To ask for your best examples of brass-neckedness to entertain us all on this dull day?

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I've got one from decades ago.

My older brother was about 18 and going out with a girl of about 16.

It was pretty short lived as she seemed to be a bit spoiled etc. and they were only teens after all.

My brother was the one who ended it but girl seemed to think Mum was behind it.

Mum wasn't but she had asked to girl to help bring in washing during the rain when she stayed over at our house one weekend as mum was in the middle of something when rain started.

This was apparently a criminal act to ask someone for a bit of help so girlfriend moaned to brother (who I think had got rather exasperated by her anyway by this point) and he ended it.

Apparently this did not go down well.

Next thing, her little sister phoned my Mum and castigated her for being the cause of all this! Little sister would have been about 14 and mum would have been about 45!

That didn't go down well either.

Love this thread, quite shocked by people's cheekiness! Years ago I shared a house , a friend asked if she could use my room while I was at work to shag her lover, she was married! I declined.

I was a wedding celebrant for about 5 years. One wedding I performed was on a boat on Sydney Harbour. The groom was French and the bride was Japanese (not particularly relevant). Anyway, we were in the middle of the ceremony. I was facing the bride and groom and the guests formed a circle around us. I was right in the middle of saying something deep and meaningful (you know, do you take this woman ...) and the groom's mother tapped me on the shoulder and asked me to move so she could get a better photo of her son! I was the celebrant for god's sake! Was shocked but being the professional that I am, just kept going.

Nutty bananas.

How could we have forgotten this one?:

Remember the Christening thread? MNer had a friend who's sister or SIL who pretty much took over, hired her mate who was an Events Organiser, the gift list was ridiculous, expensive and had nothing to do with the child, there was talk of a money well AND this woman was getting commision from all the orders from this gift list...then had the nerve to shout at the op or the sil because it was her mate who was the organier and was getting it at a discount. The Christening ended up being so over the top the mother of the child ended up breaking down crying. It was only when the op received the gift list (which started the whole thread) that something wasn't right adn that her friend wasn't usually like this.

the Mner not only managed to sort it all out, gave the organiser a bollocking for trying to refuse to refund the money already paid out, saved the day AND had her DP propose to her.

The OP of that thread was a legend.

ine happened within the last half hour. Is more petty. But still cheeky.

Dh was going to his mates to watch football. I was going to spend the afternoon drinking tea watching rubbish on tv. Chilling out. About half hour go dh and friends turn up switch tv over help themselves to beers and snacks and settle in to te football. All because friend's girlfriend whose place they were supposed to be hanging out at is sick and needs save to chill. Fuming at the cheek.

I wouldn't normally mind. They're lovely guys. We get along great. But I usually get asked in advance. Not just imposed upon. Sigh.

Do you have a link smiles?

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/mumsnet_classics/1778454-To-be-miffed-at-Gift-list-for-mother-of-the-baby-enclosed-in-Baby-naming-ceremony-invitation I think this is the thread, am just enjoying it all over again!

That's the one. Thank you Gilbert

Great thanks

And an honourable mention should go to Gluezilla, of course! I'm not sure that thread still exists, but iirc it was a "friend" who wanted the OP to basically decorate her reception venue for her, but the OP wasn't even invited to the wedding! She was expected to turn up on the morning of the wedding, get everything ready and then just fuck off home again.

Gave rise to the whole "are you on glue?" thing.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/a1807864-to-say-no-to-this-request-from-a-friend - oo it does still exist! There are 4 in all but this is the first. :)

Gluezilla was brilliant! The absolute neck of the woman!

The wedding one has reminded me

Our DC were invited to be bridesmaids at the church ceremony. I was expected to take them home (some distance away) as they had a no children policy at the reception which was immediately afterwards. So nice living props for the wedding ceremony then to be shipped off home.

We didn't go in the end

They also sent one of those grabby 'joke' poems asking for money instead of gifts.

Gluezilla was one of the best threads I've ever read.

Tidydancer seems to be a magnet for these types of people, bless her.

I'm reading Tidy's thread now!

AndHarry thats awful! what entitled people hope your much better now for you

Baby naming ceremony thread.

I have just finished it. I think that is the best thread I've ever read.

Off to check out gluezilla now

Much better, thanks dances. I wasn't the first and they're now doing it to my SIL, who took over from me :( Nasty, awful people. Goodness knows why they weren't shown the door years ago.

I've nearly lost a week to this and Tidydancer's thread!

Many many years ago DH (prior to our marriage!) bought himself a wee house.

He was chatting with the neighbour and the neighbour mentioned he was looking to get some power to his shed. DH being an electrical engineer (and trying to get in with the neighbours) said he could help him out with it, neighbour said that would be much appreciated and he would "make it worth his while".

DH spent an entire day including valuable shagging time as I still lived at home and my parents thought because I never stayed the night I was pure as the driven snow wiring up the shed, putting in heaters and lights and power points (it was an Avery not a cannibas factory!).

Neighbour appears at the front door the next day with a 4 pack of lager as thanks for DH, 300ml bottles. Probably cost him £3!! Needless to say he didn't offer any further assistance, even when neighbour turned up at the door wondering if he was able to change the position of a light switch for him!

Just thought of another one.

We were relocating from a foreign country back to the UK a good few years back. We had organised international movers and given them an itemised list of house contents to take back.

DH sheepishly told me a few days before that he had agreed to take back a few items of another younger colleague who was also moving back. She would have had the move paid for but she had decided to break her contract early as she missed her DBF in the UK.

I was pretty pissed off with my DH, she was clearly taking the piss.
On the moving day the delivery company were due at 9am. Colleague turns up at 7am with a bunch of friends carrying the entire contents of her flat. Fridge, freezer, cooker, double bed, sofas everything.

I was bloody fuming. With her, with my DH, pretty much everyone. She could see how hacked off I was. I told her we would reluctantly take her stuff but not the white goods. How could we when the removal company had an itemised list that didn't include two fridges etc. she huffed and complained about it. She tried sweetening us up by promising something special from her DBF when he came to collect her stuff from us in the UK.

The removal men very kindly agreed to take the extra stuff and didn't tell their manager.
Back in the UK of course the DBF was in no rush to collect her stuff. We called him several times. When he eventually collected in several weeks later he said had something very special for us as promised and handed me a £10 note. I made this face at him and shut the door.

Gosh Merde it's not even about the removal firm, you could get done by customs for deviating from the list. And the lists are a bloody nightmare to do, I sympathise.

Loving this thread for keeping me entertained in hospital.

I've got a recent one!

Sold a DVD privately that I didn't want any more as I was having a clear out, bloke from diff. office at work says he wants it so I send it off to him same day and tell him he can just send the money via internal post in an envelope once he gets it (our internal post is daily). Roll on a week and I've heard nothing from him, no acknowledgement I sent the DVD, no cash either which was annoying as I'd trusted him by sending to him first. So I email him to no avail, and then try ringing him as a last resort. He refused to take my call! It was so cheeky. So eventually a friend who was going into that office went to pay him as visit and ask on my behalf in person. Curiously she managed to come back to me with the money he owed!

Why 'buy' something you have no intention of paying for?!

Why 'buy' something you have no intention of paying for?!

Do you have to ask?

I have a classic!!

Currently in Tenerife on holiday, part of the complex is all inclusive and the remainder self catering or private owned.
A lady and her daughter have sat down ever day (since we arrived on Friday) to lunch and been caught today! So funny!