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To ask the difference between Mumsnet and Netmums

119 replies

Emlou07 · 16/12/2017 08:36

Mumsnet seems more brutal (not that that's always a bad thing)

I haven't posted on Netmums yet.

Is there much difference in your opinion?

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Janetjanetjanet · 17/12/2017 01:03

Can't be doing with all that hun rubbish.

Give me some straight talk any day of the week.

ProseccoMamam · 17/12/2017 01:02

Netmums is for pandering snowflake helicopter parents

Mumsnet is for actual parents

fencedin · 17/12/2017 01:00

NM is like Shoezone

MN is like Clarks

😂

Welshmaenad · 17/12/2017 00:53

NM makes me feel like the most mature person there.

MN is teaching me how to be a grownup by demonstrating that I have a long way to go.

HidingBehindTheWallpaper · 17/12/2017 00:23

Exactly Widdlin, there is so much more than just babies or children.

Saying cunt is a huge bonus.

WiddlinDiddling · 17/12/2017 00:16

I don't feel like a total weirdo for being here whilst also not a parent of a living child.

Also, you can say cunt.

Twopeapods · 17/12/2017 00:04

The only time I've been on NM's is when I googled easy toddler meals, and their cheesy lentil supper came up. That's the best thing on NM's.
Grin

YellowMakesMeSmile · 16/12/2017 23:25

Tickers - counting down to ovulation etc. It's really weird. Plus avatar pictures of pregnancy tests etc.

The demographic is much different and everybody just seems to agree with the OP regardless.

PeppaPigTastesLikeBacon · 16/12/2017 22:01

I always imagine NM to be full of the people who put up the annoying Facebook statuses ‘I can see a long night ahead’ when checking into the local children’s hospital and the people who reply with ‘inbox me hon’

Changebagsandgladrags · 16/12/2017 21:59

I got great post miscarriage support on NM. Not that I wouldn't have here. I've also had lots of support for other things there.

But there have been times when I've acted like a right pranny and MNetters have told me.

yawning801 · 16/12/2017 21:55

I did a thread on this a few months ago and it got removed as MNHQ "could see this wasn't going well" and had had lots of reports or something like that Confused It started off as an innocent question but it obviously went down the wrong way. But from what I gathered, people said MN is a bit harsher and more left, whereas NM are a bit kinder, with lots of xxxx and hugs. Still not 100% sure, so am going to have a look through the thread now.

blueshoes · 16/12/2017 21:52

abbsiss, lol

thegrinchreaper · 16/12/2017 21:50

Oh, the bodily fluids photos aswell.

WashingMatilda · 16/12/2017 21:45

Can someone tell me what BMC was and what happened to it?

PassiveAgressiveQueen · 16/12/2017 21:28

I got sick of not being able to say anything slightly negative without somebody taking it personally.
Example "i didn't really like that very public thing" answer "how could yo say that i loved it, are you calling me stupid?"

thegrinchreaper · 16/12/2017 17:28

I realised I absolutely did not fit in when I joined one of the 'due date' boards on NM. I didn't contribute much and let them get on with the hunning, ordering personalised fur pushchair hood covers or whatever they are, and slagging off sonographers/midwives for not making their experiences special enough.
On the whole, if I were to massively generalise, I would say on NM I feel like I can impart knowledge and on here I feel I can learn more about things. Which sounds quite shit, I know.
There are plenty of people on NM who think this is hysterical, though, especially for first world problems.

EvilDoctorBallerinaRoastDuck · 16/12/2017 17:26

Quinions that's genius. Xmas Grin

LipstickHandbagCoffee · 16/12/2017 17:23

It’s not that at all,but the content and general milieu of mn is mc chatter.
mn did a survey of its posters who were high in socioeconomic status and income

It’s not a criticism it’s an observation

EvilDoctorBallerinaRoastDuck · 16/12/2017 17:21

toffee that's because you get your username assigned to you on NM yes, I'm a member. Mine's unusual enough to be outing.

IfNot · 16/12/2017 17:06

Middle class mnetters think MN is middle class because the posters on here are generally more well informed and have better grammar than netmummers.
They don't believe you can be working class and educated Grin

abbsisspartacus · 16/12/2017 16:20

I'm not banned

EggysMom · 16/12/2017 16:17

I used to be on NetMums but got terribly fed up of the tickers. I like to be somewhere that babies, birthdays, development aren't paraded as badges. My only gripe with MumsNet is the inability to edit a post even immediately after.

NegansDollFace · 16/12/2017 16:11

NM - No swearing. A lot of huggy ‘hunz’. The site is a bitch to navigate. Ads for days. Posting takes a few decades to get a reply.

MN- Has a much more serious tone. It’s hard to describe, the feel is different but not bad. I’d trust MN advice over NM because like it or not the majority here are well educated. They say what you need to hear, not what you want.

LipstickHandbagCoffee · 16/12/2017 16:00

Mn is solidly middle class,piano grades,well paid dp,and affluent sahm who won’t let anyone else raise their kidskin

StaplesCorner · 16/12/2017 15:58

NetMums founder Siobhan freegard awarded an OBE for services to families
mumsnet have received no such awards

Bloody 'ell, get yer finger out MNHQ and get a gong!!

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