Active discussions

Please or to access all these features

Talk
AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Original poster

AIBU to say Mumsnet has some particularly bonkers opinions?

132 replies

coulditbeme2323 · 15/06/2026 11:37

I have been a long time MN lurker, but the last 3 weeks have actually been posting due to a post op. The place is bonkers, and I am going to miss it now I am on the mend.

Here are a few bonkers opinions.

  1. Men can become women

  2. If you have more than £3.46 left for the week, you have loads and shouldn't ask for budgeting advice.

  3. If you are uncomfortable with husband going to a strip club or a candlelit dinner with his ex, you are a controlling old witch who doesn't trust him.

  4. Something magical happens to your children the day they turn 18, and you should charge them market rent and not help them anymore.

  5. If you want to see a country that is a long haul flight away, you are environmentally worse than a Bond Villain.

  6. Dogs should always be on their leads, even in dog walking parks.

What else?

OP posts:
New posts on this thread. Refresh page
localnotail · 18/06/2026 21:29
  1. Men can become women - this is hilarious, MN is mostly TERF, there are very few people on here who support this view
  2. If you have more than £3.46 left for the week, you have loads and shouldn't ask for budgeting advice. - no idea where this came from, was it one particular thread you read that made you believe this is some sort of a dominant opinion?
  3. If you are uncomfortable with husband going to a strip club or a candlelit dinner with his ex, you are a controlling old witch who doesn't trust him. - bullshit, the majority would shout LTB for a much lesser crime
  4. Something magical happens to your children the day they turn 18, and you should charge them market rent and not help them anymore. - again, is this based on a single thread?
  5. If you want to see a country that is a long haul flight away, you are environmentally worse than a Bond Villain. - most on people on here travel a lot, read Travel section - no one is saying this
  6. Dogs should always be on their leads, even in dog walking parks. - well, this is probably true because this is a sensible opinion
Locutus2000 · 16/06/2026 14:57

This whole thread amounts to 'AIBU to take a few weirdos on an open anonymous forum and claim they represent a significant opinion'.

Wicked Tuna Fishing GIF by National Geographic TV
Muffsies · 16/06/2026 13:53

coulditbeme2323 · 16/06/2026 13:12

Cool story bro.

Show quote history

"My phone made me do it" 🤣

Original poster
coulditbeme2323 · 16/06/2026 13:12

JHound · 16/06/2026 13:09

Because I got a notification. I had not returned before the notification because of how weird the OP is.

Show quote history

Cool story bro.

OP posts:
JHound · 16/06/2026 13:09

coulditbeme2323 · 16/06/2026 12:56

Yet here you still are!

Show quote history

Because I got a notification. I had not returned before the notification because of how weird the OP is.

Original poster
coulditbeme2323 · 16/06/2026 12:56

JHound · 16/06/2026 12:46

It’s a weird post.

Show quote history

Yet here you still are!

OP posts:
JHound · 16/06/2026 12:46

coulditbeme2323 · 16/06/2026 08:57

Were you under duress when reading it?

Show quote history

It’s a weird post.

Original poster
coulditbeme2323 · 16/06/2026 08:57

JHound · 15/06/2026 22:45

What a weird post.

Show quote history

Were you under duress when reading it?

OP posts:
JHound · 15/06/2026 22:45

coulditbeme2323 · 15/06/2026 11:37

I have been a long time MN lurker, but the last 3 weeks have actually been posting due to a post op. The place is bonkers, and I am going to miss it now I am on the mend.

Here are a few bonkers opinions.

  1. Men can become women

  2. If you have more than £3.46 left for the week, you have loads and shouldn't ask for budgeting advice.

  3. If you are uncomfortable with husband going to a strip club or a candlelit dinner with his ex, you are a controlling old witch who doesn't trust him.

  4. Something magical happens to your children the day they turn 18, and you should charge them market rent and not help them anymore.

  5. If you want to see a country that is a long haul flight away, you are environmentally worse than a Bond Villain.

  6. Dogs should always be on their leads, even in dog walking parks.

What else?

What a weird post.

PenelopeJoanSterling · 15/06/2026 22:33

MummyWillow1 · 15/06/2026 14:44

It has always been like that, the shouting people down isn’t anything new.

There have always been a minority of absolute witches on hear and the admins do little to stop them.

Why don’t think MN has such a reputation?

Show quote history

in previous times it was the vipers etc or the queen bees

PenelopeJoanSterling · 15/06/2026 22:30

BleedinglyObvious · 15/06/2026 12:21

If your DH/DP has a special female friend or colleague who he seems to spend a lot of time with or texting, you are controlling and overly suspicious if you mind.

but then on mumsnet, if the roles are flipped then its the Dh should trust the wife and that hes controlling if he does not etc

mumumental · 15/06/2026 21:52

I don’t recognise any of those “opinions “ as common. And people are different.

