Page 19 | What’s disliked on Mumsnet but very popular in everyday life?

coulditbeme2323 · 2026-06-12T09:25:29+00:00

What's hated on MN, but insanely popular in real life? Disney World Starbucks, Costa, Nero etc Center Parcs A sensible political stance McDonald's What else?

Mangelwurzelfortea · 12/06/2026 12:32

Thepeopleversuswork · 12/06/2026 12:26

Surely you can understand that a "sensible political stance" is in the eye of the beholder?

"Common sense" is such a cop out. One person's common sense is another person's extremism/stupidity/self-indulgence.

When people evoke "common sense" or a "sensible" position to win an argument it just means either that they dislike anyone who doesn't agree with them or that they can't articulate their own position properly.

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It's always people on the right who do this too. There are as many left-leaning people as right-leaning, but it's only the ones on the right who feel attacked for their views, despite them apparently being the 'sensible' views that everyone secretly shares. I wonder why.

CaesarAugusta · 12/06/2026 12:31

TheKittenswithMittens · 12/06/2026 12:29

Stanley Baxter and Danny la Rue were immensely popular.

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Also Dame Edna Everage

ChipDaleRescueRangers · 12/06/2026 12:31

Eating......

chanel925 · 12/06/2026 12:31

I don’t thing anyone that drinks alcohol is allowed to join Mumsnet?

CaesarAugusta · 12/06/2026 12:31

Letting anyone see your baby before they are three months old.

tombombaclot · 12/06/2026 12:30

Dogs

Kids at weddings

Unexpectedlysinglemum · 12/06/2026 12:29

BABY SHOWERS

Unexpectedlysinglemum · 12/06/2026 12:29

Dummies for babies
having babies unmarried

HotEgg · 12/06/2026 12:29

Everyone halt! @Mangelwurzelfortea is here and knows everything and has the final word on everything!

TheKittenswithMittens · 12/06/2026 12:29

Differentforgirls · 12/06/2026 12:28

Not by anyone I know!

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Stanley Baxter and Danny la Rue were immensely popular.

HelenaWaiting · 12/06/2026 12:29

Adequate amounts of food (if you can't make a medium-sized chicken fees a family of four for a week, you're a spendthrift).

corblimeygvnr · 12/06/2026 12:28

A hard stance against asylum seekers.

happygreenscissors · 12/06/2026 12:28

Men is a great one!

Fun. In real life, most people like holidays, having friends, seeing friends, organising parties, celebrating birthdays, weddings.

Differentforgirls · 12/06/2026 12:28

coulditbeme2323 · 12/06/2026 11:33

I think you will find blokes pretending to be women is disliked in real life as well!

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Not by anyone I know!

Lifeomars · 12/06/2026 12:27

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 12/06/2026 10:53

Alcohol. Most here have a thimbleful of sherry max. 🤣

I once mentioned having two glasses of wine a week and had a reply telling me I was poisoning my body and my soul .

PrueRamsay · 12/06/2026 12:27

Dogs
Cats

Thepeopleversuswork · 12/06/2026 12:26

CapstanFullStrength · 12/06/2026 12:21

"A sensible political stance"

YANBU

Sorry not read the thread but I'm wondering if people will pretend not to understand what you're talking about or go straight into calling you a bigot

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Surely you can understand that a "sensible political stance" is in the eye of the beholder?

"Common sense" is such a cop out. One person's common sense is another person's extremism/stupidity/self-indulgence.

When people evoke "common sense" or a "sensible" position to win an argument it just means either that they dislike anyone who doesn't agree with them or that they can't articulate their own position properly.

NoWordForFluffy · 12/06/2026 12:26

Netcurtainnelly · 12/06/2026 11:10

I don't 👍

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I do. 👍

Mangelwurzelfortea · 12/06/2026 12:25

MoleskineNotebooks · 12/06/2026 12:24

There's no need for 'pretence'. People's idea of what a 'sensible political stance' might be is going to be entirely subjective. The OP has since clarified that she means a Conservative one. Which is definitely subjective.

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Also ironic, given the title of the thread, as the Conservatives are NOT very popular in real life. Destroyed in the last GE and polling at an all-time low!

furimosa · 12/06/2026 12:25

Friends
Family
Food, eating in general

TheKittenswithMittens · 12/06/2026 12:24

The Royal Family

HotEgg · 12/06/2026 12:24

Mangelwurzelfortea · 12/06/2026 12:20

Just facts.

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Naturally.

MoleskineNotebooks · 12/06/2026 12:24

CapstanFullStrength · 12/06/2026 12:21

"A sensible political stance"

YANBU

Sorry not read the thread but I'm wondering if people will pretend not to understand what you're talking about or go straight into calling you a bigot

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There's no need for 'pretence'. People's idea of what a 'sensible political stance' might be is going to be entirely subjective. The OP has since clarified that she means a Conservative one. Which is definitely subjective.

corblimeygvnr · 12/06/2026 12:23

Underwear from M and S 😂

MoleskineNotebooks · 12/06/2026 12:22

Ard · 12/06/2026 12:16

The understanding that people make decisions based on what they knew at the time, and sometimes make mistakes. I can't imagine anyone I know IRL saying 'why on earth did you marry this prince of a man?'as though it's the wittiest sentence ever.

But it's not something you would say to your friend, just as you wouldn't say 'Fuck me, that's one ugly name' when a friend or relative tells you they've called the baby Lexi-Patricia. Whereas when someone posts on here about their DH's completely inability to cook, or how terribly puzzling it is that their DH has such a Big Job he needs to be out of the house 7-8am till 8 pm 6 days a week while a new friend has exactly the same job at the same level of seniority in the same office and manages to do it perfectly well between 9 and 5, and WFH two days a week, pointing out that they've married a dud may be completely accurate and useful.