No kids but on Mumsnet?

[Alone1971]

Why do women with no kids (intentionally) post on this forum? It says "by parents for parents". Genuinely interested as to why?

It's the only large forum I've seen for women in the UK. I'm on Reddit too, but the two sites have very different atmospheres and conversations.

Plus, I'll have kids one day (probably!)

Why do you post on this forum Alone1971?
Genuinely interested as to why.

OP, genuine question, how long have you been here? Because it can't be long since this question is asked every month or so.

Try thinking of it as a forum open to all people who have, or have had parents.

I'm just here for Sporner Corner. What's your excuse OP? Isn't Netmums more your kind of thing?

Jesusit was a genuine question and yes I have not been in here long. Why the aggression? I mean I don't post on a motorbike forum cos I don't have a motorbike.

When I first found mumsnet it was because bounty and netmums forums had been mentioned to me as useful informative places when I was pregnant (yeah, I know 🙄😂). I quickly found mumsnet and used it almost exclusively for parenting stuff for about 3 days.
Now I virtually never read threads about children or start threads looking for parenting advice. It’s a bloody brilliant site for almost everything. The name initially led me to believe it really was just somewhere for mums to talk about being mums but it’s totally not the case.
Yesterday I posted a couple of threads, neither of them anything to do with children whatsoever.
I suspect people that think it’s just for mums just haven’t been here very long.

I mean I don't post on a motorbike forum cos I don't have a motorbike.

You have a body that needs to be clothed and a head of hair though presumably? Therefore you might be interested in the Style and Beauty section.

You may have a dog, a cat or a horse? Therefore you might be interested in the Dog House, Litter Tray or Tack Room sections.

Struggling with bereavement? There's also a section for that too.

MN is about so much more than kids and parents, if you have a good look around.

and yes I have not been in here long.

So why begin by questioning other people’s right to post here? Thread police are frowned upon. Site policing is the job of MNHQ.

Thanks @cakeninja. That makes sense. I am in meds for mental health, maybe I should steer clear of posting

But alone have you actually looked at the full list of talk topics? If the motorbike forum also had sub threads on knitting and you loved knitting you'd find it a great forum

Alone don’t be put off, there’s a load of support here for whoever needs or wants it, whether it’s for Bereavement or F&B paint . Responses are prickly because your question has been posed so many times before and comes across as critical of non-parents here. Don’t take it to heart.

Lots of reasons.

1. AIBU can be hilarious. You just have to check out some in classics. Why would you rob us of that fun just because we are childless?

1. Sometimes people are asking for advice about their lives/legal issues. I don't offer advice on parenting (since I cannot), but if someone asks for advice on selling a house for example, there is no reason why my advice is not valid, unless you believe that how valuable our advice is is governed by our fertility levels.

1. If the site was not for people without children, then there would be little need for the infertility subthread. There are a lot of us women over there who are struggling with infertility and have met some genuinely lovely people who are going through the same situation and provide much needed support and advice. Why would you want to rob people of that?

What is wrong with a forum that anyone can join? Surely it would be ridiculous to have mumsnet, dadsnet, grandparentsnet, carernet, thosewhowantchildrenbutarestruggingnet, idontcarewhogivesadviceaslongasicanhavesomenet etc when you can have one that people can just manage to get along on and where we, as adults, are perfectly capable of deciding which threads and boards we want to look at and which are irrelevant to us.

@alone1971 a lot of us just get impatient with this question because if you search you’ll see it gets asked over and over, often in a way that implies you shouldn’t be on here if you’re not a parent or acting as though it’s bewildering.
It annoys people as it comes across as trying to police the forum.

I'm really just here for a the poo trolls and anal sex at Center Parcs

@TrixieFranklin 😁

Even us child free folk live a parking thread

If you are fragile OP maybe just lurk as there are some real venomous shits on here. The majority of us tho are "normal" 🤓

love and a typo

Alone1971
The question you asked does get asked quite often, but some of the reply you have had have been harsh.

Have a nosy at some of the other threads , classics is a good place to start as there are some very funny threads on there 'someone's having sex in my bush' had everyone waiting with baited breath for the next instalment.
Please do not leave the site , you will grow to love it .

Your post is a little judgy, OP, or at least comes across that way. I am childfree, have been on here for years, I'm not interested in parenting and I don't think I have ever read a post where the parenting is the main focus. MN is a wonderful source of advice, opinions and knowledge on relationships, beauty, politics, health and all manor of random and interesting stuff....and of course then there is the madness that is AIBU.

I'm here solely for diagrams on parking threads.
MN Diagram Appreciation is a real thing.

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