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To be totally affronted ?

26 replies

swallowme · 20/10/2023 12:36

Friend came round last night, daughter (13) was at her dads so we shared a couple of bottles of wine and I’m definitely feeling the effects today.

Daughter came back at 9 am this morning. She’s been chilling, I’ve been chilling. House a bit of a riot. Living room curtains closed (daughter did this) I had a guy coming round at 2 pm today to fit fire alarms. So I was lying in bed and thought right I’ll get up at 1 pm and tidy and get presentable.

12 pm my daughter shouts up ‘mum the alarm guy is here’. Well I fly out of bed. Shouting ‘hold on hold on’ whilst trying to fling clothes on as I’m still in my nighty. Arghh the shame.

I rush to the door and of course, this man is very attractive. I’m like, ‘hi I thought we said 2?’ He was like ‘I was just in the area and wondered if you’re free, i tried to call’ so I say give me five minutes, he says no I can come back later we go back and forth like this for a minute. He agrees to wait in his car for five minutes.

So I am running about the house like a mad woman trying to tidy things away and opening the curtains and running about with no bra on.

I wave him in from the car. My hair is an absolute mess, last nights make up on. Could barely make eye contact with him. He looks visibly uncomfortable too due to me making the vibe so odd. He says so do you know how this works? I said ‘smoke alarms’?

I’m then like me and my daughter are just going to go up to my bedroom to keep the dogs in as they get quite anxious with visitors. However, half way through the job he came up to ask me about my old fire alarm. I opened the door slightly and one of the dogs got out who was being very friendly and licking his hand.

Afterwards when he was giving me the certificate I felt the heat rising in my face. Ugh this was just such an unfortunate event. What must he have been thinking?

Has anyone had similar?

OP posts:
Worddance · 20/10/2023 12:38

You're totally overthinking this.

Do you suffer from social anxiety?

I completely empathise though.

MatthewsMumFromTikTok · 20/10/2023 12:38

Sounds fairly normal

What's your issue? He won't care

OldTinHat · 20/10/2023 12:41

Oh dear! This happened to me earlier in the summer - the new broadband supplier was due at 2pm and arrived at 11am! No dogs or daughter but everything else was much the same 😂

Desecratedcoconut · 20/10/2023 12:42

Oh, yeah, nobody ever judges people in their pj's at 1pm with a hangover and their house being a pit 🤣

On the upside, the job got done and you'll never see him again.

IncompleteSenten · 20/10/2023 12:45

Yes, I had my bed serviced yesterday and it needed a repair and mediquip said someone would be out on Friday but the chap showed up two hours later saying he'd dropped in because he was in the area.

Nice and efficient but it still threw me. I'd taken my wig off and had to quickly shove a bandana on 😂

Clarinet1 · 20/10/2023 12:50

I once opened the door to an IKEA delivery with a towel wrapped round me after a bath!

lilyblue5 · 20/10/2023 12:52

Oh this did make me giggle OP. We’ve all been there 🤣

Intriguedbythis · 20/10/2023 13:02

To make you feel better
i have a big balcony terrace by my bedroom
countryside with no neighbours for 1 mile ish each direction and facing over the garden so cannot see from outside property boundaries

was having a long conversation on the phone with a friend the other day, completely head to toe naked AND pacing around chatting loudly, finished the 40 minute call and heard gardening equipment…. The gardener had changed days (husband hadn’t told me) and let himself in ( as he does on his usual day) and my dogs hadn’t barked as they know him! 😣

ComtesseDeSpair · 20/10/2023 13:04

I’m sure that the fitter has both had a hangover and seen customers with hangovers before. Many adults drink a bit too much with their friends on a night when they aren’t working the next day and then have a duvet day. He’ll probably have been a bit conscious of your embarrassment but he’s not going to remember you past his next job. Have a cup of tea and go back to bed. Or another glass of wine. Hair of the dog.

swallowme · 20/10/2023 13:27

😂😂 thanks everyone for cheering me up

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Coldinscotland · 20/10/2023 13:28

Op you weren't in a thong and gimp mask. Chill....

oddsocksoddme · 20/10/2023 13:29

On the balcony? Shock

Intriguedbythis · 20/10/2023 13:35

@oddsocksoddme if you’re referring to my post, yes I was walking back and forth animatedly chatting on the large balcony . Would not have been able to miss me. 😭🤣😖

swallowme · 20/10/2023 13:38

Coldinscotland · 20/10/2023 13:28

Op you weren't in a thong and gimp mask. Chill....

That you know of....😅

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kitsuneghost · 20/10/2023 13:45

Meh he has probably seen worse
They will be that used to going into different houses that they don't give the surroundings (or the how the people are looking) much thought at all.

justjeansandanicetop · 20/10/2023 15:20

I'll never forgot the lady (on here, I think) who didn't want to face 100 questions by using a tampon in front of her toddler so stepped out of the bathroom and squatted in the hall to insert it.

Came back up into standing position and came face to face with the window cleaner Grin

Amazing.

So it could be worse, OP Grin

swallowme · 20/10/2023 15:59

Hahaha omg that's hilarious. I'm not being big headed but I am massively attractive, I proper turn heads so I think he was still interested

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EvilElsa · 20/10/2023 16:04

Not the same, but when DS was two I opened the door to the postman and DS grabbed my tracksuit bottoms leg to stay balanced and pulled them down to my knees. Absolutely mortifying. I wasn't even wearing a long top to cover my pants.

justjeansandanicetop · 20/10/2023 18:10

swallowme · 20/10/2023 15:59

Hahaha omg that's hilarious. I'm not being big headed but I am massively attractive, I proper turn heads so I think he was still interested

Oh I didn't realise you were massively attractive and he was still interested. What's the problem then?

CesareBorgia · 20/10/2023 18:12

Not sure why you feel affronted, OP.

Fahbeep · 20/10/2023 18:33

Not what affronted means but enjoyed this tale. Thanks OP. Happy Friday!

shellyleppard · 20/10/2023 19:33

Swallowme.....i slept in and answered the door to the shopping delivery guy in pj bottoms, bed hair and no bra 😂😂😂 council workman turned up early and I hadn't made my bed....felt like a right scruff bag

swallowme · 20/10/2023 20:41

Fahbeep · 20/10/2023 18:33

Not what affronted means but enjoyed this tale. Thanks OP. Happy Friday!

Ahh Jesus. I have been using affronted wrong my full life just to add to the embarrassment Blush

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NahNahKissHimGoodbye · 20/10/2023 23:17

The word affronted does make me think of Tabitha Twitchett from a couple of the Beatrix Potter books. Having read your post though you're not BU, I would have felt the same, I hate when this kind of thing happens. I've been caught out before.

determinedtomakethiswork · 20/10/2023 23:43

That's not what affronted means is it?

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