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

So what happens in your experience, do they just sit and eat it there? (seems a waste of time, surely they would rather play)

Yes. Everyone sits down and eats the cake and other treats. After they've eaten they back to play. I'm not from the UK so I've only been to few British kids parties so experience is limited. However I told my (British) partner about napkin cake and that is the first he had heard of it. So we are very excited to explore the culture of napking cake outside MN.

surely that's just common sense.

so is tampons though... thats the ENTIRE point of the conversation we are having. If anything I would say it should be less common knowledge not to put kitchen roll or wipes down a toilet (something designed for a similar purpose to toilet paper) than to not put a tampon (something designed to absorb liquid and swell up) down.

Toilets definitely did block up all the time, it was a rife problem in my teens.

This I’ve been blessed in the In law department. I’ve joked with OH that if we ever split (and obviously we will because based on MN advice I have no choice but to leave him next time he pisses me off) I’m keeping his family 🤣.

Ive never experienced 'napkin cake' not happen.

So what happens in your experience, do they just sit and eat it there? (seems a waste of time, surely they would rather play)

What do you give them as a sign that its time to bugger off now?

On the birthday party thing though I learned mumsnet is rife with at home birthday parties for kids. In my whole life (my childhood and my 3 kids) I have only ever encountered ONE home birthday which was just basically a sleep over in primary school of me, my best friend and her other friend. It was weird and stressful (and I was not even an anxious kid) worrying about the rules of someone else's home at a party and I ended up asking to go home early.

I must admit I'd never heard the phrase 'needs done' till now and had no idea it might be dialect. I'm not sure about the other phrases either apart from 'super' when people mean 'very' or 'extremely'. I freely admit I'm a bit of a geek with the written word.🙁No intention to offend.

Well, no, you really don’t need to say ‘needs done’ why would you if it isn’t what you would say in the region you come from? Where I’m from it’s natural to say it 🤷🏼‍♀️ but then, I apparently don’t say ‘baby daddy/mummy’ ‘caught feelings’ for someone or ‘super’ when I mean really/very.

When I was a teen/young woman flushing tampons was the accepted way of disposing of them. I don't recall our household ever having a blocked loo and don't recall it happening at work either.

I've never flushed the other objects you mention, surely that's just common sense.

That I shouldn't even attempt to lose weight until a year PP or I will end up saggy and awful lol such nonsense think a lot of people have never heard of toning up and using weights

Nooooooo

People who don't understand how life admin can be a grind have obviously never been in the situation where absolutely every piece of household organisation falls to them and if they don't do it, it won't be done, eg DC don't have dental appointments or appropriately sized school clothes and shoes or will be done badly with knock on consequences, eg not getting cheaper car insurance when the family is short of money.

Won't be doing that, thanks.

I have been wildly wrong in thinking that it’s usual for parents in normal, reasonably happy families, to leave most of their assets to their children.

So anyone who actually assumes that eventually their non-estranged parents will probably leave them anything, is disgustingly grabby and should be ashamed of themselves.

I've been single for most of my life and have been doing "life admin" (grinds teeth!) for decades. It's one of the easiest things I've ever done. When I first read about it on MN (never heard the term anywhere else) I thought I must have been doing it wrong as everyone else seemed to find it so stressful and hard.

Well, I’m Scottish and it may be regional, I care not a jot about their itchy teeth! 🤷🏼‍♀️

You said 'needs done' <waits for the legions to come along and tell you it's 'needs TO BE done', their teeth are itching and it's not dialect or colloquial, just Bad English>

What with that and the ‘mental load’ if something needs done, we just do it…🤷🏼‍♀️

See, I think it’s the opposite, things usually have to pass the ‘sniff test’ to see if they need washing…people can go days without showering etc due to saving the planet…quite frankly, whatever ‘rules’ I read on MN, I do the opposite 🤷🏼‍♀️

This is something I genuinely learned form mumsnet. The cake is not served at children's parties instead it is put in a napking and the kids take it home. Seems to be quite common. I'm waiting to experience this.

At what age children can do what independently is all over the place this site. 12yo can't be home alone cause that's negligent. But every 14yo is drinking and giving blowjobs after school so you should be the one buying alochol. 13yo can't take public transportation alone but if your 15yo can't navigate interrailing alone in Europe there is something wrong with him. 16yo is just a child and can't make their own decision but also 16yo is almost an adult and you should let them do whatever they want. Young teens need to be in bed by 8.30 but also your 14yo is lazy if they don't have a job. But also they're too young to get there by themselves. Also at 18 they are adults and need to survive by themselves. But also 25yo is total child that needs guidance.

That men and women can't be friends, and that every man I'm friends with secretly wants to sleep with me. In real life I've never had a genuine friend make a pass at me.

I wonder whether I'm really ugly and unattractive compared to others on mumsnet.

An adult getting drunk few times a year ia in need of rehab cause they're obviously an alcoholic. Adult going to a club few times a year is obviously an overgrown teenager.u

The number of MNers who seem to live in perpetual terror that one day they might meet a germ.

The fact that a human body contains more bacterial and fungal cells than human cells must be a severe shock to them. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_microbiome

Though I absolutely loved doing this as a kid, as an adult I see possible trapped fingers, smashed fingers or the kid toppling out. I’d never say anything though. Like you say, life is a risk whatever you’re doing and everything is dirty.

I did not know that. I’ve raised 2 without anyone ever telling me that bit!

I seem to remember them all being squished anyway.

Oh and I've learnt that not inviting everyone to something is rude but it's also rude to expect to be invited and hosting is too much work but also you should host everyone in your house or you are failing