Things that PISS you off, but you can't really say so.

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I have a few. Can't say them out loud (except to DH).

MIL & FIL - multi millionaires. Spend loads of money on themselves, lavish holidays, sports cars, only the very best restaurants etc. Never ever do they give a penny to their adult children (and one is flat broke). This is despite them both having been given property and a thriving business by a parent themselves.

My Dad - Overbearing, alcoholic, violent outbursts etc, all through our childhood. He's now decrepit and I have to do so much for him. I resent it.

Brother - keeps saying he's broke, whilst living like a rockstar. Just spend £20k on a holiday, lives in a £600k house, drives top of the range car, but often claims poverty - stop lying!

And breathe......

Anyone else?

I have a friend who I love but find incredibly annoying. She’s an absolute bore and has never learnt the art of reciprocity in conversation.

A group of us ‘girls’ are going out this weekend. There will be a covert attempt from all to neither sit next to her, nor in her eye line. I usually lose this sneaky battle, so I’ll end up missing out on all the good chat whilst she drones on and on at me.

She also drinks too much and starts offering unwanted advice to people, and offending them in the process.

I'm irrationally annoyed about a company correcting their mistake and apologising! Bear with me.
I have to oversee a bank account that has been nothing but a pain in the arse since its inception. If I'd known the plan beforehand I could have pointed out the problems, specifically if this, that and the other happened. Well, this, that and the other DID happen so I've got to deal with this shit.
I asked for a cheque to be issued but (yet again) they cocked it up. I wrote a polite letter saying could they send me the paperwork I'd completed, just in case I'd done it wrong. Instead of sending me my paperwork, they must have looked at it, realised their mistake, cancelled the wrong cheque and sent the right one. All fine, right? No it bloody isn't, I had the reply that I was going to send written in my head, pointing out their ineptitude AGAIN, and various other points too numerous to mention. It would be petty to send a letter pointing out these facts now, as it's all OK now but I'm cross.
I get no thanks from my family members for the admin of this account (apart from one), although whenever I try to sort something out, all I hear about is how marvellous my brother is (golden boy). I'm bloody good at forms and admin and bank accounts but sorting this account out nearly broke me.
Mind you, the other day I sat and wrote a list of how many times I've had to write to them, Googled how much the postage has been historically and totalled it up. When this account is closed, I'm taking my postage expenses out first.

When people say nail 'varnish' instead nail polish. Sorry OP. 😊I cannot stand it, I just want to stamp my feet and say it's POLISH you imbecile!

Im English. I have never adopted the American ‘polish’. It is varnish. Look at the French ‘vernis à ongles’. Varnish.

Vinted buyers and sellers. People buying stuff that has a clear and detailed description ie satisfactory / worn for a couple of quid but then moaning about the item! Ffs. Equally people sending clothing items that are dirty ie bought a toddler coat, it was dirty, just needed a wash but who the hell doesn’t wash an item of clothing before selling.

Ooh, I've thought of a few more :

People that were born in the UK, talking with a Caribbean accent, so, for eg. instead of saying "ninety nine", they would say "nanty nan". I think it's like a street accent, that youngsters think makes them look cool. It doesn't, you just look young and dumb. Normally the men who do this, have trousers that sit below their bum cheeks with their underpants showing. Urgh.

People at T junctions, who are turning right, but have not pulled their car up to the front right part of the lane, meaning that even though I am turning left, I can't get past you to do so. Makes me want to keep my hand on the horn indefinitely.

I started to put something then realised it made me sound like a bitch (rather than frustrated) and if the person read it, they would be very hurt so I guess I'll continue to keep it to myself.

People who get off an escalator and then stand there trying to figure out what direction to walk in. MOVE! There's a whole escalator of people coming up behind you, FFS.

Tbf sometimes it's an accent they've picked up at home/in the local community.

Accents are fascinating about when/how people get them. My sister is 1 year younger than me. We moved from wales to Liverpool when we were 6/7. My sister now talks with a very Liverpool accent. I didnt have any accent but when I was 19 moved to Cheshire. Ive lived in Cheshire for 10 years and am now picking up this accent. I dont like it so Im having to catch myself. 🤣 My parents still have the accent from Wales.

