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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

To share some MN threads generated by ChatGPT?

12 replies

Adventing · 04/11/2025 18:27

Honestly they're so on point!

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101Alsatians · 04/11/2025 18:27

Go on then!

TheAutumnalCrow · 04/11/2025 18:28

The thick brown cow jumps over the harvester moon.

Adventing · 04/11/2025 18:31

Title:
AIBU to think my husband is being ridiculous about the “guest towels”?
Original Post (OP):
So DH and I had friends over at the weekend — nothing fancy, just a few drinks and takeaway. When they asked to wash their hands, I told them to just use the towel hanging in the downstairs loo.
Later on, DH pulls me aside and tells me off for letting them use the “guest towels”. Apparently, the nice hand towels hanging in there are “for show” and we should’ve given them the old ones from under the sink instead. 🤨
He genuinely believes the downstairs bathroom towels are decorative only and has now washed and refolded them like we live in a hotel. I laughed and said that’s bonkers — if people can’t dry their hands on a towel in the bathroom, what’s the point?
He says I “don’t understand presentation” and that I’ve “ruined the look”.
AIBU to think he’s completely lost the plot over some towels?

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ShesTheAlbatross · 04/11/2025 18:33

I’m not sure it’s an accurate depiction of MN to create a thread where it’s the husband being unreasonably precious about towels tbh.

Nopenott0day · 04/11/2025 18:33

That is pretty on point tbh.

Adventing · 04/11/2025 18:33

I would have perhaps replaced nice with naice but its not bad!

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FeliciaFancybottom · 04/11/2025 18:37

It's pretty unbelievable tbh, how many men use the words 'guest towels'?

AnyoneWhoHasAHeart · 04/11/2025 18:50

AIBU to be upset that my in-laws don’t accept me because I’m taller than their son? Bit of a strange one, but I honestly don’t know what to do anymore.

I (31F) have been with my partner (32M) for nearly 4 years, and we got engaged earlier this year. He’s lovely, supportive, and we have a really solid relationship. The problem is… his parents seem to despise me — and it’s apparently because I’m taller than him.

For context, I’m 5’10” and he’s 5’7”. I never thought anything of it, but from day one his mum has made little digs like, “Oh, you must make him feel so small!” or “Wouldn’t he look better with a more petite girl?” His dad once joked that we “look funny in photos” and then refused to include us in a family picture because I “throw the proportions off.” 🙄

I tried to laugh it off at first, thinking it was old-fashioned nonsense, but it’s escalated. When we got engaged, his mum apparently told him she “couldn’t be happy about a marriage that would make her son look emasculated.” She even said I was “trying to dominate him physically.” (???)

We’ve tried to talk to them, but they just double down — saying I’m being “overly sensitive” and that “it’s just the way things are, women shouldn’t tower over their husbands.”

My fiancé is furious and has limited contact, but I can tell it’s hurting him. I don’t want to be the reason he’s estranged from his parents, but I also don’t see how I can have a relationship with people who reject me over something so trivial.

So… AIBU to think this is completely ridiculous and to say I’m done trying? Has anyone else dealt with something similar? 

Adventing · 04/11/2025 18:53

Pretty good 😀

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goldtrap · 04/11/2025 19:03

Blimey, why are you generating more AI bollocks here when the OP of most of the threads in active convos is Ms ChatGPT? Or actually, is that your point?

Adventing · 04/11/2025 19:04

@AnyoneWhoHasAHeart

Here's some ChatGPT generated responses

[TallAndProud42]:
YANBU. Honestly, that is beyond ridiculous. Taller women are not trying to emasculate anyone. Your fiancé’s parents are being downright daft and a bit nasty. Stand your ground.
[CupOfTeaForever]:
Oh god, this is classic petty MIL nonsense. I’d be done too. You’re not the problem, their tiny ego is.
[BiscuitMonster77]:
YABU. I mean… it’s odd, but maybe have a chat with your fiancé about boundaries. He needs to back you 100%. You shouldn’t have to bend over backwards to make them feel comfortable.
[SofaQueen]:
Mine once said my partner “looked small next to me” at a wedding. Honestly, I laughed and bought a few inch heels for the next family event. Sometimes humour is the only way to survive.

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101Alsatians · 04/11/2025 21:32

This thread is just as wank as I expected🤣

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