Muffsies · 15/06/2026 21:39

Shinyhappyapple · 15/06/2026 21:19

Not sure how sarcastic you are being here - but not every woman on MN is middle class with a degree.

Show quote history

Sorry, yes i was being sarcastic. I'm referencing the cliched reputation of typical MNers.

Shinyhappyapple · 15/06/2026 21:19

Muffsies · 15/06/2026 14:39

Every now and again the far right sent their minions to teach us middle class, woke bleeding-heart women a lesson. They're very welcome to join in, but they are kidding if they think they're actually influencing anything in society. Let's just say there's a clear difference in education levels 😂

Show quote history

Not sure how sarcastic you are being here - but not every woman on MN is middle class with a degree.

RhododendronFlowers · 15/06/2026 18:08

Error404FucksNotFound · 15/06/2026 17:57

Mumsnet doesnt have any opinions at all. It's not a sentient being or a hive mind.

I like the wide range of opinions you see expressed on mumsnet whether I agree with them or not. I get to hear views I maybe haven't heard before. Sometimes I change my own views because someone has put something in such a good way from an angle id never considered before

Yes, I do as well. It's unhealthy to be in a bubble and I think it's good to have your opinions challenged, in a sensible way. It can often make you think and reflect on your mindset.

Error404FucksNotFound · 15/06/2026 17:57

Mumsnet doesnt have any opinions at all. It's not a sentient being or a hive mind.

I like the wide range of opinions you see expressed on mumsnet whether I agree with them or not. I get to hear views I maybe haven't heard before. Sometimes I change my own views because someone has put something in such a good way from an angle id never considered before

ohyesido · 15/06/2026 17:52

Mumsnet is the only place I know of where people can state the first one and not be vilified by idiots

LaurieFairyCake · 15/06/2026 17:01

Though I have noticed a lot of incredibly right wing pro Farage opinions on here in last year

LaurieFairyCake · 15/06/2026 17:00

Those definitely look like minority opinions, I disagree with at least 3 of those and I’m hardly Mrs Revolutionary

Blimms · 15/06/2026 15:05

happygreenscissors · 15/06/2026 14:54

or end up replying on the wrong thread, I am not even sure how I've managed before that but it's embarrassing 😂

Show quote history

Oh, yes, I’ve definitely done that before. Probably more than once

AutumnCrow2 · 15/06/2026 15:03

Darragon · 15/06/2026 12:06

There has been an influx of new posters who are suddenly very prolific over the past week, aggressively shouting down reasonable views (in the opposite direction to usual) and arguing black is white. No idea how they all suddenly decided to join MN at the same time but it's really gone weird over the past week compared to how things usually go.

Edited

Makerfield?

Although god knows where the anti-eating food lunacy is coming from.

The ‘Catherine is pooey’ stuff is saddo SussxBots.

happygreenscissors · 15/06/2026 14:54

Blimms · 15/06/2026 14:11

Or maybe sometimes poster like me have fat fingers and end up quoting the wrong post! 😆

Show quote history

or end up replying on the wrong thread, I am not even sure how I've managed before that but it's embarrassing 😂

MummyWillow1 · 15/06/2026 14:44

Darragon · 15/06/2026 12:06

There has been an influx of new posters who are suddenly very prolific over the past week, aggressively shouting down reasonable views (in the opposite direction to usual) and arguing black is white. No idea how they all suddenly decided to join MN at the same time but it's really gone weird over the past week compared to how things usually go.

Edited

It has always been like that, the shouting people down isn’t anything new.

There have always been a minority of absolute witches on hear and the admins do little to stop them.

Why don’t think MN has such a reputation?

LuckyHazelFox · 15/06/2026 14:43

nocoolnamesleft · 15/06/2026 14:21

Re 1), Mumsnet is one of the very few places on the internet where lots of people openly agree that men absolutely cannot become women.

Yes that's very true - thankfully.

LuckyHazelFox · 15/06/2026 14:42

Muffsies · 15/06/2026 14:39

Every now and again the far right sent their minions to teach us middle class, woke bleeding-heart women a lesson. They're very welcome to join in, but they are kidding if they think they're actually influencing anything in society. Let's just say there's a clear difference in education levels 😂

Show quote history

You've just said exactly what it does on the Tin. Can't even be arsed to go there about education levels. So the hard left don't need to send their minions as the hard left already make up the majority composition? Got it.