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NanKate Fri 15-Dec-23 22:05:22

Matching pyjamas by whole family.

Opinions may vary 😀

Kim19 Sat 16-Dec-23 10:33:59

Cleavages. Any... but particularly bad on mature over endowed females. Yuck.

MaizieD Sat 16-Dec-23 10:33:07

Houses lit up worse than Blackpool illuminations at Christmas. Blow up Santas.

Just wondering where the words 'settee' and 'serviette' came from and why Nancy Mitford should have regarded them with such horror that it persists for decades... grin

Urmstongran Sat 16-Dec-23 10:30:27

People calling their partner ‘my soulmate’.
Folk who ‘reach out’ or ask me to.
Renewing wedding vows.

Oreo Sat 16-Dec-23 10:22:52

Very long fake nails, garden gnomes😁

Oreo Sat 16-Dec-23 10:21:57

Sago

Yellow cars, the words posh, serviette and settee, waiters with white gloves, pedestal mats, made up baby names, artificial grass, decorated wheelie bins and finally I can’t believe there is such a thing but covers for vacuum cleaners, photograph for proof!
I would go on but I have probably offended enough people!

😂oh don’t stop now, you’re on a roll.

NanKate Sat 16-Dec-23 10:20:41

You have haven’t offended me Sago however I have been known to say settee. 😏

Witzend 👍

Sago Sat 16-Dec-23 09:34:41

Yellow cars, the words posh, serviette and settee, waiters with white gloves, pedestal mats, made up baby names, artificial grass, decorated wheelie bins and finally I can’t believe there is such a thing but covers for vacuum cleaners, photograph for proof!
I would go on but I have probably offended enough people!

Witzend Sat 16-Dec-23 09:33:48

NanKate

Photos of women with their boobs barely covered. What would my mother have said 😳

I still remember a quote from a novel I read many decades ago - an American one, where the mother said to the daughter, ‘Remember, Susan (or whatever her name was) women who have to use their bodies to create an impression are vulgarians of the most cheap and vulgar sort.’ !!!

Might not be quite word for word now, but it certainly made an impression on me at the time!

Witzend Sat 16-Dec-23 09:30:42

Too many things too mention, I’m afraid, but I’ll start with over- long, obviously fake nails.

NotAGran55 Sat 16-Dec-23 07:51:41

Gender reveal parties and baby showers. Grabby American imports.

Calendargirl Sat 16-Dec-23 07:07:21

And everyone has to ‘bond’ nowadays.

Dottynan Sat 16-Dec-23 07:04:41

"Quality" time. Any time spent with you loved one is special no need to label it quality

NanKate Sat 16-Dec-23 06:52:20

Photos of women with their boobs barely covered. What would my mother have said 😳

MrsKen33 Sat 16-Dec-23 06:37:21

Wall art, whatever that may be. Not proper paintings anyway .

grandMattie Sat 16-Dec-23 06:33:01

Yuck! But if it makes the family happy, who am I to criticise? Opinion do vary.
In French, they say that tastes and shades/colours mustn’t be argued over


Allsorts Sat 16-Dec-23 06:28:58

This antiquated pad added 3 x's, I only footsteps to dg.
I would add to my post, never post anything you wouldn't want your estranged child to see if you want a reconcilliation. I talk about the effects of estrangement. To cut your own mother/father with no discussion, is plain cruel.
I think mental health issues is the reason for many doing it. A last resort I would think, they have problems and turn on those closest. Another big factor is the partner they are with.
Whatever, it is only they can do anything about it, the more you try the further away you get. Eventually as an estranged person we just manoeuvre round that big void and carry on.

Chestnut Fri 15-Dec-23 23:29:06

Tattoos are utterly gross unless small and subtle. Men covered in ink look like lizards to me. Naff in the extreme. As someone said, it's like graffiti on God's perfect canvas.

GrandmaKT Fri 15-Dec-23 23:20:18

hollysteers

People using the expression “Making memories”.

Oh is that a thing? My DIL accused us of not devoting enough time to "making memories" with their children recently!

Greenfinch Fri 15-Dec-23 23:15:23

Elves on the shelf.

LadyGracie Fri 15-Dec-23 23:13:37

Eyebrows, lips, boobs, fingernails.

maddyone Fri 15-Dec-23 23:12:57

That new expression ‘It’s my bad.’

nanna8 Fri 15-Dec-23 23:07:07

Bogan,or ‘common,’ as they used to say once - plenty of that around but I find ‘naff’ a bit more difficult. Maybe young girls with tree trunk legs wearing very short skirts?

Auntieflo Fri 15-Dec-23 22:52:56

Enhanced buttocks. Who needs those? Definitely not me.

2mason16 Fri 15-Dec-23 22:50:16

Fashion wise - the pale skin tight leggings and tops. Pale pink on a girl I saw - thought was naked from a distance! shock

Casdon Fri 15-Dec-23 22:44:18

Those big holes in ear lobes, and all types of body piercings apart from earrings. Naff.