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To ask about your little rebellions?

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Sensibletrousers · 21/07/2023 09:33

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?

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ThatFraggle · 21/07/2023 13:01

Echio · 21/07/2023 11:40

Once I emptied the dishwasher in reverse order to usual just to see how it felt (bottom to top instead of top to bottom as per our household rituals)

Had to have a sit down after that.

It makes more sense to pull out the bottom first, then empty it, so that you don't get water from the top dripping down onto clean, dry, dishes.

Jongleterre · 21/07/2023 13:05

With regards to the poster who mentioned recycling, we don't.

We give back most of the excess packaging in store after purchasing. No stores have ever refused and all willingly accept it.

Then at home all rubbish goes into the same bin and as we both drive a lot and often up to the motorway where there is a service station, we put a bag of rubbish in the car each time and place in the service station bin.

Much better than keeping it for two weeks before it is collected.

Cardboard we do take to a local tip when we have a car boots worth.

The local tip doesn't take black bags.

ModestMoon · 21/07/2023 13:06

FlowersInTheSky · 21/07/2023 11:49

It’s a little rebellion, a tiny “up yours” to the man.

That isn’t a “rebellion”. That’s a “hey, look, I don’t take care of myself!”

Literally nobody cares if you shave your legs or not (except maybe potential partners). It just says a lot about you 🤷‍♀️

I'm sorry, what? Why does not shaving your legs mean you don't take care of yourself? Men don't shave their legs typically, does that mean they also don't care of themselves?

JML001 · 21/07/2023 13:06

🤣 I like your style

hookiewookie29 · 21/07/2023 13:07

Oreosareawful · 21/07/2023 10:46

When my children were in a pushchair I used to play chicken with other people on the pavement (usually men). They would be walking straight at me, expecting me to move over so I would pretend to be gazing at something to the side (traffic, shops etc) giving them no choice but to move over or walk into my pushchair.
Nobody ever walked into my pushchair ;)

I'm a childminder and have a pushchair with two little ones holding onto it. I do the same as you! After all it's easier for them to move than me!

TheWayoftheLeaf · 21/07/2023 13:08

happyasaseagullstealingchips · 21/07/2023 11:28

Not very rebellious but I love red arrowing Daily Mail article comments. I know it's completely unreasonable touching the poo and clicking their links bit it gives me such satisfaction I can't stop. Guilty secret I guess.

No this is very valid. Most papers only moderate when something is reported and they'd rather take down offensive comments. I like to do it on the Mirror.

continentallentil · 21/07/2023 13:09

FlowersInTheSky · 21/07/2023 11:49

It’s a little rebellion, a tiny “up yours” to the man.

That isn’t a “rebellion”. That’s a “hey, look, I don’t take care of myself!”

Literally nobody cares if you shave your legs or not (except maybe potential partners). It just says a lot about you 🤷‍♀️

How in the world does not shaving your legs equate to not taking care of yourself? And what on earth does it say about the OP to you?

Are you from 1950? Do you not think that hairy legged women can like to look nice? Or that not caring what you look like doesn’t mean you don’t value yourself? Do you understand that people have different value systems in this diverse and multicultural society of ours?

Motnight · 21/07/2023 13:10

Every time DH annoys me I order another book for my Kindle. He bought it years ago for my birthday and foolishly said that the present included all the books that I wanted to read so it is linked to his account 😂

ModestMoon · 21/07/2023 13:12

OmniPocket · 21/07/2023 12:56

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.

I do this too! It worked really well until other people started reading DS the same books or I forget which one is female, DS gets cross at them for getting it wrong.

Catabogus · 21/07/2023 13:13

FlowersInTheSky · 21/07/2023 11:53

I don’t care if other people want to announce to the world they have no pride in their appearance 🤷‍♀️

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Are you really meaning to say that women who don’t shave their legs take no pride in their appearance??

Confusedmeanderings · 21/07/2023 13:14

Not quite the same, but when I worked with children with behavioural difficulties, I had one young man who was having a melt down and started to trash the classroom, except that in the course of the melt down he was very carefully putting things back where they belonged. When he'd finished, the classroom was tidier than when he'd started!

