Mumsnet #30 Six figure salary, never eats a calorie

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Is it weird that in S&B, someone is looking for something to wear for a funeral and is telling people about her personal style for it ("Princess of Wales", obviously)? And that people are suggesting things that they think are "stunning", "gorgeous" and "look more expensive"?

I'm honestly prepared to accept that it might just be me who finds this very off, possibly because I've been to more funerals than most people my age and therefore may have a "thing" going on. I understand you can't show up looking like a slob and maybe you do need something new but the idea of seeking out a dress for a funeral that must look wonderful and show your personal style and all that...is that off? Or is it a me problem?
 
My dog is a Yorkie and he doesn't shed, so no floating dog hair here. However he is an annoying little twit who yaps and yaps and yaps every time someone walks past our house (a footpath runs down the side of our garden leading to the beach, I'd draw you a diagram but I can't be arsed), it's not too bad at this time of year but in the summer he is so annoying. He's only slightly bigger than my son's guinea pig, and looks very comical when he thinks he's being a big scary dog.

Does anyone remember the how to be a frazzled woman thread on S&B, not that long ago? One of their aesthetics was to present as covered in dog hair. Why anyone would aspire to looking frazzled is bizarre to me, but then again, some Mumsnetters are people who think wearing beige crumpled linen sister wife dresses to weddings is classy.
 
doctordoctor said:
I’m just surprised that adult women don’t know how to dress for a funeral etc.
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Surely you just wear something black and vaguely respectable? I don’t really have any dresses so the last funeral I went to I wore a black midi skirt, black jumper and black coat. I don’t remember anyone giving me the side eye.

It‘s frankly a bit weird to make a big song and dance about ‘your personal style’ in regard to funeral wear.
 
ShopTilYouSlop said:
Is it weird that in S&B, someone is looking for something to wear for a funeral and is telling people about her personal style for it ("Princess of Wales", obviously)? And that people are suggesting things that they think are "stunning", "gorgeous" and "look more expensive"?

I'm honestly prepared to accept that it might just be me who finds this very off, possibly because I've been to more funerals than most people my age and therefore may have a "thing" going on. I understand you can't show up looking like a slob and maybe you do need something new but the idea of seeking out a dress for a funeral that must look wonderful and show your personal style and all that...is that off? Or is it a me problem?
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Definitely weird. I go to a funeral to say goodbye to someone or support someone. I wouldn’t buy something new unless there was a request to wear a colour I didn’t already have and I definitely wouldn’t be making it about me. But I’m not a selfish entitled hole!
 
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Didn't expect anything less than these kinds of replies:LOL: they are so predictable. Maybe if they did try eating some snacks they wouldn't be so hangry (think, cunty)
 
Lovespizza said:
Definitely weird. I go to a funeral to say goodbye to someone or support someone. I wouldn’t buy something new unless there was a request to wear a colour I didn’t already have and I definitely wouldn’t be making it about me. But I’m not a selfish entitled hole!
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I'd buy something new if I had to, as I did once when the funeral was very sudden and unexpected and I had nothing suitable... but I took no pleasure in it like I would if it had been a wedding. I went somewhere local and not too expensive, found a black skirt and black top and that was it. I like clothes and fashion but jfc, this was a funeral and a particularly horrid one.

Who the duck fantasises about showing off their personal style and lovely clothing at a funeral?
 
ShopTilYouSlop said:
I'd buy something new if I had to, as I did once when the funeral was very sudden and unexpected and I had nothing suitable... but I took no pleasure in it like I would if it had been a wedding. I went somewhere local and not too expensive, found a black skirt and black top and that was it. I like clothes and fashion but jfc, this was a funeral and a particularly horrid one.

Who the duck fantasises about showing off their personal style and lovely clothing at a funeral?
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This just proves there’s no such things as ghosts because if I died and someone turned up to my funeral in an outfit that they thought specifically with advice from Mumsnet and that showed off their personal style and how much money they had I’d definitely haunt them for at least a little while.
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CrimsonCountess said:
Someone wants to know if they should go to the dr because they tit themself 3 times during the night
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Are their poos skinny or shall we all go and fat shame their chubby poos?
 
ShopTilYouSlop said:
Is it weird that in S&B, someone is looking for something to wear for a funeral and is telling people about her personal style for it ("Princess of Wales", obviously)? And that people are suggesting things that they think are "stunning", "gorgeous" and "look more expensive"?

I'm honestly prepared to accept that it might just be me who finds this very off, possibly because I've been to more funerals than most people my age and therefore may have a "thing" going on. I understand you can't show up looking like a slob and maybe you do need something new but the idea of seeking out a dress for a funeral that must look wonderful and show your personal style and all that...is that off? Or is it a me problem?
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Unless the deceased has requested everyone wear a certain colour, then for goodness sake, most people can find sombre looking clothes in their wardrobe? I'm pretty sure everyone I know has an interview outfit that doubles up as suitable funeral attire. I personally think it's disrespectful to aspire to look stunning at a funeral. You're paying your respects to the person who has died and their family, it's not a sodding fashion show.
 
Serene Serena said:
I was in Vietnam for a while whilst travelling back in the day, and in Hanoi there was a shop with a sign in the window saying 'we sell Western clothes in BIG GIRL sizes' - big girl sizes being 10 or 12. Proper big girl like me (14 on a good day) was advised to go to the Old Quarter and get something custom made. Rude!!!
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Not quite the same but I was asked ‘are you pregnant?’ By the boarding staff at the airport coming back from holiday a few years ago when I was just bloated 😭 I must confess I did cry (the whole flight home) and shake a bit
 
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