God yes!
Why do people have to get married and have babies.

My mum's getting old now and I sometimes think of how I'll cope when she dies : (
( girlinthehole, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 14:31, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

some people don't change
but lots get (i) boring; (ii) smug; (iii) both - and cannot see it at all. my brother is an excellent case in point. he was out every night once upon a time and now he and his fiancee stay in and cook, even on a friday night!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 14:35, Reply)

Maybe he *gasp* grew up?

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 14:37, Reply)

Ban this sick filth!

( girlinthehole, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 14:39, Reply)

nope
he just got very very old before his time.

your 40's are for buying curtains ffs!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 14:43, Reply)

Haha!
This is funny because Noel's buying/has bought curtains.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 14:44, Reply)

Hahaha!

( girlinthehole, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 14:46, Reply)

mais oui!

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 14:54, Reply)

They were hand-me-downs, at least I didn't actively go out and choose the fucking fabrics.
*may possibly have thought about dyeing his ones*
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 15:14, Reply)

I fucking hate children
and I fucking hate new parents. Having a child doesn't actually make a person the ultimate authority on all things.

"As a mother..."

As a mother you can fuck off.

/unexpected vitriol
( Kroney, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 14:37, Reply)

I fucking hate children and new parents too.

( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 14:39, Reply)

ugh they're all like
ooh look my baby now has a tooth

WHO CARES
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 14:40, Reply)

I NO RITE

( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 14:41, Reply)

How is the little angel anyhoo?

( girlinthehole, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 14:42, Reply)

She now has a tooth.

( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 14:45, Reply)

Woohoo!

( girlinthehole, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 14:47, Reply)

haha
How is she of toothiness?
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 14:42, Reply)

Bitey!

( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 14:45, Reply)

She was very sucky before so that makes sense
Has she biten catface on the nose yet?
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 14:46, Reply)

More importantly
Is she taller than catface yet?
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 14:47, Reply)

Yes to both of those.

( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 14:50, Reply)

Best news EVAH!

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 14:53, Reply)

Your life must be misery

( Kroney, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 14:41, Reply)

Like some vision of hell.

( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 14:46, Reply)

You have my sympathies, you poor, poor woman.

( Kroney, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 14:48, Reply)

Yeah,
like today she and I got up at 10, then had some breakfast, hung out on the sofa for a while drinking coffee and eating a doughnut. (She wasn't allowed coffee. Or a doughnut.) I posted on here a bit, did some laundry, now she's off with Catface to get the shopping in and I'm finishing off some work. Later I'll have a big glass of wine while I cook dinner, then settle her in bed while I watch this week's episode of Being Human on iPlayer, pausing it every time Mitchell is on the screen, then I'll settle down for a reasonable night's sleep.

Hellish.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 14:54, Reply)

Woe =(

( Kroney, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 15:01, Reply)

Heh,
I gave up on Friday nights long before I got married or had kids. Overpriced bars and people in overpriced bars? When I could be sitting in front of the woodburner with a book, a bottle of wine and an obscene amount of cheese? No contest.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 14:38, Reply)

Exactly this.
(but I don't have a woodburner, so my 1970s Robinson Wiley gas fire will have to do.)
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 14:44, Reply)

Nothing wrong with staying in and cooking.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 14:39, Reply)

Or obscene amounts of veiney cheese.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 14:41, Reply)

*sniggers*

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 16:07, Reply)

I got that boring before I got shacked up with someone. I think it's called getting old.
As I recall you're younger than me, so I predict you have about 3 months left before you start getting wet about gingham in fabric shops and staying in on a Friday.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 14:43, Reply)

SHACKED UP? I HOPE YOU'RE ENGAGED
NO SEX BEFORE MARRIAGE
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 14:44, Reply)

I don't know anybody who's had a recent engagement TGB. Do you?

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 14:45, Reply)

I'm not sure if it was recent
It feels like they have been talking about it forever
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 14:47, Reply)

Anyone would think it was 3 months and 11 days ago.

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 14:52, Reply)

Where is the daft bugger anyway?
He's not been here for ages.
( girlinthehole, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 14:49, Reply)

He's all 'doing work' and shit like that
I pester him by email all day so I'll mention you to him in the next one.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 14:50, Reply)

it's the breadmaker that denotes grown upness
I had one when I was married, but when I left, I very deliberately left it behind. In a way it's a shame, I like fresh bread
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 14:46, Reply)

I got a Kenwood AND a sewing machine for my 30th.

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 14:51, Reply)

I had a sewing machine when I was in my 20s
but I think I'm a special case. Oh and I had a toy one when I was a kid (it actually was what I asked for)

No one would ever make the mistake of buying me kitchen things, though
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 14:53, Reply)

I love kitchen stuff
My nephew takes the piss because someone bought me Nigella measuring spoons.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 14:55, Reply)

Kenwoods rock, I got given a 1970s one that my mate was going to eBay.
Swiped my mum's sewing machine years ago cos she doesn't know how to use it.

We should start a bread machine subthread next and get al involved.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 14:55, Reply)

I need a sewing machine but considering all the other stuff I should be doing and aren't then it would just be another to add to the list.

( girlinthehole, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 14:59, Reply)

I don't know how you live without one
get one that does embroidery then you can do all sorts of fun things with them
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 15:05, Reply)

I can live without a lot of things.
Apparantly.
( girlinthehole, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 15:11, Reply)

I'm out
I do own 15 crochet hooks, though
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 14:59, Reply)

My sewing machine needs looking at, but I've no idea where to start
so I'll keep on using it until it dies.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 23 Feb 2011, 15:03, Reply)