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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Over used mumsnet phases?

329 replies

WillTheRealDeanGaffneyPleaseStandUp · 20/07/2026 08:00

You/he/she is a narcissist.

You don't sound very nice/pleasant.

I'm self diagnosed with ADHD/Autism.

She/he must have ADHD/Autism.

You need to make your partner do X. (Because that is how adult relationships work).

Op: I need a new dress.
Mn: here is a shapeless sack the colour of sludge that costs almost £200.

I hate Boden.

I fancy Greg Davies.

...

What have I missed?

OP posts:
Mydogisagentleman · 20/07/2026 08:02

This

user1476613140 · 20/07/2026 08:02

That is odd.

UrbanSoul · 20/07/2026 08:27

Your house,your rules
Big girl pants
Use your words
First post nails it

mbosnz · 20/07/2026 08:29

No is a complete sentence.
Don't be such a wet lettuce.

ToadRage · 20/07/2026 08:29

You missed
My husband...
Divorce him

Bollihobs · 20/07/2026 08:29

Gently, OP

DreamingOfGeneHunt · 20/07/2026 08:30

We've lost sight of what a healthy weight/dress size is.

Makes me think of a size 8 dress running for the hills.

EligibleTern · 20/07/2026 08:33

"Vile" and "grim" (especially about totally innocuous things)
"That's on you" and "This isn't about you" both make me irrationally angry
"Use your words" ditto, so patronising and often ignores the reality of how humans typically relate to one another (e.g. it's actually not "on you" if you didn't spell out to your partner that you would like your birthday to be acknowledged)

WigglywagglyWanda · 20/07/2026 08:33

Cancel the cheque

Kindly OP

Ducks lined up

ThePeppyOpalScroller · 20/07/2026 08:33

Leave the bastard.

Said at the slightest sign of a man making any suggestion what so ever, because a man having an opinion is controlling and toxic.

Mortima · 20/07/2026 08:34

Grim

devildeepbluesea · 20/07/2026 08:34

My anxiety is through the roof.

Translation - I’m a bit worried.

KevinsSignatureShortdeads · 20/07/2026 08:35

Addressing the readers as “Dear hive mind….”

“Give your head a wobble”

pokeherwiththesoftcushions · 20/07/2026 08:35

‘First post nails it’

Lomonald · 20/07/2026 08:35

"Typical Mumsnet" for anything a poster disagrees with.

Sharptonguedwoman · 20/07/2026 08:36

Cuppa

BarbarianBabs · 20/07/2026 08:37

“And what was his reply when you told him <<insert sentence that the poster fully knows OP didn’t tell her husband/partner>>

PuppyMonkey · 20/07/2026 08:37

Could you move house?

pokeherwiththesoftcushions · 20/07/2026 08:37

‘Throw that one back’
’What a prince’

VestPantsandSocks · 20/07/2026 08:38

Book yourself a hotel for the night.

UrbanSoul · 20/07/2026 08:39

You have a DH problem

ThisSereneGoose · 20/07/2026 08:40

red flag
duck in a row

pokeherwiththesoftcushions · 20/07/2026 08:40

‘Gave me the ick’

ToyStory75 · 20/07/2026 08:40

share the right move link.

(and then everyone says, price to high/ too cluttered/ too small)

StillgotmyiPod · 20/07/2026 08:40

"Safeguarding" - where it's entirely irrelevant. I don't think people understand what safeguarding actually is, where it applies, and who to. And while I welcome anyone who wants to take it seriously, I think too often on here it's used to encourage behaviours that are bordering on the insane.

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