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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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HidingBehindTheWallpaper · 16/12/2017 08:59

Fucking loads.

I tried NM once when I was TTCing but it was too pink and purple. And the tickers. Oh they were annoying.
Also, as a childfree woman I generally feel welcome here (although I have to justify it every so often). There is so much on here that has nothing to do with having children although the women here clearly love their children very dearly their children are not the centre of their very existence, they have other interests.
However I get the feeling with NM that if you are not completely centred on your children then you have nothing.

Namechangetempissue · 16/12/2017 08:54

To add, I don't have any issue with other people liking tickers, they just are not for me! Doesn't mean I'm right!

SoftlyCatchyMonkey1 · 16/12/2017 08:54

The liberal usage of the word 'cunt'.

Namechangetempissue · 16/12/2017 08:53

We can swear on MN.

NM is strictly no naughty words and lots of tickers with 'lil bubz is 5 months!' etc.

EnglishGirlApproximately · 16/12/2017 08:50

I think MN has a middle class image but in reality the demographic is far more mixed than Netmums. There are a lot of posters on here claiming benefits, struggling for money, and at the other end of the scale posters who —say they—are very wealthy.

NM seems more average income working class to me, less diverse. Most mums I know locally are far more like the NM posters.

Mumsnet is my preference as I like reading the politics and feminism threads, I find them informative and I don’t see that on NM. What I don’t like on here is the snobbery, so what if they have tickers and sparkly dummies - doesn’t make them inferior.

MrsRamiMalek · 16/12/2017 08:49

SootSprite has it.

Also I think you have to be at least a little intelligent to hold your own on MN.

TheSecondOfHerName · 16/12/2017 08:49

I have made this comment before on a similar thread:

Netmums tells you what you want to hear.
Mumsnet tells you what you need to hear.

ShowMePotatoSalad · 16/12/2017 08:49

Netmums:

Aww hunni ur doin' fine. Don't listen to your MIL she's mental!! xox

Mumsnet:

I do heartily declare that one is planning a picky supper in honour of my intelligent, genius DC who was reading Keats as he emerged from the womb, and I would AIBU to consider serving sausage rolls? My friend is a "veggan" and I don't want to embarrass her. In addition my MIL believes them to be vulgar.

x2boys · 16/12/2017 08:49

Horses for courses these threads always end up as a btchfest most of the bitching come from people who claim never to have been on Netmums....

ghostyslovesheets · 16/12/2017 08:47

Not sure as I have never been to NM but I think MN is where those banned from NM come

Neither of them compares to Bad Mothers Club - god I miss BMC 😛

AllMyBestFriendsAreMetalheads · 16/12/2017 08:47

Netmums has a swear filter.

MoistCantaloupe · 16/12/2017 08:46

And not as.

MoistCantaloupe · 16/12/2017 08:45

Sorry but MN is more middle class. I used to sell digital advertising as it skews middle class.

SootSprite · 16/12/2017 08:44

I think NetHuns is inhabited by those who think a sparkly dummy is the height of sophistication.

MN is where the grown-ups go.

mercurymaze · 16/12/2017 08:42

Mn is not middle class at all Agree that nm better for local advice

OhforfucksakeFay · 16/12/2017 08:40

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Codlet · 16/12/2017 08:40

NM is better for the local boards. MN is better for acerbic wit.

DailyMaileatmyshit · 16/12/2017 08:38

Netmums is softer, a bit kinder (but it always in a good way).

Lots of hugs, Hun and your bubba your rulez.

Tobuyornot99 · 16/12/2017 08:37

This question gets asked a lot, the standard response seems to be "30k a year and a MSc", or a variation of this.

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