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To think my friend is going to hell

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capabilityfrowns · 27/10/2023 16:19

My friend has his own shop where everything is hand made , he makes his own products and stocks hand made products for others as a collective,

He's just text me in a panic , a little old lady came in and bought these .....

He's now worrying in case it's the grandsons xmas present

I think xmas day could be interesting in one house in the north of England 😂🙈

To think my friend is going to hell
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Janieforever · 27/10/2023 16:20

What because little old ladies all have lost their marbles? What ageist nonsense.

KateyCuckoo · 27/10/2023 16:21

Well someone will have a chuckle and hopefully granny will see the funny side!

Leo227 · 27/10/2023 16:21

that's made me laugh, did he manage to keep a straight face selling them to her 🤣

sollenwir · 27/10/2023 16:21

She's maybe a 'little old lady' with a sense of humour? Either way there will be some laughs somewhere.....

1990thatsme · 27/10/2023 16:22

My granny is in her eighties and would think that was a hilarious gift for my DH.

TheWayTheLightFalls · 27/10/2023 16:22

When I was three my 70-something Yiddish granny presented me with a Playboy bunny necklace for my birthday. I imagine the jeweller had a chuckle selling it to her!

Createausername1970 · 27/10/2023 16:22

AIBU to say I kind of hope it happens........😱🫣

MikeYouAreNext · 27/10/2023 16:22

It made me laugh. Which I needed.

capabilityfrowns · 27/10/2023 16:23

He doesn't think she read them

He's now wracked with guilt thinking he should have explained the joke .....

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Necadalooshi · 27/10/2023 16:24

My Mum bought a headscarf when she had cancer, proudly wore it all round town until she saw my sister who said, Mum, do know that the print is canabis leaf? My Mum found this hilarious, had no idea but it didn't stop her wearing it. She was a lovely mischievous woman.

capabilityfrowns · 27/10/2023 16:25

He thinks he's going to wake up in a cold sweat in the middle of the night

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LoserWinner · 27/10/2023 16:33

Perhaps the ‘little old lady’ bought this for her lover?

capabilityfrowns · 27/10/2023 16:43

she was an archetypal little old lady , why the snottiness? I talking about a woman in her 80 s not a woman in her 50s ! A stereotypical "granny. "You know like that bloke puts a wig on and pretends to be in mrs browns boys when it's apparently funny

She might be into rimming yes. In fact I'm sure that must be why she bought them .

My mistake .

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Cinateel · 27/10/2023 16:44

My husband (79) and I (74) often laugh about what young people would think if they could hear our conversations when we are at home alone. You have to remember that "little old lady" was probably a teenager in the sixties. It's unlikely she's as innocent and naive as she looks

unvillage · 27/10/2023 16:45

Sounds like something my grandma would do. I'll let you know if they turn up at Xmas

capabilityfrowns · 27/10/2023 16:46

My friend feels guilty because he feels like he should have explained the joke which suggested she didn't get it .

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BarbaraofSeville · 27/10/2023 16:46

That's the sort of thing DPs grandmother would have bought him. She presented as a stereotypical 'little old lady' but for some reason they had an in joke where every card she sent him was absolutely filthy. It was hilarious.

Fightyouforthatpie · 27/10/2023 16:49

My "little old lady" Mum (also a granny) bought a rubber stamp that read "bullshit" so she could amuse herself by stamping it on nonsense paperwork.

Fightyouforthatpie · 27/10/2023 16:49

capabilityfrowns · 27/10/2023 16:46

My friend feels guilty because he feels like he should have explained the joke which suggested she didn't get it .

Patronising attitude.

RubyBoozeDay · 27/10/2023 16:51

If your little old lady is in her 80's or even 90's, I'm sure she understand the joke.

towriteyoumustlive · 27/10/2023 16:51

My FIL bought bought himself a Christmas jumper to wear. He didn't even notice that the reindeer pattern was actually of shagging reindeer! He'd even worn it to an old peoples lunch thing the day before 😂

If it's the grandson's Christmas present then it will generate some hilarious future Christmas memories! Perhaps it will even start a trend and the poor boy will be bought Uranus presents every year for the rest of his life!

Sunshineclouds11 · 27/10/2023 16:51

She could have well understood the joke

Verv · 27/10/2023 16:52

I used to manage two sheltered housing developments.
A couple of the "little old ladies" came to my office to ask if they could host an Anne Summers party in the communal lounge.
I said, fine, no problem.
One says to the other - "do you think many people will come?"
The other replies (without batting an eyelid) "Well thats the point hen!"
They were 80 and 82.

Also had one who came to tell me her ceiling extractor was on the fritz and making a terrible clatter. I went round with my step ladder, and while I was there discovered a vibrator buzzing away in a shoe box on top of a kitchen cabinet.
OH! Says tenant, my boyfriend must've put that up there when he tidied the kitchen earlier, ha ha ha.
Mid 70s, and the "boyfriend" was nearly 80.

I dont think your friend should worry, she 95% knew exactly what she was doing.

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