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to ask for your best ever 'I told you so moment?

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AllyBee990 · 17/01/2022 21:17

I feel like we can't talk about these moments in real life without sounding smug but would love to know stories...

Mine is when a git at work left his lovely, also at work wife for a total bully, also same office. After a few months of flowers delivered to the office and rubbing it under lovely ex wife's nose, new lady chucked him hehe... I didn't say I told you so but I could tell eveeeeeryone else ( rest of the office is lovely and scandal free ) and defo his wife was thinking it.

What's yours?

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MaybeHeIsMyCat · 18/01/2022 12:41

@FixTheBone

About a few years ago I got into a pretty heated online debate with an orthopaedic surgeon, complaining somebody had disabled the USB port on the keyhole surgery equipment stack - meaning they couldn't easily store images for their own reference.

I'd explained that If I have my way, I'd block every USB port in the NHS, along with every website that hadn't been explicitly authorised for work purposes and vetted for security, to firstly help maintain data security and secondly to prevent importing unwanted viruses etc.

About a dozen NHS consultants weighed in with their 'expert' opinions as to why I was an idiot, literally 90minutes before a ransomware attack disabled a huge swathe of NHS computer systems for about 3 days.

I remember that. I was literally just about to be discharged after an op for cauda equina and I squeaked out just as the whole place collapsed into chaos with no systems Grin Wasn't staying any longer than I had to!!
thisplaceisweird · 18/01/2022 12:41

45% of these are stupid husbands not giving their wives enough credit
45% of these are doctors not being able to admit that patients know a thing or two about their own or their childrens bodies

Littlecaf · 18/01/2022 12:42

Aged 18 to the GP “erm do you think this right hand side abdominal pain could be appendicitis?”
Aged 20 to the GP “erm I don’t think it’s IBS, maybe appendicitis?”
Aged 21 “nope I’m not pregnant. Maybe appendicitis?”
Aged 22 to a & e doctor “how about appendicitis?”
Aged 23 to gastro consultant “grumbling appendicitis?”
Aged 24 to consultant “appendicitis? Maybe do some blood tests?”
Aged 25 to the Paramedic “I can’t remember my name. I’m in too much pain. Where are we going? I really like Italy! You’re cute. Can we go on a date? Bluuughhhhhh” Passed out.

(Appendicitis. Delirium/confusion caused by pain from burst appendix. apparently would have been funny if it wasn’t so serious! Sepsis. Nearly died. Nurse told me later the surgeon apparently went white when he saw how bad it was. My abdomen looks like a pin cushion - they cut me open so quick to get my appendix out I have about 12 holes in my stomach where they tried keyhole surgery first but gave up).

chopsadoodle · 18/01/2022 12:48

Mine is a mother in law one (so extra smug points I think?)
MIL visiting to pick up something and see 4 month old pfb daughter.
MIL absolutely INSISTS I need to start feeding her solids. I smile and politely decline. "OH!" She says, "that's right, I haven't brought up two strapping lads, I got it all wrong" she says.

Anyway, wanting to bring the visit to an end I left the room to fetch what she needed from another room.
Left the room for seconds and come back to a perplexed looking baby and a smug MIL.
She'd dipped her finger in her brew (3 sugars, cows milk, caffeine) and put it in DDs mouth. And said "see she loves it, you'll have to feed her solids now"

Baby then spewed up all over her. Literally in her hair, down her jeans, in her shoes, everywhere.

DD has never been so willing or compliant since, she's 5 not and much prefers to just show me up Grin

UserBot999 · 18/01/2022 12:48

I know, I remember telling the hospital staff no I'm not going home, I'm in too much pain. I just stood there. It was 22.30. Had baby at 1 am. Like did they seriously think I should take the 25 minutes to go home, spend ten minutes at home, spend 25 minutes getting back to the hospital. The car journey had been hell the first time because I was in so much pain.

Their insistence that you go home when you're in labour is ridiculous.

