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?

I’ve never seen Anthony Head on a train

Do people often see him on trains? I need to go on trains more often!

(I have actually met him, and he is a lovely man)

I regularly eat a whole large pizza on my own. I don't separate the tea towels from the rest of the laundry!!!

Same. And I use a towel for more than a day.

Is using patent and child not mumsnetty?

I'm fat and I don't think it makes me a scurge on society and the NHS. I also don't think it makes me a bad person.

I'm happily child free.

I'm from a working-class background.
I'm a graduate but have been skint all my life - I don't have thousands and thousands in savings.
I think jarred sauces, and time-saving culinary hacks in general, are just fine. (Having chronic fatigue all my adult life means I think doing every single thing from scratch is overrated.)
I think it's fine to be a SAHM.
I don't judge people on their looks or body shape.
I don't feel stepparents are always in the wrong.
I don't have a problem with transfolk provided they don't hurt or threaten anyone.
I don't feel children should be at the centre of everything.
It's possible to drink (quite a bit, actually) without having a drink problem.
I find food and eating out really boring.
Invisible disabilities (including anxiety) are real.
It's possible for people to 'work hard all their lives' and still not have a pot to piss in. (I speak from experience here.)
10,000+ steps a day? Get real.
(and in a similar vein) Not everybody is able to lose weight, even if they want to.
You wouldn't call someone a 'scrounger' for claiming on their car or home insurance if necessary, and similarly for a person who has paid their tax and NI to claim benefits in times of need does not make them scroungers.
I think the lives of the elderly and vulnerable matter, and people's lives in general matter more in the current situation than the economy.
I voted Remain.
Barring emergencies, it's completely unnecessary these days to turn up on someone's doorstep unannounced. And disrespectful of other people's time and priorities.
I think toilet brushes are just fine.

I don’t have anxiety
DH doesn’t have a niche hobby that would be extremely outing if I told you what it was
I don’t wash new clothes before wearing them
I’ve never been in an Aldi or a Lidl
I don’t get takeaways
I don’t speak to ( or fall out with ) my friends via Facebook
Whilst I do have a MIL problem , I don’t expect DH to sort it out for me.
...but the worst thing is DH and I don’t split the housework 50 50 !

This thread is brilliant. I never knew there were so many like minded people here on MN! Completely heart warming

I think Motherland was a pile of shite and am incredulous at the amount of people on here who call it "relatable".

I quite like tattoos. I think there are worse things to be than fat. People smoking near me has never bothered me.

People on here are obsessed with class but I reckon no two of them would have the same idea what makes someone middle or working class.

I quite like Jeremy Corbyn. Actually, fuck it, while he's in no way perfect, I think he's great and really admire him.

While I agree with the general FWR stance on trans issues, I don't think that's the only issue or even the biggest issue affecting women, it's just the most compelling.

1. I'm posh and 2, I don't know loads of teens who left private school and are now clinically depressed/failures/drop outs/unsuccessful compared with their state school friends.

I think I've found my people!

I've thought of another one... I've never used and don't intend to use a mooncup! Or reusable sanitary pads or reusable nappies for that matter!

I have never cried with laughter

I'm also not a teacher, university admissions person, healthcare worker or school counsellor - that must make me pretty rare because apparently 90% of Mumsnetters are.

I break covid rules because I don't think it's realistic to expect people to stay away from the people who make their lives worth living for an indefinite amount of time.

I bung all my washing in the machine and don't bother with white or coloured loads.
I have a toilet brush.
I don't shower twice a day, nor change the towels daily.
I've never thought about putting my kids in private education.
I don't indulge in parking wars with my neighbours.

@grapewine

I’ve never seen Anthony Head on a train

Do people often see him on trains? I need to go on trains more often!

(I have actually met him, and he is a lovely man)

Haha- I haven't either...but I'm currently watching him in Merlin

I don't care whether people like my choice of name for DD, much less ask them
I don't have or want a dishwasher
Likewise a tumble drier
I'm quite happy not owning my own home
I wish I lived in the city rather than the countryside (trust me, it's boring)
I'm not bothered that, after 18 years together, me and OH are not engaged or married
other than the kitchen and bathroom, I have carpet throughout my house
I don't have a smart phone or smart t.v

My husband doesn't even have a hobby, I should hand over my MN Scarf immediately.

At no point has MN made me laugh so hard it’s made me ‘almost’ pee my pants, tea come down my nose, woken a sleeping baby, scared the cat, or raised a single DH eyebrow.

NowellSingWe That's a good way to spend time!

@Spidey66

I don't take my shoes off before I enter my house.

The only food I clean is salad stuff that grows in mud e.g. lettuce or celery. Certainly not times of beans, even with the pandemic.

I let tradesmen use my toilet, which i clean with a toilet brush.

My dog prewashes the plates as they go in the dishwasher, with my main concern that the food is dog safe.

I've just remembered another one.

I own a second property, which i use as a holiday let. My main property is a modest 2 bedroom flat, and the second is an even more modest 1 bedroom flat. The value of both combined is probably less than the value of many people's main property, but because I chose to invest in two small properties rather than one large one, I am extremely privileged and mates with half the House of Lords and most of the Conservative party, with a private school background, and an Oxbridge degree etc, which is so far removed from me it's laughable.

@grapewine

NowellSingWe That's a good way to spend time!

It's about the only thing both children will watch! We haven't even watched a film at all this holiday.

@NowellSingWe

My husband doesn't even have a hobby, I should hand over my MN Scarf immediately.

Mine likes watching war films on the telly. Does that count?

@NoProblem123

At no point has MN made me laugh so hard it’s made me ‘almost’ pee my pants, tea come down my nose, woken a sleeping baby, scared the cat, or raised a single DH eyebrow.

Ah, but have you ever been "incandescent with rage"?

Is that just a posh way of saying you want to twat someone 🤔

I've seen Anthony Head on a train - didn't realise it was a thing!

Probably most MN users would think me unmumsnetty for being a man without children. I joined to play Mornington Crescent.