I like a boring AIBU

[likelysuspect]

There are often some quite exciting, emotional, dramatic, controversial AIBU threads arent there.

I really like the boring ones though. Mundanity is hugely underrated.

I feel like Im doing my bit in this respect.

to be fair, if you downed 3 litres of straight alcohol you probably would get personal and vulnerable... 😋

Im straight in there.

Actually theres a better one now, about champagne vs prosecco

Now thats my kind of thread.

Im all over that already

Its like Ive got an inbuilt radar for this sort of thing.

The point is, I would get so much criticism about the problem I should have prevented because I should have known better and foreseen potential issues 😥and loads would derail the thread to discuss the alcohol issue and how it probably contributed to the actual problem 🤭.

Obviously, most would be supportive and focus on helping, but when you are in a vulnerable place, you notice the arsehole troll comments more.

Which would somehow turn into “what kind of mother are you…” followed by “not as bad as my MIL because she did…” and then “speaking of MIL, I hate old people” and then someone would mention their transgender family member slapping their Nan at dinner and the whole thread would blow up.

We have obviously read the same threads, because yes to all 🫴 of this, which is why I would never turn to MN in a crisis 😁.

I like crisp flavour ones. Roast beef Monster Munch for me.

I'd love to say YABVVU but I suspect you're not. How do you feel about beef Hula Hoops- specifically the big ones?

I absolutely have to do this. I'd apologise, but someone else will do it if I don't ...

HOW DID YOU LOSE YOUR APOSTROPHES, OP? You must have noticed they were gone. Check down the back of the sofa cushions, the bottom of your handbag and in that drawer where everybody puts things they don't know where to put.

You'll find them eventually, and then everything will be right with the world.

I have a security camera in my bedroom.
Nothing exciting has ever happened in there.

I really like them, but I prefer crispy corn over that potato-ey taste in the Hula Hoops. I also love cheap ones like Happy Shopper onion rings! What are your favourites?

I keep them in a box labelled 'never use these'

I unashamedly do not use apostrophes.

I think there is a worldwide shortage, so Im very socially and ecologically conscious.

Ooh, Happy Shopper onion rings? I bet they're delicious. I know exactly what you mean about the corn vs potato taste/feeling but I do love crunching the big Hula Hoops in my teeth. The small ones can be overpoweringly beefy at times!

Have you ever tried Bobby's salt & vinegar twists? They are fab if you get lucky with a strong packet. The Co op own bacon 'Frazzles' are another solid choice.

I want beef Monster Munch Now...

I see your cava/prosecco / champagne AIBU and raise you —>>> doormats

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/5503967-aibu-to-regret-leaving-a-doormat-behind-when-moving-house?utm_campaign=thread&utm_medium=app_share

Nah. No point to a thread if there isn't a hint of drama.

I find the parking threads so dull they make me want to eat my hair.
Ditto the ones about Vinted sellers.
Or the ones where someone tips up to ask a boring and self-indulgent question like "should I eat the last chocolate digestive?"... do what you want, love. No one cares. I find those questions particularly irritating. There's a tweeness about them which winds me up.

How long have you been in here though?

After 18 years, I’ve grown somewhat bored of the bin, parking, benefit bashing threads 😄

I actually think that pp are being far too kind to you about this.

Apostrophes are very important and it is the start of a slippery slope not to use them.

Contrary to what you may think, apostrophes, along with all other marks of punctuation are just as available today as they have ever been; (as is every other mark of punctuation.)

THERE IS NO SHORTAGE!!!!!

Not to use them is a reflection of the shoddy behaviour so often found in the world today.

Well then, it works. It has kept you safe and secure.

I should go and deal with the laundry and the kitchen but I can't be bothered. AIBU?

YANBU.
Use the time to mentally plan whether to bring your doormat, favourite old rug and complicated light fittings when you move house.
Write a passionate letter to the Apostrophe Conservation Society, expressing concern that over-zealous conservation actually leads to apostrophe entropy through disuse, thus making extinction more likely.
Brainstorm creative, decorative ruses to prevent the guy across the road parking his van in front of your drive.

You can use your energies productively, with the added satisfaction of doing it while resting on the sofa. Win-win!

OMG, my eye has been off the ball today.

Ive remedied this right away.

What about this one that I have mulling over in my head

I like frying up chunks of bread pudding - AIBU?

This is why I missed that exciting thread about door mats. I was frying cake

And then eating fried cake.

You ARE my tribe . Even with your apostrophe famine.

I'll throw in the odd one here and there.

Just for you.

💋