Am I being unreasonable?

I was invited to lunch by a male friend, not a boyfriend and we ordered from the menu. I ordered lamb noisette and had just started to eat, when he wanted a bit of lamb on my plate and proceeded to take a bit with his fork. I was quite surprised and quite upset. He thought it was okay to share from each others plates, but I think it is a horrible habit. Maybe I am a little uptight about not sharing my meal unless it is a sharing platter or at least offered by me. Needless to say, I won't be accepting any more invitations from him. Am I uptight?

I am sure I am not the only person who is fed up with being made to feel like a second ( or lower ) class citizen because I don't have or want a smart phone or similar device? I get texts from companies and institutions such as the NHS telling me to click on the attached link but as I don't have a smart phone I cannot do it. The phone numbers are frequently hidden so you cannot reply. As these companies do not want to answer time consuming telephone calls their phone numbers are frequently not displayed on their websites or letter headings. If you get through on the phone you are kept waiting for a long time to speak to someone. We are being encouraged to change to electric cars. The only public charging points I have seen you cannot use if you do not have a smart phone. I admit part of me is being obstinate. When I see the excessive profits made by Apple, Amazon, Google, Facebook etc I think 'They are not having my hard-earned pension' I'd better not mention my views on the BBC. I think they would be in favour of euthanasia for all people over 70.

Do the powers that be think we are stupid? Just a few days after the most hated budget in decades, we have this egregious hatchet job on the King and Prince of Wales. Aiming for a socialist republic? At the very least it is distasteful. The amount of money and the time period over which it refers to are so manipulated as to render it Putin-like in its doubtful veracity. If there are questions to be asked, do so. Trial by media is undemocratic and despicable when used against those who cannot answer back.

I am frothing at the mouth this morning, and it is due to the astronomic rise in car insurance with Churchill. My insurance has gone up by over £300 since last year. Why are we being ripped off is the question? I asked them why and they gave a kind of vague excuse. Is it a plot to price us out of driving?

Is it just me, or am I missing something?? I have tried joining several groups~ (U3A, National Trust, RSPB, walking groups, etc, etc)~ and good though they all are in their own ways, I have made no "real "friends'. I am fairly sociable and outgoing and reasonable intelligent, so I Can communicate well ~BUT~ ~ The groups all meet at the appropriate times and places, the individual activities are participated in, the session ends, and we all go home! Try as I might, Nobody wants to pursue the "acquaintances"~ (I use that word rather than the word "friend")~ outside of these groups, even though I have suggested to some of the folks I Seem to get on with that we might meet outside the group for a coffee, or anything else. They all scuttle off like frightened rabbits and don't appear to want to take it any further. I have noticed that most of the folks seem to come in twos or threes, so already Know others with whom they have closer/longer friendships. One lady actually said, "~I don't need to make any more new friends, I have enough already". Think it just about sums it up! So ~ ~ this mythical idea that joining groups allay loneliness to me seems the exact Opposite! I feel more lonely and isolated at the end of the sessions than before I went in! It's "goodbye, see you next month", and everyone is gone! Any suggestions? Does anyone have similar experiences??

I worry about the aging process. I become very irritable when I should be more tolerant. I need some like-minded people to sound off to. I love him dearly and don't want to share our weaknesses with those who know us. Does anyone out there relate to this?

Over a number of years there has and even more lately been endless adverts asking for money, from children through to animals and onto water and so on. Of course there are many reasons to give money but are we the only ones in England constantly being asked to give money even for other countries through out the world , even in disasters, I too willingly send money to the British Red Cross who do a marvellous job, where I know my donation will get to the most needy of people. But my main concern is why doesn't the governments of some of these countries try and help their own people instead of people here in England constantly being bombarded with begging adverts, what are your views regarding TV begging adverts, and at tea time too?

Married to someone that always wants more…doesn’t work…complain about what we don’t have…doesn’t keep house…is a good mom.. I’m always not making enough (200k), always complains we don’t go anywhere…the youngest of 3 daughters. Been married 20 years. When do you say when?

I've arranged a holiday for 5 friends in Cornwall this September, it's now August 11th. One friend recently pulled out, and I arranged a replacement from someone the rest of us know well. Now another friend wants to bring her new boyfriend along. We are a mixed group of friends, and none of us have met this new man whom she has known for precisely 7 weeks. I feel very strongly that I don't want to go away with a new couple, and a man I don't know. He's already moved in with her. A memebr of our party has met him and says he's a nice guy, but then he likes everyone. We've asked to meet him first, but trying to get a date that all 6 of us can do is proving problematic. I feel pressurised into accepting the situation. Me and the other ladies are most unhappy with it all. If she pulls out of we say no, we've then got to find yet another person to go in her place. The cottage sleeps 10 so there's plenty of space and he will be sharing her room. But the whole dynamic of the holiday will change. I've holidayed with all other members of the group before, but never with her (and never again!) Am I being unreasonable?

I have six grandchildren who no longer live at home with their parents and I very rarely receive a Thank You. It is so easy these days. They could easily pick up the telephone or send an email. I feel like just sending a card. Do other grandparents always receive a Thank You?