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AIBU to be upset about a facebook group

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Scienceawarenaturalparent · 13/06/2018 18:54

AIBU staying in a facebook group?

I have had a quick name change!

I'm a member of a large facebook group for natural parents who are also science aware. This group has been a fantastic resource and support network but its all gone wrong. The people running the page all have their own issues and are ganging up on other members for what seems like no reason.

I have thought long and hard about leaving the group because it seems like playground bullying but i just cant seem to do it.

They are great when you need your hand holding and will help you with any problem you could think of. They have a fantastic support network of Nutella addicts and people with difficulties like ADHD and depression I'm not sure there there is a better community.

BUT posting in it can be like stepping onto a nest of vipers. People having mental health problems can be kicked out for no good reason OR supported with people being sent round to check on them or taxis being called and paid for by the group when fleeing a husband. It just depends if you are in with the right crowd or not.

There are many LGBTQ members and there are a lot who are in relationships or who have experimented with eachother and this is causing tension on the group.

I cant seem to leave but i can't seem to stay and I don't even know these people in real life.

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TornFromTheInside · 13/06/2018 23:27

I feel a Dan Brown novel in the making here

TornFromTheInside · 13/06/2018 23:27

The circle remains very secretive, so much so, it's a square, which allows it to remain anonymous.

Littleredboat · 13/06/2018 23:27

I really wanna join the crazy FB party.

Who can get me in?
I have live hair and EVERYTHING.

PlatypusPie · 13/06/2018 23:27

I have just been down that rabbit hole - serves me right :/

LeahJack · 13/06/2018 23:26

I want to know what the OP did to a vulnerable person. Did she take their Nutella?

Littleredboat · 13/06/2018 23:26

DENTINOX.

CaitlynsCat · 13/06/2018 23:26

Some people say that children can't be vegan, because children come from eggs, and eggs are not vegan, no matter what anyone might tell you.

However, as you are not eating your children (and no, placenta is not vegan either, just because it is a byproduct doesn't mean it's ok to eat it), this doesn't present a serious ethical difficulty.

Most parents start feeding their children on carrot sticks and other vegetables, so ALL babies are vegan (note that breastmilk is vegan IF the mother is also vegan, but cows' milk can never be vegan because of the pus mixed in, even though cows themselves feed only on wheatgrass).

There is nothing natural about going on from carrot sticks to meat products. Instead we introduce our children to (non-GMO) seitan. A child who loves seitan will never go on to kill or murder animals and/or humans

TornFromTheInside · 13/06/2018 23:26

Live hair thread?

Atthebottomofthesea · 13/06/2018 23:24

April no one knows.

Though it may be possible that only those in the circle know, everyone else has no need to know because they are not in the circle.

TornFromTheInside · 13/06/2018 23:24

I'm not saying you should join it for the purposes of this thread, but I'm also not not saying that. Ya get me.

I saw what you did there. You didn't say what you meant to say, which reveals all. Thanks for the secret invite!
I'll nod you a wink at the 4th day of the red moon to confirm the above.

Cacti · 13/06/2018 23:24

I don't quite know what to make of this thread but it's amusing me! Grin I want to see this group but alas, I can't find it.

Mind you, @CaitlinsCat is spinning me right out!

OP, I hope you're still alive! You sure opened Pandora's box here 😂

OkMaybeNot · 13/06/2018 23:23

How had no one mentioned the live hair threads??

I'm obviously a member, but pretend I'm not. For funzies.

niugboo · 13/06/2018 23:23

@okmaybenot I value my eyes. Not joining that.

April241 · 13/06/2018 23:22

What.
Is.
Going.
On.

niugboo · 13/06/2018 23:21

@aviculara it’s unrecognisable from set up days. Went to shit about two years ago.

KittyHawke80 · 13/06/2018 23:21

Fear the OP may have gone the way of Jimmy Hoffa . . .

OkMaybeNot · 13/06/2018 23:21

Apparently there’s an offshoot sex group but not accessed that because, well the members are not to my taste.

I'm not saying you should join it for the purposes of this thread, but I'm also not not saying that. Ya get me.

KittyHawke80 · 13/06/2018 23:20

This is comfortably my best ever thread on MN. Every time I think my own MH might be theoretical at best, I shall need only to recall SANP to realize that I am in fact the poster girl for sanity, in comparison.

UsedtobeFeckless · 13/06/2018 23:20

HQ! Please delete this madness - l need to go to bed ...

TornFromTheInside · 13/06/2018 23:20

Nutella addicts are lick minded people.
There's a difference. True members would know this.

niugboo · 13/06/2018 23:20

How had no one mentioned the live hair threads??

aviculara · 13/06/2018 23:19

I've been it it for years. It's not changed at all. Lots of new folks keep demanding attention and having tantrums about admin doing adminning tho, that's new. Just flounce Vicky/Barbara/whoever. You don't fit. It's a community of like minded people. If you don't fit them why you in it?

TornFromTheInside · 13/06/2018 23:18

I'm adopted, so no natural parents. Does that mean I can have a burger now?

MadeleineMaxwell · 13/06/2018 23:17

Grin @Spudlet

Not without my salty sandals!

TornFromTheInside · 13/06/2018 23:17

What sort of offshoots are they having sex with? is that legal? Is it a root vegetable thing?