What are your unpopular opinions

[HoneyIgrewthekids]

Was discussing this with DD and her friends and thought it would make a great mumsnet thread.

Here are mine,
I cant stand Eastenders
I find Love Island boring
I dont like Ed Sheeran

Maloofhoof , great name

Kenneth Branagh is not as good of a director as he thinks he is.

People who visit Dubai who are aware that slavery is legal in Dubai and those fancy hotels you’re staying in are built by slaves are bad people.

Barbecues are fucking awful. They stink and the food is disgusting.

They should weigh primary school children ever year or two. Far too many get overweight and their parents are too stupid to see it (or care).
Children should do much more activity in school.

Hithere, I agree.
People like that don't think 'tho. I doubt they do it knowingly....but, tht's almost worse.

If you have clicking key tones on your phone you're a twat.

Cats are the absolute worst

My dog is more important to me than your kid.

Gin is vile stuff

Sex and the City was a shite program

I still think Dairy Milk is nice.

Parents talking to their teens in a baby voice is wrong, stop it!

"We should be charged for a GP appointment"

Nice extra tax on the disabled and chronically ill.

@Underhisi ongoing issues can be discussed over the telephone, you don't need to be seen every time.

Society places no value on motherhood or stay at home parenting. One parent at home to raise their preschool age child should be a priority.

@roisinagusniamh it's best for MY very content, sleeping 11 hours through the night, meeting weight targets, extremely happy 4 month old baby thank you

Over the telephone with who malhoof?

@Sagradafamiliar their GP

ongoing issues can be discussed over the telephone, you don't need to be seen every time.

For many ongoing conditions and disabilities you do need to be seen so it would effectively be a tax on the disabled and the chronically ill.

The level of ignorance on this thread is unbelievable.

Thought so. So instead of spending on a GP in-person appointment which a disabled person would struggle to get to anyway, people could bypass all that and simply get them on the blower for free and take up the same amount of time from the GP.

Shopping is a boring and pointless waste of time
Being at home with a parent isn't necessarily better for a child than being in a (good, stimulating) preschool setting. The problem is running childcare on a for-profit basis, rather than a state-subsidised model as per other European countries.
Cycling is a normal mode of transport, and our attitude to it in the UK makes us look petty and small.
'School isn't childcare' is a rubbish reason for the education system not adjusting to the fact that most people work (at least) 9-5.
The patriarchy is very real, and too many women don't realise how it functions against them until it's too late.
'British values' don't exist; the things that people think of as British values are usually vague and meaningless (e.g. sense of fair play) and apply to pretty much everywhere, except our devotion to drinking tea.

@MauisHouseOnMaui that's your opinion, I have mine. Which is the whole point of this thread. I've had a chronic illness for over six months. I've had scans and multiple tests, and during the course of those six months I've only had to physically see my GP once. All other contact, which is weekly, has been telephone appointments. I'm curious what disabilities/chronic illnesses needs to be physically seen each and every time.

@Sagradafamiliar it is categorically not the same amount of time. GP's are given ten minute slots for physical appointments. More often than not, these overrun. Phone calls are invariably five minutes or less.

Stray cats shouldn't be fed as it encourages unsustainable cat population growth.

Cyclists are antisocial selfish twats

I've had a chronic illness for over six months. I've had scans and multiple tests, and during the course of those six months I've only had to physically see my GP once

That's you and your individual set of circumstances which don't necessarily apply to other people. It's not for you to judge that people don't need to see their GP when you have no idea of their situation.

Choosing to not have kids makes perfect sense.

@MauisHouseOnMaui well that's the point, I can judge and I do. Just as I judge the people that book appointments for colds, the people that "forget" they had an appointment so time is wasted that could have been spent on someone that really needed it, the people that "forget" to order their repeat prescription every month and demand GP's are interrupted to get their prescriptions signed. I'd still like examples of disabilities and chronic illnesses that need to be physically seen every time.

I'd still like examples of disabilities and chronic illnesses that need to be physically seen every time.

Then Google it.

@MauisHouseOnMaui 🤔 thought so