What has Mumsnet taught you you've been doing wrong all of your adult life without realising?!

Feel free to not reply, but other people have disagreed with you too. If you're going to accuse people of spoiling your day simply by disagreeing with you, choosing just one of those people seems oddly selective.

Not only not eating baked potatoes as it's you know 2024 but also not calling them ' jackets' in revered tones and recommending them with everything on every occasion

That the word 'anxious' no longer exists, now it's just 'anxiety' a pathological condition.

1. I wash the gloves when I'm done but there is no poo involved. I don't stick my hand down a loo with poo in it

I don't hate bleach. Just loo brushes

That the only way to be considered a functioning adult is to live in a massive detached house in the countryside, or to own your own property in London.

@bringincrazyback you really have stopped me having a good day. I commented on a lightheaded thread, and you decided to have a go at me because it hit a nerve. Do you not have anyone else you can go annoy? There was nothing scathing about my comment

I'm not going to bother replying to you. You're just looking for argument and honestly, you're really not worth anymore of my time

Yep, I find it quite hilarious.

Like the woman who posted an AMA about flying with a baby and was inundated with interrogations of 'do you feel guilt about the climate?' and 'what are you doing to fix the damage you have done?' etc... like she should live in shame and disgust.

I know I'm not her, I have flown probably less than 20 times in life (given each holiday requires a flight there and back plus a few short pleasure trips) all short haul but frankly no I don't care or feel remotely guilty.

I'm not going to donate all my wealth to Greta, give up my time to hunt for injured sea turtle or glue my tits to the road for just stop oil to 'elevate' any perceived wrong doing either.

I wish to see the world, its my dream and one I likely wont get to fully live but if I have the opportunity I will take it because traveling and seeing other cultures is important to me. Also as a scientist with a degree fully trained in studying peer reviewed scientific papers I don't remotely buy into the online fear of climate change. Yes somethings are pollutants and we constantly adapting to fix them (and that has never once been achieved by throwing soup on a painting) but no its not even remotely close to the end of days or bloody apocalypse.

In fact my child is starting flying lessons soon to achieve his lifelong dream of being a pilot and I'm perfectly happy with his choice of career and every normal person we have encountered thinks its cool too (no one has clutched their tin hat and yelled 'but the chem trails').

I'm not stopping you having a good day.

I felt your comments about the term 'life admin' were snarky and I said so, and I wasn't the only one who disagreed with your comments. I think it's quite ironic that you're accusing me of looking for something to be offended by when your initial post was so scathing about that term. I'm not offended. I simply disagree.

And no, we don't need to agree. But you keep stating your opinions as facts and I suspect that's why you've been getting some pushback from me and others on this thread.

Of course it’s good to live within your means, but personally I think that denying yourself simple everyday pleasures so you can boast about how many gazillions you have in savings is a pretty depressing way to live. You can’t take it with you. And your house going up in value isn’t a function of your financial virtue - in the last 50 years, pretty much every house in the country has gone up in value. Unless you bought a house on the edge of a rapidly eroding cliff, your house is likely to have gone up in value significantly since the 1980s. But congratulations on having lots of money I guess.

MN taught me that despite going to uni, having a successful career and hiring many, many people - mostly graduates - in that career, that without going to a Russell Group uni you are doomed to failure. It also taught me that Russell Group unis exist, as I'd never heard of them.
I still don't know which universities are in the group and which aren't, or what makes them better, so have clearly been hiring all wrong for 15 odd years.

I wasn’t really thinking of the paying type (obviously not wealthy enough to be on MN lol).

Also I do Christmas Day wrong because I stay indoors. I never go for a walk on Christmas Day.

Ha yes. It’s funny how it’s ok if you help out your parents but it’s an absolute no no for them to help you. I never understand why that is.

@AnonymousBleep re drying washing, I have a line in the garden and one under cover on the deck. I also use an a-frame drying rack on the deck. I've certainly used the covered deck lines a lot more this summer than in previous years.

I WFH and my desk looks out over the garden. When its warm and windy washing can dry quickly and if it looks like rain I run out and bring it in.

Arping and autumn when the heating isn't on is the worst - I'm in the SE and it can be quite humid and also cool - so washing doesn't dry unless there is a good breeze.

When I am forced to dry inside I use either a dehumidifuer and drying rack (perfect for one load at a time with the heating on) or if I'm going nuclear and drying several loads at once I use a heated drying rack plus the dehumidifier.

Therapy is extremely easy to access. You don't need a 'reason', just to be able to pay, or have healthcare cover that covers sessions. Paid-for therapy is a different matter, obviously.

All ills can be cured by; a) a spa day, b) a cup of tea and 5 minutes to yourself or c) a hot chocolate (for children).

Until I read MN I didn’t realise how easy it was to get therapy for every tiny little mishap happening in your life. Missing your dc who’s just gone to uni, get therapy. Crying because you hate your new haircut, get therapy. Upset because no one liked the dinner you cooked, get therapy. It seems the police are just as easy to access for every tiny misdemeanour as well.

I still don’t actually know what deep cleaning means tbh!

You're supposed to think about the effect on the climate before booking flights. I'm afraid my only thoughts are "can I afford it" and "have I got enough annual leave left".

Only for 'proper' family though. As a why-are-you-even-here childfree woman I apparently don't have family and especially don't at Christmas which is For The Children.
My own fault for being selfish I guess, along with 'never knowing real love'!

You need to 'meal plan' rather than just throw lots of stuff in the trolley, freeze some it then decide each day what you'll have for dinner.

Of you are spouting garbage adding Fact and End of at the end validates anything and everything.

Expecting my parents to care and want to help me as a parent. MN taught me I should never expect my parents to help me mentally, financially or physically. But I should also have a village but in no way ever expect my village to help me

Oh and you should never tip waiting staff as a political gesture because that'll teach the restaurant to pay their staff the same wages as bankers and nurses don't get tips