Toanewstart22 · 18/01/2022 12:53

@AllyBee990

I feel like we can't talk about these moments in real life without sounding smug but would love to know stories...

Mine is when a git at work left his lovely, also at work wife for a total bully, also same office. After a few months of flowers delivered to the office and rubbing it under lovely ex wife's nose, new lady chucked him hehe... I didn't say I told you so but I could tell eveeeeeryone else ( rest of the office is lovely and scandal free ) and defo his wife was thinking it.

What's yours?

Huh?
Talipesmum · 18/01/2022 12:56

@DillonPanthersTexas

I live near a tidal river, there are signs everywhere warning drivers not to park in certain spots due to flooding risk. There is also a riverside pub with a lovely terrace that you can watch the world go by and often you see drivers park in these spots when I know there is a high tide due in a few hours. As these drivers walk past the pub I have politely warned them that the tide is coming in. Most thank you before shifting their cars but there are always a few 'yeah whatever/fuck off' types. It is hugely satisfying watch the water slowly creep up on the car, reach the foot wells, then the wheel arches etc before said owner comes shreaking down the street losing their shit as their car Is half underwater
Sounds like the White Swan, Twickenham. Saw a submerged red Porsche there once. How we laughed. There are sooo many signs up!
JudgeJ · 18/01/2022 12:57

@Dogscanteatonions

Exh used to take the piss out of my careful packing and checking of things when we went anywhere in a very mean way. We went on holiday once and he wouldn't let me help/suggest/check anything whilst he packed his and our child's things. Unbeknownst to him I checked and sorted properly our kid's stuff and ignored his so he turned up on holiday with no pants and a cotton bed sheet instead of 3 linen shirts 🤣🤣

He's also gone to an airport TWICE without his passport.

We were picking our bags up from the security belt and I said to OH Have you got your's? Yes of course, hurry up or we'll be late! As I was buying a paper and water the tannoy announced Will Mr JudgeJ return to security immediately! It was a long slog back, he'd got someone else's bag and we made our flight by seconds, hardly able to breath properly for a few minutes.
GreenerWithTheScenery · 18/01/2022 12:57

I have a MIL one as well, @chopsadoodle reminded me!

When DD was little she was a runner. For this reason we kept her on a wrist link because she was frankly a nightmare. She'd leg it and hide in clothing racks etc because she was bloody evil.
I told MIL this, but MIL hated the wrist link, said it was akin to a dog lead. I insisted if MIL was taking her out, DD wore the link.

Obviously MIL knew best, didn't put the link on, turned around for a second and DD had vanished. She was eventually found hiding within the shop but when MIL returned she was ashen and VERY shaken. When I'd finished going nuclear I did actually spit out "I TOLD YOU SO!"

I wish I could say she listened after that, but she didn't and eventually culminated in my cutting an umbrella buggy in half with a pair of scissors in a fit of rage (another story entirely!!)

Purplecatshopaholic · 18/01/2022 13:02

@2DogsOnMySofa

Years ago I used to live near the river Severn, we used to have the 'Severn bore' on certain days which was a tidal wave that came down and flooded everywhere. Quite a spectacle to watch. As we walked down in our wellies on the high bank, I saw a bloke and his family park his car in a dip by the river. I said it wasn't a good idea to leave your car there as it would be flooded. He was really rude and told me to mind my own business. His wife looked really embarrassed. So we watched the tidal wave and walked back, only to see this bloke raging as he lovely jaguar had water, almost to the top of its steering wheel. I'm sure the wife gave me a little smile as we passed
OMG, I love this story!
HesterShaw1 · 18/01/2022 13:05

When so many people have realised lately that lockdowns, schools shutting, businesses being shut beyond about mid April 2020 were a disaster.

Yep.

amusedbush · 18/01/2022 13:08

Years ago I told my mum that I suspected I was autistic. She shut me down immediately and refused to believe for a second that I had any traits or difficulties. She actually said, "if anyone in this family is autistic, it's your brother!". Well, yes, it's genetic and our dad doesn't make eye contact, has one friend, takes his comfort items on holiday with him, and collects maps Confused

Last year I finally pursued it and, after many hours of assessment with two psychiatrists, an educational psychologist and an occupational therapist, I was was diagnosed with autism, ADHD, dyslexia and dyspraxia.

