What makes you un-mumsnetty?

[GlummyMcGlummerson]

For me

• I park in parent and child spaces when I have my kids with me. I don't make my life harder by parking in a tiny normal space just in case that childless bloke in the Porsche 911 who runs into Asda like Linford Christie might have a better reason for it than me

• if I have a bad experience I complain. If I find my £40 steak swimming in fat with a pube in it, I don't refrain from saying anything just in case the chef has had a bad day.

• I go to the supermarket during the pandemic, I don't leave shaking and sobbing and riddled with guilt over it because I bought a Galaxy. I even take my kids with me.

• I don't "seethe" if, when the secret Santa budget is £5, I get a Bayliss and Harding gift set. I accept that £5 means limited options and I say thanks, move on and don't take it as a personal alight for years to come. I don't have the hump becauSe they didn't personally whittle a keyring from wood in the oak tree that tenderly grows in their back garden

What makes you unmumsnetty?

@DressingGownofDoom

I tried Tony's Chocolonely and thought it tasted like crap. I prefer Dairy Milk.

Me too! It tastes cheap and nasty to me.

@MrsMiaWallis yes that's what I said to my friends - like cheap Nestle Easter egg chocolate! I only bought it because of the rave reviews on MN.

Oh and for weeknight dinner I usually shove in a frozen pizza, or make soup or spag Bol, or get a chinese if it's been a particularly trying day. Mumsnetters always seem to have 'simple midweek suppers' of pesto roasted chicken thighs with smoked harissa cous cous, feta cheese, mint plucked from the herb garden in a lovely kefir dressing and fondant potatoes.

Matt MIL is now ExMIL and she still one of my best friends!

I'm not a mum either....forgot that one. I'm 54 and have had a hysterectomy, so unless the Angel Gabriel makes a second coming, I ain't going to be.

I like my MIL.

I've no beef with evening only wedding invitations. I'll happily give you cash as a wedding present, but I'm also happy to buy you something off your wedding list. Whatever you'd prefer, I don't find it insulting in any way.

I'd quite happily go for a meal with friends and split the bill, I don't expect someone else to pay because they invited me.

@GlummyMcGlummerson

She got called evil, a bitch, a cunt, told to "get out of the dog's house then", a sociopath, all sorts. It was horrific to watch.

Remember this - what was the outcome?

I’ve got a cockerpoo, just before lockdown, and work full time. She’s off the lead a lot.

I’ve no idea why you wouldn’t park in a parents and child space if you have kids with you.

I like my stepchildren, but don’t ‘love them like my own’. And don’t see why anyone should. Great if you do though.

I’m probably more often unreasonable than my husband.

Most people are arses sometimes...cut people some slack.

I like my in laws.

Oh and I like my husband’s ex and happily have her round to tea most week and for Christmas and big/small events and have been on holiday with her.

I answer my phone when it rings without the caller needing a pre-arranged appointment.

I answer my door when someone knocks on it, without the knocker needing a pre-arranged appointment.

I have lots of "me time" and have not one, but three hobbies of which one is the not very outing kind.

Not middle class
Voted remain but don't think all leavers are evil future stealing devils.
I like those bathsets you get at xmas.

I have been known to say 'hun' in real life and not sarcastically.

I'm ferocious about animal rights. I think wedding gift lists are awful and against the whole point of gift giving. I think it's fine to be precious about your children and soppy and emotional about them. I also think some children can be nasty even though they are 'just children'.

I spend at least £100 per week on food and at least £150 per month on clothes.

I eat a chicken in one meal. I don't 'bulk things out with lentils' I either have lentils or I don't. I don't insist on my kids having water for every meal.

I don't deep clean a holiday cottage or hotel room when I leave it.

@FrangipaniBlue I've even been known to answer unknown numbers 😱

Oh and I hate gin.

I like gaming. DH likes gaming too. I don’t think it makes him a feckless father or a terrible choice of partner.

I happily pay my TV licence and feel that it offers excellent value for money.
I don't hate the BBC and enjoy the BBC's output - currently watching Mock the Week

I really enjoy GTA, I completely understand MNs aversion to that game for children but it's a good game for adults

Why are we not supposed to have a toilet brush?

I smoke, and sometimes I even do it in my kitchen.

I have toilet brushes, bathroom bins and a kitchen bin, and I wish I’d had my kitchen carpeted.

My 3 year old loves plastic tat
A chicken feeds us for one meal and a couple of sandwiches
I buy my children new clothes from the supermarket and plenty of food no bulking out in this house
I refuse to get married
I buy new clothes
I’ll answer both the door and the phone at anytime.
I like cheap chocolate and oh mother (MIL)
I don’t mind bath sets

@GlummyMcGlummerson

For me

• I park in parent and child spaces when I have my kids with me. I don't make my life harder by parking in a tiny normal space just in case that childless bloke in the Porsche 911 who runs into Asda like Linford Christie might have a better reason for it than me

• if I have a bad experience I complain. If I find my £40 steak swimming in fat with a pube in it, I don't refrain from saying anything just in case the chef has had a bad day.

• I go to the supermarket during the pandemic, I don't leave shaking and sobbing and riddled with guilt over it because I bought a Galaxy. I even take my kids with me.

• I don't "seethe" if, when the secret Santa budget is £5, I get a Bayliss and Harding gift set. I accept that £5 means limited options and I say thanks, move on and don't take it as a personal alight for years to come. I don't have the hump becauSe they didn't personally whittle a keyring from wood in the oak tree that tenderly grows in their back garden

What makes you unmumsnetty?

Yessssssss @GlummyMcGlummerson LOVE THIS THREAD

I don't complain about anything and everything.

I’m working class, no kids and buy new clothes and expensive handbags (rather than buying vintage M&S from charity shops).

I might not agree with everyone but do respect opposing opinions.

I have never been ‘literally sobbing and shaking’ at anything - apart from when I fell down the stairs and DH found me in shock on the floor.

I LOVE Christmas gift sets and appreciate any gift, even if it’s not something I would choose for myself.

I’m sure I can think of more.

I'm a cyclist. A lycra wearing one who keeps multiple bikes in the house.
I don't like wine, gin or any other alcoholic drinks.
I think Islabikes are over rated.
My children drink squash and so do I.