What has MN taught you?

That I am unreasonable all the time most of the time...

newmummyvicky There's also my personal favourite: WTAF, meaning What The Actual Fuck.

Pregnancy brought out my Inner Hippy, MN brought out my Inner Fishwife.

That "Parent" is a verb,
That Just because someone refers to their husband as "D"H doesn't mean they are a smug twat (this very thing had me running and screaming from MN at first.)
That the way in which you teach your baby to eat/shit could possibly be a massive source of contention.
That many, many people are much worse off than me.
That many, many people seem to be living charmed lives and don't realise it.
That there are worse things than being single.
That Feminism is alive and well. Ditto Socialism. Ditto Thatcherism.(Although to a lesser extent).
That there are some truly funny women in this world, and this makes me wonder why those lame panel shows only seem to have men on them. Women rock!

That people are very protective of their floors.

DCs- darling children?

thanks thats cleared that up! lol

D- darling or dear
Dd - d daughter
ds- d son
Dt- d twins
Ds3 - my third son
Dh / dp - d husband / partner

imo - in my opinion
iyswim - if you see what I mean
Atm - at the moment

oh and dh and dc?

Just a quick question? im new to mums net what does dd, dp , and ds stand for????????
I keep seeing people write it.

Also if there are any other short hand saying could u let me know?
i take it bf means Breast feeding and ff formular feed!

OMG I am such a lame-o, reading this thread has genuinely made me laugh out loud and cry, DH must think I'm a loon!

Just thank you

To have some perspective

To understand the ways I'm different to others - and the ways I'm the same

To understand better some of the stuff going on in my relationship with DH

To know there are people out there who want to help, and sometimes to be one of those people for someone else.

That sorting out the house begins with the sink !

That I'm a feminist, and not everyone is.

That I love being a mother and all that my DCs have brought to my life

That a scary amount of people haven't a clue about economics.

That my husband is is bloody lovely.

Not to mention "what the actual" "what the Jeff" "naice ham".

Trolls/MRA

My husband has also learned that DH is not an acronym for DickHead!

That I don't need to leave the house to have company, and to be made to laugh, and to have people who care.
Mumsnet is an amazing site, I love it. I have made some friends from here who I have met, and some who I haven't, but even before then, it helped me.

For someone who has never been out of the USA (unless a few hours in Canada on two occasions count), it's given me more of a global perspective. Thank you for that.

That if entitlement was in the olympics a mumsnetter would get the gold unless other mumsnetters were the judges.

That Im not on my own

To be more tolerant - among other things this has made me a better parent and my dch don't hate me

That if I need an answer to some work-related problem (editing) I can post in Pedants' Corner & there will be someone with awesome knowledge & advice along in no time.

That there are some amazing women out there, and sometimes in such unexpected places. I remember someone saying 'I'm the only blonde European working in this shopping centre in Riyadh' (or similar). Need advice about moving to Japan? Post & someone will come along who lives there - incredible - she's someone who I don't know in a foreign country but she's on MN & sharing her life with me!

to you all!

how to cut my own hair

wheredidyoulastseeit, while I can't of course claim to know about all European countries, I've lived in 5 of them and generally I would say that the UK parenting is way more protective and.. what's the word I'm looking for..interfering, I'd say.
Children are allowed to be home alone or go somewhere alone significantly later. Parents are expected to know about and sort out such problems that in other countries would be ignored or left for the children to deal with. Way more pressure to constantly develop and entertain the children.

Better or worse - well, you can find good arguments to defend both sides, but I would not want to derail this thread too much.

Mumsnet has taught me that I am mostly normal.

I have my quirky aspects, but they are allowed.

Also, to never feel alone. Doesn't matter what time of day or night it is, there is always someone to talk to, and it blows my mind how you usually come across someone who understands.

I love this place, overall. I would miss it if it went poof.

at 'ArseDog'.

How to make Liver Cake. ArseDog loves me!

Don't laugh, I'm serious! and am going to have to buy some Pom Bears to see with my own eyes

ladyC

'Pom Bears arms point in different direction'

[mind blown emoticon]

I find crude humour extremely funny and get a lot of it on here. Also blunt honesty and devastatingly accurate psychological analysis. Some of it is just brilliant. I have learned how extremely funny and smart women can be in all sorts of ways.

But possibly the most useful thing I have learned is I am not the first mother to have left my baby in a supermarket aisle and not realised until I got to the checkout and realised I had forgotten 'something.'