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AIBU?

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Give advice to the poster above you, wrong answers only

654 replies

TerfQueen · 20/10/2022 10:37

Inspired by so many posts here lately where the replies are utterly batshit and wildly presumptive, give the poster above your terrible advice!

Extra bonus points if you can turn their question / AIBU into a personal attack, whilst deriving totally speculative presumptions from the little they’ve wrote.

I’ll go first.

My next door neighbour would like to plant some flowers along our boundary line, AIBU to let him plant the flowers? Husband says he prefers the neat lawn without flowers along the edging

OP posts:
PuttingDownRoots · 20/10/2022 11:57

MsFannySqueers · 20/10/2022 11:54

Please help with a personal hygiene problem. I only sweat from my left armpit. Should I shower my whole body or just flannel wash the offending armpit at the sink?

You need to shower at least three times a day and wash the offending armpit every half hour. The whole town can smell you.

My problem... People keep walking past my house. I'm sure they are up to no good. Should I phone 999?

Iheartgeraniums · 20/10/2022 11:57

My amazing son has written a play about ancient philosophers AND secured a local theatre to stage it with an arts council grant. I am SO proud, even if it is just family and friends and the mayor and a minor royal who go.

Anyway I think some of the other Reception mums are being a bit arsey about it at pick-up and his old nursery friends have all but dropped him. AIBU to be paranoid?

lightand · 20/10/2022 11:58

The other armpit obviously! And dont dream of showering. Doing the "wrong" armpit, will impact positively the other one. I would have thought you would have known this already. Basic stuff.

I dont want to travel, but DH does. Advice please.

Puffalicious · 20/10/2022 11:58

LizTrussIsACylon · 20/10/2022 11:50

My MIL wants us to spend Christmas with her at her house this year but her Christmas dinner is always over cooked and FIL always gets pissed. How do I get out of this?

Go LC with these people. Christmas is a time for family and is Jesus's birthday. A small thimble of sherry suffices,; clearly the FIL needs to go to rehab before Christmas, so act now.

With MIL, insist she buys only Waitrose and write down all timings for her. Then be sure to arrive by 8am on Xmas day so you can supervise and give your expertise.

MRSE20 · 20/10/2022 11:58

@PuttingDownRoots YABU. Why did you move somewhere that other people walk past? I think you should get a grip and invite them in

MRSE20 · 20/10/2022 11:59

@lightand LTB!!!!

MrsLargeEmbodied · 20/10/2022 12:01

LizTrussIsACylon · Today 11:50
My MIL wants us to spend Christmas with her at her house this year but her Christmas dinner is always over cooked and FIL always gets pissed. How do I get out of this?

the food ready cooked
bring plenty of wine get pissed and tell them what for
and play charades

MrsLargeEmbodied · 20/10/2022 12:02

@PuttingDownRoots My problem... People keep walking past my house. I'm sure they are up to no good. Should I phone 999?

have you got a nerf gun?
or a catapult?

OneTC · 20/10/2022 12:02

lightand · 20/10/2022 11:58

The other armpit obviously! And dont dream of showering. Doing the "wrong" armpit, will impact positively the other one. I would have thought you would have known this already. Basic stuff.

I dont want to travel, but DH does. Advice please.

Why not get an airfryer though? Hmm

TerfQueen · 20/10/2022 12:02

MsFannySqueers · 20/10/2022 11:54

Please help with a personal hygiene problem. I only sweat from my left armpit. Should I shower my whole body or just flannel wash the offending armpit at the sink?

Who let Andrew out?! Back to Pizza express with you!

OP posts:
IncessantNameChanger · 20/10/2022 12:03

Iheartgeraniums · 20/10/2022 11:57

My amazing son has written a play about ancient philosophers AND secured a local theatre to stage it with an arts council grant. I am SO proud, even if it is just family and friends and the mayor and a minor royal who go.

Anyway I think some of the other Reception mums are being a bit arsey about it at pick-up and his old nursery friends have all but dropped him. AIBU to be paranoid?

Just skimmed your thread and not rtft but I will say this. It's not going to end well for you op. I to tried many times to get my cat to sing and dance. We used the best theatre school within a 100 mile radius of the house and after 6 years the closest we got was the cat saying he was just pooping outside for a fag, but dh insists I had misheard and i must admit we never heard him talk before or after so now, any he has smelt of cigarettes or bought a pack to my knowledge so now I'm doubting myself. Your just gearing up for money down the drain and heartache.

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Update. Apologies I just read your thread and the updates.

PuttingDownRoots · 20/10/2022 12:04

I don't mean to drip feed but the people walking by are wearing black and write stripe tops, masks and carrying sacks marked "LOOT".

TerfQueen · 20/10/2022 12:05

Iheartgeraniums · 20/10/2022 11:57

My amazing son has written a play about ancient philosophers AND secured a local theatre to stage it with an arts council grant. I am SO proud, even if it is just family and friends and the mayor and a minor royal who go.