TenOhSeven · 21/07/2023 13:15

If someone parks blocking the pavement, I flip in their wing mirror on the pavement side as I pass. This probably has no effect at all on their parking habits but it gives me some satisfaction.

susan123graeme · 21/07/2023 13:15

I've got a plant nursery and sometimes on a late Friday evening in early summer whe I work crazy long hours I have a cold bottle of Heineken - when finished I do a huge burp and lob the bottle into the bushes (on my land) next to my workbench - ........ I admit I go and retrieve the bottle at a later date to it into the recycle bin but it just feels good doing it at the time ...

Quittingthyme · 21/07/2023 13:15

I refuse to use self checkout

I title spreadsheets with insulting acronyms that only I understand

I refer to myself as Dr for all deliveries

Tinytigertail · 21/07/2023 13:16

CoalCraft · 21/07/2023 11:50

Most of these are a bit pathetic. No one cares if you don't shave your legs - chances are no one will notice - and if you're pissed off with your DH, maybe talk about it like adults rather than passive-agressively forgetting to put a spoon in his lunch box.

There's always one...

Otzi · 21/07/2023 13:16

Popsicle42 · 21/07/2023 10:57

My local coop has put the price of its compostable carrier bags up from 10p to 20p. I always use them for my food waste. I’ll often claim to have used 1 bag but secretly take a second.

I never pay for carrier bags. I usually have some with me but if I don't or I need more, I steal them. I've yet to be hauled before a magistrate for bag crime.

thaisweetchill · 21/07/2023 13:18

Probably edging on the feminist side... but I have to produce cheques for deposits taken, I always send them to the female rather than the male ☺️

slashlover · 21/07/2023 13:18

So many people making things harder for workers with stickers, dumping rubbish and mucking about with mannequins. Thanks for making life more difficult for minimum wage workers like me!

HarlanPepper · 21/07/2023 13:20

TheDogsMother · 21/07/2023 10:43

Ha ha, me too !

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me too! "You're not the boss of me!" I think, as I click no (sometimes they are the boss of me)

ThewaytoAmarula · 21/07/2023 13:21

FlowersInTheSky · 21/07/2023 11:49

It’s a little rebellion, a tiny “up yours” to the man.

That isn’t a “rebellion”. That’s a “hey, look, I don’t take care of myself!”

Literally nobody cares if you shave your legs or not (except maybe potential partners). It just says a lot about you 🤷‍♀️

So sad that hardly any men take care of themselves, isn't it :(

Otzi · 21/07/2023 13:23

Whenever I see a calculator on display for sale in a shop, I set it to 'BOOBIES' .

PollyThePixie · 21/07/2023 13:27

PuttingDownRoots · 21/07/2023 11:26

I used Princess once (as we thought it would amuse our young daughters) and I like to think the brilliant customer service was normal (for the company it was a very low value order). I'm guessing they didn't think an actual Princess lived on a random Army camp in the Midlands! 😂

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I don’t know. Didn’t Kate live in Anglesey.

PuttingDownRoots · 21/07/2023 13:30

thaisweetchill · 21/07/2023 13:18

Probably edging on the feminist side... but I have to produce cheques for deposits taken, I always send them to the female rather than the male ☺️

This has made me wonder...
Is the Garage sending me the bills and MOT reminders for both DH and my cars them expecting wifework or a feminist statement?

ComeTheFckOnBridget · 21/07/2023 13:31

FlowersInTheSky · 21/07/2023 11:53

I don’t care if other people want to announce to the world they have no pride in their appearance 🤷‍♀️

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Can a person not take pride in their appearance by defying beauty norms, then?

Obimumkinobi · 21/07/2023 13:31

slashlover · Today 11:36
HairyMcHairyFace · Today 11:25

Genuinely what do you think the stickers will achieve?
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Cause some poor cleaner, probably female and on minimum wage to have to scrape off the stickers.

Probably a high point compared to mopping gallons of male piss off the floor.