I'm not saying it's worth the crippling impact on my day to day life just to say "I told you so" but at least there was a silver lining Grin

Warblerinwinter · 18/01/2022 13:19

@DrierThanANunsNasty

Mine was a medical thing that I’d told the doctors for ages I had. They were all eye rolls and doubtful.

Finally they relented and conducted the test I needed. I was right and luckily still caught it early enough for it to be fixed. If they hadn’t relented I likely would be dead (not dramatic, just the very likely consequences).

God, I think loads of women could say this.

Even a fractured elbow was missed. Then a ruptured Achilles. Maybe becuase I didn’t cry 🤷🏼‍♀️🤦‍♀️
My told you so, was a PALs letter f complaint in both cases listing what I had told them in multiple visits to GP and original A&E. I did avoid actually saying it though🙄

KittiesInsane · 18/01/2022 13:23

@PhoboPhobia

It's such a cliché and its my own fault but guess who is the main caregiver and walker of the dog I didn't want, that DH & DS swore they would walk and pick up poo and feed and look after?! (I do bloody love that dog though!)
Ditto...

And DH and DC have the audacity to grumble that 'it's not fair that the dog always goes to you first.'

That'll be because I walk it and feed it.

Warblerinwinter · 18/01/2022 13:26

Another medical one.
Lots of pain in uterus/reproductive organ area during pregnancy . GP and hospital visits. Dismissed as braxton hicks, despite being 2nd child and me knowing what they felt like and that pain in different place.
GP ( male, young) asked me on one visit “do you have a particularly low pain threshold”. 😳🤦‍♀️
When I had my elective c-section they found a ovarian cyst bigger than babies head- hence the pain intermittently when baby decided to play football with it.
Went back to GP most baby some months later for something else. Asked him if he remembered dismissing and patronising me and pointed out if he’d had a cyst of that size on his balls and I kicked it and it heard did that indicate he had a low pain threshold. Yes really. I was angry.
He left the practice shortly after. Only after did I find out there were numerous complaints against him due to his poor bedside manner. Some women in my baby group refused to see him at all for appointments

Warblerinwinter · 18/01/2022 13:26

Hurt not heard

Fluffycloudland77 · 18/01/2022 13:27

@GreenerWithTheScenery

I have a MIL one as well, *@chopsadoodle* reminded me!

When DD was little she was a runner. For this reason we kept her on a wrist link because she was frankly a nightmare. She'd leg it and hide in clothing racks etc because she was bloody evil.
I told MIL this, but MIL hated the wrist link, said it was akin to a dog lead. I insisted if MIL was taking her out, DD wore the link.

Obviously MIL knew best, didn't put the link on, turned around for a second and DD had vanished. She was eventually found hiding within the shop but when MIL returned she was ashen and VERY shaken. When I'd finished going nuclear I did actually spit out "I TOLD YOU SO!"

I wish I could say she listened after that, but she didn't and eventually culminated in my cutting an umbrella buggy in half with a pair of scissors in a fit of rage (another story entirely!!)

You can’t leave us hanging like that! I need to know about the buggy. I mean that materials pretty tough to cut through! 😮
EveningOverRooftops · 18/01/2022 13:28

My neighbour every time it was neighbour.

He would do things that were frankly stupid and I’d suggest perhaps do it differently.

Slug pellets didn’t kill hedgehogs and he accused me of putting a dead hedgehog in his garden.

My garden waste only bin was the cause of the rats not the birdseed he spread liberally in over his garden.

That my bins, not his very blocked drain, was the cause of the gawd awful smell and that I somehow blocked his drain with tampons and wipes even though I’m at the bottom of the ‘hill’ so my clear drains had nothing to do with his blockage. Somehow my stuff I don’t even use travelled upstream and into his loo sewer pipe to the drain Grin

Best one though was back when we had that really cold snap and the whole of the U.K. had snow. He decided he HAD to de ice his windscreen quickly, with hot water.

