AIBU Books - Part 3

[MoominMymbleandMy]

I can't get into the old thread so I think we filled it up! I hope everyone finds the new one.

So nice, shiny new thread, nice shiny new AIBU.

AIBU to be jealous of my DH's correspondence with a stranger?

Pogle, I feel I ought to know yours but I'm not getting anywhere.

Maria, this isn't ringing bells at all now. Doh!

ps thanks pogle, i fancy reading that...

Polly, were you in SOE?

Yes, it is going to prove an expensive holiday for him . My friend, whose DH is one of the friends planning to go away with my DH, has now suggested we should also ask them both to rent us a house at the seaside this summer. Sea air will be so good for the DCs...

Oops, sorry Polly. They're going to Germany (to drink beer, no doubt).

AIBU to sneak off to the pub?

Night, all!

CJ, more details, please!

...To tell the truth I wouldn't want to go on another cycling holiday with my DH. Not after that episode with the tandem...

Night all!

Morning, all!

...When he pedalled off thinking I was behind him and I wasn't. So there I was, stranded in a foreign country, unable to speak a word of the language...

Moomin, I'm completely baffled by yours - sounds fun, though!

It's just that this party's pretty dull and they've run out of booze. No one would notice if nipped out, would they?

moomin, i had to google it to see what it as ... i was indeed a small cog in the SOE machine.....and i don't know if i've escaped yet

cj is your person who wants to go to the pub a female member of the chattering classes?

Hmmm, I'm afraid that doesn't get me much further, Polly. More help, please.

CJ, are you an academic? And yes, my one is very, very funny.

...I just hope they don't bring home as much dirty washing from the Black Forest as they did from the boat trip...

Don't know who you are,CJ - more clues please?
Moomin,your Dh went off on the boat with a dog called Montmorency,and a friend who didn't have housemaid's knee,did he?
(unless it was him/he who had the hypochondria - don't remember quite enough to be sure!)
Pondering on Polly's and will try to produce one of my own...

i think i will have to get him before he gets me .....but because i'm getting on i'll need my daughter to help and she knows nothing of my past

off on a drawing weekend tomorrow....see you soon

None the wiser,unfortunately...enjoy your weekend,Polly!

AIBU to marry my sister's boyfriend?

Morning, all!

That sounds fun, Polly. Have a good time.

Pogle, yes, well done yet again, I was being Mrs Harris, and you are quite right because it was J who didn't have housemaid's knee.

Now, how about some more clues everyone, please? This lot has me stumped.

AIBU to start a diary simply because I've discovered my husband is keeping one?

Morning! Should be doing housework,but have found myself here...

Actually ,Moomin,I think YABU - but I've got no idea who you are - more clues?

...I'm not in love with him,he is older and not much of a catch...

Evening, all!

Pogle, why on earth are you marrying him then?! Not in love, no looks, no cash, what has he got going for him?

...Well, if he's going to keep a diary I don't see why I shouldn't too. It's not as though either of us are important or famous...

Mrs Pooter?

And yes, Moomin, I am an academic of sorts. My heart's not really in it, but I think you know that!

Evening!
...well,I wasn't in love with my first husband either - but I may have misled you,he's not much of a catch in that he's older than me,not handsome,timid - but he does have a successful business...

Hmm, still need more clues please, Pogle, but I don't think you are being quite so U now you mention the successful business!

CJ, are you lucky, by any chance

And yes, clever CJ, I am Carrie Pooter from Mrs Pooter's Diary.

AWBU to set our dog on an old man?

..I do need the money terribly badly - I planned on borrowing from a friend,I was sure I could persuade him,but he refused,after all the trouble I went to...

Your old man,Moomin,is he a trampish sort of person?

Afternoon, all!

Still stumped. What a very humbling thread this can be.

...He isn't a tramp, he's a lord! But he talks to himself a lot, and if he thinks no one is watching he throws his collar in the bushes and puts on a new one...

Oh! On completly the wrong track there,then!

Agree about the humbling,this thread has got me thinking that I haven't read nearly enough - not something I'd considered before!

...I need the money to pay the taxes - if I can't pay I'll lose the house...

Are you American, Pogle?

...Actually, we know we were BU and we're very sorry about it now. Our older sister would have stopped us but she was away at the time. We wanted to rescue someone from mortal peril but you don't get wolves and bears in England...

Mortal peril? Very,very faint bells...

Yes,I am American,but Pa was Irish..

More clues when you are next around please!
(By the way have now got Harding's Luck from the library - looking forward to reading it!)

Your one is starting to sound familiar too, Pogle, but I may just have been pondering too long!

I'm sure you will love Harding's Luck. The only flaw is that E Nesbit must have been so pushed for time she condensed the escape from the Tower and said to read the House of Arden for more detail. It's a shame she never rewrote that chapter.

...Well, in books if you rescue someone from mortal peril they either adopt you or offer to make your fortune. We don't want to be adopted but we could do with making our fortune...

I thought you'd have mine by now, Moomin!

The House of Arden is my favorite E.E Nesbit,so I'm hoping Harding's Luck will live up to it,I was really pleased that the library had it!

...it has been so hard since the war ended,and since Mother died of typhoid,Pa hasn't been himself - someone has to run the house,and farm...

Still thinking about yours..