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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

To ask what your lighthearted unpopular opinion is?

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DoYouBelieveInMagic · 19/02/2024 20:38

Not aibu just intrigued. This thread was done on here ages ago and it was so fun. I have two:

Pasta is gross, I'll eat it but its not delicious as people make it out to be its cold slimy dough.

I'm sure she's nice but Beyonce is overrated.

OP posts:
Isitbedtimeyet3 · 20/02/2024 12:17

Dog owners are awful. Not all of them. But the ones with the untrained high energy yappy annoying dogs that run over to you at the park because they have 0 recall and the owner thinks strangers like having some dog jump all over them. We don’t. I don’t care if “he’s friendly” not everyone likes dogs and it scares my children.

also cyclists. Again not all of them but a majority are absolute wankers and ignore their traffic lights that tell them to stop (where I live we have cyclists traffic lights that are supposed to let people walking cross the roads and cycle lanes safely before traffic resumes). Many times me and the children have had a near encounter with a cyclist

mypurplemug · 20/02/2024 12:18

Having kids, with all the trouble they bring and what you lose isn't actually worth it after all.

Flabagasted33 · 20/02/2024 12:19

I think that Martin Lewis is insufferable.

Desecratedcoconut · 20/02/2024 12:23

LadyRoughDiamond · 20/02/2024 12:08

Abso-fucking-lutely. Amen to that.

It's always after some ridiculous scenario. If you've been affected by anything in the programme (you know, this one you just watched in which one character tried to poison a clown but was chased off a cliff by a crazed pig before they got the chance) please phone this number for help, and I'm like...who the fuck is calling and who is answering?

AmaryllisChorus · 20/02/2024 12:25

YouJustDoYou · 19/02/2024 20:46

I think Sex and the City was an absolute pile of vacuous shite.

Oh yes.

MamaToABeautifulBoy · 20/02/2024 12:25

Wizzadorra70 · 19/02/2024 20:48

That whoever invented the Masked Singer needs to be hunted down. And locked in padded cell with it on a 24 hour loop for the rest of their lives.

Think that’s a popular opinion though, surely.

ShyTed · 20/02/2024 12:26

Fruit pastilles - the green ones are the best

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 20/02/2024 12:27

Lurpak is vastly overrated and is only popular because the Danish producers spend millions on marketing it.

And ‘hygge’ (same root as ‘hug’ incidentally) was simply a very clever marketing ploy, to get people to think they couldn’t be warm and cosy without buying even more throws and candles etc. than they’d probably have bought anyway.

OhNoWhatIf · 20/02/2024 12:29

Puppies are cuter than babies.

Westfacing · 20/02/2024 12:30

Mallani · 20/02/2024 11:58

I also hate the way I have to inspect review websites like a forensic scientist nowadays to make sure the hotel room I'm booking doesn't have:

  1. A transparent bathroom door
  2. A semi transparent door, but facing the bed
  3. A bathroom door that doesn't reach the floor or ceiling, like it's borrowed from some sort of Wild West saloon

I do not wish to see, hear or smell my husband poo and pay for the privelege.

The bathroom in a boutique hotel in Lisbon had a semi-transparent wall, floor to ceiling, as well as the door Shock

I can't remember the name unfortunately to give you the head's up!

DollyParsons · 20/02/2024 12:31

Overrated or l don't get at all:

Taylor Swift
Ted Lasso
Bridgerton
Skiing
Wine
Barbecues
Percy Pigs
Benedict Cumberbatch as good looking
Cillian Murphy (ditto). Both brilliant actors
Banana bread
Buying people souvenirs from your holiday

Quite a mix!

REP22 · 20/02/2024 12:31

No part of Absolutely Fabulous was even remotely funny.

OOBetty · 20/02/2024 12:33

My dogs acrid farts

Stringagal · 20/02/2024 12:33

Baseball caps - I have an absolute visceral hatred of them and totally judge the wearer (unless they’re playing baseball, and even then…) bloody horrible things.

Stringagal · 20/02/2024 12:34

OhNoWhatIf · 20/02/2024 12:29

Puppies are cuter than babies.