Before he poured it I told him it was stupid idea, dangerous from the splashing of boiling water, his windscreen could shatter esp if there’s dings and scratches in it and to run the car and heaters instead.

He told me to fuck off (he was a nasty harassing piece of crap, long, long story there) and proceeded with his plan.

Entire windscreen spiderwebbed and I couldn’t help but say ‘you might want to call some for that, it look real bad’ and left him to it.

He’s dead now and I miss his idiocy. despite him and his wife harassing me for years those little gems of gold star plonker lessened the day to day crap.

BrightonMama · 18/01/2022 13:29

Teenage me was fiddling with a stapler. My mum told me to stop playing with it or I'd get a staple stuck in my hand. I huffily said "No I won't" and stropped off. Guess what happened about 20 seconds later? But bless her, my mum didn't say I told you so, even when she was helping me get the damn thing out of the bloody mess that was once my finger - turns out it's quite difficult to get a staple out without a lot of skin ripping!

Fluffycloudland77 · 18/01/2022 13:30

@KittiesInsane

It’s the same in our house. Dh wanted the Bengal and I was the favourite.

Warblerinwinter · 18/01/2022 13:31

@GreenerWithTheScenery

I have a MIL one as well, *@chopsadoodle* reminded me!

When DD was little she was a runner. For this reason we kept her on a wrist link because she was frankly a nightmare. She'd leg it and hide in clothing racks etc because she was bloody evil.
I told MIL this, but MIL hated the wrist link, said it was akin to a dog lead. I insisted if MIL was taking her out, DD wore the link.

Obviously MIL knew best, didn't put the link on, turned around for a second and DD had vanished. She was eventually found hiding within the shop but when MIL returned she was ashen and VERY shaken. When I'd finished going nuclear I did actually spit out "I TOLD YOU SO!"

I wish I could say she listened after that, but she didn't and eventually culminated in my cutting an umbrella buggy in half with a pair of scissors in a fit of rage (another story entirely!!)

🤣🤣 I had a runner too…reins used. But I do have a lasting image of my ex sprinting across a field into the distance to catch the little terror right over the other side, cos I’d gone to loo , and he forgot to put the reins on . Did it all the time despite me saying dc would make for the hills without it.
ChiefWiggumsBoy · 18/01/2022 13:32

@ClaudineClare really? Makes me think of natural consequences.

Lovethesun100 · 18/01/2022 13:35

I do a hobby which involves operating equipment (lets say). Had been doing it for years on and off and I joined a new club to re start.
As I queued for my turn the lady in front of me 'critiqued' everything about my presentation, my shoes, the way I was holding 'equipment' telling me how to do the set exercise.
I tried to tell her I had experience but she wouldn't listen or let me speak just kept on and on departing her knowledge.
I thought to myself any newbie coming into this hobby would feel totally squashed by this overpowering know it all.
On that particular day my 'equipment' wasn't just good but was jaw droopingly brilliant !
Doesn't always happen. Her face was a picture.
Thank you 'equipment' :-)

Warblerinwinter · 18/01/2022 13:35

@thisplaceisweird

45% of these are stupid husbands not giving their wives enough credit 45% of these are doctors not being able to admit that patients know a thing or two about their own or their childrens bodies
Thus it ever was 🤦‍♀️
PlumKetchup · 18/01/2022 13:36

A few years ago we were driving to South Wales from the Midlands, planning to call at Hay on Wye on the way. We were just into Herefordshire and as I know the route well I was trying to offer directions to DH as he clearly couldn't remember the way. Not only did he completely ignore me, he insisted on using the Satnav (which he usually ignores) which took us completely out of our way and resulted in us hitting four lots of roadworks. Cue lots of ranting and raving about the hold ups. During the last outburst my son and I burst out laughing, which didn't help his mood....