConcernedPrude · 13/08/2021 12:07

I live in constant fear of being contacted by my neighbour to call in for coffee. She's an insufferable snob, which I can handle at the best of times, but every time the phone rings I end up spilling my drink over her lacquered tableware Blush

Millionnewnames · 13/08/2021 12:08

@PeraltasWife
Ducks in row. LTB. Drink less coffee.

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aConcernedPrude · 13/08/2021 12:08

@PeraltasWife if he'd sent a barbershop quartet or something similarly ridiculous I might have understood your frustration.

Millionnewnames · 13/08/2021 12:12

@aConcernedPrude
I’d make a point of persistently scratching your head, farting and discussing football in her presence . Wear a tracksuit and pop a George cross on the front gate. She’ll soon avoid you .

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BlankTimes · 13/08/2021 12:13

He was stopping her from hurting herself as she fell

You need to assert yourself, go into the cafe and sing all of your favourite songs, loudly and with confidence. Wear your wonderful feathered hat and when he says 'Why av you got on your ed a dead en? sing louder!

LadyShrek2k19 · 13/08/2021 12:15

I don't know what to do - I grew up in a poor, lower class household and have always believed that I'm better than my family and want everyone to know that, too.
Unfortunately, my 2 Dsis will often drop by my house unannounced which means I can't ensure it's timed with my neighbours being out, and I don't think my BIL even owns a top with sleeves - he's always in a vest and just looks like he needs a good wash.

How do I manage this? I don't drive, so rely on DH to take me to visit, and if I'm honest, I'm not sure how safe that is - he doesn't seem to see the hazards of the road the way I do!

Any advice welcome!

Toddlerteaplease · 13/08/2021 12:21

@missnevermind

Lol. Before I got to the end I was saying You stupid woman with the accent 😉
Me too!
Icecreamsoda99 · 13/08/2021 12:25

Single mum with an 17 year old son. Long term relationship with a man but think he might be a cocklodger, always comes to mine for meals and spends the night (my son doesn't know about spending the night and calls him uncle). I'm hoping he will propose but I've been waiting years. He's much posher than I am and went to one of those public schools. It's further complicated by the fact he's my son's line manager. Not sure if I should kick him out or just accept things won't change and keep calm and carry on.

ClawedButler · 13/08/2021 12:26

I am the queen, and I can't decide whether to marry that jolly old seadog Walter, the dishy Edmund, or Captain Flasheart.

Also, could I ask for your honest opinions on this outfit? Do I look...divine and regal, and yet at the same time very pretty and rather acccessible?

BenjiMcSchmenzie · 13/08/2021 12:27

Laissez le conard

BenjiMcSchmenzie · 13/08/2021 12:28

oops, sorry. I mean Quittez le conard.

couchparsnip · 13/08/2021 12:28

Listen vairy carefully. I shall say zis only wurnce...

subsy1 · 13/08/2021 12:29

Inconsiderate NDN:
The scruffy man next door always tracks dirt across my nice clean doorstep. And he comments on my appearance and the condition of my stockings. AIBU to chase him off with my broom?