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My DH is the biggest twunt ever!

29 replies

TwuntsWife · 30/12/2009 20:07

  1. He went to the shop to buy disks. Had to be a specific type otherwise they don't work, he had it written down.

He bought the wrong ones.

  1. Bought dessert for NYr's Eve.

Bought something I don't like and have never liked (we've been married 10yrs).

  1. He picked up a prescription from chemist for DS and told them he knew what he needed and it was something the dr hadn't prescribed. They believed him.

He was wrong. Has to take it back tomorrow so they can dispose of it.

Grrrrrrrrr...

OP posts:
fanjolina · 30/12/2009 20:47

what a twunt

pour yourself a large glass of wine. and order him to give you a foot massage.

chubbasmum · 31/12/2009 00:22

oops mr knowitall- not hey we all have them hun its not his fault its a man thing

LordPanofthePeaks · 31/12/2009 00:30

the man's got style.

Original poster
TwuntsWife · 31/12/2009 01:05

Style?!?!?!

And it may be a man thing but God, I just want to &?£@!) his >*%" ...

Ah well.

OP posts:
skihorse · 31/12/2009 05:55

So he went out in miserable weather to get 3 things to save you the bother and because he didn't get them exactly right you're furious with him? Way to rewards his effort! Do you not have bigger fish to fry or are you just looking for a fight with your husband?

hattee · 31/12/2009 06:41

I agree with skihorse - at least he tried. You should look at some of the other threads in this section if you want to see how a twunt really behaves

skihorse · 31/12/2009 06:57

Thanks hattee - I just think a little perspective is needed. I had terrible ms yesterday so my OH did the shopping, the ham he brought back looks absolutely minging and he got dried basil instead of fresh - but that doesn't make him a twunt - it makes him an absolute angel for trudgeing down to the shops whilst I lay on the couch!

purplepeony · 31/12/2009 08:58

eh? how can the chemist give him something off prescription just becasue he said he needed it? ( sorry but know a pharmacist!)

sorry- none of this is twuntism- just being a bloke.

MmeLindt · 31/12/2009 09:02

I don't agree with the 'at least he tried' excuse.

He is an adult. After 10 years he should know that his wife does not like X dessert.

He wrote down the kind of discs that he needed but bought the wrong ones.

As to the prescription, not sure how he managed that.

Why do men get off with doing things so completely wrong just because they tried?

skihorse · 31/12/2009 09:46

What an incredibly sexist thing to say mmelindt! It's not (imo) a case of "getting away with it" - more a case of get a fucking grip.

Or do people actually burst in to tears and threaten divorce if he comes home with strawberry cheesecake rather than raspberry cheesecake?

GypsyMoth · 31/12/2009 09:51

to be honest,a ten year old could get thatshort listright!!

he clearly didnt want to....for what reason i wonder

AliBellandthe40jingles · 31/12/2009 09:57

I'm with MmeLindt. Why shouldn't we expect our husbands to be able to carry out tasks correctly?

I've read this to DH. He says he needs more information to decide if your husband is indeed a twunt. Does he do this sort of thing regularly? Is it the first time he's tried to 'help' you?

ImSoNotTelling · 31/12/2009 10:02

Agree with those who agree with twuntage.

It is sexist to say that he was incapable of performing a perfectly simple task "because he's a man".

If DH went out with a list and came back with a pile of different stuff... Well he wouldn't do that, his brain is functional.

CarrotForKing · 31/12/2009 10:09

So regardless of gender a person has been sent out to buy some things.
They:
a)Can't follow a simple instruction(what type disks)
b)Buys something to eat with no regard/knowledge of what their long term partner likes or dislikes
c) Doesn't know what prescription their child has but assumes they do, gets the wrong thing.

I'd say twuntish if either sex had done it.

coldtits · 31/12/2009 10:10

If my husband had cocked up this monumentally I'd be a bit cross.

If I had cocked up like this, I would want a little sympathy and pity for being so forgetful.

Do unto others, etc

DoesntTheTurkeyDragOn · 31/12/2009 10:15

If you think that makes him a twunt, you live a sheltered life. Those mistakes make him an idiot, not a twunt.

I'm not sure why posters think MmeLindt was being sexist either.

ImSoNotTelling · 31/12/2009 10:30

What's the difference between a twunt and an idiot? I thought being a twunt was being an idiot...

I don't think twunt is in the dictionary so I can't look it up

coldtits · 31/12/2009 10:56

Twunt is nasty, not dopey

coldtits · 31/12/2009 10:58

Like, someone who moves in with you, is ignorant to your children and treats you like a domestic slave.

Or someone who steps over a person who's fallen down.

Or someone who spends the grocery money on fruit machines.

All twuntish

bruxeur · 31/12/2009 11:07

Isn't that a cunt?

hattee · 31/12/2009 11:10

Exactly Coldtits. OP, I'd agree that your DH has been dopey, but to describe him as the biggest twunt ever is a massive over reaction

MmeLindt · 31/12/2009 11:53

Why is that sexist? I would say the same thing if a woman had done the same.

I transfered money from our current account to our savings account yesterday and today realised that I had transferred out of the current account and straight back into the current account. Doh.

DH called me something similar to a twunt, and I was not upset at him for saying that (the way he said it). I think he said, 'What am I supposed to do with a twit like you?' to which I answered, 'Love me?' and he gave me a kiss and we laughed.

I would say a twuntish thing is dopey, I suppose it does depend on how you use the word.

DoesntTheTurkeyDragOn · 31/12/2009 12:44

Twunt is a cross between twat and cunt. It's a MN Hybrid word I think.

Original poster
TwuntsWife · 31/12/2009 13:01

He went out to do 3 things and got them all wrong.

I was at home with the ill DC so didn't really feel too grateful/thankful/impressed he'd tried.

But did mean twunt in a more dopey/idiotic way.

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Tortington · 31/12/2009 13:03

he's a thick twunt then