My mum
My mum has little tact, often coming across as rude. Some gems include:

After a haircut "Oh, did you mean to get your hair cut like that?"

After walking past the bathroom, where I'd just shit. "Have you just been or have the pipes backed up."

After I'd struggled to cook a meal for us and accidentally burning a bit "Oh, it's ok, there just a bit carbonated."

After I'd gotten back from the gym, in pretty good shape and feeling good about myself "I wounder when your going to start showing some benefit."

After finally getting a job after a year of unemployments "It's a job, but it's not a carrier."

When I passed my GCSE's with mostly B and C grades. "Imagine what he could have done with a little work." (particularly painful as I'd worked very hard, but always struggled with exams due to dyslexia and dyspraxia.)

When getting contact lenses, after years of having thick glasses. "Your squint is back. Anything you gained by getting rid of the glasses is instantly lost."

And I used to wonder why I had so little confidence.
(Mong goose, Fri 4 Nov 2011, 14:10, 6 replies)

Sounds like actually your mum's just a bit of a bitch.

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Fri 4 Nov 2011, 15:58, closed)

I was thinking along similar lines there...

(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Fri 4 Nov 2011, 16:57, closed)

My job is a bit shit too.
I wish I could have a carrier...

With fighter jets and everything.


Oops, was that tactless or just twatish?
(Greencloud Wanted to go fishing on, Fri 4 Nov 2011, 18:10, closed)

Don't worry, it's not just you she's tactless with
www.b3ta.com/questions/tactless/post1419534
(dyllon nice beaver., Sat 5 Nov 2011, 10:01, closed)

Are we related?
The only difference between us is that I don't have dyslexia.

Take this recent example about getting my car repaired:

M=Mum C=Chuckman

M: "It's such as unusual colour"

C: "It's a mass manufactured car, it will be easy to find"

M: "The parts are hard to get"

C: "No they're not, car spares places will be able to get them easily"

M: "Then they will be out of stock"

Like this since a was a child..

Recently dropped the bombshell that if I was born female I would of been called Petra, after the Blue Peter dog. Dodged a bullet there..
(Chuckman, Sat 5 Nov 2011, 20:13, closed)

I was mentally tut-tutting at some of the spelling there
(nothing personal, I sometimes work as a proof reader so it goes with the job)

Anyway, then I read the bit about your dyslexia.

Yeah, how tactless did that make me feel?

Have a click by means of apology. And for you mum's, er, forthright manner.
(Capo, Sat 5 Nov 2011, 21:38, closed)