Active discussions

Please or to access all these features

Talk
AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Original poster

The most important decision a woman will ever make is

117 replies

Bottlefall · 14/10/2025 15:04

Who the father of her children will be.

I'd love to think it isn't true, but it is. Who the mother of a man's children is important, but it doesn't impact every aspect of their life, career, health, financial situation in the same way.

OP posts:
PegDope · 14/10/2025 15:14

How insulting.

Reducing women to breeding heifers.

What about those who don’t want/can’t have children? I ask that as a woman with a child btw.

SparklyCardigan · 14/10/2025 15:12

Should I have another biscuit? To which the answer is always yes.

Productiveam · 14/10/2025 15:12

Dealing with a dodgy crap ex I take it op

Catpiece · 14/10/2025 15:12

Whether to accept how it is and buy the next size up

LandSharksAnonymous · 14/10/2025 15:11

youalright · 14/10/2025 15:08

To get out of bed to pee at 4am in the middle of winter or hold it and not be able to sleep.

This is the ultimate question.

To pee or not to pee.

AutumnCosy2025 · 14/10/2025 15:11

youalright · 14/10/2025 15:08

To get out of bed to pee at 4am in the middle of winter or hold it and not be able to sleep.

Get out of bed & pee. You'll only half sleep if you don't. I'm trying to remember this now I'm on medication that makes me wake up needing a wee in the night when without the medication I don't 🙇🏻‍♀️

TwoTuesday · 14/10/2025 15:11

Equally as important as it is for a man to choose a mum for his kids I'd say.
For a woman it's deciding to be dependent on said man, or not.

beanbaggirs · 14/10/2025 15:10

It's probably whether they even have dc or not

JHound · 14/10/2025 15:09

What about those women who never have children?

youalright · 14/10/2025 15:08

To get out of bed to pee at 4am in the middle of winter or hold it and not be able to sleep.

Redpeach · 14/10/2025 15:08

Do birth control fails come in to this?

Arlanymor · 14/10/2025 15:08

I can't have kids. So I guess none of my decisions are important. Good to know.

hyggetyggedotorg · 14/10/2025 15:08

I think it’s whether to have children at all.

YourPeppyAmberTraybake · 14/10/2025 15:08

fruitbrewhaha · 14/10/2025 15:07

Both please, and pilau rice.

Show quote history

Triple carbs, I like your style.

fruitbrewhaha · 14/10/2025 15:07

didntlikeanyofthesuggestions · 14/10/2025 15:06

Poppadoms or bread?

Both please, and pilau rice.

YourPeppyAmberTraybake · 14/10/2025 15:06

I think it’s when she chooses to use birth control.

didntlikeanyofthesuggestions · 14/10/2025 15:06

Poppadoms or bread?

Swipe left for the next trending thread