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Trivial things that annoy you Part 27

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,330 ✭✭✭deise08


    Sky news describing the Irish cricket win as a 'shock.'


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,468 ✭✭✭✭OldNotWIse


    MsBubbles wrote: »
    More than TA. My Sister in Law and her husband are dicks :( They took €100 as presents from Mother in Law at Christmas and didn't even give her a card.

    My Mother in Law is 80 at the end of the month. She doesn't want presents but she wants the family and friends to go for a meal in her favourite restaurant. So I book a table for the saturday evening, Sister in Law asks if we can have the meal in the afternoon instead because of her 2 kids, They're 17 and 13. She's texting my husband every day asking something or other about the meal. OH is a driver so he's on the road unable to text. Driving me nuts

    Scabby bástards :(


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,468 ✭✭✭✭OldNotWIse


    Ms Bubbles your post kind of reminds me of a TA that my mother is responsible for. Every so often, my granny will give her €100 for me. I don't feel bad taking it as I am good to her, she is fairly minted and she likes to give to her grandchildren. Well...grand daughters! Sadly for the males in our family, she thinks it is "demeaning" to be giving money to a fully grown man...chuckle :D But you know, I laugh but that's her choice. It's probably to do with her generation, that you just don't do that once the males are of a certain age. Anyway, what annoys me is that my mother clearly has a bee in her bonnet about this and has started to interfere when she should know better. She has started coming back from my grans house saying, "oh look, she gave me fifty for you and fifty for your brother" and I'm like, really?? You want me to believe that?? It's not the money, it's the fact that she thinks she can just interfere like that and sort of go behind my gran's back. I know she is acting from a place that wants all things to be just and equal between her kids, but ffs my brother is a 36 year old man child who still lives at home, plus I have huge college fees etc to pay. So even though we are on the same wages, I have bigger outgoings and I tend not to píss away the money the way he does. It just annoys me that she thinks she can make that kind of judgment call, and also that I can't say anything to her because she will think I am a money grabber :(


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,241 ✭✭✭MsBubbles


    ONW I hear ya. SIL is a freelancer so doesn't have a steady income but it allows her to work from home and be there for the kids. Her husband has a good job in a semi state body, he's been there 25 years and has risen through the ranks so I would think he'd earn a decent wage. Their mortgage is half what ours is and his salary alone would be 20-30k that my and my husband's combined income.

    They live frugally watching every penny Yet the constantly put on the poormouth. The 2 kids are used as excuse, we can't do that because of the kids, no we can't go there because of the kids.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,318 ✭✭✭✭Menas


    TA that I am bored out of my little head. All my work colleagues are too busy to chat with me. Boooo.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 23,646 ✭✭✭✭qo2cj1dsne8y4k


    When I'm in a hurry, and I run into some aul one that my mother knew, and she delays me talking pure and utter scour. Also meeting anyone that knew my parents.
    "How long is she dead now?"
    9 years.
    "Jesus, 9 years. That was a quick 9 years."

    **** off, I don't even have a clear memory of her anymore, nothing quick about it


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,201 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    I am just so angry with the world...

    26, I ain't no Headologist but it sounds to me like you're having some sort of post-traumatic stress reaction to recent events. Mind yourself, properly. Start with your GP. And no, you're not "mentally ill" - you're human.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,201 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    OldNotWIse wrote: »
    ...Anyway, what annoys me is that my mother clearly has a bee in her bonnet about this and has started to interfere when she should know better. She has started coming back from my grans house saying, "oh look, she gave me fifty for you and fifty for your brother" and I'm like, really?? You want me to believe that?? It's not the money, it's the fact that she thinks she can just interfere like that and sort of go behind my gran's back. I know she is acting from a place that wants all things to be just and equal between her kids, but ffs my brother is a 36 year old man child who still lives at home, plus I have huge college fees etc to pay. So even though we are on the same wages, I have bigger outgoings and I tend not to píss away the money the way he does. It just annoys me that she thinks she can make that kind of judgment call, and also that I can't say anything to her because she will think I am a money grabber :(

    And this, boys and girls, is exactly what's wrong with Socialism! :pac:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,801 ✭✭✭Frigga_92


    jimgoose wrote: »
    26, I ain't no Headologist but it sounds to me like you're having some sort of post-traumatic stress reaction to recent events. Mind yourself, properly. Start with your GP. And no, you're not "mentally ill" - you're human.

    "Headologist" :pac:

    I have been to my GP and she's being very good to me, will take phone calls etc, prescribed diazepam but I hate taking tablets, I've been taking a variety of tablets for 3 fúcking years and now I'm taking more tablets.
    I would like to talk to somebody but I can't actually leave the house at the moment because (a) I've no transport and (b) I'm still too fearful but she has said she wants me to talk to a "headologist" as you say :P so hopefully once I get money for a new bike I'll be able to get back on the road and get referred to a psychologist or something.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,201 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    "Headologist" :pac:

    I have been to my GP and she's being very good to me, will take phone calls etc, prescribed diazepam but I hate taking tablets, I've been taking a variety of tablets for 3 fúcking years and now I'm taking more tablets.
    I would like to talk to somebody but I can't actually leave the house at the moment because (a) I've no transport and (b) I'm still too fearful but she has said she wants me to talk to a "headologist" as you say :P so hopefully once I get money for a new bike I'll be able to get back on the road and get referred to a psychologist or something.

