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

Um…OK… so you read and volunteer opinions in a talk board while freely admitting you think most of it is bullshit…

Honestly that sheds quite a lot of light on the fact you don’t believe people. You’re judging others by your own standards.

Both of my bosses are women who I know for a fact earn comfortably over £100k. They’ve both told me they are on here. You’re definitely wrong about at least two posters. How can you possibly know everyone is lying?

There's a mixture I think. I get the impression that MN skews wealthier and more educated than average by quite a margin- although I often vehemently disagree with posters, the level of reasoned debate on MN compared with, say, FB or Reddit is incomparable.

However, there have definitely been high earning posts where I've thought "yeah, didnt happen" - usually because they use odd terminology that a person who was genuinely doing that job wouldn't use.

There are also massive fantasists who have done long running trolling based on an entirely fictitious persona. I'm not going to name names but there was one who posted for years and only came unseated when someone accidentlally resurrected a zombie thread and someone else noticed massive inconsistencies on her children's ages.

I think it goes back to when mumsnet and netmums were both young.

They attracted different demographics.

But nowadays I think thats changed, plus yes there are a lot of bullshitters everywhere.

Dude why is this bothering you? 😂

I just dont believe every poster on MN, but especially about earnings.

I think she'll just say "oh because I just don't" or refuse to explain.

I dont really know i cant speak for others who say they dont believe posters either or their reasons.

I just dont believe most stuff i read on here tbh 🤷‍♀️

And yet you've never given a reason why you don't believe?

Why?

Umm, because I dont believe posters when they say they are high earners.

I don't even £100k plus. But DH earns nearly twice.

Because?

So why is it the default on any thread that if a woman says she earns £100k plus there will invariably be either a snarky post or a follow up thread like this one about the “mystery” of why so many women earn £100k?

It’s quite striking that if someone posts that her husband earns £100k on here she gets accused of bragging. If she says she earns £100k she gets accused of lying.

There are conservatively several hundred thousand people in the UK on that sort of salary, a percentage of whom are women. Surely its not beyond the realm of possibility that some are on Mumsnet?

For me it's nothing at all to do with not believing a woman can earn that amount.

£100k - seeing the money after tax hurts

£30k is enough to exist when you're young. But my DS earns similar as a grad. Some of his friends who were super "on it" career wise earn £50k with another friend on £100k plus. Surely by the time you're 40,50 progressed in career, and have knowledge and skills.... You earn more

Hmmm… this is always trotted out on here but I just don’t see this.

I’m sure there are some bullshitters and fantasists but I can’t see what the motivation is to lie to strangers in the internet about your salary. It seems like a really weird thing to do. You don’t get plaudits or a self esteem hit from lying to randoms who you will never meet!

I think Mumsnet probably does skew middle class but all human life is here.

Also tbh I find it a bit suspect that any woman who says she earns over £100k a year is automatically assumed to be a liar, as if people can’t believe such a thing is possible.

Statistically these people are going to be in a small minority nationally but given the demographics of Mumsnet there are bound to be some people on here who genuinely do earn that.

As PPs have said also while £100k clearly is a high salary, £100k if you live in London and work in tech or consulting is less surprising than £100k if you live in a deprived town in a rural area.

I love MN, in all its moods. So much more fun and variety than any other SM forum. Not least because a high percentage of posters really are quite smart.

Its not that it dont believe they can. Its just i dont believe any posters when they say they do.

It's a bathroom if it has a shower and/or bath. Cloakroom would then be a separate room for coats. Boot room is for muddy outdoor gear/dog shower, etc

Your bathroom downstairs is a cloakroom or a loo. Or a bootroom if you have space for a shooting party to leave their wet weather gear to dry.

Edited to refine the nuances, darling.

Politely, im not interested in any sort of discussion around what others think mega money is, or a debate about how its not its actually very low once you factor in private school, mortgages in London etc. And I wont change my view that I assume everyone on MN who says they are high earners is lying through their teeth. So what I think is "mega money" doesn't matter.

(Edited to clarify i mean anyone on MN)

But arent there a lot of people - like me - who've been here decades? And their wealth - or lack thereof - changes? Im early 50s, in my 20s and 30s I was loaded as I ran my own very successful business. Then I was really poor on a low wage and part time work whilst raising my kids, and then a messy divorce where I walked away from everything due to wanted to run for abusive ex. So up until 2 years ago I was totally broke. Career change then I started another business recently that has completely taken off and Ive gone from 20k a year to 100k. It will probably be at 200k in a year or so and I will keep going until retirement at 70 (if I still want to do it).

I dont think Im that unusual that wealth changes, and Ive been here forever.

Why don't you believe a single poster could earn a very high salary? High earners still use social media and forums.

I think some are lying.
I also think there could be more professionals on this site due to anonymity.
My earnings are average, actual average not MN average, but I do have a professional job. MN is my preferred social media site because I can't interact with debates on sites like Facebook where I could be identified by a client. I can't interact with clients in my personal life and I can't publicly share political views.
Threads here are also more interesting. Facebook comments are usually one liner digs rather than actual debate or support so I think this site will attract more intelligent people, not all intelligent people are wealthy but a lot of wealthy people are intelligent.

Can I clarify what you define as "mega-money"?