AIBU (Am I being unreasonable)

[CasMcG24]

A thread to discuss things that are needing to be off your chest so the popular thread from mums.net is here in it's glory so please use this to talk about life issues and not about other members.

 

[CasMcG24]

To kick off... And this is from mums.net

Me and my DP are first time buyers who recently had a meeting with our mortgage advisors, as part of our meeting we discussed life insurance. The mortgage advisor went through a questionnaire on health and family history etc for a quote for life insurance and one question which came up was about your parents having any related illnesses etc. Obviously I had to answer truthfully - my DM has Huntington's disease (HD) which was one of the answers. At the end of the questionnaire I was rejected to be covered for life insurance because my DM has HD. As it is hereditary there was a possibility that I also had HD (I do not - my DM had me tested before giving birth) but our mortgage advisor was certain there was a possibility that I could still get HD later in life!! It's a 50/50 chance that you have the faulty gene which I do not!!! It really upset me - AIBU to think this was insensitive?

 

[CasMcG24]

And another...

Inspired by a thread where posters are saying things like 'unless you live in London you couldn't possibly understand the benefits' and 'London living is one of the best things a child could have' (paraphrased, but you get the poi t). One poster said that her dd's friend didn't have a bedroom, she had a bed in the hallway but this is worth it for London life etc.

I've visited and yes it does seem amazing, but I was surprised at how busy the underground was at rush hour, I didn't think public transport was that cheap and in some parts the signs about knife crime/murder was daunting. Obviously as well extortionate house prices/rents mean more likelihood of living in a smaller place.

So London Livers (TM) please tell me about the great things (and any negatives) In my dreams when my dc leave the nest I will buy a lift conversion in Neal's Yard with those lovely coloured facades

 

[hendrix]

To kick off... And this is from mums.net

Me and my DP are first time buyers who recently had a meeting with our mortgage advisors, as part of our meeting we discussed life insurance. The mortgage advisor went through a questionnaire on health and family history etc for a quote for life insurance and one question which came up was about your parents having any related illnesses etc. Obviously I had to answer truthfully - my DM has Huntington's disease (HD) which was one of the answers. At the end of the questionnaire I was rejected to be covered for life insurance because my DM has HD. As it is hereditary there was a possibility that I also had HD (I do not - my DM had me tested before giving birth) but our mortgage advisor was certain there was a possibility that I could still get HD later in life!! It's a 50/50 chance that you have the faulty gene which I do not!!! It really upset me - AIBU to think this was insensitive?

I would try to get a letter from a specialist geneticist.

 

[Pratters]

No. Don't keep creating threads ffs.

 

[Daemon]

No. Don't keep creating threads ffs.

Why?

 

[Smudge]

Recreating threads from Mumsnet on Cricketweb - what could possibly go wrong?

 

[CasMcG24]

Recreating threads from Mumsnet on Cricketweb - what could possibly go wrong?

Technically not recreating but asking if you think you're being unreasonable, it's an interesting concept and get's people talking... An example would be if Andrew Gaff wrote in... ?

 

[vcs]

To kick off... And this is from mums.net

Me and my DP are first time buyers who recently had a meeting with our mortgage advisors, as part of our meeting we discussed life insurance. The mortgage advisor went through a questionnaire on health and family history etc for a quote for life insurance and one question which came up was about your parents having any related illnesses etc. Obviously I had to answer truthfully - my DM has Huntington's disease (HD) which was one of the answers. At the end of the questionnaire I was rejected to be covered for life insurance because my DM has HD. As it is hereditary there was a possibility that I also had HD (I do not - my DM had me tested before giving birth) but our mortgage advisor was certain there was a possibility that I could still get HD later in life!! It's a 50/50 chance that you have the faulty gene which I do not!!! It really upset me - AIBU to think this was insensitive?

And another...

Inspired by a thread where posters are saying things like 'unless you live in London you couldn't possibly understand the benefits' and 'London living is one of the best things a child could have' (paraphrased, but you get the poi t). One poster said that her dd's friend didn't have a bedroom, she had a bed in the hallway but this is worth it for London life etc.

I've visited and yes it does seem amazing, but I was surprised at how busy the underground was at rush hour, I didn't think public transport was that cheap and in some parts the signs about knife crime/murder was daunting. Obviously as well extortionate house prices/rents mean more likelihood of living in a smaller place.

So London Livers (TM) please tell me about the great things (and any negatives) In my dreams when my dc leave the nest I will buy a lift conversion in Neal's Yard with those lovely coloured facades ��

I don't understand what any of this means. Why don't you provide a Glossary so that we can look up all these acronyms?

 

[sledger]

Recreating threads from Mumsnet on Cricketweb - what could possibly go wrong?

Haha, my thoughts exactly.

That said, this has given me a good idea for our next forum invasion. It will be like styleforum, only with heightened lols.

 

[Daemon]

I've been hearing about forum invasions for years. Clearly no one cbf.

 

[Spark]

yeah we have like six threads that could cover stuff like this