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AIBU?

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To not be able to get passed horrible joke friend made?

77 replies

seikoo · 12/11/2023 18:36

There’s a 10 year age gap between me and two friends (met at work in same job). They are mid-20s and I’m mid-30s. We have a lot in common and just have a laugh together.

One evening we were at one of their having dinner and she made a joke that I was a p word because I hang out with them.

It genuinely upset and I think I should distance myself from them.

OP posts:
YouWontHearTheLastOfIt · 12/11/2023 18:37

What is a P word?

Ozziekat19 · 12/11/2023 18:38

Paedophile?

Doggymummar · 12/11/2023 18:38

Peasant?

Bonjovispjs · 12/11/2023 18:39

No idea what the P word is? 🤷🏻‍♀️

Fionaville · 12/11/2023 18:39

Pleb?

hamstersarse · 12/11/2023 18:39

Whatever the word, you are over reacting

thaegumathteth · 12/11/2023 18:39

Yabu

seikoo · 12/11/2023 18:39

Ozziekat19 · 12/11/2023 18:38

Paedophile?

This one. Sorry I use another forum where it’s banned.

OP posts:
frenchnoodle · 12/11/2023 18:40

Pikey?

Penis?

YouWontHearTheLastOfIt · 12/11/2023 18:40

OP is so coy - we're all adults so a P word shouldn't be a shock. I'll say what I think it might be -

Prat
Pussy
Prick
Paedophile

Sceptre86 · 12/11/2023 18:41

It's a daft joke. I expect 20 year olds to be mature, some are but a lot aren't.

Fionaville · 12/11/2023 18:41

In that case YABU. It was a crap joke, obviously not true and not worth thinking about twice.

craigth162 · 12/11/2023 18:41

Was gonna say yabu until ypu said the word. No thats not acceptable

Doggymummar · 12/11/2023 18:42

In what way do you hang out with pedophiles?

Whiteday · 12/11/2023 18:42

Oh give over! Silly "joke" but I assume you know what a pedophile actually is?

If not, then google it!

YouWontHearTheLastOfIt · 12/11/2023 18:42

Those people said you were a Paedophile? The silly cows. Paedophiles like children (under 16). If they are in their 20s, it wouldn't even apply to them anyway. I'd have called them dozy cows and then forgotten about it.

EverythingYouDoIsaBalloon · 12/11/2023 18:42

They sound very immature.

Swimeveryday · 12/11/2023 18:43

What job do these friends do? Not one that requires many brain cells I suspect. I bet they wouldn’t even be able to spell the word.

Dartmoorcheffy · 12/11/2023 18:43

So they joked you were a peadophile for hanging around with adult women who are younger than you.. I'm assuming you were all drinking.

It's not particularly funny buts it's also not that bad. You should have just replied "well you need a responsible adult to.supervise you"

FieldInWhichFucksAreGrownIsBarren · 12/11/2023 18:43

Well I'd be more inclined to ditch them as they're thick as fuck rather than for the joke, but that's me.

Lovemychair · 12/11/2023 18:44

Doggymummar · 12/11/2023 18:42

In what way do you hang out with pedophiles?

I was about to ask the same.

RaininSummer · 12/11/2023 18:44

Your friends sound like absolute idiots.

curtaintwitcher78 · 12/11/2023 18:45

Pensioner?

TudorBeckham · 12/11/2023 18:45

Doggymummar · 12/11/2023 18:42

In what way do you hang out with pedophiles?

I presume she meant she’s a paedophile because she hangs out with the two younger women.

Yes, it’s a horrible joke and seems designed to make you feel uncomfortable and different. It’s also a bit pathetic that she can’t have a friend of a different age without making a thing of it. I’d probably withdraw.

ChelseaGem · 12/11/2023 18:45

That’s not nice of them. I wouldn’t like that at all.