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

"I dont believe a single poster who says they are on mega money 🤷‍♀️"

Just re-posting what i actually said

But then they happily live in an environment destroying 'period' property.

They probably are rather insignificant in the real world, whereas on an anonymous forum they can be whatever they want to be.

In my experience, really well off people tend not to talk about what they have.

I’ve never understood the accusations of people overstating their salary on an anonymous forum like this one. Why would I try to impress someone with my earnings when they literally have no idea who I am? It makes no sense to me.

Bins is the latest

Everyone seems to have empty bins, they never throw any normal waste away.

Whereas the majority of us have overspilling bins.

I may be wrong here but generally suspect the ones which are specifically about how wealthy the OP is, are BS. I think wealthy people often don’t want to draw attention to to themselves and it wouldn’t occur to them to write a post about their money. They mix with people ‘on their level’ and talk about the things that interest wealthy people.
Boarding sch/ private school posts are different. They’re more about getting help and advice about a specific situation where friends irl can’t help them.
Don’t forget many boarding school kids are there because a parent works abroad and fees are paid by the company. So they probably couldn’t pay the fees from their income.

I think there’s also an element of competitive low consumption on here though- posters who talk about never heating their house above 14 degrees or holidaying on a shoebox under the stairs, and say no wonder the world is in a mess if people will insist on washing their towels more than once a year. And there’s also a small proportion of posters who just want to stick the boot in.

Don't you think the bragging and judgement comes from a place of insecurity though?

I have name changed but have been using this site off and on for over 20 years, since before my first baby was born.

My theory is that the demographic skews a little wealthier than average because the site has been around for a long time and a lot of the original posters are now old! Women of mid thirties and upwards are more likely to have climbed the career ladder and be earning well, have a successful business, or had more time to accumulate some assets.

So I don’t think it’s all bullshit, although an anonymous forum is bound to attract some fantasists.

I was surprised recently when a poster, who was struggling financially, said she was trying to save about £800 a year for holidays because she liked to travel, and others told her that was extravagant.

Been on here for 20+ years and don’t recognise this at all. I’d happily bet money on this site being populated by people with higher than average intelligence. (Not a massively risky bet)

There is a lot of bragging and judgemental bullshit. Its very middle class overall

Take it as you will.

I like uppity

And often I am also uppity. When I choose to be.

I don't think MN has a 'wealthy' user base at all. I'm often surprised by how little disposable income people have and how high their outgoings are. I think it's very representative of the middle.

Apologies, it came across as if you were pointing out an error when I had already noted it was rough estimate. As an aside though - uppity has long been considered an offensive word with a lot of racist and sexist connotations so that feels like an uncomfortable choice of word to put someone down if you feel challenged.

I think there is probably a mix of posters, mostly women, rich, poor, and the majority somewhere in between.
I do notice some people like to start threads about savings, income, luxuries etc...in order to mention how much they have...that usually arouses my bullshit meter.

DH earns c£200k . He works very hard

i also don’t know why people are so focused on it, there’s like 10 Millon people on here.

I definitely don’t believe this, Look at the active threads & how many people are “looking”.

Honestly to me..as long as you're not on benefits long term and your make are self sufficient on your income. That's fine.

You must live a very narrow life if you don't believe that anyone earns mega money. Of course they do! What do you call mega money? If you're talking a million or more then that will be of course be very few people, but I know plenty of people on 100 to 150k, and a couple of over 200k. If you're a professional person, doing well in your career, it's not unusual, and I'm not talking London or the SE either.

I see this comment a lot and I think it’s people skim over the ones who are average or below earning and their eyes pop out and they remember the higher earners,

on any thread about earnings, income etc, it is predominantly people who are average and below, in fact it’s a fairly similar split to the real world, as you’d expect.

i also don’t know why people are so focused on it, there’s like 10 Millon people on here.

the key thing people seem obsessed with is. Money, weight, theirs and other women’s, food , what they are eating and how much, and class.

Jesus, it wasnt a 'gotcha' at all, I was just chatting in line with your post, dont be so uppity

I dont have a downstairs bathroom, it was a joke.

Why are people so serious on here. Its so tiresome.

I'm in the last category.

Always wanted to be happy rather than rich.

I'm not commuting to London leaving the house at 6am/getting home at 8pm 5 days each week for all the tea in China.

I trot off to my care job happily and when I leave I don't usually think about it again until 5 minutes before I'm due back there.

Love spending as little time at work and as much time with my family as possible. Between me and my husband we need to earn enough for everything the family need and a bit of what we and the kids want and that's it. Both work part time. I always weigh up the benefit of what I need overtime money for/could buy versus time at work and not helping my family. Generally don't want any overtime and would rather cut my cloth instead.

Well its either Billy bullshitters or ones who managed to blag a "high six figure salary" job while still talking absolute nonsensical tripe.

Or a mix.

The ones who shoehorn in they have a six figure salary on a thread about cheese or something equally nothing to do with actual earnings are definitely bullshitting.

I dont believe a single poster who says they are on mega money 🤷‍♀️

I literally gave the disclaimer that it was a very quick estimation with lots of variables - age of retirement/type of investment etc., so that’s not quite the gotcha that you imagine it to be. 30000 is reasonable to live on and would be comfortable, but there would be compromises if your salary had been significantly above this - I think that’s why the guide is to have a percentage of your salary rather than a number. It’s reasonable to imagine if your salary was 30000, a pension of the same would be great for one person, but for two people earning 100000, their lifestyle would have to adjust.

I’m not sure what your downstairs bathroom has to do with it!