Galaxy - Ah the 'underdog' - that'll be me then... because I wasn't nominated by anyone for anything on WK's thread...
But then, nor would I expect to be, 'cos I rarely post, and don't know that many people on here IRL
But you see, that doesn't bother me in the slightest - I don't immediately assume it's because everyone hates me, or that I am outside the 'clique' or that I didn't shower this morning etc, etc, I just think 'in the circumstances, this is probably right - I wouldn't expect to be...
This probably isn't the right place to start this debate, but it really alarms me the way the UK in general (and even Mumsnet within this) is developing such an "anti-competition, prizes for all" culture. It's the same with school sports days where there are no winners, in case the 'losers' get upset....... madness IMO.
Everyone has strengths and weaknesses and should be recognised as such. Life would be so dull if we were all equal in everything
This would be an interesting one to pursue in a separate thread, because it's clear that there are very diverse views on this on MN. To be honest, It's one of the reasons why I don't visit here as much as I used to - I've found the new "thou shalt not risk excluding anyone, upseting anyone or making any remotely controversial statement" culture rather suffocating.
(wish I didn't feel I needed to write that, for example...)