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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Patronising MN replies that people pretend are sincere…

173 replies

Itsbadbitchoclockyeahitsthickthirty · 05/09/2022 12:57

I’ll go first:

”Are you very young OP?”

OP posts:
MostTacticalNameChange · 05/09/2022 14:39

Any threads about bad relationships or dating..."my DH is amazing but if anything happened to him I wouldn't bother with another man'.

No one can possibly know that. It's just a way of saying I HAVE A GOOD MAN...thank god I'm not in your position.

georgarina · 05/09/2022 14:39

flower04958 · 05/09/2022 13:31

Not to be unkind OP but why did you choose to have kids with this man?

The absolute worst! Totally unhelpful - what can she do about it now?-, and blaming the victim. And we all know abusers don't start out as abusers.

artishard · 05/09/2022 14:40

'Hi, man here!'

DorritLittle · 05/09/2022 14:47

"I'm really confused!". No you aren't, you're just belitting the poster.

JaneJeffer · 05/09/2022 14:48

Google is your friend

averageavocado · 05/09/2022 14:50

Thereisnolight · 05/09/2022 14:32

I think this is very relevant and a good question.

Ditto Were you the OW?

I totally agree - how many times do we see "NDN is sitting in my garden, parking in my car space, eating food from my fridge, breathing the same air as me and they wont stop"

Well, what did they say when you told them thats not on!?

Well, nothing, I havent actually talked to them about it

Fuck off and talk to them and then come and complain

DillonPanthersTexas · 05/09/2022 14:51

"Have you left yet OP"

Often posted a few hours after the initial OP

EddyF · 05/09/2022 14:53

Arou · 05/09/2022 13:30

Didn’t you post the other day?

I hate this; as if there is a limit on how frequent you post. Also the “first post, OP? I can’t find any of your other posts”. For a site that allows name changes, it’s a senseless question.

Bad English/Grammar… “Sorry OP, are you OK? Is English not your first language?” So irritating.

This doesn’t belong in here but another one that irritates me is if the OP is rude about something (let’s say saying something negative about a fat person), there will always be that person that replies along the lines of “you are rude OP….would you say that to a Black person”. As a Black person, I’m always like WTF do Black people have to do with this topic! It’s so basic.

Mumtofourandnomore · 05/09/2022 15:00

‘Your post doesn’t make sense OP, what does [insert tiny grammatical error] mean ?

Then attempt to correct tiny grammatical error and fail to respond to the thread topic entirely.

Datingadviceplease · 05/09/2022 15:01

'Havent you posted about this before?'

Festoonlights · 05/09/2022 15:06

The sheer horror of being....drum roll.....a SAHM. What the fuck are you thinking? Think of your pension, impending marriage implosion, destitution, total loss of self and identity etc etc etc

Festoonlights · 05/09/2022 15:06

Where are the paragraphs

Festoonlights · 05/09/2022 15:06

And question marks??

picklemewalnuts · 05/09/2022 15:07

MostTacticalNameChange · 05/09/2022 14:39

Any threads about bad relationships or dating..."my DH is amazing but if anything happened to him I wouldn't bother with another man'.

No one can possibly know that. It's just a way of saying I HAVE A GOOD MAN...thank god I'm not in your position.

I read that more as 'my husband is amazing but it's still a compromise. It was barely' maybe worth it for him but I wouldn't risk it again.

Festoonlights · 05/09/2022 15:08

I couldn't get to the end but you should....insert all manner of life ruining advice contradicting everything the op has said and then Confused

picklemewalnuts · 05/09/2022 15:08

It's neither an accident nor an emergency. It can wait til you see the GP.

girlmom21 · 05/09/2022 15:08

picklemewalnuts · 05/09/2022 15:08

It's neither an accident nor an emergency. It can wait til you see the GP.

Sometimes this is actually a valid comment.

forlornlorna1 · 05/09/2022 15:09

"Could they be autistic"

Festoonlights · 05/09/2022 15:10

picklemewalnuts · 05/09/2022 15:07

I read that more as 'my husband is amazing but it's still a compromise. It was barely' maybe worth it for him but I wouldn't risk it again.

I read the sex is totally dire, and I wouldn't put myself through it again for anybody but he is a good sort and has great life cover 😅

madaboutsaffron · 05/09/2022 15:10

"You sound like hard work" nobody ever says this about a man by the way.

Ugh.

adamanti · 05/09/2022 15:10

Sounds like an awful lot of sugar/salt/carbs

2bazookas · 05/09/2022 15:15

OP, you must have rather limited social skills.

midgetastic · 05/09/2022 15:16

I'd rather people asked questions than made assumptions like in the OP

OlympicProcrastinator · 05/09/2022 15:16

“First world problems”

FFS do you think that’s original? Bore off if you think the problem is so beneath you.

OlympicProcrastinator · 05/09/2022 15:17

“What’s your AIBU?”