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Original poster

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

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coulditbeme2323 · 12/06/2026 10:25

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?

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MyAutumnCrow · 12/06/2026 11:49

bittertwisted · 12/06/2026 11:32

Men in frocks
I often wonder if the whole trans debate has been fabricated by MN to keep it in business

Did I imagine that whole Supreme Court thing, then?

Goodness.

50sandFabulous · 12/06/2026 11:49

Sex with your husband

Flamingojune · 12/06/2026 11:48

Technology

Popstarrrrr · 12/06/2026 11:48

coulditbeme2323 · 12/06/2026 10:30

You haven't noticed MN is absurdly liberal, if you haven't I suspect you are probably one of them!

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I don't see Mumsnet poster as absurdly liberal anymore. In the past yes, but now so many posts are to the extreme right and probably more a reflection of wider societies direction with the openness of hostility to migrants and people on benefits.

CaptainMyCaptain · 12/06/2026 11:47

Dogs

MxCactus · 12/06/2026 11:44

On Mumsnet every SAHP thread says the working parent MUST be paying into an independent pension for the SAHP. I've never heard of this happening in real life with SAHPs!

I work full time and so does DH and we earn similarly, so I have no skin in the game but it does seem very different to RL to me

MoleskineNotebooks · 12/06/2026 11:44

LBFseBrom · 12/06/2026 11:39

Pooing in downstairs loo.

Mn is also against pooing in en suite loos, pooing at work, and pooing in other people's houses. And of course tradesmen may not use any loo where they're working for any reason whatsoever, because they're animals.

JudgeJ · 12/06/2026 11:44

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 12/06/2026 10:52

Botox and plastic surgery facial (it’s liked and disliked in equal measure).

are Breton tops liked or not?

I love a Breton top, don't care what the MN opinion might be, I wore them before a large % of MNers were even born! Also loved a Guernsey, just reminded to buy another one.

Thecatandme · 12/06/2026 11:44

Friends of the opposite sex when you are married/in a relationship

Probably already said but just in case!

TheJuicyLucy · 12/06/2026 11:43

coulditbeme2323 · 12/06/2026 11:38

BoJo was great.

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Of course he was. That's why his own parliamentary party forced him to resign.

BashfulClam · 12/06/2026 11:43

MrsShawnHatosy · 12/06/2026 10:29

Hot tubs used to be very popular on Mumsnet when they cost a lot of money. But then the cheaper inflatable ones came along and they were suddenly accessible to the masses, and then they became very unpopular.

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They are ‘tepid sex ponds’

EstoyRobandoSuCasa · 12/06/2026 11:42

Waiting for all the facts before taking drastic action.

It doesn't matter if you make the situation worse because at least you're doing something.

Thepeopleversuswork · 12/06/2026 11:42

latetothefisting · 12/06/2026 11:41

human interaction!

everything from having friends, answering the door, allowing people to use your toilet, hen parties, christmas do's, liking your colleagues...

Unless its with "my little family"...

Original poster
coulditbeme2323 · 12/06/2026 11:41

incidentally · 12/06/2026 11:41

I see you're very sensible. 🙃

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Thanks.

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ghostofchristmaspasta · 12/06/2026 11:41

coulditbeme2323 · 12/06/2026 11:13

No Reform are the extreme on the other side aren't they.

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So essentially you think the only sensible political opinion is your own?

Staunch conservative is far better than reform/restore mess I guess but I still wouldn’t go as far to say sensible.

latetothefisting · 12/06/2026 11:41

human interaction!

everything from having friends, answering the door, allowing people to use your toilet, hen parties, christmas do's, liking your colleagues...

incidentally · 12/06/2026 11:41

coulditbeme2323 · 12/06/2026 11:38

BoJo was great.

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I see you're very sensible. 🙃

TheJuicyLucy · 12/06/2026 11:41

Any sexual activity in a location which contains, ever has contained or might ever contain a child.

JudgeJ · 12/06/2026 11:40

HotEgg · 12/06/2026 10:30

Men
Dogs
Alcohol
Food
Laughter
Happiness
Logic
Happy Marriages
Women who love their men

Could go on but you get the gyst

Humour, especially risque jokes between friends, some MNers would choke on their pearls were they to hear some of the things we say between ourselves!

Thedevilhasfinallycaughtupwithhim · 12/06/2026 11:40

Being friends with your siblings

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 12/06/2026 11:40

coulditbeme2323 · 12/06/2026 11:38

BoJo was great.

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What?! Are you mad? I’ve seen him in public twice once speaking at a conference (mad as a box of frogs) and once outside little Waitrose in Wimbledon when I was trying to walk past/cross road. He has a presence is all I can say.

LBFseBrom · 12/06/2026 11:39

Pooing in downstairs loo.

incidentally · 12/06/2026 11:39

incidentally · 12/06/2026 11:35

Because the Conservatives were so eminently sensible. I give you Boris Johnson. And Liz Truss.

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Add to that Kemi Badenoch - she thinks equality is dangerous and divisive, thinks Rupert Lowe is great and identifies with Daenerys Targaryen. 😬

Thepeopleversuswork · 12/06/2026 11:39

I'm not sure I accept the premise of a "Mumsnet view" or that Mumsnet is "absurdly liberal": in my experience all human life is on Mumsnet, from far right to far left with everything in between. That said:

  • The words "hubs" and "holibobs" seem to whip people into paroxysms of fury on here. I don't love them but I don't really understand the depth of hate they evoke: there are worse phrases.
  • London: a lot of people talk about London like its Mogadishu (while conveniently ignoring that the deprivation and rioting dominating the UK mostly happens outside London
  • School mums: a large proportion of the Mumsnet audience thinks most other mothers are part of a large coordinated conspiracy to exclude them and their children from everything.
  • "People" in general and "friends" specifically, as in "I hate people", and "I avoid people" and, my favourite "I don't need friends, I've got my little family" (boak).
RattlingTin · 12/06/2026 11:39

coulditbeme2323 · 12/06/2026 10:55

Massively disagree.

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I think this might depend on how long you’ve used MN. I’ve been here for maybe18 years now and I see many more right wing posts/posters than there used to be. But I think that’s partly because this site is so mainstream now.

(fwiw, I am left of centre, but generally a sensible centrist - politics is all about extremes these days, no room for us now!)