Everyday dilemmas. Honest opinions.
Am I being unreasonable, overthinking it, or the only person making sense? This is the forum for everyday dilemmas about friends, family, neighbours and the group chat. Tell us what happened, hear a different point of view and decide whether this is your hill to die on.
A friend of mine has married very well. Lovely house, lovely holidays, a kitchen with two dishwashers. Delighted for her. I have eaten in the kitchen and would happily do…
I took a lasagne to the family lunch. A completely normal, perfectly respectable lasagne. My sister-in-law has now put ‘an interesting take on a classic’ in the family WhatsApp, followed…
A friend has offered me trackside at Ascot. Lovely gesture, obviously. Unfortunately I appear to have decided that unless it involves the Royal Box, I’m staying home. I have absolutely…
There is now a diagram on the kitchen cupboard showing where plates, bowls and “non-standard vessels” belong in the dishwasher. Non-standard vessels are my mugs. Apparently the handles disrupt the…
I’ve got this ‘friend’ who thinks she’s better than everyone else. Armani Exchange jeans, a Dolce Gusto coffee machine, an Evoque on lease, a Michael Kors handbag, a nail salon…
My neighbour has asked whether I could stop getting Iceland deliveries because our houses share a driveway and, apparently, people might think the shopping is hers. She caught me unloading…
My friend has announced she is hosting Christmas dinner this year. It is October, but she has already made a group chat and asked for £45 each by Friday. I…
My sister-in-law has asked why I am still liking photographs on her ex’s Instagram. She says it looks as though I am taking sides. I am taking a side. The…
The Christmas negotiations are approaching. Do you alternate years, split the day, host everyone or stay home and let the group chats work through their feelings? If you have found…
I said I couldn’t make a Saturday lunch because I had a pottery class. Six months later they’re asking to see my work. Have you ever invented something small and…
Where do we stand on a shoes-off house? Is a polite request at the door enough, or should visitors get advance warning in case their socks have given up? How…
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