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?

Toilet brush
Bleach
I'm fairly giving and don't really keep score
I'm working class

I’ve never “popped” to the shops nor “thrown” anything in the oven.

that i'm not a mum.

We feel super well off on a (well) sub 100k joint salary

I don’t feel the need to post arsey comments on threads. If I don’t agree etc I just scroll past

I use Zoflora and bleach a lot.
My husband doesn't have any hobbies.
I don't know anyone with anxiety, much less have it myself.
I've never gone no contact with anyone.
I don't think I should leave my husband for the smaller thing.

I had a child in my 20s, without saving up for my maternity leave first. I like baby showers.

I think child-free weddings with evening only guests and a pay bar are wrong on all levels.

My DC have had birthday parties where their friends have arrived with younger siblings and I didn't mind at all. I've never seethed or trembled with rage when said siblings have helped themselves to food.

I have never laughed and spat tea over my keyboard.

I don't know of any bitchy school run mum cliques. I drop my DC at the school gates and don't give other parents a moment's thought.

My children weren't given nicknames before birth. One, who is 24 doesn't even have one now
I own two toilet brushes.
My daughter has two tattoos (she's 22, mind, not a toddler).
We gave zero thought and angst to our children' schools - they each went to the nearest state school available.
They never had any extra tuition in school subjects.
We don't ski

I used to park in parent and child spaces when I was heavily pregnant 🥴

I don't do anger or fuming. Life's too short to get that het up
My child still living at home contributes to the household with no argument. He understands that living at home is benefiting him as he couldn't afford to rent on his own.
I have never had teenage angst with any of mine, they have all become very nice adults.
My children went to the nearest school available, it made it easier all round for them to get there.
I never went to university
I'm working class
I own a toilet brush

I wash towels and bedding as and when, obviously own a toilet brush.

I’m financially dependent on my husband, who I forgave for an affair 10 years ago.

I really enjoy the occasional cigarette.

A MN 'massive salad' with quarter tin of tuna does not leave me stuffed.

Annual alcohol intake is significantly more than a thimbleful of Sherry on Xmas day

I don't moan about something (e.g. lazy teens), ignore all the advice, say thanks for all your support, bugger off and don't commit to making any changes to make my life better

I really love Big Macs.

I had a hen party abroad and loved it!!

Oh I also spent what mumsnetters perceive as 'too much money' on my wedding (it was below the national average)

I have an only child and don't think it's any better or any worse than any other family size.

Also when I cook I don't chuck vegetables around. I don't bung in loads of veg. I don't whack/throw/sling things in the oven.

My kids would happily never touch anything green and make a huge fuss when I make them, so sometimes I don't bother.

I give them plastic ham in their packed lunches. Also, their schools have never given two shits what they have in their lunch boxes so I've never needed to kick off at the school because the teacher has confiscated their crisps.

Both kids have had smartphones since year 6.

DS swears quite a bit and I don't really care as I like to swear sometimes. So if anyone were to ask "where's he heard swearing?" as someone always does, the answer is "at home".

@CrochetToTheMoon

Ooh yes firsttimemamma, I was also proposed to, with ring and we were engaged for a few years before we married. I changed my name AND my dad walked me down the aisle.

Me too. (20 years later, 4 years separated, finally divorcing this summer)

I'm 'not v MNetty because'
I'm working class, poorly educated, an at home Carer (therefore broke), overweight, and not confident.

I live and grew up on a council estate.
Me and DP are both poorly educated.
My grammar is awful and I don't care.

I like shopping
I love having friends or family to stay
I love visiting friends and family

I don't live rurally

I never have massive salads 10 times a day

I drink far too much

I love ironed clothes (and yes, you can tell when someone never irons)

I always have a clean and tidy house but actually play with my kids too!

[quote MissConductUS]@KosherSalt

You must find some elements of Mn completely mystifying.

I do. I've been here for three years and I just learned what Christmas crackers are. I thought they were a traditional baked treat. I do enjoy learning about it all though. [/quote]
I would easily take a baked treat over terrible jokes and a paper hat.

I have a crushed velvet sofa and bed with grey accessories. I think Boden clothing is frumpy. I have a toilet brush. I eat takeaways at least once a week. I left my DS with my MIL at 4 months old overnight. I’m working class, can you tell 😂

We have two loo brushes.

We had our DCs late (I had a two year old at my 50th and DH is over 10 years older) and I don't think we're cruel or condemning them to a life of orphanhood/tired parents. And neither did the SWs who approved us as adopters.

I think low carb and fasting are weird and a bad example to the DCs.

I don't think your child will be damaged by being in school with my child, even if my child has SEN and behaviour problems. I think it will be good for them to learn to be friendly with a child they wouldn't have ordinarily been friendly with.