To be on here without yet being a Mum?

[Nerdygalwithabook]

Long time silent fan of Mumsnet. I find it interesting and full of useful advice!
However I don't feel that I should have signed up just now to post this.
Or that I should ever post for advice or comment. (First post here)

I have no children yet. I am 19. I plan to one day though. I just really enjoy this site and look through it multiple times a day. AIBU or is this ok if I stay silent or what. Sorryyyy and thank you!

[ollieplimsoles]

I wish I had joined this site sooner, ive been a member for a little over a year, I joined as soon as I found out I was pregnant but I was aware of some of the famous threads (yoni, piss pringles, penis beaker etc..)

[Sunnybitch]

If your a big fan you should know there are loads on here that are not parents

[Nerdygalwithabook]

What really?? Doesn't any one get bothered by the non parents?

[SpaceDinosaur]

And SunnyBitch if you're so great then you would know that it's YOU'RE, not your within the context of your above post.

[WorraLiberty]

Lots of posters aren't parents and lots have started threads to say so.

The general consensus is that it doesn't matter, as lots of topics aren't parent/child related.

[ilovesooty]

Why should anyone be bothered by non parents? There are loads of threads that aren't about parenting.

[PurpleDaisies]

There are loads of non parents on here. It isn't an issue.

[Sparklingbrook]

Everyone welcome. Doesn't matter whether parent or not. There are loads of topics that don't involve parenting.

Nobody gets bothered by non parents.

[Nerdygalwithabook]

In all honesty I've been thinking I was a weirdo .....

[Nerdygalwithabook]

But now I feel happy

[ilovesooty]

Worra - snap

[YoJesse]

A male friend in his twenties with no plans for kids anytime soon admitted to me he mumsnets for advice on all stuff the other day. I laughed and didn't let on I'm a mumsnet regular
YANBU

[Salmotrutta]

Hey, pssstt - there's even men on here.

[Nerdygalwithabook]

Haha thank gawd for that. I check it for the active and trending topics like five times a day. Haha

[ollieplimsoles]

I think its nice to get a non parents perspective on situations that arise with dc, sometimes I cant think clearly in the real world so don't see the most obvious solution to a parenting problem

[Sparklingbrook]

You can't tell whether a poster is a parent or not unless they announce it either way.

[Nerdygalwithabook]

Ahhh I like that. I can imagine parents and non parents can help each other that way

[Nerdygalwithabook]

Maryz

It's too late ......

[fatmomma99]

Y are def NBU

I once posted on a thread about whether having children is fulfilling saying how I felt totally fulfilled as a person and a woman by having had a child, and I just assumed that most readers would automatically feel the same way, only to get totally lambasted by a whole load of people decrying me when they were non parents and felt I was talking down to them because they didn't have children for various reasons (some very sad). I didn't go back to the thread, although I wrote several fantasy posts in my head along the lines of "um..... the website is called MUMSnet", but have since learned... there's all sorts on here.

I've learned this evening that some even hate The Archers.

[Salmotrutta]

Maryz

[Sparklingbrook]

TBH I wouldn't have been fussed about MN when I was 19.

[Nerdygalwithabook]

Cor fatmomma99 that sounds a bit harsh lol !

Is it sad I know all the lingo now

[WorraLiberty]

But (and this is a very big but) you are only 19. Do you really want to be an addict for the next 70 years

The last couple of newbie teenagers didn't last 7 days, let alone 70 years

[Nerdygalwithabook]

Ah now I feel kinda stupid. I know it's weird being 19 and on here but Yano.....