If someone put their horn on indefinitely, I'd be tempted to get out of my car and ask them if there was something wrong.

Car drivers who park on pavements. Twats.

Thank you, OP, for articulating the "nanty nan" thing. I am generally an relatively easy-going soul, but this drives me up the wall. It's it so many TV commercials at the moment!

Funny that. What pisses me off is people who work with disabled kids thinking they know better than parents what their child needs.

You have my sympathy with the nails. I used to have the same problem with a work colleague. As for the slim eater, she’s not doing herself any favours for her future health and will probably have a lot of hidden fat inside her. That’s what I would be telling myself anyway 😂

Old people (women usually) in groups who try to one up each other with their holiday destinations. As if it’s something that nobody has ever done before. Seriously 🙄

Oh I hate this so much too! Grrrr.

Everyone over 40 these days seems to be complaining of their 'peri' symptoms. 🙄

And there are people who will avail of taking time off sick for the mildest of ailments ie sniffles /painful toe etc

People who get up at the crack of dawn, and then think it's fine to be loud outside, because surely everyone is up. There is a group of retired women here, and they take their daily walk at 745am, and they SHOUT their conversation all the way around the block. Last month it was someone's birthday, they all had party hats on and those party horns that unroll when you blow into them. At 8am on a weekend!! FUCK OFF! I'd wager they would be the first to complain about youngsters being antisocial. See also, people who take screaming toddlers onto the village green at 730am.

People who bang on about how hard they work when they do sod all, which is about 70% of people I have ever worked with. Sitting at your desk from 7am to 5pm and mostly talking bollocks, staring at your phone or surfing the Internet is not “putting in a long, hard day at work”

mumsnet acronyms such as DH when the person posting obviously hates their partner and wants to waterboard them. BH would be a better acronym.

Thanks to mumsnet I’ve also developed an irrational hatred for the phrase “food noise”.

As others have said, my DH falls asleep as his head hits the pillow. Then snores loudly and raggedly. He also mouth-breathes in the day.

My friends almost never reach out to me or arrange things, or want to do anything fun. It is always me putting in the work and I'm fed up.

My brother has always been effortlessly cool and popular and is constantly sought-after. And earns way more than me.

Vertical blinds in houses. What are they thinking?!

My mum claims she can only remember the phrase 'bottle opener' in French and calling it a 'tire-bouchon' but in a really bad accent. She is not French. I have no idea why she does this.

Also, any time she pronounces anything Spanish she does it in a ridiculous Speedy Gonzales cod-Mexican accent which I think she thinks sounds reasonable.

Upsetting to read this.
You have no idea how the child is at home, often schools get the easy version of SEN children who manage to mask all day.
Upsetting too how much ignorant shit I've read like this on here over the years from the very people working with our children.

Unfortunately, schools have absolutely NOT learned from covid and the pressure to go in while ill carries on 😡

My work colleagues.
They are lovely but alot of them are from a culture that is very loud, effusive, touchy/grabby and just generally the complete polar opposite of my very buttoned up, reserved self! Just talking to them wears me out!

Also my lovely little dog.
Im lucky to have her at 16 yrs old so I really cant complain about the puddles in the house and lack of sleep from the constant wandering....
but holy crap, do I want to!

My cousin is always moaning that we never do any family get togethers, yet whenever we invite her to something she always cancels....

Vertical blinds are the work of the devil. What the fuck. Who wants their house to look like the doctor’s waiting room.

We have women that do their daily run at 7am but stop at the corner of my house, one street goes up into the scheme of the village but if you go straight on you end up in country side, some parts of it have no proper paths anymore but every morning they used to stop there to decide which way to go very loudly. We had to have a word with them last year as I would have been in hospital and sent home under strict instructions not to get stressed. Loud noise stresses me out so my other half explained the situation do they now have their conversation at the pub on the opposite side of the road.