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If you could say something out loud you knew you could never say, what would it be?

726 replies

twistandshoutloud · 12/11/2024 20:58

I'll go first.

I wish I could tell my SIL that I dislike her so much and I wish she'd never met my BIL. I hate that she is now part of our family. She came to disrupt our (far from perfect but lovely) family. I hate the way she treats my BIL. I hate how she makes everyone pander to her every whim. How all her messages are passive aggressive and how rude she is to my MIL. I could never say this out loud of course, but I dream of it often.

Feels good getting that out of my chest.

Anyone else feel free to add.

OP posts:
shellyleppard · 12/11/2024 21:57

That I don't need to hear about your online dating disasters or your hour long toilet session.....me to my cousin. I love her dearly but OH MY GOD!!!! every message is oooh did I tell you about......

the7Vabo · 12/11/2024 21:58

That I wish my sister wasnt my sister.

cryinglaughing · 12/11/2024 21:58

I would ask someone who I have to see far more than I'd like, why do you always look like someone has shit on your top lip?

Whereohwhereohwhere · 12/11/2024 21:59

That you need to leave him.

That I think you know you hurt me by leaving me out but you do it anyway.

Chemtrailsarereal · 12/11/2024 22:00

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hailu · 12/11/2024 22:03

I would tell someone I am in love with them and that I know they didn't know about it and went off to another country for their work for a three year posting and came back married but FFS, they can't now show up back in this country and start telling me I'm the most wonderful woman in the world while their fucking new WIFE (who they've only known for a matter of months) is waiting for her paperwork to be sorted out so she can move here.

Fuck my life. It's always the same.

CharlotteStreetW1 · 12/11/2024 22:03

Caller: "Can I speak to [terminally elusive colleague] please?"

Me: "Ha! You'll be lucky!"

In fact I very nearly did say it today 😳

Parkmybentley · 12/11/2024 22:04

Just get a grip 🙄 feeding your kids beans on toast isn't a big deal, it's not even anything to be remarked upon, it's a completely normal meal to have.

Bobbie12345 · 12/11/2024 22:04

I’d go back and talk to the woman I saw today at a service station. She was encouraging her two very overweight children to choose a fizzy drink, a full size chocolate bar and a large bag of chips each. She was telling them that it was fine because they were having a fun road trip and daddy should stop trying to limit them.
I would go back and tell her no, it wasn’t fine. It was verging on child abuse and that she really should get some counselling for her and her husband to sort this shit out. I kept quiet because there was zero way my opinion was going to help anything. But I have been thinking about it ever since.

shellyleppard · 12/11/2024 22:04

To my teenage sons.... spraying the bath with hot water does NOT get it clean......it needs shower cleaner and a good scrub!!! There is more toothpaste in the tube, try squeezing from the bottom!!!

giggly · 12/11/2024 22:04

sunbum · 12/11/2024 21:17

Your kids are totally fine and standard, they dont have ADHD, they're not on the spectrum, they dont have severe allergies and they're not different or special in any way. You should be happy about that.

In the same vein, that’s yes some children who come to CAMHS have absolutely been affected by shit parenting and there is bugger all we can do to fix it until they leave home. Every single day I see this but dare to tell them , oh no can’t possibly be down to us must be MH or someone else’s fault

PermanentTemporary · 12/11/2024 22:06

To my boss; Pleeeeeease resign from your job. It doesn't work the way you're doing it. Go private, you'll probably make a lot of money and BTW could you spend some of it being assessed for autism.

And to the rest of the team; it's not my job to absorb every grumble about said boss. Escalate it to the big boss or give it a rest.

SpaciousHodgePodge · 12/11/2024 22:09

I would tell anyone who’d listen about the appalling way DH behaves sometimes. He’s so good at looking like he’s a kind, thoughtful, brilliant dad and feminist ally, people would be so shocked at the way he has treated me and DC. But I will protect his reputation for DC sake. But god I’d like to take out a double page spread in the local rag.

