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Lighthearted...what daft thing have you done lately?

230 replies

LushLemonTart · 23/01/2026 12:26

Make me feel better.

I took a photo to upload on an app as needed it for an agency (extra job) . Luckily I noticed the tag at the front as had my jumper on inside out 🤣🙈 It's health care. They'd be signing me up for a carer!

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Newbuildtooldbuild · 27/01/2026 07:25

Clicking the button of my car key to try and open the front door to my house 🤦‍♀️
I’ve done this many times

bloomchamp · 27/01/2026 07:29

We had a power cut the other week due to the snow. Dh asks me where the torch is. I got up and switched the light switch so I could see the torch….

Navybluecoat · 27/01/2026 09:40

OneTrackMindToday · 27/01/2026 07:04

That's crazy! Thank you for answering. You must have been beyond shocked to find out at such a late stage.

Congratulations on becoming a granny! 💐

Beyond shocked?

25 years on,ive still not snapped out of it!lol

I remember my blood turning to ice and the world tilted

I dont remember the drive home (thankfully I wasn't driving) and I remember sitting on the sofa before I burst into tears

It's a bit of a blur until I gave birth (stood up on the landing with only my toddler dd for company)

Thank you-i have to admit my baby dgd is gorgeous-she was a bigger shock than her dad (it took me about a month to wrap my head round the fact my baby was having a baby and i was going to be a granny)

It all worked out in the end and im so proud of them (even if I did my best to lose my poor baby at the time!)

Navybluecoat · 27/01/2026 09:43

LushLemonTart · 26/01/2026 23:58

@Navybluecoat that happened to someone I know. They were abroad on a girls holiday!

Oh bloody hell
It is rare but not unheard of
Thankfully I was at home but I know the sheer shock of 'congratulations!your having a baby anytime now!'
I do hope she was ok-it's one hell of a shock
The paperwork would have been a nightmare-i do hope they got home ok and all was well

LushLemonTart · 27/01/2026 09:57

Navybluecoat · 27/01/2026 09:43

Oh bloody hell
It is rare but not unheard of
Thankfully I was at home but I know the sheer shock of 'congratulations!your having a baby anytime now!'
I do hope she was ok-it's one hell of a shock
The paperwork would have been a nightmare-i do hope they got home ok and all was well

Yes they were ok. It was actually a friend of a friend. Her dc will be about 30 now! People didn't believe she hadn't known but she really didn't. I think she was on a hen do at the time?

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Curlygirl06 · 27/01/2026 12:48

I know 3 people that have had a baby but didn't realise they were pregnant. One of them had fallen off her bike on the way to work, the hospital rang her husband and said she was in there, and by the way she's had a little girl!

Tonissister · 27/01/2026 12:51

Lmnop22 · 23/01/2026 12:45

I dropped my daughter off at nursery and hung my gym kit on her peg and arrived at the gym to find tiny leggings, tops, nappies and wipes in my bag yesterday morning…. Both were just in tote bags.

That made me laugh out loud! Thank you for this. Having a horrible week and this is the best laugh in ages!

Fenchapel · 27/01/2026 13:00

Oh god I made popcorn in a saucepan last week and forgot to put a lid on it. Popcorn fireworks 🤣 Am still finding popcorn in random places

LushLemonTart · 27/01/2026 13:39

Fenchapel · 27/01/2026 13:00

Oh god I made popcorn in a saucepan last week and forgot to put a lid on it. Popcorn fireworks 🤣 Am still finding popcorn in random places

🤣

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LushLemonTart · 27/01/2026 13:40

Curlygirl06 · 27/01/2026 12:48

I know 3 people that have had a baby but didn't realise they were pregnant. One of them had fallen off her bike on the way to work, the hospital rang her husband and said she was in there, and by the way she's had a little girl!

Wow he must have been 'wtaf!' Can you imagine?

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Conniebygaslight · 27/01/2026 14:16

AwfullyGood · 23/01/2026 13:02

Not mine but my sister did this on Monday and we are still laughing at her!

She had a meeting with a new customer in a coffee shop. All phone contact and never met him face to face before.

She was waiting for him and slightly annoyed he was running late.

A flustered man walked in looking around around so she approached him and asked if he was Tom?

He said yes so she introduced herself and asked him what he was drinking and ordered him a coffee and he sat down.

Little bit of small talk nice Christmas, did the kids enjoy it, traffic being bad etc. All of which he answered.

It was only when she mentioned the purpose of the meeting that he said "you seem very nice and it's lovely chatting but I don't know who are. Have you got me mixed up with someone else?"

The "Tom" she was supposed to me had texted her to reschedule but she never checked her phone as she thought she was talking to him!

He let her waffle on for about 10 minutes!

Edited

Fabulous....this reminds me of the security guard they interviewed on BBC news once by mistake, thinking he was a foreign political leader (or something). He just went along with it, having no idea what they were banging on about 😂😂

MrsMabelThorpe · 27/01/2026 14:19

Got off the train at Basingstoke. Took me about 10 minutes to realise I was actually in Winchester. You would have thought the announcements on the train and the signs all over the plaform (and indeed, station) would have been a clue. 🙃

blubberball · 27/01/2026 14:57

I recently knocked on my own bedroom door before entering the empty room.

