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MN Beginners Guide.

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SeaSaltandLime · 19/08/2019 22:52

  • A Biscuit isn't a good thing.
  • You must RTFT (read the full thread) before commenting.
  • If you find an unidentifiable object in your home, you must lick it.
If that object is moving, you must poke it.
  • You can bookmark and save threads. Placemarking and littering (I.e putting . on a thread) is not necessary.
  • Any parking threads must include a diagram.
  • Adding a 'fuck you daily mail' disclaimer to your thread will do fuck all.
  • You do not need to prove your MN worthiness after a name change by including old 'classic' thread themes (naice ham, Pom Bears..) It's not necessary.

Anymore to add?

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firstimemamma · 20/08/2019 19:20

You must not rely on a man - even your own husband - for anything especially money.

GetOffYourHighHorse · 20/08/2019 19:21

Never ask advice about school uniform or sanitary protection. You will immediately be labelled a 'perv' and a load of over excited troll hunters will tell you to fuck off, even if you've been posting for 10 years about all manner of harmless stuff. That just means you've been 'playing the long game'.

CharityDingle · 20/08/2019 19:22

At this point it's perfectly fine for the OP to snap back with 'Forgot to add, MIL is a racist, homophobic, Tory who punched my mum in the face, called my sister a cunt and shat in the dogs bowl. Just in case that changes anything'

'Maybe MIL was just having a bad day. Walk a mile in her shoes Wink'

and then you will be a mile away from her too

FermatsTheorem · 20/08/2019 19:22

GetOff - do you know where I can get Thinx period knickers with my child's school crest on, by any chance?

Jemima232 · 20/08/2019 19:25

Do you know where I can get Thinx period knickers with my child's school crest on, by any chance

Do not mention school crests/uniform/PE kits for fear of being accused of trolling.

Cruddles · 20/08/2019 19:27

If a woman posts about husband potentially having an affair then she must leave the bastard

If a man posts about wife potentially having an affair then it's the husband's fault and he must have driven her to it

JoanJettPack · 20/08/2019 19:29

No matter what the post is about, be sure to mention that you can get at least 4 meals out of a medium sized chicken for you and your family of 5 (Sunday lunch, Mexican Monday chicken fajitas, coq au vin on Tuesday, the DC threw together a Chicken Caesar salad with edamame beans and pea shoot dressing on Wednesday and you boiled the carcass for a hearty stew on Thursday which you shared with the dear old lady across the street and her 17 cats, in case you were wondering) and if anyone dares to ask if you may be exaggerating slightly, fat shame them and recommend they become a vegan.

snozzlemaid · 20/08/2019 19:29

Don't ever use the phrase 'baby daddy' for the father of your child.
Call body parts what they are - not twee nicknames. And of course ensure you're using the correct term ie vagina or vulva.

GetOffYourHighHorse · 20/08/2019 19:31

' not mention school crests/uniform/PE kits for fear of being accused of trolling.'

Or plimsols Shock.

To be clear I do know there are dodgy people about and these should not be encouraged, however parents asking about parenting things should not immediately be accused by shouty cheerleaders.

FermatsTheorem · 20/08/2019 19:31

Do not mention school crests/uniform/PE kits for fear of being accused of trolling.

Point taken. Am I okay with the period knicker fixation though?

OpenYourEyes · 20/08/2019 19:35

If you are pregnant or have children and your partner turns out to be a bit of a cunt - posters will offer the helpful advice of "why did you have children/get pregnant to this man.

Never mind that a high percentage of abuse begins in pregnancy.

BertrandRussell · 20/08/2019 19:39

Never, ever give anyone a lift.

SeaSaltandLime · 20/08/2019 19:40

@CharityDingle or it could be;
' Is this out of character? She could have Alzheimers/depression/insert other armchair diagnosis here..'

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MitziK · 20/08/2019 19:41

If your partner, spouse, neighbour, parents, siblings, friends or the bloke three doors down seems intent on ruining something that is very important to you and/or is hell bent upon making themselves out to be the injured party, you will be told that 'you sound like hard work'. If it's somebody else's special day/thing instead, they're in the wrong and you should tell them to fuck off. Or you need to confront them on Facebook.

Never admit that you don't like drinking much. Or biscuits. Or chocolate.

Nobody ever buys clothes from Primark and at a push, M&S, they're always far, far more expensive than that. Same goes for makeup.

If you don't like the idea of your child or spouse systematically emptying your kitchen of everything you've budgeted for in terms of food for the month, so have told them to ask first, you're controlling a natural need not to starve to death and you're obviously abusive if you expect them to exist on less than seven meals a day plus snacks or solely on Haribo and pringles.

