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?

My mil once sent my birthday money a month late, made me really upset as she is normally so great at never forgetting a birthday. I'm sure she was angry with me at the time (actually she was punishing me cos she fell out with my husband)

My gorgeous baby boy...I love him so much but sometimes I go to kiss his cheek and he turns his face and I get a mouthful of his slobber. I don't let it piss me off beyond going "Ewww"

Neat. AI itself admitting that it's shit.

Also my husband talks over people all the time. I can't really say anything if we are in a school meeting or something but it's painful to witness. My 19 year old son came up with a plan...next time my husband talks over him he is going to shreik really loudly. Unfortunately it's not happened yet as it's going to be really funny

My DH hums, whistles and taps his way through life. It makes me murderous when he does it on public transport or at a school presentation type thing.

TBH although autocorrect can be a right royal PITA, I can’t say I’ve ever noticed it messing with my plurals, or producing one like baby’s, family’s or box’s. So in most cases I still won’t be blaming autocorrect.
It’s certainly not a case of American spelling.

People who thank their god after a surgery or medical intervention (IVF, childbirth, operations, treatments). I don't mean thanking their god for making them feel supported, I mean when they think their god did it all, not the talented and hard working educated doctors, nurses, medical and non-medical staff. "Thank you Jesus for the miracle that is IVF" F off!!

Just lately people saying “bless you” when someone sneezes is pissing me off. It is a superstitious thing from the black plague or something and I am grumpy about people sneezing is small spaces. After Covid, “Fuck you” is more appropriate 🤣
Yes, I know, I am a grump, but amazingly I haven’t blessed anyone for sneezing for ages and nothing happens to them. I have no blessing power.

I'm similar with "touch wood". I always point to the thing they just touched and say "that doesn't work, you know".

Special irritation reserved for those who knock on their head when they say it.

I don't like clichés at all really.

What do you write in their reports? Can’t you write the truth? If not, aren’t you enabling the behaviour?

Me: "what do you fancy for your tea?"
Him:"I don't mind" fuckofffuckofffuckoff
DH and his Pokemon cocking go. And now all the auxiliary games.And yes in see youre spending money on it.

My FIL died recently . My MIL gave my DH a bag of his old toiletries that were years old with scragg ends in them.

This is why, as a cashier, I usually pack people's bags for them. I HATE to see the way people chuck stuff in, with crisps at the bottom and potatoes on top! Obviously if they want to pack their own bags then they do, but usually they are happy to stand back and let me do it for them - I'm faster, more logical, and I can get more into a bag than some people (men) who put two bags of sugar in and then try to fit a pizza in on top (rookie mistake, pizza always goes in first, sideways).

Not the OP you're responding to, but teachers absolutely cannot right 'the truth' in their reports. They are heavily overseen and read by SLT before they go out, it's made very clear that they have to be 'positive' with 'targets for improvement'.

Thankfully, the vast majority of parents/cadets are honest about their experiences.

I can only write what we see in school as evidence. I can (and do) make references to “X reports that child C does blah at home” and, if there is evidence to support this (injuries to the child/other family members or sometimes photos/videos/reports from other children are provided) then I include this. If there isn’t (and, in the families that make shit up, there never is) I say “we have seen no evidence to support this but can provide no reason to doubt XYZ”. If I do doubt it, I call other professionals involved and check their experiences. Often, the same report (with no corroboration) is given to medical professionals/social workers/educational professionals and we are all sceptical.

We know it’s bullshit, but we can’t prove it’s bullshit and, since (for good reason due to lived experience of not being listened to by some families) the parent/carers word is held highest.

The ones that aren’t are so wrapped up in their lies (for whatever reason) that they can’t even see their own bullshit and how ridiculous they sound. Until you call them out… and then it’s months, and months of investigation etc. which gets nowhere as the parent/carer is obstructive and starts to manufacture evidence - at which point, professionals become concerned about manufactured harm and back off anyway. It’s a shit system.

It's Maccas in Australia.

This. But the truth will be in there. ‘Sometimes X can forget his manners’ ‘X is often focussed but could improve in this area’ etc

Air conditioning.

That's why.

Why can't you just be honest with your mum and tell her?

Not where I lived it was Micky Ds!!!!

All year round?

If I can cope with having to close my house windows because of the noise and funes, they can cope by opening theirs.

My mum's newish partner telling me how she likes her tea.

He's such a sweet and gentle man and I know he just wants to take care of her, but she's my mum. I've known her my entire life whereas you have been around for a year. I don't you telling me how much milk she likes

This just is just not true. I was a flower girl 42 years ago and many of my friends have been flower girls.🤷‍♀️

Remembered one today. Our M&S has a coffee machine and always busy. There is an area to the left for sugar etc. People however lean over and add sugar, stir, put lid on right in front of the machine. Guy today was on a go slow despite 3 people waiting. Another day someone pressed the brew and wanders over to the pastry aisle. Was tempted to removed the cup once it was dispensed.
Get your coffee and move on!!

Good for you.