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?

Love this!!

Oh, I know this will get flamed but if a cyclist is in front of me on a single track lane and not only doesn't stop to let me pass, but waves me on to pass at numerous blind corners (hoping we'll both die?) when I do get ahead of them and am lucky enough to come to the down side of a hill, I go very, very slowly in front of them so they can't have the fun whizz.

Do yo have a sense of humour?

I switch off online status and read status on all my messaging because "well you were online but didn't answer" really gets my goat.

I also refuse the gender question and write SEX: FEMALE instead.

I'm having a really hard time at work and I feel like I've been taken for a mug over a few things, I'm also paid badly for the level of responsibility. I'm probably going to quit. I've put in so many hours I've recent months too so on a recent trip away I used my wfh time to drive back from my weekend away.

Ryanair once charged me over £400 to check an empty laptop bag in the hold. They wouldn't let me have my small cross body handbag and laptop bag in the cabin. So I had to take my laptop out of the bag and check the bag in while carrying the computer.
I have never flown with them again and never ever will.

I write my name first when signing off cards from my family. My mum told me it's traditional to write the man's name first. He can write his name first when he buys and writes the card.

I bought a copy of "My Body Is Me". It's a lovely book.

I have too much pride in my appearance to bother changing it for other people who I don't even know. I think I'm lovely just as I am, and if they don't agree that's their problem. Fancy having the time or attention span to judge some random stranger's leg hair!

And that's my rebellion, btw - well, one of them anyway. Not giving a fuck about other people's opinions of my appearance. To be fair, I did check with future DIL for views on my potential outfit for her wedding. She had no problem with a dove grey skirt combo or a purple trouser suit, but felt a full bridal gown in cream satin would be over the top (I may or may not have been on the wind-up with that suggestion). I'm liking this lady.

I wash and hide all the dishes in the break room that people think is OK to dump in the sink. I then come in super early once every 2 months and put them all neatly on the lunch table in a real passive aggressive move.

Before I was married my initials were KR when some one had asked me a sarky question at work I would wait all day to respond then at 4:59pm respond with a one word answer and sign off

KR,
K.R

I always do it this way, so that any scuzzy water that has remained on the top of mugs/in upturned plastic bowls etc doesn't then slosh onto the clean dishes beneath. I thought everyone did it this way 😳

Ditto. I also recommend Milli Hills books, but particularly her period book (which I bought in protest at the way she was castigated ) at every opportunity.

Following on from the mental load threads, I upgraded my and DD’s flights to business. Reminded DH to do this himself if he wanted to do it. Reminded him again. He’s just remembered and the cost of an upgrade, instead of £70 is over £1000. So I’m going to raise a glass of Champagne to him as he walks past us to the back of the plane.

Also, if I am in a bad mood in the morning, playing patriarchy chicken on my walk in cheers me up no end.

Finally, there is an office where I work that I don’t have access to, and have to ring the bell. The two people who work there are rude and unhelpful. You can’t hear the bell ring from my side of the door but it’s like a buzzer to raise the dead on their side. So if they’re slow to answer it, I just lean on it until someone answers. And if I want to really piss them off, ask them if they heard the fire alarm test, because I know that this sends them into a panic.

Not me but my sister.

My sister still lives at home. She is a lesbian (this is relevant). Last week my dad had a friend over who is insanely homophobic. None of us understand why my dad is still friends with him. As a 'fuck you' to dad's friend, she wore a Rammstein tshirt with a picture of two of the male band members kissing. 😁

But if you pull the top row out, it doesn’t splash on the bottom row 🤔

Oooh I'm going to start doing that!

I have a very clear "no junk mail" sticker on my letter box. If I'm on the couch and see a charity clothes bag being pushed through, and I'm quick enough I'll rush to the door and fling it open. Usually by which point they're at the bottom of the drive and half way up next doors. So I'll shout to them about them having missed the "no junk mail" sign and make them walk back up my drive to collect it from me.

If I get other leaflets through and I'm feeling really pissed off and can be bothered, I'll put the leaflet in an envelope and email it back to the Company HQ but not put a stamp on the envelope, so someone from the company has to arrange to pay the Royal Mail fine, just to get their leaflet back. 😁

I buy a bag of chocolates/ sweets for DH, DD and me at shops. DD always tries to take all mine as well as hers. I now buy caramel chocolate as she doesn't like it so she won't ask.

Sometimes when using satnav it asks me "press yes or no if a speed camera is still operating on this road". I always select no. In my opinion you don't need to worry about a speed camera as you shouldn't be speeding anyway so I'll press no and if you're caught out it's your own fault 😈

I LOVE this

Who is the arbiter of 'pride in appearance?'

Some people say that of you don't have a bath/shower morning AND night you're unhygienic. You use lotion to combat arguments about dry skin.

If you have a grey hair, is that disgusting? A wrinkle means you're too lazy to save up for Botox? A wrinkly neck means you've no pride in your appearance, because you should have surgery?

Are you right now in full makeup? Heels, hair curled and straitened? Why not, have you no pride in your appearance? If you are, are you 100% of the time like that? If not, don't you have pride in your appearance.

Maybe recognize that it is not necessary to conform to every beauty standard preached at women.

If I'm reading DD a book where all the animal characters are inexplicably male I change half of them to female.

They sent me a giraffe! She was too tall, I sent her back.

DD is one and doesn't have the faintest idea, of course, but it makes me feel better.

Similar here - I would 'go heavy' on the mustard 😂

Excellent - where does one obtain these please? I would like to start my own stickering campaign.

The Artist Birdy Rose is a good place to start. Also Wild Womyn Workshop.

My friend and I go round M&S sometimes and unpin all the clothes that are on their ridiculously thin models so they hang off. The clothes are usually a size 8 and have to be pinned to fit.