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mumofoneAloneandwell · 17/03/2026 22:46

Bored Come On GIF

Weather men and women should be sexy.

I don't care if youre a meteorological prodigy

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usedtobeaylis · 18/03/2026 18:51

The absolute obsession on this site with people - women especially - working is weird. I don't know anyone in real life who gives as much of a fuck about if other people are working and how many hours as people do on here. It's this strange group of people that seems to think nothing can or should ever be questioned, challenged or changed. People must work and they must never phone in sick, they can take mat leave if they really need to but must never ask anything of their sacred husbands while they're on mat leave because they're just tossing about the house all day doing nothing anyway. And if you're disabled Jesus don't you know Steve round the corner has no limbs and climbs mountains on his chin while working in a very lucrative job and doesn't even claim PIP? It's a fucking weird way to view people and life.

ThatPearlkitty · 18/03/2026 18:52

PuggyPuggyPuggy · 18/03/2026 18:23

Oh! I just remembered:
James Bond films are awful. They are like a horny 14-year-old boy's fantasy of being a spy, worked into a 3 hour advert for men's luxury goods. The fact that they are almost universally taken seriously, with massive budgets thrown at them, Oscar nominations, huge red carpet events etc is proof that we live in a patriarchal society.

In a world with gender equality, it would be taken no more seriously than the female-orientated equivalent, which is probably Twilight.

id say the female-orientated equivalent would be the tv show covert affairs or alias

Mama2many73 · 18/03/2026 18:53

Antsinmypantsneedtodance · 17/03/2026 23:30

People who call every school holiday half term are uneducated morons.

That made me laugh!
Yesterday I heard some one refer to Easter as Easter half term and it REALLY annoyed me! I was quite surprised as to how much it annoyed me!

Theunamedcat · 18/03/2026 18:55

Working from home should be encouraged as a way to keep cars off the roads

Flexible working should be encouraged also the days are long gone where one parent stayed home or grandparents babysat as long as your work is done to standard it doesn't matter

XenoBitch · 18/03/2026 18:56

Goldeh · 18/03/2026 17:48

Pugs are not cute. I have a pug rescue. Not only is he a badly behaved little shit who is so food obsessed that he would eat his own leg if it wasn't attached, his face resembles what it would look like if a crayon and a candle had a baby.

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Your description made me laugh 😄
I know a few pug owners, and the vast majority of them have very overweight and unhealthy dogs. "Oh, he is so cute.... he snores even when he is not asleep". No, he has apnea.

ObelixtheGaul · 18/03/2026 18:56

TaraRhu · 18/03/2026 09:48

Old people need to be made more responsible for their own well being. They expect society to just care for them but don't do sensible things when able (like move to a smaller house they can actually handle). End up having falls and being burden to nhs and family as the won't accept care when it's needed. Nor do they plan for old age putting in poa etv. Government won't do anything as old people vote and no one will say anything as ' the survived the war'. Plus all their pensions are given protection no other benifits are. We give people all sorts of advice about other life stages, but there's very little out there about how to age well, stay active mentally and physically and keep yourself safe.

Well, we need to stop saying, 'they survived the war' for a start. Many pensioners weren't even born during the war. Of those who are old enough to have any memory of the war, only a very small (and very old) percentage actually fought in it, so people also stop needing to say, 'they fought for us'. Most of them really didn't.
The vast majority of pensioners are in their 70s and 80s, so either not born at all or very young during the war.

IWaffleAlot · 18/03/2026 18:57

goingforgold123 · 18/03/2026 18:37

Most French women aren't particularly stylish, they are just very identifiable.
They seen to all wear the same uniform odf white shirt, immaculate jeans or very plain dresses and separates in beige,white, navy and black.
To wear anything with a pattern or colour is considered a sin .

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I disagree. I find their style so chic and feminine compared to here where everything is oversized, and so untidy and frumpy.

Mamamamamm · 18/03/2026 18:58

Fish being microwaved in a communal kitchen should be banned in every single workplace .

piscofrisco · 18/03/2026 18:59

I often wonder if all the people with ‘food allergies’ have actually been diagnosed with them. I say this because my SIL claims to have several and makes it impossible to go out for dinner with her, as she is constantly asking what’s in this, where has that come from. I asked her when she had been diagnosed with these allergies. She hasn’t. She claims they are intolerances. Which is odd on two fronts: one what about my intolerance of people ruining my dinner by needing to know where the fucking potato was grown and two, it’s odd how they go out of the window when she has had two bottles of Prosecco and wolfs down a bag of giant wotsits.
I'm obviously not talking about the people with actual food allergies that might kill them or make them very ill.