    Good girl. Don't leave it any longer than absolutely necessary, you don't want an irrational fear getting a proper "grip" of you.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,241 ✭✭✭MsBubbles


    Poor you 26.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 23,646 ✭✭✭✭qo2cj1dsne8y4k


    Those cat boots with high heels what the actual ****


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,787 ✭✭✭Aglomerado


    The fact that I'm so careful putting important stuff away that I forget where I put things all the time! (Things like concert tickets, passports, credit cards etc.). They're not actually lost. They're in the house somewhere....

    Also anxiously awaiting news of a promotion in work. Every time my email pings, my blood pressure goes up a notch...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,201 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    Those cat boots with high heels what the actual ****

    What indeed. Mrs. Goose is looking for a pair of engineer's boots for hill-walking, something like mine. But it's proving impossible to find anything in her size at any of the Builder's Providers. Then she sees that Debenhams carry "Caterpillar" brand ladies boots. Gravy, you'd think. Until you see the Jaysisin' hoor's melts a' yokes they have. :pac:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,373 ✭✭✭selous


    The wha????


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,201 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    selous wrote: »
    The wha????

    That's what I said. What next, ballerina's slippers with the "JCB" logo on 'em?? :pac:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,241 ✭✭✭MsBubbles


    jimgoose did you try one of outdoor pursuits shops for Mrs G's boots ?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 23,646 ✭✭✭✭qo2cj1dsne8y4k


    Jim, I got ones from sketchers that look like cat boots and are super comfortable if that's what she's looking for


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,201 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    MsBubbles wrote: »
    jimgoose did you try one of outdoor pursuits shops for Mrs G's boots ?
    I tend to veer around those places - they're full of depressingly sinewy, bearded, Extreme Dude types full of amphetamines and motivation. They give me quite the migraine. :pac:
    Jim, I got ones from sketchers that look like cat boots and are super comfortable if that's what she's looking for

    Yes, she noticed Sketchers alright, possibly an option.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,387 ✭✭✭eisenberg1


    jimgoose wrote: »
    That's what I said. What next, ballerina's slippers with the "JCB" logo on 'em?? :pac:

    Usually with small print "This product is not actually designed for actual walking up actual hills or even slight inclines, or indeed trips to the park"


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,241 ✭✭✭MsBubbles


    Jim Can't say I blame you .


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,387 ✭✭✭eisenberg1


    Jim, try TOG24, in Kildare Village if you are up that way, last time I was there they had some half decent stuff, and not as expensive as North Face.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 23,646 ✭✭✭✭qo2cj1dsne8y4k


    Ugh on the train going to dublin for a massage and some shopping. Sitting across from nausea city. The mother keeps trying to eat the child with kisses, like literally, kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss kiss. All over his face. Constantly. Then she's all like "oh Dylan, what do you want to do when we get to dublin? Would you like to take a nap or maybe go get some food?" Lady - why are you asking a child what he wants to do? He's about three years old.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 735 ✭✭✭Hamadeusentman


    "in terms of". Should be banned.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,318 ✭✭✭✭Menas


    "in terms of". Should be banned.

    Moving forward, I agree.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,073 ✭✭✭Rubberlegs


    This is probably a bit of a mean TA. You know when someone has something really horrible happen to them, and they are photographed for an article, looking all soulful and sad, maybe clutching someone's hand. It just does my head in. I feel their pain and all, but are they told to pose like that or what ? Those trashy women's magazines are the worst with their doom and gloom stories. "My sister had an affair with my husband, after killing all my kids, and eating the goldfish ". That kinda crap :(


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,468 ✭✭✭✭OldNotWIse


    Grab One emailing me about offers that have already expired?? Why??? And then to add to the annoyance, they say "Wow! We blew through 7 in no time!" - what??? You only had 7? Well that's a bit f.ucking scabby! And then they say, "Maybe you would be interested in some of our other deals?" and proceed to show you two for the price of one lemon sorbets and an ab-trainer....because those are acceptable alternatives to a full head of hair extensions... :rolleyes:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,318 ✭✭✭✭Menas


    73Cat wrote: »
    This is probably a bit of a mean TA. You know when someone has something really horrible happen to them, and they are photographed for an article, looking all soulful and sad, maybe clutching someone's hand. It just does my head in. I feel their pain and all, but are they told to pose like that or what ? Those trashy women's magazines are the worst with their doom and gloom stories. "My sister had an affair with my husband, after killing all my kids, and eating the goldfish ". That kinda crap :(

    "Mourn Porn" is the expression for that. Dont know why people love it so much.

    The indo do it great too.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 23,646 ✭✭✭✭qo2cj1dsne8y4k


    OldNotWIse wrote: »
    Grab One emailing me about offers that have already expired?? Why??? And then to add to the annoyance, they say "Wow! We blew through 7 in no time!" - what??? You only had 7? Well that's a bit f.ucking scabby! And then they say, "Maybe you would be interested in some of our other deals?" and proceed to show you two for the price of one lemon sorbets and an ab-trainer....because those are acceptable alternatives to a full head of hair extensions... :rolleyes:


    Which extentions??? Get easilocks!!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,468 ✭✭✭✭OldNotWIse


    73Cat wrote: »
    This is probably a bit of a mean TA. You know when someone has something really horrible happen to them, and they are photographed for an article, looking all soulful and sad, maybe clutching someone's hand. It just does my head in. I feel their pain and all, but are they told to pose like that or what ? Those trashy women's magazines are the worst with their doom and gloom stories. "My sister had an affair with my husband, after killing all my kids, and eating the goldfish ". That kinda crap :(


    :D


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