To ask about your little rebellions?

[Sensibletrousers]

I’m sitting here about to get changed for Zumba and I want to wear shorts but my legs aren’t shaved. I will be wearing shorts anyway. It’s a little rebellion, a tiny “up yours” to the man.

I have always found little ways to rebel (recovering people pleaser) that don’t actually hurt anyone so that I don’t have one massive rebellion and ruin my life one day!!

I also don’t share food, even with my kids, and am unapologetic about it. It’s now a family joke.

What little rebellions do you enjoy?

😳what a psycho

I have to write about property and will only refer to main bedroom not master bedroom.

I feign sleep to let DH get up to let the cat in at 7am.

moustache as well

Hairily Yours

Brilliant!

@bananabreadbatshit me too! I love clicking no😂

I live in Devon but I put the jam on scones first.

When J K Rowling was being targeted, I deliberately bought a Robert Galbraith novel (her pen name when she writes adult crime novels).

I used to do this sometimes. For fun, my Boots account was set to Sister Spongey I used my real name, but I am not a Nun.

I stopped this particular tomfoolery when I collected a parcel from Boots and then faced the bafflement. I had actually forgot I'd done this, which was doubly embarassing. I've stopped doing it now!

@Motnight fair play to you! Ha

Is read-receipt an American expression?

DH always takes his socks off in the evening and drops them down the side of the sofa. If he doesn’t pick them up I put them in his laptop bag.

I am so glad I started this thread - so many little rebels!

Patriarchy chicken
Charlie Brown watch
Dishwasher-gate
Royal titles
Dear Madam/Sir

When I’m in the car alone (rare) I listen to old skool rave / jungle / drum & bass, open the sun roof and blast it out top volume like a boy racer wanker… then people see a middle aged woman in her mum-wagon. It’s nice being a wanker, even if only for a short time…

When my DH or DSs leave their shoes in front of the door to be tripped over I lob them to the end of the garden.

Glad to hear other people change the sex of book characters too- used to do similar with a particularly crap book my ds liked where the dad bear did one job towards xmas and mum bear did everything else, yet dad was SO MUCH FUN. I would always ad lib that book to balance things out in favour of mum bear- my fuck you to that book and all patriarchal books in general!

I used to he a cleaner in an office. On bloke was so rude, throwing things on the floor next to his bin knowing I'd have to pick them up, using the urinal when I was cleaning the toilets although there was another toilet about 20 seconds walk away etc. I used to wipe his mug out with the cloth I used to clean the toilets.

I thought we have to use primary bedroom now?

The poster who uses the rhubarb for sorbet instead of crumble. I salute you madam.

OP, way to go to blame other people for your own shortcomings. You are the people pleaser but it should "go up theirs" ? No one is forcing you to shave your legs - learn to take responsibility and accountability for your own actions in life rather than antagonising some random joe who probably could care less.

I use Aldi bags to pack my Sainsbury’s shopping.

Growing up my mom would put Aldi shopping in Waitrose and M&S bags so the neighbours wouldn’t know we shopped at Aldi 🙄

I do the supermarket bag thing too, but in complete innocence and just using whatever bag is in the car. Never realised other shoppers or staff might by judging me... or better still be thinking I'm a right rebel!

What actions?
What antagonism?
Are you OK?

If you've followed the patriarchal tradition of taking your husband's surname, it's a bit weird to object to other people following the same tradition.

Fair enough to object if you had kept your own name when you got married.

The irony of that comment! 😂"Literally nobody cares" or "It just says a lot about you." Which one is it, @FlowersInTheSky ? They are opposites.

"I’m sitting here about to get changed for Zumba and I want to wear shorts but my legs aren’t shaved. I will be wearing shorts anyway. It’s a little rebellion, a tiny “up yours” to the man."

I once delivered DS’s very healthy packed lunch to school late, in a happy meal box

Bless you.

“The man” isn’t an actual man. It means the patriarchy.

“Up yours” = a saying that’s the verbal equivalent to sticking up your middle finger.

It’s figurative.

I have nothing to be accountable for.