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Things only frequently heard on Mumsnet (lighthearted)

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Deathofaunicorn · 11/04/2025 07:26

Just thinking of things people have posted that I've heard countless times!

Everyone's friends in their social circle didn't have their first baby until the age of 42/43.

Their Grandma had her last baby at the age of 48.

Night of passion with their dp within 6 seconds of meeting, they moved in that night and never left and now they're celebrating 75 years of marriage.

Grandma who smoked 200 cigarettes a day, used chip fat on their face and had beautiful, line free skin at the age of 120.

DP has a hobby which means they're out most evenings and every weekend. Has a female colleague 25 years younger who he has a mutual attraction with and they text each other all day long.

Their DD/DS is 6'7, model looks, eats 10 packs of lard a day yet doesn't gain an ounce.

Has anyone else seen things like this frequently posted?

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Deathofaunicorn · 11/04/2025 08:00

Everyone is NC with their mother in law over the slightest incident, like they held their newborn baby for 3 seconds too long.

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KateDelRick · 11/04/2025 08:00

Someone lives "rent free in your head". I've never come across that phrase before. It makes no sense to me.

StumbleInTheDebris · 11/04/2025 07:58

Everyone 'has anxiety' if anything makes them feel anxious.

GreyCarpet · 11/04/2025 07:55

I'm more surprised that, with a population of nearly 70 million people, some people really can't imagine that they way they live their life isn't the way everyone else lives their's.

I'm an 'only on MN' person because I don't answer the door if I'm not expecting a visitor or answer a call from an unknown number.

But you wouldn't know that if you knew because I generally don't tell people.

My grandma had her only child at 44 in 1950.

But why would anyone know that?

I don't stuff myself over Christmas and am craving salad by Boxing Day having only eaten 'Christmas food' from Christmas Eve.

I don’t have a snack cupboard, I don't like chocolate and I don't eat huge amounts of food. And no, I'm not 'tempted' by cake if I go out for a coffee. I don't even consider it.

I've been nc with my mother for 13 years due to abuse.

In reality, I do know other people who are NC with family, don't answer the door, don't eat stupid amounts of food and had children in their 40s in real life. As well as the opposite.

Some of these things are 'only on MN' because they're things people tend not to share in real life.

couchparsnip · 11/04/2025 07:42

LTB. Maybe they should though!

BashfulClam · 11/04/2025 07:40

and ‘massive salad’

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Deathofaunicorn · 11/04/2025 07:30

Agree! Forgot about the magical chicken which can feed a family of 8 for a week.

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DustyLee123 · 11/04/2025 07:28

I only ever see social class mentioned on here, no one I know ever talks about it in real life.

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