A dads section

hey dont lose hope! im think it would benefit a lot of people. its sometimes nice as well for a woman to hear "the views of the other side"!!

hsb, one reason why dads have not replied to your suggestion could be that they don't log on at the weekends and the site is less busy then. Wait and see it the mumsnet surfers at work brigade reply. Mind you do any men log onto mumsnet at work?

You might also pick up a few stay at home dads - those who only log onto mumsnet when their partners are working.

Hang on in there!

only joking...i honestly do think its a good idea!

pmsl caligula! is this true guys? is that really what you talk about in loos? think a mens section is a good idea too...after all, where else should thousands of pre menstrual women go to vent their anger?

I once eavesdropped on a men's loo (it was not as bad as it sounds, the women's loo was right next to it with a very bad partition wall so there was no soundproofing at all) and was delighted to hear a conversation along the lines of "WHAT the f* is he wearing? I mean - yellow!" "I know - completely washes him out" "Yeah - doesn't suit him at all." To my knowledge, none of these men were gay!

not much point to dads section then!?

Fair point. I am not sure you would have the floor to yourselves for long if you take my meaning.

That would be quite interesting and yes maybe having our own section would get the dads on this site talking about these sort of issues. Depends if we thought all you ladies were just waiting in the wings to make judgement

I can't speak for anyone else, but I am just interested to know what men's take on familiar subjects is. So, no, I don't want to read about men's opinions on Chelsea's chances of winning the double (what does that mean even? - no don't tell me!) but it would be interesting to read men's opinions on division of labour in the home, or how they feel seeing their partner give birth, etc.

Ok so it would be a bit more varied than that but i dont think you'd get half the drama and flounces and arguments as you get with you ladies, i think it would be all to tame for your liking

No No No! Please tell me you are not really that shallow and boring? (I don't mean you personally, but men in general). This is still a parenting website. I would have hoped some men would have wanted to talk about their experiences as a parent.

you wouldn't though, do you really think that we would suddenly have interesting, emotional or revealing conversations just cos we were on the net

I have compiled a list of plausible threads on the mens section

Whose gonna win the premiership?

Whats the best route by road to get from y tyo x?

Anyone got any cheats for grand theft auto?

ds doesn't like football have i failed as a dad?

Oh come on wheresmyfroggy, don't deny us the fascination of listening in to a man only conversation when it is clear that your fellow men enjoy lurking on Mumsnet so much, listening to unsuspecting women. It must sometimes feel like you are lurking in the end cubicle of the ladies conveniences, and I am sure I am not the only woman here who would love to be the fly on the wall of some male only conversations.

Don't think a dads section would be all it's cracked up to be!

Went to a dads site once and looked at a thread about getting children to bed, there were about 20 posts and the thread had been running over a month, and most of those posts were "me too" or "same here" responses to about 4/5 anecdotes in total

as for you ladies lurking i dont think it would reveal any shocking secrets about the male psyche, will prob just re-affirm how boring male conversation can be!

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resounding silence about this topic idea from other male mumsnetters so far....

lol @ beety!

you are wicked women. I would never do a thing like that.

But what will we eavesdrop on? When there are awkward pauses in threads, will they start talking about football results?

Yes, I think we should watch but not let on.

I think you'll scare all the dads off if you suggest you're going to "watch" over them all you perves!

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I guess! Perhaps some dads should start dadsnet!

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