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wibu to call Dh common for sitting on the front door step. in the sun

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waikikamookau · 07/10/2013 15:05

tis a council house thing, imo. I wouldn't do it,

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LadyBeagleEyes · 07/10/2013 15:06

Hmm
I have no words.

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Trills · 07/10/2013 15:06

"A council house thing"? Hmm

Pray tell, what exactly do you think will happen if he sits on the front doorstep?

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GoldenGytha · 07/10/2013 15:07

Hmm

Me neither LadyBeagle

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verytellytubby · 07/10/2013 15:07

What???? Mad.

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BackforGood · 07/10/2013 15:08

Yup
YWBVU

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Binkyridesagain · 07/10/2013 15:08

Give him a bucket of soapy water and a stiff bristle brush and he can scrub it for you.

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BaronessBomburst · 07/10/2013 15:08

Was he topless? With a can of Special Brew?

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livinginwonderland · 07/10/2013 15:09

Hmm Biscuit

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StitchingMoss · 07/10/2013 15:09

???? I once lived in a lovely terrace in a very naice town, we always sat on the doorstep in the sun. It was wonderful and meant we got to chat to all the neighbours Smile.

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waikikamookau · 07/10/2013 15:09

well

he didn't care.

aside from the council house remark

would you sit in your front garden, at the front door, in the sun

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KirjavaTheCorpse · 07/10/2013 15:09

Yabu. It would only be a council house thing if he was drinking a can of Stella, obviously.

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WaitMonkey · 07/10/2013 15:10
Biscuit
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TheBigJessie · 07/10/2013 15:10

Yes. You were.

Mind you, I think it's also very "common" to misuse common that way...

shaggybark.blogspot.co.uk/2010/08/our-mutual-friend.html

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squoosh · 07/10/2013 15:10

Occupy yourself with heating water for the copper bath.

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Trills · 07/10/2013 15:11

I wouldn't sit at the front of my house because I would worry that people would speak to me.

If I was happy to exchange friendly chat with the neighbours then I would do it.

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Trills · 07/10/2013 15:12

Why take offence? Er, because calling someone "common" is offensive?

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Binkyridesagain · 07/10/2013 15:12

He might get piles, have you some preparation H in just in case?

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nethunsreject · 07/10/2013 15:12

We all sit out on my 'residential development'. I went to private school and have a professional job AND read broadsheets. I listen to Radio 4. I go to the theatre. Therefore, it is NOT common! Wink
Seriously??!!

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StepAwayFromTheEcclesCakes · 07/10/2013 15:13

I sit outside my house at the front when its sunny and it has gone from the back round to the front. sometimes I take wine! Shock I am clearly so common.

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KirjavaTheCorpse · 07/10/2013 15:13

Though to be fair people along my road do this, it's an 1800's terrace and no front gardens.

It is a bit weird walking past with their faces inches from my arse.

They own their houses btw.

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cakeandcava · 07/10/2013 15:13

DH and I often sit in the sun on the front door step of our owned non-council house, which is in a reasonably naice part of town even... Hmm

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usuallyright · 07/10/2013 15:14

we wee told by our estate agent that the reason our house wasn't selling as fast as we hoped was because some of the neighbours opposite (who did indeed live in housing association owned new builds) sat on their front doorsteps drinking (it was only coffee/tea)
Funnily enough, the people who did buy our house, bought it on a very wet day when the neighbors couldn't sit out.
I predict 99.8% of mumsnetters will say you're being ridiculous, but my estate agent would've agreed with you!

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Lj8893 · 07/10/2013 15:14

I have lived in council house areas and nice private housing areas. All sorts of people sit on their doorsteps in the sun.

YABU. And not very nice.

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nomorecrumbs · 07/10/2013 15:14

My Dad lives on a council estate and he never sits on the front door step. The horror Shock

He sits on a bench in his front garden instead. Much more comfortable.

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waikikamookau · 07/10/2013 15:16

some of you lot are ridiculous, and have a sense of humour failure,
my DH luckily for me, does have a sense of humour,

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