TheLizardQueen · 18/03/2026 18:59

WilfredsPies · 17/03/2026 23:36

My BiL was of much the same opinion as me, then he got a pair for around the house, then he was just nipping to the local shop in them, and now he only takes them off his feet to put golf shoes on. They’re insidious. I’m too frightened to ever try a pair on in case the same thing happens to me.

Oh it will rest assured. They are the devils work but soooo comfy lol

SapphireSeptember · 18/03/2026 18:59

B1anche · 18/03/2026 16:00

Me too. There's nothing worse than finding a nice spot then, as the band comes on, a 7ft man wearing hat appears right in front of you blocking your view.

Agreed! That happened to me at Sonisphere when Rammstein were on! Some drunk German bloke nearly knocked me and another young woman over. Both our partners had words.
I got right to the front at an Evanescence gig once. 😁 One of the security guards tried to shoo me away, right in the middle of a song! Cowbag. (Nevermind, I got to blow Troy a kiss. 😍)

worldshottestmom · 18/03/2026 19:00

Men are a joke and I hate them

TragicMuse · 18/03/2026 19:02

Blueberries are an abomination.

Runrabbitrunrabitrunrunrun · 18/03/2026 19:02

Mamamamamm · 18/03/2026 18:58

Fish being microwaved in a communal kitchen should be banned in every single workplace .

Along with egg sandwiches

Katemax82 · 18/03/2026 19:02

Isittimeformynapyet · 18/03/2026 18:45

I wish people would stop calling it "Witherspoons"

Omg!! If I had a pound for every time I have this argument with my husband...he claims it's Witherspoon because "how do you eat soup?... Witherspoon!!"
Seriously I should have karate chopped him in the throat the first time this happened thus preventing it happening once a month for 26 years

worldshottestmom · 18/03/2026 19:03

People who eat loudly in a workplace canteen with mouth open and chobble on purpose should be fired for gross misconduct

Katemax82 · 18/03/2026 19:03

TheLizardQueen · 18/03/2026 18:59

Oh it will rest assured. They are the devils work but soooo comfy lol

This is shy I'm glad my suede fluffy lined crocs got so gross I had to bin them

worldshottestmom · 18/03/2026 19:04

People who say 'expresso' should be deported

MorrisZapp · 18/03/2026 19:05

Half term doesn't exist in Scotland, or at least it didn't when I was a kid. I first heard of it in an Enid Blyton book and since then have associated it with posh kids in school caps.

Isittimeformynapyet · 18/03/2026 19:06

B1anche · 18/03/2026 08:13

At gigs, everyone should be forced to stand in height order. I don't care if that splits up couples and friendship groups.

@B1anche and@Wellthisisdifficult
I made a prototype "audience sorter" in my imagination decades ago. It involved a sloping ceiling that was lowered into the auditorium before the gig and everyone walks forward until their head touches it. Then it is hoisted up and out of the way.

There were issues however, as unscrupulous men would walk forwards with their knees bent, or people moved around and stuff. So I had to shoot them with a dart so they'd keel over like a zoo animal and be swept aside until the encores were finished. Still in my imagination.

piscofrisco · 18/03/2026 19:06

PistachioTiramisu · 18/03/2026 18:10

I completely agree with you - I never liked him, even years ago. Some people seem to worship him as some sort of god, but in reality he makes boring films about animals, most of which I don't want to see.

I absolutely agree with this. His programmes are dull, and I don’t even like his voice and never have . National treasure? Bah.

MorrisZapp · 18/03/2026 19:06

TragicMuse · 18/03/2026 19:02

Blueberries are an abomination.

You're right. But blueberry muffins are divine.

SapphireSeptember · 18/03/2026 19:07

TheFluffyTwo · 18/03/2026 13:09

Oo, I'll piggyback on this and say that I think design and setting is everything. A bad one will make the most expensive diamond/stone look cheap and tacky!

Yes! Massive great rocks on tiny little bands with four prongs, they look ridiculous, and it's a great way to lose your diamond.

MorrisZapp · 18/03/2026 19:07

Isittimeformynapyet · 18/03/2026 19:06

@B1anche and@Wellthisisdifficult
I made a prototype "audience sorter" in my imagination decades ago. It involved a sloping ceiling that was lowered into the auditorium before the gig and everyone walks forward until their head touches it. Then it is hoisted up and out of the way.

There were issues however, as unscrupulous men would walk forwards with their knees bent, or people moved around and stuff. So I had to shoot them with a dart so they'd keel over like a zoo animal and be swept aside until the encores were finished. Still in my imagination.

What a bloody brilliant invention!

TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne · 18/03/2026 19:08

Morecambe and Wise were never funny.

In fact, their programmes used to make me cringe because they were so bloody awful.

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