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Original poster

To be utterly bored by dh going on and on about Glastonbury? (lighthearted - but I am sick of it)

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Glastobore · 07/06/2023 07:25

We aren't going. He made no attempt to get tickets. He thinks the tickets are far too expensive anyway. He went a few times in his youth. I've never been.

Just getting all that out of the way.

But here we are, two? weeks before Glastonbury and he's off again. Every morning scouring social media for hints about who the secret band is. Criticising the headliners. Going on and on about who played when he was young and how he jumped over the fence. Feigning horror at the spa, the wellness retreat and lifestyle bits of modern Glastonbury. Obsessing over whether or not the Foo Fighters will be the secret band. Saying "Guns and Roses??!!" several times before breakfast.

I think if he actually came out and said 'Aw I'd love to go to Glastonbury one year!" I might be more amenable. But the endless picking over it is doing my head in. I've resorted to a kind of irritated harrumph whenever I'm asked my opinion of who the secret fucking band will be.

He does this every year and it's always a relief when it's finished tbh.

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FfeminyddCymraeg · 07/06/2023 07:27

LTB 😁

It does sound incredibly tedious though.

Barnella · 07/06/2023 07:27

Sounds like fear of ageing and wanting to still think of himself as the sort of person who goes to Glastonbury, still that young man, even though that was all years ago.

What would he say if you suggested you both go next time?

JosieOhNo · 07/06/2023 07:28

Ah yes! And also the tales that have been told a million times of when they went to Glasto. Yes dear, but that was a 1000 years ago and you now wouldn't survive even half a day there! (No judgement on that score, I wouldn't survive either 😂)

Sigmama · 07/06/2023 07:28

At least its just for a limited time, I'm married to a sport obsessive which is much worse

Sigmama · 07/06/2023 07:29

Josie, it's got spas and stuff so very easy to survive

bibbityboppityboo · 07/06/2023 07:31

YANBU!!

There's someone at work like this - attended before I was born, talks about if for the three months before Glastonbury and the weeks after it every year. I feel like I also bloody attended 😂

It's the constant talking down of all the amenities they've got now (don't you know when it was the real Glastonbury they all had to dig trenches for toilets and scavenge for berries for food 🙄) or the disdain of the bands playing now (like they can't accept music has moved on) or the running commentary judging the people post Glastonbury when all the photos are out.

Exhausting! I'm sure it's a cult I've never know anything like it.

Gettingbysomehow · 07/06/2023 07:31

You're not the only one who is sick of Glastonbury. I live there and its full of festival goers 24/7 raving the place up. Why doesn't he just buy tickets if he wants to go?

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Glastobore · 07/06/2023 07:34

Gettingbysomehow · 07/06/2023 07:31

You're not the only one who is sick of Glastonbury. I live there and its full of festival goers 24/7 raving the place up. Why doesn't he just buy tickets if he wants to go?

Tbf I don't live far from Glastonbury and it's an odd place at the best of times 😅

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Glastobore · 07/06/2023 07:35

bibbityboppityboo · 07/06/2023 07:31

YANBU!!

There's someone at work like this - attended before I was born, talks about if for the three months before Glastonbury and the weeks after it every year. I feel like I also bloody attended 😂

It's the constant talking down of all the amenities they've got now (don't you know when it was the real Glastonbury they all had to dig trenches for toilets and scavenge for berries for food 🙄) or the disdain of the bands playing now (like they can't accept music has moved on) or the running commentary judging the people post Glastonbury when all the photos are out.

Exhausting! I'm sure it's a cult I've never know anything like it.

And reminding everyone that it's actually in Pilton, not Glastonbury 😐

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usernother · 07/06/2023 07:41

Have you told him he's being boring? I would.

Bigpaintinglittlepainting · 07/06/2023 07:43

Oh dear I'm one of those Glastonbury bores who jumped over the fence in the 90's, the op who said it's about your identity back then is spot on !!

Your dh is just a frustrated crusty Grin

sourcorn · 07/06/2023 07:43

Glastobore · 07/06/2023 07:34

Tbf I don't live far from Glastonbury and it's an odd place at the best of times 😅

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Ahh this might be not helping matters. I think he's just going to have to go next year and get it out his system. Hopefully he'll have a shit time and you won't have to listen to it the year after that.