Your cat is always stressed and needs its own personal bedroom suite/wing of the house and fifteen gold plated litter trays - to expect them to make do with sleeping on the settee/chair/top of the wardrobe/under the bed/on the bed/any clean piles of unattended washing/in the linen basket/the windowsill/in the spare room, a single litter tray in the bathroom and an entire back garden to crap in is tantamount to neglect and the RSPCA will be coming for you if you don't rehome it now.

If you use normal (or ecofriendly) cleaning products, you're a clean freak and solely responsible for antibiotic resistance, allergies, asthma, global warming and the end of the world as we know it. And if you use reasonable amounts of hot, soapy water and the occasional squirt of something more on a daily basis, you're either a clean freak or a slattern.

If your partner tries to instigate sex by daring to touch you instead of formally asking a week in advance in writing, they're a sexual predator. If he doesn't do exactly half of the childcare or housework because he's out of the house earning the money to keep a roof over your head and food on the table for 60+ hours a week, he's lazy and you should leave him because he'll magically agree to take them for half the week, even though he's at work for most of it. And never, ever, let him get away with saying getting a part time job would really help pay the bills. Far better to work him to death.

If a teacher tells your kid off, they're always incompetent. If a teacher doesn't tell another kid off, they're always incompetent. And don't forget the unpaid six weeks in summer. Except when you're complaining about your own kids being annoying at home for six weeks, when it's perfectly reasonable to wish for some other poor sod to have to put up with them and thirty others for five days a week. Because it's easy.

But on the other hand, if you post because something truly awful has happened and you're hurting, alone and need to know that random people across the country and even the world care about somebody they don't know and in all probability never will, you'll get nothing but supportive comments, advice and access to opinions, caring comments and Flowers from the widest range of people anyone could ever wish to hear from.

Which is the strength of this place - whilst we'll argue until the cows come home (even if every baby has CMPA, so they should, by all rights, be redundant by now) about the day to day stuff of being human, when the chips are down (never chip shop or oven ones, by the way), we help. Just by being there when somebody is at their lowest.

People, huh?

SeaSaltandLime · 20/08/2019 19:41

That should say 'Alzheimer's, Dementia..' but depression works too.

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SeaSaltandLime · 20/08/2019 19:43

@MitziK You win the biggest golden biscuit I have.

Beautifully put.

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theoriginalmadambee · 20/08/2019 19:52

If you believe mn to be representative of brit population, from the outside it appears that

All brits
Are remainders
Are suffering from depression and anxiety
Drink gin by the gallon
Have more than four dc
Have twins
Their entire family have several diagnosis? each
Are proud of being working class
If having difficulty ttc you can get away with murder
Are a bunch of narcissists
Are all in abusive relationships with aforementioned

Oh hate normal emojies, only the boring ones on MN app is allowed Envy

Hope real life is better in UK 😁

theoriginalmadambee · 20/08/2019 19:54

Sigh remainders CBA to correct every spelling (autocorrect) error Grin

SeaSaltandLime · 20/08/2019 19:54

Also, this is a place where planning for Christmas is a 364 day event.

If you haven't got all of your presents bought, wrapped and stashed by the end of August you're a failure and your Christmas will be shit.

If you have got all your presents bought, wrapped and stashed you're an idiot because you'll either get the twitch(!) or a DC/DH/DP will decide they want something completely obscure that you could never have second guessed and now your stuck with your original because you're too organised, meaning your Christmas will be shit.

If you are the former of these two people, there is a special board here for you. Do not post outside that board until at least the end of November; lest your jingle bells be well and truly jingled by someone who's not quite^ in the festive mood just yet.

You're not allowed to complain about cooking Christmas dinner. It is just a roast after all and (even though you're feeding roughly 3 families worth of people) is no different to cooking a meal for your family on a daily basis. If you spend 6 hours in the kitchen - it's your fault.

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theoriginalmadambee · 20/08/2019 19:54

No did again remainer

BuzzShitbagBobbly · 20/08/2019 19:57

Oh god, this one is a biggie:

DON'T EVER EXPECT SO MUCH AS A GRUNT IN YOUR DIRECTION ON YOUR BIRTHDAY.

No MNer marks their birthdays - no cards, no presents and definitely not any form of celebration. You are to be pitied and patronised if you suggest otherwise.

MotherForkinShirtBalls · 20/08/2019 20:05

If you're referring to a previous post, always use a page number instead of a quote or timestamp. That's really helpful as users have a selection of page number settings so they'll all definitely know what you're talking about.

SeaSaltandLime · 20/08/2019 20:11

@BuzzShitbagBobbly Expecting anything more than a 'Yeah, and?' On your birthday is attention seeking.

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BuzzShitbagBobbly · 20/08/2019 20:11

If you're referring to a previous post, always use a page number instead of a quote or timestamp.

Quotes are for wimps!

Just comment with a "yes I agree" and leave everyone to guess who or what you concur on.

SnugglySnerd · 20/08/2019 20:14

Never admit is if your young daughter wears pink sparkly stuff. It is however fine to brag about your son doing so.

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