Kittens are cuter than both!

MamaToABeautifulBoy · 20/02/2024 12:36

Swipernoswipingg · 19/02/2024 21:49

Ethically I see no problem with cats/ dogs being eaten.

Id never do it (yeuch) but on paper I don’t see why cows, horse, rabbits, chickens can be eaten but not dogs.

But still, yeuch

I’m a dog loving vegetarian but I agree. What is the difference. They all feel pain and fear and are sentient beings. Just maybe not as cute as a chicken 🤷🏻‍♀️

Fundays12 · 20/02/2024 12:39

Kids under 10 year olds don't need mobile phones and no there not missing out on socialising unless they have one. They are missing out on being a child if they are glued to a phone constantly. Seeing 7 and 8 year old kids walking out of school, ignoring friends whilst glued to tik too etc is really quite sad.

redroses86 · 20/02/2024 12:43

Olivia Coleman is a dreadful actress who always plays every part exactly the same. I’m sure she’s a nice person. Just not a great actor. I don’t get the fuss.

MamaToABeautifulBoy · 20/02/2024 12:44

Going to the hairdresser is such a tedious, joyless process. I have to force myself to make an appointment. It’s not relaxing and ‘pampering’. It’s boring as hell. The inane chat, the uncomfortable seats, the neck breaking basins. I’d love to find a hairdresser who is reserved and quiet. She can go about the business of sorting my hair and I can read in peace.

And I’m never happy with the result.

OneMerryRedSnail · 20/02/2024 12:46

DrunkenElephant · 19/02/2024 20:43

Does the third one count if you’re giving birth?

Asking for a friend

😂😂

Lemonyyy · 20/02/2024 12:48

MamaToABeautifulBoy · 20/02/2024 12:44

Going to the hairdresser is such a tedious, joyless process. I have to force myself to make an appointment. It’s not relaxing and ‘pampering’. It’s boring as hell. The inane chat, the uncomfortable seats, the neck breaking basins. I’d love to find a hairdresser who is reserved and quiet. She can go about the business of sorting my hair and I can read in peace.

And I’m never happy with the result.

Are you me? Like who the fuck cares where I'm going on holiday, just clear out my split ends and take half this months salary for the privilege, don't add insult to injury by bloody talking to me as well. Seriously I feel like "hairdresser with no small talk" could be a business idea that would make an absolute killing....

Katiesaidthat · 20/02/2024 12:48

Friends was as boring as hell. Jennifer Anniston is a B rate actress. I don´t like dogs. Sex and the City was as unbearable as its protagonists. Hugh Grant was wet wet wet. Rice dishes are meh. NO time for Tik-Tok or those two a penny influencers. And I viscerally can´t stand Nicholas Cage (although I understand this opinion is becoming more mainstream). Can´t stand series like Game of Thrones or the Hunger Games and similar. Total shite.

SunnieShine · 20/02/2024 12:50

Ninahaen · 19/02/2024 22:26

I love Wetherspoons. Good choice on menu. Cheap. Quick service.

Me too. I'm happy to have lunch in Spoons on my own, never had a problem

EmailMyHeart · 20/02/2024 12:51

Lemonyyy · 20/02/2024 12:48

Are you me? Like who the fuck cares where I'm going on holiday, just clear out my split ends and take half this months salary for the privilege, don't add insult to injury by bloody talking to me as well. Seriously I feel like "hairdresser with no small talk" could be a business idea that would make an absolute killing....

Some salons now offer a “silent” option when you book! I’m a hairdresser and I inwardly do a happy dance when a client gets their laptop or book out so I can actually concentrate on my job instead of trying to keep up the inane chat. Some of us are introverts! ☺️

GoodHeavens99 · 20/02/2024 12:56

Bethebest · 19/02/2024 20:53

i think the Royal Family (including Harry & Meghan) are great and the press should all just leave them alone.

I like the Royal Family, too, but i'm completely ambivalent about Harry and Meghan.

I don't know why she inspires such hatred from people. 🤷🏻‍♀️
What has she done that's so terrible??

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