Starlight1979 · 27/01/2026 15:04

Arlanymor · 23/01/2026 21:21

Oh these are brilliant - thanks for the thread @LushLemonTart, it's been a difficult week so needed a bit of a laugh.

I don't think I have one of my own to add - although I am going to attempt to cut my own hair tomorrow, so watch this space! Can't be worse than when I bleached my own hair while watching rugby on the telly and it was such a good game I got too engrossed to hear the timer go off and by the time I got into the shower to wash it all off, my fringe came away in my hand! I had to get a grade three because there was just no salvaging it! This was only three years ago, I am 47 next month...

😆😆😆

Starlight1979 · 27/01/2026 15:12

Devilsmommy · 27/01/2026 00:59

Loving all these. Mine is being on the phone to DH and then all of a sudden panicking because I can't find my phone🫣 the phone that I'm speaking on. The joke is that I've done it more than once😳

I do this all the time 😭

Starlight1979 · 27/01/2026 15:13

Conniebygaslight · 27/01/2026 14:16

Fabulous....this reminds me of the security guard they interviewed on BBC news once by mistake, thinking he was a foreign political leader (or something). He just went along with it, having no idea what they were banging on about 😂😂

That was absolutely brilliant 😄

laloue · 27/01/2026 15:22

Morning routine …one hand hair mousse, other one HRT gel. Go wash hands, dry hair and then limbs to get the gel to dry quickly…turns out HRT gel is very , very effective as hair gel and a swine to wash out 🙄

BringBackCatsEyes · 27/01/2026 15:22

Went for a walk in the rain, pulled the raincoat hood drawstrings tight and tied them in a double knot. Took me an unhealthy amount of time to extricate myself when I got home.

Oopsylazy · 27/01/2026 15:25

Oreosareawful · 23/01/2026 13:18

I reversed my car down a slight hill in the snow, then realised I couldn't drive it back up. I didn't even need to go down it either, I could have just reversed across the top. I thought it would be easier to turn around. I had to leave the damn thing there and get me husband to pick me up. I felt like such a prat.

This has tickled me 😂 it’s like something Mr Bean would do!

I can’t think of anything (surprisingly) but am enjoying reading all of yours!

WinterBerry7 · 27/01/2026 15:26

Drove 45 minutes to collect my new car and forgot the V5 for my old one to hand over to them. Couldn’t be arsed with another 1.5 hour round trip so had to pay £25 for them to order a new one. Idiot tax.

DeftGoldHedgehog · 27/01/2026 15:33

We came back from walking the dog yesterday and DH said "Oh wow, you have your keys!" as I opened the door when I returned. I always ask him if he has his house keys when we go out together, and never bother to take mine, or have more often than not lost them temporarily (they always turn up again).

Sahara123 · 27/01/2026 15:33

So many…
I was once wandering around my local Co Op, a lady came in and said had anyone just been to the cash point as they’d forgotten to take the money. I spent about 5 minutes tutting what a daft thing to do when the lady looked rather pointedly at me , and with a jolt I realised that it was in fact me ! She’d thought it was me but wanted to me to remember to be sure she’s got the right person.!
Lost my purse, found it in the fridge . I’d been to the butchers and packed it away carefully with the meat.
There's plenty more but I can’t remember. My head is too full of stuff !

TwentyFourHoursToTulsa · 27/01/2026 15:44

Unyun · 24/01/2026 09:02

I was thinking of buying men's pants for DS as he's outgrowing boy's clothes sizes. I was in the supermarket and took a picture of the packet of medium men's pants and sent it on WhatsApp to DW to check her thoughts on size.

2 seconds later I get an automatic acknowledgement WhatsApp from our vet! I'd sent a picture of a man's crotch to our vet!!

It couldn't have been one of the usual pictures I take of pizza or a gift idea. Had to be a man's crotch.

CRYING 😂😂😂

properidiot · 27/01/2026 15:44

NC for this - when you read it, you'll understand why ...

It was a really icy morning and my car was frozen. It was on my driveway along with DH's car. I thought I would just back up my car a little on the drive so I could keep an eye on it from the kitchen while it defrosted. I'll just move it back a metre I thought to myself. The windows were totally frosted over and I couldn't see a thing but I just thought, it'll be fine I know how far a metre is.

Reversed, heard beeps and a crash. Panicked, went forward and another crash.

Turns out I don't know how far a metre is when I'm essentially driving blind. And it is incredibly disorientating driving when you can't see out the windows - who knew?!! I crashed into DHs car first (caused a big dent in his drivers door) and then crashed into the front of my house (big brick scratches on the front of my car and damaged the front wing) and left a mark on the house wall.

I then had to go and wake DH up to tell him the news ...

Meteorite87 · 27/01/2026 16:16

Arlanymor · 23/01/2026 23:00

Same, same, same! I used to be brilliant with dates and times - now I have to double check EVERYTHING! Stupid middle-aged brain fog! Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if I got my birthdate wrong now that I am in the thick of it - think I need an uplift for my medication!

When people ask for "date of birth", I just recite the numbers. However if they ask "How old are you?", I sometimes have to think about it 😏