Things that don’t bother you that seem a big deal to other people

[Yesttte]

Lighthearted really but I honestly can’t understand why anyone would feel precious about a friend forgetting their birthday. My very best friend has forgot a couple of times and it’s more funny than anything else. But other people seem up in arms about things like this.

Weddings… I couldn’t give a shit if someone couldn’t make my wedding or posted a photo too soon or whatever else. I’m amazed people care about this stuff.

Obviously there’s plenty I’m highly strung about though! 😅

Christmas- I wouldn’t miss it if it was cancelled 😁.

Status symbols like cars and big houses. I look at small houses and think, that looks cosy.

Hotels. I absolutely love to travel, but I hate staying in hotels. I’d rather camp!

You are wrong. Lunch boxes are the devil. I have in the past budgetted for my children getting meal deals on the way to school. 🤣 But now at £5+ for a meal deal, I have to just suck it up and deal with the drudgery and horror of tuperwear.

Yes to this..see also Christmas food shopping. The endless "x supermarket was so packed it's ridiculous" comments make me laugh. Of course it's packed, it's Christmas ffs just get on with it.

People put towels on the bed to have sex?!?! 😂😂😂😂 I must be a slattern

I’m not really bothered about anything enough to get angry/enraged/furious/start a thread about. I might get a bit frustrated with different things here and there, but I’m largely a shrug of the shoulders, roll of the eyes and move on type of person. It’s a much more peaceful way to live. I don’t really get the level of anger or self-imposed stress some people have about things that really do not matter.

Oh God yes, I agree about the germs!

I love a clean and tidy house but not to the extent of washing towels after every use or changing bedsheets multiple times a week. I also can't get worked up about cats on surfaces or washing their bowls in the same water as ours.

Oh, and sex.

Wouldn’t bother me if I never did it again.

Emails outside work hours/ on Mat leave (unless asking me to do something then I mind)
people using my bins
swearing
learner or recently passed drivers- we all have to start somewhere
what pram people buy- I bought ones I liked and that met my requirements and not just because it was an Icandy etc
character clothing- Zara do some lovely bits
dinosaur clothes for boys
dogs in cafes
children on planes (unless parents are actively not disciplining their child)
If people do/dont drink

Women who are so upset about having to move out of a man's way in the street. We fought so long to be equal and yet we still expect men to move out of our way. Bizzare

people get irrationally irritated about without acknowledging that they are in control of their own emotions and don't need to get invested in so much drama

This. So much. Nobody makes you feel anything. Those are your own reactions, responses and emotions so own them.

There’s loads of thing that don’t bother me, but seem to really wind other people up.

People being a bit late, really doesn’t bother me if someone is 5 or 10 minutes late for something social, I know some people feel it is the height of rudeness and take it very personally. It only bothers me if they are often very late or when time keeping is essential e.g. for an event.

People merging into lanes, I don’t understand why people won’t let other cars in when lanes merge, they are using the lanes as they are intended!

Wedding anniversaries, I celebrate my own, but my family get extremely offended if I don’t celebrate theirs as well every year with a card and present, I really don’t get it.

People vaping or smoking in public, as long as the smoke isn’t blowing all over me I couldn’t care less.

People putting their rubbish/bagged dog poo in my bin that’s out to be emptied. I know mumsnetters hate it, but it doesn’t bother me at all.

Noise from neighbours (unless excessive) I don’t expect my neighbours to tell me when they are having work done to their house or when they are going to do DIY or have a party, I don’t mind dogs barking or kids screaming/crying unless it goes on for hours.

Cats in my garden, couldn’t care less.

I don't care if people forget my birthday.
I don't think 'screen time' for kids is bad.
I enjoy the odd McDonalds.
I don't care what my neighbours do. Ever. They mean nothing to me.

What other people eat.

I think this thread is meant to be about stuff that doesn’t annoy you?

I have a “Revolving Top Ten” - current top three are: hoovering but not putting hoover away afterwards; getting milk out for tea but not putting back in fridge afterwards…(there’s a theme 😉)

It depends on the circumstances though. There is a woman on a thread who is looking after her children having given up work. Her boyfriend wants that to continue but is offering any financial support at all. She is in a very weak position. So many women on here are absolutely shocked to find out when their boyfriends leave them but they are completely screwed financially.

People getting so stressed about ‘rules’ and ‘traditions’ around weddings, etc is just bonkers to me. Your dress is too white? You posted a pic of the brides dress? So.Fucking. What.

Probably flushing a toilet with seat up is very different to flushing with seat down! 😂

People reclining seats on plane.

All the toilet things - people using mine, me using public toilets and sitting on the seat, pooing away from home, etc etc. It’s a bodily function, we all do it, no need to be ashamed or shame anyone else.

Germs, I think I’ve owned two bottles of bleach in my life and yet I’ve survived into my 60’s.

Dogs - love them, wish more of them were allowed to come and put their muddy paws on me.

DH being away, absence makes the heart grow fonder, we’ve lived in different countries at times without problems.

Expensive clothes etc, could never spend even 100’s on a handbag, but each to their own.

Makeup and skin care, never got the hang of this. If people judge me for my appearance that’s not my problem.

I live in a cul de sac, and it does annoy me when people reverse onto my front paving to turn round. However, it doesn't happen enough for me to bother getting chains or bollards to stop them.

Lots of people don't seem to understand there are vast differences between WFH jobs and employers and there's so much envy around WFH that a lot of people seem to think you're taking the piss if not hunched over your computer at all times.

Skipping a shower occasionally.
Toilet seat up.
Tidying up being left for a day.
What people think of me.

People standing chatting in a supermarket. If they are in front of something I need to get, I just say, 'excuse me'. They move. Job done.

My husband having female friends that shock horror he meets up with for coffee without me.

As long as they're not putting it in the recycling bin. I let my NDN put some cuttings in my (paid for) garden waste bin once, and they dumped it in in a plastic sack. Which I then had to lift out and decant.