Don’t worry. Social services were informed, work happened, DC no longer at risk, and separation under way.

InThePinkScarf · 12/11/2024 22:09

I would tell my mum that I think it's disgusting the obvious favouritism she shows towards my siblings. That it's really shameful on her part how little she thinks I deserve and that she is in many ways a massive hypocrite who needs to take a long and hard look in the mirror.

I would tell an ex colleague of mine that I feel she used me and that her behaviour says a lot about her.

I would tell my brother to stop judging me and after the nasty comment he made about me, I will never trust him again.

Loads more. I have a lot of repressed angry thoughts.

FlippertyFlopperty · 12/11/2024 22:10

ZeldaFighter · 12/11/2024 21:44

Burrrrnnnnn....

😂

SpaciousHodgePodge · 12/11/2024 22:10

giggly · 12/11/2024 22:04

In the same vein, that’s yes some children who come to CAMHS have absolutely been affected by shit parenting and there is bugger all we can do to fix it until they leave home. Every single day I see this but dare to tell them , oh no can’t possibly be down to us must be MH or someone else’s fault

Do you not work with and through the parents to help them to understand and change? I’ve seen this work well.

Dotto · 12/11/2024 22:11

It's been 18 or so years but I know you still think about me; you slipped up on Facebook. You slept with me a week before proposing to her, going off to live your Welsh dream. You claim to be a good Christian youth pastor, a champion, but you ghosted, then tricked and coerced me. You thought you were better than me. You made me demean myself. I loved you. I hope your three daughters never encounter a wolf like you; false soldier.

SpaciousHodgePodge · 12/11/2024 22:12

shellyleppard · 12/11/2024 22:04

To my teenage sons.... spraying the bath with hot water does NOT get it clean......it needs shower cleaner and a good scrub!!! There is more toothpaste in the tube, try squeezing from the bottom!!!

I don’t understand why you don’t teach them that? Useful life skills surely

FluffyGreen · 12/11/2024 22:13

To the man I sit near at work “STOP FUCKING HUMMING AND MAKING STUPID NOISES ALL DAY”

OSU · 12/11/2024 22:14

Get over your divorce that happened 51 years ago. While you are at it, stop moaning about your current husband and start organising to get him care and you some freedom before you die because let's face it, while he is doddery and ancient he's effectively still healthy. Meanwhile, you've had cancer twice, recently, and you need to tick some bucket list stuff. And one of them is not getting back together with your ex. He doesn't love you.

hailu · 12/11/2024 22:15

Thought of another one. I'd say to our parish priest that he is a fucking lazy arse and an arrogant prick as well and that it's high time he moved on to another parish instead of running the parishes he is responsible for into the ground because everyone is leaving in droves because he does fuck all apart from sit around getting pissed with a couple of people in the village he gets on with.
And that I can't stand the sight of him.

SpaciousHodgePodge · 12/11/2024 22:16

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And conspiracy believers who don’t fact check.

Pandasnacks · 12/11/2024 22:18

shellyleppard · 12/11/2024 22:04

To my teenage sons.... spraying the bath with hot water does NOT get it clean......it needs shower cleaner and a good scrub!!! There is more toothpaste in the tube, try squeezing from the bottom!!!

Why don't you just say this one?

Keyboardgo · 12/11/2024 22:18

I Would tell SIL that I really do not like you or your 10th 🙄 partner, never have and yes you are an alcoholic your parents just deny it because they are scared of your outbursts.

I would tell PIL they ruined their son’s life for most of it and are just vile tbh.

I would also say out loud to those that needed to hear it, she really is just normal, nothing special nothing out of the ordinary…trust me!!

Dotto · 12/11/2024 22:21

Oh yeah, and SIL you are a fucking idiot. Wasted your whole life chasing after fuckwit men who always let you down. Get some self respect. Be single for more than 10 minutes for once.