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People who feel completely alien to you…

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GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 30/12/2025 16:07

I’ll start - people who can’t wait to take the tree and decorations down on Boxing Day (or any time during the following very few days) and ‘have a really good clean’.

2nd (this’ll be popular on MN!) - people who don’t like dogs. 🐶❤️

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stclementine · 30/12/2025 16:39

Just people who like a really good clean - I’m a total slut 😂

youalright · 30/12/2025 16:39

People who are incapable of relaxing and enjoying there own company they always have to be around others and have things planned

Endofyear · 30/12/2025 16:41

People who like Mrs Brown's Boys
People who do extreme sports
People who like animals more than people!

xAwaywiththefairiesx · 30/12/2025 16:41

ConnieHeart · 30/12/2025 16:35

I didn't know you could actually pay for early boarding. I actually got fast track boarding included on our last holiday as I'd paid for larger carry on luggage and it meant I could ensure I had an overhead compartment to store it in. I left the rest of my family to queue as normal 🤣

People who queue to get on the plane early through choice might just like to store their bags there too but personally I wait till the last minute to get on & keep my bag with me. Same with getting off the plane

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Ah see that's probably the difference then. I never, ever use the overhead storage, not even when flying long haul.
Not even when I flew solo to Australia with a 3 year old. I don't get what they are storing up there. Everything I need during a flight is in a bag at my feet.

stclementine · 30/12/2025 16:42

Also people who prefer to spend time with small children and seem to dislike adult company. Each to their own, but I find that totally alien. 💁🏻

CanadianJohn2 · 30/12/2025 16:43

Everyone seems alien to me. Perhaps I'm the alien

DoAWheelie · 30/12/2025 16:44

GreenPoms · 30/12/2025 16:11

Yes, all those people struggling to make ends meet during a huge cost of living crisis are just awful.

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People who come up with the worst interpretation of any post they read no matter how innocent it is

People who like dogs.

People who don't like video games.

xAwaywiththefairiesx · 30/12/2025 16:44

youalright · 30/12/2025 16:39

People who are incapable of relaxing and enjoying there own company they always have to be around others and have things planned

I am, reluctantly, a "have to have things planned" person.

I want to relax and enjoy my own company. Unfortunately I have an extremely needy 8 year old who absolutely cannot just chill or entertain herself for long at all so I have to do something because I just won't be given the peace indoors.

Evenings are my sanctuary. Especially if she's tired out and doesn't appear at the bottom of the stairs every five minutes.

Dramatic · 30/12/2025 16:46

GreenPoms · 30/12/2025 16:16

Anyone who posts on these threads, knowing there’s a very good chance that what they write will make another poster feel awful, are genuinely shitty people.

Naaa it's a bit of lightheartedness

I like margarine on my toast and call it butter, I don't really like animals, I took my tree down on the 27th, I really want to go to Dubai, I'm having a big NYE party, I get excited for Christmas way before it happens, I am very invested in watching football. I am alien to a lot of people it seems 😂

whatcanthematterbe81 · 30/12/2025 16:46

People who think you can’t be friend with the opposite sex

NotAnotherScarf · 30/12/2025 16:47

People who insist the world must stop because "it's my birthday" who are over 10... even worse adults with a birthday week.

TheWytch · 30/12/2025 16:48

Most of Mumsnet tbh

youalright · 30/12/2025 16:49

xAwaywiththefairiesx · 30/12/2025 16:44

I am, reluctantly, a "have to have things planned" person.

I want to relax and enjoy my own company. Unfortunately I have an extremely needy 8 year old who absolutely cannot just chill or entertain herself for long at all so I have to do something because I just won't be given the peace indoors.

Evenings are my sanctuary. Especially if she's tired out and doesn't appear at the bottom of the stairs every five minutes.

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I more mean these people who turn up at your house at 8am stay until 10pm don't take a hint and then say what are we doing tomorrow.

xAwaywiththefairiesx · 30/12/2025 16:49

NotAnotherScarf · 30/12/2025 16:47

People who insist the world must stop because "it's my birthday" who are over 10... even worse adults with a birthday week.

Oh I know adults with a birthday month!!

Jinglejells · 30/12/2025 16:49

saveforthat · 30/12/2025 16:09

People who never ever eat out or order a takeaway.

Same. I can’t imagine cooking every single meal at home.

people with pets.

outdoorsy people

Adults who behave like kids over Disney

xAwaywiththefairiesx · 30/12/2025 16:50

youalright · 30/12/2025 16:49

I more mean these people who turn up at your house at 8am stay until 10pm don't take a hint and then say what are we doing tomorrow.

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WTF?

I have thankfully never met these people!!!

Jinglejells · 30/12/2025 16:50

Meant people who act like their pets are same as the kids

tuvamoodyson · 30/12/2025 16:51

GreenPoms · 30/12/2025 16:29

Because these threads always start off in a somewhat lighthearted manner, and many poster means no harm at all. But they generally descend in to spite and nastiness.

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Then hide it…

youalright · 30/12/2025 16:51

xAwaywiththefairiesx · 30/12/2025 16:50

WTF?

I have thankfully never met these people!!!

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I have cut people out of my life like this usually unemployed kids are older. Single and can't ever be alone.

Heyhelga · 30/12/2025 16:51

Endofyear · 30/12/2025 16:41

People who like Mrs Brown's Boys
People who do extreme sports
People who like animals more than people!

I've never met anyone who admits they like Mrs Brown's Boys

InterestedDad37 · 30/12/2025 16:52

Scientists who are religious 🤷
People who are politically to the right of centre.

xAwaywiththefairiesx · 30/12/2025 16:52

Jinglejells · 30/12/2025 16:49

Same. I can’t imagine cooking every single meal at home.

people with pets.

outdoorsy people

Adults who behave like kids over Disney

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When I Facebook stalk my ex-boyfriend from my teenage years, which I totally never do, I also totally never ever laugh at him and his pictures of him posing at Disney world with Donald Duck as a 36 year old man.

At least him and his Mickey Mouse ear wearing GF found each other 🤷

Thepeopleversuswork · 30/12/2025 16:54

whatcanthematterbe81 · 30/12/2025 16:46

People who think you can’t be friend with the opposite sex

God yes and who tell other posters to “read the riot act” to their spouse because there are female colleagues going to the works do.

IMissTheLittleBluePackets · 30/12/2025 16:56

People who genuinely believe that trans women are women.

People who think drag queens are hilarious.

MaryElliottMusgrove · 30/12/2025 16:58

When Charles doesn't believe that I'm really very ill.

When people assume I'm not a good walker.

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