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that my MiL sent me a round-robin email that's sexist?

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NonnoMum · 07/02/2010 20:56

OK - so my MiL (and SiL) sometimes send me round-robin emails, you know the type, they seem to originate in the US (because they always refer to getting your "purse" nicked, not your handbag etc) which I generally just take a quick look at and then delete. (Of course, any family stuff, photos etc, I usually make a reply to). As you can tell, I'm not a fan of those round-robin emails but, no harm etc (apart form all the crappy viruses they can generate).
BUT, the other day, my MiL sent one with a 'joke' on, that I just skim-read, but now thinking about it, is a bit weird. It was something about having a woman having a knob for a facelift that you wind tighter - and i think the punchline referred to what about the goatee (i.e everything have been wound so tight that now the woman has her pubic region for a chin or something).
How should I deal with this at the next family get-together? "Hello there, kids are fine, thanks, and the pubic hair goatee joke was just inspired! Cup of tea?"

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WhoIsAsking · 08/02/2010 14:24

I think you should fling a cup of tea in her FACE, and scream "I DO NOT LIKE JOKES ABOUT MINGE"

motherbeyond · 08/02/2010 16:12

rofl whoisasking!!

frogetyfrog · 08/02/2010 16:21

How on the earth is that sexist? (genuinely confused). Just a crap joke, like many others. Just press delete and be thankful your MIL is keeping you in her thoughts and trying to include you with her daughter. Its pretty tame by todays standards (you should see some of the ones my dh gets sent via his male orientated workplace!)

niftyfifty · 08/02/2010 16:38

Just hit delete if you don't like it but I think it sounds quite amusing .... I realise I'm in the minority here!

NonnoMum · 08/02/2010 22:02

Ok, Ok, I'll just quietly look for the delete button. I do know that it is relatively tame compared to some other jokes of that ilk, but just thought it very strange for a nearly 70 year old to be sending it to her DiL (thought MiL's were for running their white-gloved fingers over the top of your picture frames).
Guess it's the disappointment that the older generation ain't what we thought they were. I was hoping for Joanna Lumley for a MiL, but she was probably hoping for Jo Brand for a DiL but she got Maude Flanders...
Now, must get off to cross-stitch the Book of Job and send a few chain letters to all the inspirational woman I've come across in this thread...

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