To ask for things that happen on MN that you’ve never seen happen IRL

This one bugs me soooo much. People who join threads just to try to discredit or catch the poster out. There should be a rule that you only post if you're going to take the dilemma at face value. If you think someone is being less than genuine, or you can't believe or identify with the issue, then don't post and move on. It just seems like a massive waste of your own time, I don't get it.

Yes my washing always get darked on, not sure what the problem is 😆

Angst because the washing got "darked on".

what did you do with the second baby when the first needed your attention ? X

Never mind the spiders it’s them rabid tongue licking moths I can’t abide on the washing ..

To me it always begs the question what on earth do those parents do when they have another child to run around after ?

Surely second baby just gets used to bouncer/car seat / pram/ play mat / cot/play pen no??

I think you're very lucky not to see that and I suspect it depends on where you live. I also work with some of the most vulnerable people in society and if their benefit money doesn't stretch until their next pay day then they can't eat. Most of the food banks here operate on a voucher system and you are only allowed so many vouchers in a month so if you've visited too many times then you can't receive food. That's also if you're able to go somewhere to get a voucher and then get to the food bank within opening hours on specific days and provided you can do it without requiring money for public transport. Not everywhere is set up to provide free food as often as its required. Many food banks also provide food that requires you to be able to cook it. You can't do that if you don't have anything to cook with in the first place and if your electricity or gas hasn't been paid. I also know parents who may feed their children every day but can't also feed themselves every day.

Wait....what??

I’m so sorry about your nephew, that’s horrific. 💐

My neighbour has had sepsis 5 times and my 20 year old nephew died from it last year 😢

Never seen a spider wipe its willy on my washing that’s been left out overnight

No this is out and about in cities and towns, the older you are has equaled more respect and attention, more interaction and conversation.
I’m not saying it doesn’t happen at all, just that it’s certainly not the majority experience.

Not being able to have male friends because they’re only after sex.

All my life I’ve had a mixed group of various friends and never come across men who behave like this.

Sadly it does happen. Shop assistants, waiters and bar staff (etc) seem unable to see you properly and overlook you for younger customers. Sure, within your own family and/or community, you may feel confident and able to be more vocal, but out and about other's reactions may be less so.

My Mum said "what till you get past 70 and totally disappear altogether!"

People have crazy weird interactions about allotments! Remember dear old Babs OP?!

People looking younger than their age to the extent that I would be surprised to learn their actual age.

People so attractive that they are accosted by beeping cars, creepy men, etc, everywhere they go. I'm not saying street harassment doesn't happen, but 'what's it like to be beautiful' threads where posters claim they can't walk 50 metres down the street without someone walking into a lamppost or wolf-whistling - I know many very attractive people who go about their business with little or no attention. The street harassment I'm aware of people getting is directed indiscriminately at all women and tends to be in areas that I imagine differ demographically from the average MN poster's location.

People using the phrase 'blue lighted'.

I agree totally. I’m very glad to have access to Mumnet, I learned so much here over the last few years. Now I know what an ‘emotional affair’ is! I’m delighted with myself.

It just shows we can learn how different other people are by talking to them on and off line - the fact we see things here that are not common in our own lives. I think it is a good thing to learn about different lives.

If you have a baby with reflux they roar and roar the second you put them down out of your arms, so yes you can have a shower, but it will be Dolby surround sound screaming.

I used to come out in a cold sweat when my children cried like that, that level of roaring, it was physically sickening and I would feel panicky and like I was going to faint if it went on too long. (Other people’s children have no effect on me at all, it was just my own children crying hysterically they got to me) one of them roared themselves hoarse when she was very tiny, I had to bring her to the doctor.

But luckily it all passes with time. They are teenagers now and very quiet and I can have all the showers and toilet breaks that I want!!

same as those saying they can’t take a shower because of their baby and that they have to take the baby bouncer into the bathroom. Do these people not have cots or playpens?

Women saying they feel invisible in their 50s+

All the ones I’ve known and spoken to in real life say they felt more visible and finally heard, more a part of the community, more confident. I see older people always chatting to others etc

Hope that helps.

But they guilt trip you so badly if you try to wee alone 😭I can’t say “no” to babies

What does HTH stand for?

I’ve never known anyone in real life to passively aggressively say HTH at the end of a sentence. Maybe I’m sheltered.