To ask what things you never knew u tilypu joined Mumsnet?

Aitch is correct though.
I do answer the door but, by the time I've got there, they've usually fucked off with my voice ringing down the street "I'm not fucking Usain Bolt"

That parents to be can spend so much time choosing names, middle names and nicknames. I honestly gave no more than 20 minutes thought to my child's name.

That so many people batch cook. I wind up on this advice with a freezer full of "brown" (also fresh brown if I slow cook).

The angst about Christmas. I love Christmas, but have never, ever been able to see why it's such a knicker-twister.

I ponder, is there a correlation between non Christmas angst and owning and using a loo brush 🤔

🙋 you've learnt so much from MN.

I think you should stay here and further your education.

What a fuss people make over seemingly innocuous events.
How some people seem to be permanently offended and seem to go through life looking for offence rather than trying to get in with people, or ignoring them.

That around 80% of the entire population have been diagnosed with narcissistic personality disorder. The other 20% are experts in identifying them.

That posh people don’t say pardon, or use serviettes.

I honestly didn't know that I needed an appointment to ring my nearest and dearest.

Oh my god, don't even think about giving a Colin the Caterpillar cake to a girl! She'll instantly be demanding to be called Kevin and start tattooing her skin with a compass and black ink.

A lot of people seem to be under the impression that there are only 2 types of summer weather 15°-18° miserable/dull/rainy/windy or any combo of the above or 35° + and in danger of heatwaves and forest fires so we should all be very thankful for the first type! 😃

Well I came on here to say I learned that opening the door to callers is just asking to be killed, but leaving your doors unlocked whilst you are in the house is de rigeur and it's totally crazy to lock them. But looks like I may have been beaten to it.

That it's perfectly fine to not answer a text for weeks because everyone is SOOOOO busy, but that replying with a quick 'thumbs up' emoji as acknowledgement and assent is both rude and passive aggressive.

That the Cost of Living has everyone impoverished, even those on hundreds of thousands of pounds. But not so much that they would turn their heating below 23 degrees or stop washing their clothes twice after each wear, plus bedding every day, and towels if they so much as get a bit damp from hands being wiped on them. And that I am definitely a minger because things only get washed when they fail a sniff test. It's like deodorant and showers never happened.

That it's very important to hate children and all things they love - Halloween, Christmas, fireworks, bonfires, Easter eggs, social media etc etc.

That gentle parenting is permissive parenting. This one really pisses me off, as gentle parenting is NOT permissive, and I wish I had parented even more gently than I did. It was my natural parenting style, but I used the naughty step, because I was unaware of gentle parenting in the 00s. But oh no, any example of permissive parenting gets slagged as being 'gentle'.

That if you want to scam loads of people, MN is full of people who would 'rather give to a scammer than have a needy person go without'

But also that people have big hearts and will give really good advice and emotional support when someone is genuinely in need.

That microwave rice is some spawn of the devil.

Colin the caterpillar isn't for girls.

Beaker and penis can be used in the same sentence.

I discovered that many people hate their relatives so much they go no contact, that most people have neurodiversity, that people earn no money or 6 figures and so many more "nobody is average" stuff.

For a mostly parenting site, most posters hate children being children

Someone will post a beautiful dress for their 28 year old self and posters will genuinely suggest some 50+ year old dress as a better solution.

That so many people hate summer, not that we have had much summer weather over the last two years.

Ah, come on now - those threads are very entertaining. Some people get very anxious about what might be on their floors.

That some people won't answer their front door if someone knocks or answer their phone

The emotion involved in a shoes on shoes off in the house discussion

I hope you are in a better place now

I find it really heartening when posters can help women in abusive relationships.

I have also learned to NEVER take fashion advice from MN…if I followed the advice on gear I’d look like an apostle in chunky boots.

Also, how many thoroughly wonderful, level headed, articulate women there are, quick to help a fellow women in need.

Not a surprise exactly, but warming. I often start typing a response but by the time I’ve put my clumsy thoughts together there are a dozen far more suitable and sensible, supportive replies.

There are the insensitive drama seekers and stirrers of course but they are always outshone by those with the ops best interests at heart.

I said "that is really very kind, and please don't give me a generous monetary gift as well, like Jane Jeffer did!"

Getting Bruce Dickinson to fly you off on honeymoon was a lovely touch

Of course 😁 - I hope you enjoyed the meal and entertainment. Iron Maiden weren't easy to book.

My dear late Mum wore red to our wedding 😳😂