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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:
JumalanTerve · 20/02/2024 13:55

Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom is absolutely horrible, middle class shite. The characters are irritating, it's classist, and jokes intended for parents are just a sign of treating children with disrespect

menopause59 · 20/02/2024 13:55

Prosecco is an awful drink and bottomless brunch is totally over rated waste of money

Mugcake · 20/02/2024 13:59

Jelly and angel delight are gross
Coffee also isn't very nice

MCOut · 20/02/2024 14:00

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.

It is a cardinal sin to make plans that interfere with Friday night hygge in this house. On the day that DM will happily babysit. In London. Where there are a million things I’d prefer to do over sitting on the sofa.

Cattenberg · 20/02/2024 14:01

tennesseewhiskey1 · 20/02/2024 13:29

Oh and vegetarianism and veganism- can’t stand it.

Why can’t you stand it if some people choose not to eat meat/fish/dairy products? Would it help if vegans and vegetarians lied to you by pretending they ate them?

DeathstarDarling · 20/02/2024 14:02

Denimdenimdenim · 20/02/2024 09:50

Chip butty is meh

😱

Lka8 · 20/02/2024 14:02

I wouldn’t care if I never had a coffee or tea ever again.

phoenixrosehere · 20/02/2024 14:03

Brown pasta is better than white, holds it form, better texture, and doesn’t go mushy.

Chocolate is highly overrated and vanilla is very underrated, except for vanilla-scented candles which are definitely meh.

These threads never stay lighthearted.

Mirabai · 20/02/2024 14:04

I don’t like white pasta but brown is even worse. The different between white card and recycled.

Lka8 · 20/02/2024 14:05

My husband’s: adding truffle is adding essence of cheesy feet to your food.

I love it!

SandyWaves · 20/02/2024 14:08

Men who game need to grow up

women who craft are weirdos

User128739933 · 20/02/2024 14:10

Booze tastes horrible

Didshejustsaythatoutloud · 20/02/2024 14:11

WHAT, WHAT. How can you say that about chocolate!
Well I suppose. You like brown pasta, that says it all.
Sending my Condolences on the death of your tastebuds😂

FartersParters · 20/02/2024 14:12

GirlMum40 · 19/02/2024 20:45

Tomato ketchup ... Just why?

Oh god I am so with you. The colour and oh my the SMELL.......I dont just dislike it I am actively scared of the stuff and cant be in the room if its being used meaning I need to eat separately to my DC quite a lot (as obviously she bloody loves it).

Urgggghhhhhhhh.

InterIgnis · 20/02/2024 14:13

I don’t care whether people post on instagram, wear lots of make up, show off designer purchases, get fillers/botox/cosmetic surgery, or whether they don’t do any or all of the above. For transparency, I do some of those things and not others.

I don’t think doing/not doing any of those things makes someone inherently superior. Do what makes you happy and let other people do the same.

The most class anxiety I see on here is from those absolutely determined to not be seen as middle class.

Tdcp · 20/02/2024 14:16

Trolleysaregoodforemployment · 20/02/2024 13:30

Not returning your shopping trolley creates employment - I try to only frequent supermarkets where you do not need a token because I prefer to leave my trolley to be collected rather that take it back to the trolley park. FWIW I never leave it blocking the path or a parking space. The supermarkets then have to employ someone to come out to collect them, I look on it as effectively creating a job that supermarkets would otherwise get rid of. How many jobs no longer exist because of self scanning and self checkouts?

Not returning to the bays or not returning to the store front?

Westfacing · 20/02/2024 14:17

Mallani · 20/02/2024 13:11

Oh god, my friends are currently planning a weekend in Lisbon with DH and I. I'm going to have to make sure I have complete control of the choice of hotel. Anything you can remember about it? That's the stuff of nightmares - a bit like this:

https://www.jetwinghotels.com/jetwingcolomboseven/colombo-luxury-accommodation/studio/

That Jetwing bathroom has a blind that you can pull down - thank goodness! You can see it in the photo from inside the bathroom. I stayed in a similar one in Thailand - must be a design concept used in hotels. Why???

If I remember the name of the Lisbon hotel I'll get back to you! But it was a lovely family-run place with complimentary port and those little custard pastry things every afternoon, and great staff, so don't wanna bad mouth them!

It was near the ferry terminal, if that's any help! Grin

Kingsleadhat · 20/02/2024 14:20

Looking after children is really boring

Talkamongstyourselves · 20/02/2024 14:20

Roast potatoes are horrible and Queen were/are overrated.

JurassicParkaha · 20/02/2024 14:21

The healthiness of vegetarian and vegan diets is overrated. Case in point South Asian countries with veggie diets and no alcohol who have a lower age of death and greater propensity for bone disease, heart disease, diabetes etc than Mediterranean and some East Asian populations who eat meat/fish/alcohol in moderation.

Both Beyonce and Michelle Obama are overrated and definitely not 'Queens' or whatever perjorative adjectives people use to describe powerful women.

Plenty of women blame the patriarchy for their own mediocrity , instead of just accepting that even if the world was run by women they'd still achieve the same results.

Startingtofeelratherstretched · 20/02/2024 14:24

I do not enjoy cheese wine or coffee. All taste repulsive to me.

Cranarc · 20/02/2024 14:30

Houseguests are an abomination. Having to be one or having to have them. Bonus points if family is involved.

nopuppiesallowed · 20/02/2024 14:34

In the 6th form, people spend hours researching which university they want to go to. In university, people spend hours researching which career they want. While at work, people spend hours researching which pension plan they want. People spend their whole lives researching and planning the next phases of their existence. But how many actually spend more than five minutes researching what will happen after they die? IME, most people spit on their finger, hope it will all be okay because they've led a 'good' life, or they accept the opinion of someone who has long ago poo poohed the thought of life after death.....

MasterBeth · 20/02/2024 14:35

DreamTheMoors · 20/02/2024 06:41

@MasterBeth

Have you ever heard of Secretariat? He was dubbed “the greatest racehorse of all time” when he won the American Triple Crown in 1973. The Triple Crown is 3 races - the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes. He broke the speed record in all 3.
in the Belmont Stakes, he won by an astounding 31 lengths, a record that’s never been broken.
There’s a movie called Secretariat that’s absolutely amazing - and very uplifting. You can find it on Netflix or Prime I’m sure. It also gives you a peek behind the curtain of horse racing and what it was like for one woman against an entire industry of men. Well, one woman and her horse.

Zzzzzz Zzzzzzz Zzzzzzz.

WinkyTinky · 20/02/2024 14:35

@Thementalloadisreal Completely agree. I've never got the fuss about Elvis Presley. The most overrated singer there has ever been. People only like him because they think they're supposed to.

@Talkamongstyourselves I am the biggest Queen fan in the world, but I only like their lesser known songs. Almost all the 'hits' are terrible, and it makes me really annoyed that those are the only ones you hear. So I kind of agree with you 😅

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