Why do you think mumsnet has a more wealthy user base than average or do you think it’s full of bullshitters?

Yeah I don't really see the point having a discussion with someone about important things which affect people's lives if its just for shits and giggles and I think you have to assume people are discussing things in good faith.

So while I would obscure or slightly alter details to protect my identity I wouldn't outright lie on here and if someone was lying then that's their weird hangup. I think it's a bit pathetic to lie to a bunch of total strangers.

But as I say, each to their own...

I earn 900k for working from home and although it's a bit stressful I enjoy it and my boss is fine with my doing the school run and/or dual tasking by looking after my 3 DC while working. People just need to find better jobs.

I reckon the MN media marketing team are upping the advertising rates tonight!

Mumnetters are generally cleverer than the average. Therefore they earn more. They are also keen for their kids to do well and most won't take much nonsense. While usually sympathetic to bad luck stories if the cause is genetic, I don't really believe most really pay more than lip service to most bad luck stories. Husbands cheat in every social class and I reckon most feel the same pain and shame and shock.

I ignore the relationships threads completely for example, and have done for 15 years. If you want advice from strangers about your relationships, you don't want to hear from me, because I'm not great at them.

I cannot stress enough that posting payslips and offering to send me accounts makes no difference. The fuck is going on? 😂😂😂

God almighty why would you do that?

Thanks, @Megifer, you've saved me at least half an hour finding the document.

But, I could find it quickly if needed. And that certainty is what distinguishes the fake and the genuine.

No thats really not necessary, or relevant.

Is that 15% women or both genders

Possibly because most of MN are the people whose taxes are paying for the benefits.... and some may feel their contributions to society are not being well spent.

I do have signed off approved accounts for that year too. I might have to redact my name and address. Would you like proof that women could and did earn so much? Give me a few hours, and I can demonstrate.........

There are a fair share of bullshitters but there is also a reasonable proportion of higher earners.

It is to do with the demographic London centric, well educated and older will tend to be higher earners.

Like a previous poster I do find the willingness of some people to disbelieve that women can be higher earners disappointing. This is one of the few places where women can get advice on how other women have managed to combine careers and motherhood. There have been some really positive threads where people have shared experiences and knowledge to support others. Many women in high earning roles have faced different challenges to their male colleagues.

It is really important to me that women on MN and their daughters feel that they have the skills and the right to push for higher paid roles if they want them.

Interesting, but I earned £50k in 1999, which was the year I had my only child. For eight months (full on) work. I reckon that's probably around £120k nowadays with inflation.

Its a chat forum though, its not real life. Its not even a particularly serious chat forum, its like Take a Break or something.

People really do take it so seriously.

Only mainly when it comes to earnings tbf!

Or anyone with twins who sleep in a box room 😬

Fair enough, it’s a free country.

But I think its odd to engage in a discussion forum with people who you believe to be largely liars and fantasists.

To be fair, the poster doesnt have to give an explanation, she said what she said, it is what it is. You dont have to expect an answer as to why

Im the opposite, I rarely think people are lying, I take something at face value and engage with it as I see it in black and white.

Which is why it doesnt bother me if someone says they think something, well thats that.

Thats what they think. Im not in the business of persuading anyone of anything or interrogating them about why they think something.

Why lie when it’s all anonymous? Weird.

I was accused of lying once - v funny if I was lying I would have invented a far more interesting job than the one I have !

Yea i engage in threads and may or may not believe posts. But it passes time.

I mean, if thats ok 😂

I’ve never seen so much discussion about benefits anywhere in the real world.

I thought most of mumsnet was bored daily mail columnists.

A mix of both. When I see terrible grammar and punctuation it makes me think bullshitter.
I'm definitely not wealthy, but lead (what I think of as) a lovely life because I'm older, mortgage free and DC are now adult, although I do have a life limiting condition.
I sometimes fudge DC's ages to not be as outing, but don't see the point in lying on an anonymous forum.

You really are a very strange person. You make a bald statement about not believing anyone who says they're a "mega earner", then refuse to define what you mean by mega earner.

Then you refuse to say the reasons why you don't believe anyone on here who states they have a high salary.

Tbh you don't sound very intelligent. You throw out comments yet refuse to enter a discussion or back up your comments.

I wonder whether you'd believe someone who said they earned 37k or 42k? If you would, why wouldn't you believe someone who said they earned 142k?

Can’t speak for this poster but it bothers me because I think most of this is misogyny.

People assume a woman claiming to earn a high salary is lying. They rarely make this assumption about men.