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What are your favourite MN posts

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havingoneofthosedays · 14/06/2026 17:30

Top 3 posts that you will click into…
Mine:

  1. Missing partner - said partner hasn’t come home from the work night out etc
  2. Should I go to A&E - pile on from all the armchair medics
  3. Mounjaro - the teeny tiny fighting for their life against the cheeky fatties who are cheating the weight loss game

Lighthearted and genuinely interested in what others like!

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AlexandraImogenSloppe · 14/06/2026 20:12

Ridiculous behaviour, so I love CFs and things that (potential) partners have done that have given posters the ick.

I also love woo, fear of ouija boards, and recommendations of sage smudging and getting a catholic priest in to bless/exorcise.

Walker1178 · 14/06/2026 20:07

Anyone in HR?

I’m not, I mostly WFH for a great company with lovely colleagues so read these to replace the workplace drama I miss out on IRL

BrazilBalls · 14/06/2026 20:04

Parking
Cheeky Fuckers

ohyesido · 14/06/2026 20:02

I was incredibly rude to somebody and now they’re mad at me, AIBU?

MistressoftheDarkSide · 14/06/2026 20:00

I get engaged by:

Social justice stuff.
True crime stuff.
Friendship issues.
Bereavement stuff.
Anything "woo"
Anything big bad tech related.

I swerve:

Neighbour disputes.
Style issues.
Wedding threads.

As an aside, does anyone else find their internal dialogue about personal issues starts sounding like a MN thread 😆 ?

Favourite thread ever - shrew ice cream for cats in hot weather. That was priceless.

Original poster
havingoneofthosedays · 14/06/2026 19:53

Sortingmyself · 14/06/2026 19:40

Definitely CF threads 🤣 loved the one about a friend who borrowed OPs posh shoes (laboutins was it?) And another one with a dyson airwrap/hair dryer

Threads about people who comment on other peoples food and/or portion size "how do you eat all that? Omg AND you're having pudding!!!!!" Love those.

Absolutely hate it when we dont get updates!

I remember both these! Brilliant

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Original poster
havingoneofthosedays · 14/06/2026 19:53

And yes of course going to stay with (usually) in-laws and they don’t eat

OP posts:
Thebinisrightthere · 14/06/2026 19:53

Anything to do with friendship or family dramas, I'm in!

NoArmaniNoPunani · 14/06/2026 19:51

'Dh ate a fat ball' sticks in my mind.

Original poster
havingoneofthosedays · 14/06/2026 19:51

Ahhh the inheritance ones have been good lately, and 98% of the time the poor bugger isn’t even dead yet!

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MeinKraft · 14/06/2026 19:48

I love the ones where posters go to stay with their in laws for a few days at Christmas and it turns out the in laws only eat one meal a day of a boiled potato and a slice of sandwich ham. Usually the thread will climax with a OP breaking out and running off to the chippy.

Sortingmyself · 14/06/2026 19:40

Definitely CF threads 🤣 loved the one about a friend who borrowed OPs posh shoes (laboutins was it?) And another one with a dyson airwrap/hair dryer

Threads about people who comment on other peoples food and/or portion size "how do you eat all that? Omg AND you're having pudding!!!!!" Love those.

Absolutely hate it when we dont get updates!

UrOutdoors · 14/06/2026 19:34

“My wife has been distant since our son was born 10 months ago. How can I persuade her to open up to me emotionally? It’s not about sex.”

(It’s about sex).

CaffeinatedMum · 14/06/2026 19:31

Any AIBU where the OP refuses to accept they might be being just a tad unreasonable, when literally every poster is telling them TABU, and they just keep doubling down

MajorSamanthaCarter · 14/06/2026 19:30

Threads about food that turn into 'who can eat the least' competitions. "I survive on a large gulp air and a sip of water every other Tuesday", "my diet is similar but I only have a small gulp of air".
Threads where the OP is obviously being unreasonable but argues for pages and pages that they aren't.
Threads where people share pictures of their pets ❤

Owly11 · 14/06/2026 19:29

CF threads are the best - nothing quite as satisfying as plotting revenge on behalf of someone else. The funniest thread I ever read was the dh who kept going for a wank instead of cooking dinner.

The threads I hate reading the most are when the op is being abused but doesn't realise it. Those ones are so sad. 😞

hay5689 · 14/06/2026 19:28

Anything about property prices in London. Totally amazes me how expensive it is to live there.

NeverEverOhNo · 14/06/2026 19:27

I like the 'how should we split the bill/rooms' ones.

Or the wedding/bridezilla ones.

SpottyPyjama · 14/06/2026 19:24

I love an airplane seat thread and the inheritance ones.

toomuchfaff · 14/06/2026 19:21

I always eyeroll at the "my DP is an amazing, fabulous, fantastic partner but he never does any housework, wont look after the kids, wont pick up his socks or flush the toilet, doesnt cook, doesnt work, expects me to pay for everything - aibu to expect him to put a lid on the toothpaste"

I love a CF thread!

I hate a humble brag post..

Delladuck · 14/06/2026 18:55

cf threads
ive added loads of stories myself over the years as i seem to be a cf magnet
thank god for mn,and have finally grown a set and ill always say no before they really dig their nails in

AfternoonVanessa · 14/06/2026 18:26

There was a similar thread last year@FuckoffeeBeforeCoffee. The op was the higher earner and the new DH and his ex wife had decided she should pay for their son.

I always read the cocklodger ones, suspicious partners and weight loss bashing. Plus disabled parking/ pip.

I don't bother to contribute to LGBT or 'I'm hard up on £100k' threads.

FirstDayonthePlanet · 14/06/2026 18:23

I just love cheeky fucker threads, especially ‘what’s the most CF thing you’ve witnessed?’ style ones with loads of outrageous CF stories.

FuckoffeeBeforeCoffee · 14/06/2026 18:15

Seeing as people are posting specific threads, can anyone remember a thread from m 2016/2017 (at a guess) from a woman asking if she was being unreasonable not wanting to pay for private school for her stepchildren. It was the thread that brought me to Mumsnet and I’m not sure if there was a resolution.

cheesychipsontheoche · 14/06/2026 18:11

Outfits for a specific event.
you will get a few suggestions that fit the brief. You’ll also get the complete opposite, some overpriced sacks, people telling the OP that they wouldn’t get dressed up for an event (especially if its a restaurant, that proper brings out the snobbery) and usually an argument about overpriced sacks and why you shouldn’t be on style and beauty if you’re recommending high street stores.

i get my popcorn and my bingo card every time.