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

No idea, but it did make me think of how:

On MN there's no need to check something before stating it as fact.

I mean the person you were quoting not you.

@PedantScorner - I wonder whether I posted that in the wrong chat. I wouldn't be surprised.

I'm not desperately gagging to start ordering Christmas food in September.

To the poster FatOaf was quoting. Red brick and RG aren't interchangeable.

I think I’ve just learnt something useful! 👍

Red Brick means it's a research uni, and many Russell group are part of that.

Warwick isn't a red-brick university but is in the Russell Group and has several world-leading research teams. Ditto Southampton. Reading is a red-brick university but isn't in the Russell Group, and also has world-leading research (especially in environmental and climate fields). Keele is neither red-brick nor Russell Group but has some of the world's leading research groups in musculoskeletal diseases and treatments and insect-borne parasitic diseases. All universities do research, although the proportion of academic staff who are active in research will vary, and the proportions doing world-class-rated research will vary even more. There aren't many universities that don't have at least some pockets of world-class reasearch. And that includes the former polytechnics that Mumsnetters believe exist to train mechanics.

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I think that most summer lovers don't post on mumsnet when the weather is nice because they are out enjoying the weather.

Like @Raveonette I love a wedding. I have never been to a "zilla" wedding. I also have no difficulty saying no to things or saying "I can't afford it/this is beyond my budget".

It isn't shameful to not be wealthy IMO.

On the higher education boards - Not every student wants to go to Oxbridge/top 10 university or wants to work in the City in a magic circle/big 4 firm.

That if you become friends with a man, as a woman, you are trying to break their family apart by having at least an emotional affair. If you believe regular sex with your partner is important, you are a misogynist. Stay at home mums spend more time doing life admin (ie. Normal daily activities that everyone needs to do), than mums who work full time and manage to do it all. That if you're unable to have children, people should never talk to you about their pregnancy/ children and should announce any pregnancy to you first, in person before anyone else and put your feelings above all others. If you have kids you shouldn't use parent parking spaces because someone else may need to park next to the door as they're in a rush. If you have a baby on board sticker it may distract other drivers so you deserve your car to be rammed. For a parenting site, a lot of posters views are very anti parent....

I keep my curtain closed due to migraines... the external natural light vs internal artificial lights cause havoc with my eye/brain perception.

That said I definitely prefer hot weather and the sun is FAR worse in winter when its lower in the sky and alternates between insanely bright glare and really dull cloudy 'twilight' quite sharply.

@marshmallowfinder I think it's one of those phrases that people like to say.
Like being 'blue lighted' to hospital.

I have learned a lot about abusive relationships which has been useful when helping a family member.

Yes I agree with all this shit about deep cleaning. How you can possibly clean 'deep' on a hard surface? The old term thorough cleaning was perfectly accurate!

You know that's because their parents don't like the cold torrential rain, of course, don't you? The children are dressed in their puddle suits having a tantrum at home because Mummy and Daddy won't let them out to get drenched.

I should never use my log burner (despite it being a defra approved one, and we have power cuts often which means it’s the only source of heating), because a neighbour 3 miles away will smell it even though she’s inside with the windows closed.
Our burner is completely carbon neutral- all the logs we burn are ours and we’ve planted in excess of 500 trees to replace the ones we’ve taken down.

I'm weird like you. Its been raining non stop for months and months now but if you dare mention how you wouldnt mind seeing a bit sun you instantly get berated by people who become giddy with apparent excitement at "splashing in puddles for hours" whilst the rain lashes down on them and the anticipation of putting a rain coat and 5 layers of thermals on practically makes them have an orgasm.

I know literally noone in real life who thinks like this

Don't forget gender reveal parties, invented by a Dutch woman.

To earn £150 k pa

haha! This.

I am weird and odd for enjoying balmy summer evenings and sunlight.

Apparently, loads of people relish getting cold and sodden to the bone and sitting on soaking wet park benches whilst they are battered by wind and driving rain- it makes them feel ecstatic. Very odd however, that I never actually see people doing this in real life- funny that!

Also, that I actually open my curtains on sunny days and arent sitting in a permanently darkened room desperately praying for autumn/winter to arrive. 🙄

You forgot your (almost) single-handed responsibility for the degeneration of the English language. Nothing but Americanisms or, if it's not those, <shudder> regional accents and dialects. Those non-RP speakers are really getting above themselves.

@saltinesandcoffeecups

ah yes, I went ' guising ' in the 60's.
and there were no ' tricks ' involved, I had to learn a little' party piece ' i.e, a song or a poem or something ' nice ' and in return I would be given a ' treat '

Sorry guys… I’m American everything wrong in the world is my fault 🙋

Just a few examples off the top of my head…

Halloween… yup totally American except that we’re also guilty of ripping it off from the Scots

Social Media… yup it’s all us (except for when it’s not)

Bridal/Baby Showers… clearly a covert CIA operation from the 70’s

Your children saying Santa Claus… I mean clearly not based in Dutch or anything … good ol’ USofA right there.

I could go on but then I’d just be another loudmouth American 😛

I don't have six showers a day

That 'a lot' is two words, not one. I know I should have known this anyway, but I didn't, but I'm definitely not alone in this when I read other people's comments 🤣

Agreed. DH and I share it prerty equally but it takes up a huge amount of both our time.