Anyway I think some of the other Reception mums are being a bit arsey about it at pick-up and his old nursery friends have all but dropped him. AIBU to be paranoid?

You need to get him involved in after school clubs to make friends in different groups! Badger watch, Polly pocket enthusiasts weekly, allotmenteering for the under 7s. Stop being abusive, spend time with your son and most importantly, LTB

OP posts:
Iheartgeraniums · 20/10/2022 12:05

PuttingDownRoots · 20/10/2022 12:04

I don't mean to drip feed but the people walking by are wearing black and write stripe tops, masks and carrying sacks marked "LOOT".

Wow thanks pp I see it all now, I have ltb and phoned the OW’s work.

AnApparitionQuipped · 20/10/2022 12:06

Iheartgeraniums · 20/10/2022 11:57

My amazing son has written a play about ancient philosophers AND secured a local theatre to stage it with an arts council grant. I am SO proud, even if it is just family and friends and the mayor and a minor royal who go.

Anyway I think some of the other Reception mums are being a bit arsey about it at pick-up and his old nursery friends have all but dropped him. AIBU to be paranoid?

No, don't worry - it's not you at all, his friends are just a bit busy what with one of them winning the Nobel Peace Prize, another getting an Oscar, three of them getting knighted and his best mate winning the Turner Prize for his installation 'Messy Bedroom'.

Iheartgeraniums · 20/10/2022 12:06

Iheartgeraniums · 20/10/2022 12:05

Wow thanks pp I see it all now, I have ltb and phoned the OW’s work.

Sorry, wrong person. YOU need to consider whether you are a narcissist, haven’t you even invited them in to share your mn chicken? There’s a cost of living crisis you know!

MumofSpud · 20/10/2022 12:08

PeekabooAtTheZoo · 20/10/2022 11:25

There is a massive house in front of mine on a huge plot. The house has shared access over my drive. Once the house gets knocked down their is no access as no house. Would ibu to tell the developer after he knocks the house down to gain all entry to the site from the road

Obviously you need to #bekind and make tea and a full three-course meal followed by afternoon tea for the builders and not only allow them access but cover your drive in some red carpet so their construction vehicles stay clean traversing your lands.
HTH

And you must let the builders use the downstairs toilet otherwise you will be responsible for any UTIs they may get in the future

Notjusta · 20/10/2022 12:13

PeekabooAtTheZoo · 20/10/2022 11:50

Can I have some help please who should pay? A told B and B told C ‘I’ll meet you at the top of the coconut tree’ C told D E F and G. They’ve invited themselves and the car only holds 4 passengers, E wants a helicopter but the rest don’t want to split it.

You are so obviously E in this scenario OP. You sound entitled and batshit and I bet you have already booked the helicopter and landed it in coconut tree. Honestly I am not surprised everyone hates you.

Yesnoormaybe · 20/10/2022 12:16

fruitbrewhaha · 20/10/2022 11:15

Have you posted about this before? I'm sure it sounds familiar. Isn't your DD actually a boy who is transitioning?

15 minutes is plenty of time to sneak men in, take drugs, have sex get pregnant and get drunk. The parents thinking of leaving 2 girls for 15 minutes at night need reporting to SS. Keep your daughter away from these people. Maybe their daughter could live with you, she clearly needs to get away from her parents before they cause damage to her health.

TerfQueen · 20/10/2022 12:17

Notjusta · 20/10/2022 12:13

You are so obviously E in this scenario OP. You sound entitled and batshit and I bet you have already booked the helicopter and landed it in coconut tree. Honestly I am not surprised everyone hates you.

This! The reverse is so obvious 🙄

Please help:

My child won’t hold eye contact, doesn’t really laugh or engage, totally non verbal. I’m getting really worried, I want to have them assessed, does anyone know how I go about this? As not to drip feed, Ds is 2 weeks old on Sunday.

OP posts:
nzborn · 20/10/2022 12:21

E are you crazy, where did you learn your ABCs it obviously p...

now my question

He aha te taima nb I will be checking

CrackingcheeseWallace · 20/10/2022 12:30

kittenkerfuffle · 20/10/2022 11:36

My neighbours family are visiting from Australia, they have parked their large camping van across my drive, it's been there for a week now and I have not been able to go to work. I hate confrontation so haven't said anything yet. Would it be ok to let their tyres down and stick a potato up the exhaust pipe to teach them a lesson.

oh! so you can afford to waste a potato can you?! Well aren't you the bloody lucky one...there is a cost of living crisis don't you know!! So entitled.

MsFannySqueers · 20/10/2022 12:32

@nzborn 🙏for you.

CrackingcheeseWallace · 20/10/2022 12:32

OneTC · 20/10/2022 12:02

Why not get an airfryer though? Hmm

😂😂😂

MsFannySqueers · 20/10/2022 12:33

@TerfQueen Specialist boarding school?

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