Active discussions

Please or to access all these features

Talk
AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Original poster

To ask for the life advice that has served you well?

404 replies

mumofoneAloneandwell · 11/05/2026 21:23

The truth shall set you free

OP posts:
DistractMe · 11/05/2026 21:49

Always take your own tea bags to Spain

Littlefairywings · 11/05/2026 21:48

What’s the worst that can happen? The world will still turn.

or my current favourite:
Just because you can, doesn’t always mean you should

SadLovedGirl · 11/05/2026 21:47

Make sure you’ve got a comfy bed and a comfy pair of shoes, cos if you’re not in one then you’re in the other!

CreamFirstJamSecond · 11/05/2026 21:47

Always store a torch on its side.

Mumofmarauders · 11/05/2026 21:46

Withhold not your heart from any joy (ie don’t pass up any opportunity to be happy about anything!)

Screamingabdabz · 11/05/2026 21:45

You wouldn’t care so much about what people think of you if you realised how seldom they do.

When I was around 16, naively postulating on all the fantastic creative careers I might have one day… somebody said to me:
“If you really wanted to do it, you’d already be doing it.” (It’s true about all sorts of lofty ideals you tell yourself.)

If a bloke really liked you, he’d be with you.

The rules of misogny.

Let your yes be yes, and your no be no.

Just because someone doesn’t love you how you want, doesn’t mean they don’t love you with all they have.

mumofb2 · 11/05/2026 21:45

If you dont ask you don’t get

Brightbluesomething · 11/05/2026 21:41

Everything is temporary.

ThatMintMember · 11/05/2026 21:41

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Original poster
mumofoneAloneandwell · 11/05/2026 21:40

Not so much advice but something I found super true

To paraphrase, saw this whilst watching In Treatment

'Youre never as free as when youre listening to music that you really like'

OP posts:
MotherOfSoManyCats · 11/05/2026 21:39

You can't change anyone, you can only change the way you react to them.

DreamingOfGeneHunt · 11/05/2026 21:38

Don't make life harder than it has to be.

NotAWurstToIt · 11/05/2026 21:37

Kindness isn’t weakness

bobblyhatandbobbles · 11/05/2026 21:35

Be nice to everyone, you never know when you might need them.

shellyleppard · 11/05/2026 21:34

You can't take it with you (money)....my mum's favourite saying

Ineedanewsofa · 11/05/2026 21:34

It’s pretty arrogant to think everyone is looking at you
If they haven’t changed at all since school that’s problem, not a plus point
Don’t shit on your own doorstep
(Thanks Dad)

Sidebeforeself · 11/05/2026 21:33

Do the right thing

searchforthesun · 11/05/2026 21:33

Bravery feels like fear

SometimesThingsHappen · 11/05/2026 21:33

Ask for what you want, because of you don't ask the answer is always no.

childoftkty · 11/05/2026 21:32

You never know what goes on behind closed doors

tooloololoo · 11/05/2026 21:29

Be single unless you’re lucky to meet the right one. In the meantime your mind and skill will take you places unimaginable.
The heavy painful emotions will leave your body and you’ll be free again to raise your child in a healthy environment whilst building a great company

Leafstamp · 11/05/2026 21:28

Count your blessings

AcquadiP · 11/05/2026 21:27

It wasn't meant to be.

ItsPickleRick · 11/05/2026 21:27

“Let them”.

VillageMilton · 11/05/2026 21:26

'We're all going the same way'.