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Glastobore · 07/06/2023 07:44

usernother · 07/06/2023 07:41

Have you told him he's being boring? I would.

No, that would be really mean.

I did say 'of course it's the fucking foo Fighters' this morning before coffee though.

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Glastobore · 07/06/2023 07:45

Bigpaintinglittlepainting · 07/06/2023 07:43

Oh dear I'm one of those Glastonbury bores who jumped over the fence in the 90's, the op who said it's about your identity back then is spot on !!

Your dh is just a frustrated crusty Grin

God yes.

Buying acid off the travellers in the green field comes up a lot.

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almondflake · 07/06/2023 07:50

Oh god I feel for you OP , my partner lives in the 80's. we were both born In the mid 60's and all he bangs on about was living in the 80's ,the clothes,the cars and the pigging music . Don't get me wrong I had a fantastic time in the 80's but it was over 40 years ago .
Every weekend he listens to the music , he owns the cars and it's all he and his mates go on about . Clubs they went to the friends that have passed on ,the sweets they could buy ,snacks that aren't made anymore and fashion that is no longer worn .
He's missing out on other good stuff and he pisses me off at times ,I'm not going to LTB but boy does he go on .
Thank you for reading ,sorry for hijacking your post. Glad I got that off my chest lol 😂

Irequireausername · 07/06/2023 08:05

almondflake · 07/06/2023 07:50

Oh god I feel for you OP , my partner lives in the 80's. we were both born In the mid 60's and all he bangs on about was living in the 80's ,the clothes,the cars and the pigging music . Don't get me wrong I had a fantastic time in the 80's but it was over 40 years ago .
Every weekend he listens to the music , he owns the cars and it's all he and his mates go on about . Clubs they went to the friends that have passed on ,the sweets they could buy ,snacks that aren't made anymore and fashion that is no longer worn .
He's missing out on other good stuff and he pisses me off at times ,I'm not going to LTB but boy does he go on .
Thank you for reading ,sorry for hijacking your post. Glad I got that off my chest lol 😂

I think we all need to be careful that we don't get trapped in reminiscing, it's dangerous but very easy to do. As you say as well, you miss out on enjoying your current life.

PomPomSugar · 07/06/2023 08:21

It is Foo Fighters btw

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Glastobore · 07/06/2023 08:26

PomPomSugar · 07/06/2023 08:21

It is Foo Fighters btw

Of course it is. I used to love the Foos but they are so ubiquitous now. Them and bloody Coldplay.

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Glastobore · 07/06/2023 08:27

PomPomSugar · 07/06/2023 08:21

It is Foo Fighters btw

Presumably you've read the same 'cryptic ' note from dave grohl that dh was trying to get me interested in this morning

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ChardonnaysBeastlyCat · 07/06/2023 08:29

It will be the RHCP this year.

—another bore—

Wyndam · 07/06/2023 08:32

ChardonnaysBeastlyCat · 07/06/2023 08:29

It will be the RHCP this year.

—another bore—

No it won't. Eavis won't allow it because they didn't turn up once in 94.

It's Pulp.

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Glastobore · 07/06/2023 08:32

ChardonnaysBeastlyCat · 07/06/2023 08:29

It will be the RHCP this year.

—another bore—

Ah do you think so. I did used to fancy, well, all of them back in the day.

Listen to me. I'm as bad as dh.

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Glastobore · 07/06/2023 08:34

Wyndam · 07/06/2023 08:32

No it won't. Eavis won't allow it because they didn't turn up once in 94.

It's Pulp.

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Maybe it's a Pulp/FF mash up

I guess The Churn Ups as a name points to Pulp.

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MyFaceIsAnAONB · 07/06/2023 08:36

How do you know someone’s been to Glastonbury? They tell you. It’s basically a defining character trait 😂 one of my best friends has been every year since she was a baby.

If my DH was doing what yours is I’d just say ‘I really don’t give a shit babe, go if you want to but I’m not really interested in the speculation’. Job done!

MinnieMountain · 07/06/2023 08:37

RHCP?
I thought your DH was actually going, in which case I could have just understood.