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?

I used to work in a small research lab, and there were less than 5 women. 1 was a complete hateful witch and was also a professor (whereas the rest of us were lowly Drs). The loos were down in the basement, and furthermore one light switch along the whole corridor to get there and back to the main research labs.

The bitch witch would wear pointy clicky shoes to sound her arrival. And after excessive passive aggression from her, I used to wait until she had gone to the loo down the corridor, and entered the ladies, before turning off the lights at the end near to the labs. The squealing sheer joy it brought me each and every time to see her emerge later on, having used the loo in darkness and having to walk back along the old tunnel in darkness.

In R&D, don't shit on other women. We ain't your enemies.

Walk reallllyyyy slooooooooowly on zebra crossings when some (usually male) driver sits revving impatiently

I shave my legs for myself, not for men 🤔

I totally understand what you're saying, but my act of rebellion is putting my title as 'Dr' on everything, from train tickets that no one will ever see, to vinted parcel delivery, to Tesco card. Everything. I worked hard to get that title and to opt out of the sexist obligatory 'declare your maritial status' that plagues women! (obviously, I think that it would be preferable if the title were not obligatory on forms at all, and I used to put Ms).

I would never ever introduce myself as Dr ModestMoon to people in real life though, even at work. Just to every single automated system that has ever asked me for my details. 😁

I can't wear matching socks.
Has to be odd, and means I buy less socks so don't add to the profits of every single clothes manufacturer that sells matching socks, plus why does society demand we wear matching socks?!

I hope you love it as much as I love my Charlie Brown watch! 😄🥰

Cold callers: "hello Roses are you having a good day" overfamiliar, overfamiliar.

I just respond: "oh, thank you for calling, do remind me where we met and made friends" overfamiliar, overfamiliar

"Oh I'm sorry, you really are confusing me, I don't remember meeting you, where did we meet again" overfamiliar, overfamiliar.

Ad nauseum - they give up after about the fifth time.

I go to church committee meetings wearing no knickers

Oh god I'm dying to know what they said now 😂

Three years ago when they brought in face masks i stopped wearing a bra. I figured if the fucking Government were going to make me sweat and be uncomfortable on one part of my body i was damn well going to make up for it on another part

This.

I like this!

Wait, what? You go top to bottom? It’s always bottom to top in chez turnip!

Lol. Good question. I read the last few responses to check if people are still discussing the original subject, or if its taken a completely different turn, as some discussions do. I sometimes see it then.

I don't answer cold callers. Seems pointless to me. Most genuine callers I either recognise their I D or they leave a message.

I don't answer the phone if I'm in the middle of something or just don't want to. If I'm not in the mood then it's not fair on the person ringing, so I prefer to call back when I'm in a better place to give them my time.

My response to cold callers: “I’m sorry, I don’t speak English.”
Said in my clear RP voice.

The confusion is palpable.

Stick stamps with the kings/queens head upside down

I try and string cold callers out as long as possible, to cost them more.

I am female and work in football and had a middle age male attempt to mansplain menstruation to me recently. Took great delight in changing his title to Ms for all correspondence

If you pull the top drawer out first, if there is something like a small plastic jug or bowl, it often ends up knocked over and full of water, and moving the drawer makes it wobble and spill out. So if you empty the bottom layer first there’s no risk of it getting dripped or splashed on.

@LittleMissUnreasonable Meh. If I'd had a huge shop then yes, I would have let him go ahead. But in the same situation I would have waited my turn, not assumed my time was more important than him and his lemons. I usually do, but this time for some reason I thought, bugger it, you can wait, little dude.

Oh dear, don't confess that about wfh!

An ex ages ago left me his debit card to go buy something he needed while he was at work (I can't remember what) he'd royally pissed me off so I used it to sponsor a donkey in his name... Months and months he got these random donkey updates and never knew why (it was something silly like £3 a month so he never noticed)

If someone has pissed me off quite a bit in the year I squash the bow on their present at Christmas.

One of my relatives came over when I had a 17 day old baby and they had covid but didn't tell me. I was absolutely fuming when I found out so since then, I've squashed their birthday bow, Christmas bow and will do for the foreseeable.

Ah-ha, now this I could get behind as a good reasoning! I need to rethink where I target my disdain!