Just thought of another one; no one ever eats leftovers!
What do you think the mn chicken is?!
Batch cooking and freezing and later eating leftovers is HUGE on mn.
And yes I do it cos I live alone and supermarkets are murder for not selling main ingredients in single person portions.
Don't use fabric conditioner simply as I'm allergic (eczema and asthma get triggered by it, if you've ever seen that episode of Big Bang theory where sheldon made Leonard where the itchy jumper? That's me wearing stuff with fabric conditioner in accompanied by much sneezing and some wheezing too. I'm ok around others wearing said clothes long as I don't get too close)
I do however have dx ocd germophobia type and even I think the cleaning claims are insane
No one eats frozen pizza on here there's a whole thread running currently on how to make these more appealing
According to many mners there isn't disablism...usually posted on threads with disablist posts! I've been outright told I'm lying when I've told of the real life prejudice and discrimination I've experienced.
Londoners cannot POSSIBLY be expected to live on less than £100k! Apparently it's just not posisble in London...except I've lived in London on a LOT less than that and still have friends living there who most definitely don't have even half that income!
The demonisation of sugar/carbs is also insane! Usually accompanied by competitive under eating posts some of the "diet advice" on here is outright dangerous! Bordering on child abuse when in reference to a growing child's diet!
The "birthdays are for children crap" are they fuck! If your family are full of miserable arses that won't celebrate your birthday I feel sorry for you but don't make out it's a weird thing! If it were there wouldn't be an entire industry sector for celebrating adults birthdays - cards, gifts, venues etc
Never, ever doing anything again for your child the moment they turn 18 because they are an adult now
I find the ones who don't teach their kids ANY basic life skills just as ridiculous. There's a happy medium I think is true for most families but I have come across BOTH extremes in real life, although my example is more common. Several of dds year from school (she's almost 20) weren't ALLOWED to use a kettle or a sharp knife until they were 18! Inevitably they had accidents because they had no practise and were stupidly nervous about doing so.
Going NC at the drop of a hat
ltb
I've yet to see this advice ACTUALLY being given irresponsibly, in most cases the "trivial reason" is actually a "last straw" reason. There's usually a long backstory. When posters have CLAIMED this advice is given too easily myself and others ask for examples which are never forthcoming.
I'm nc with my sister, not a decision I took lightly and there's a HUGE backstory but if I were to post the very last incident that tipped me over the edge I reckon there's at least a few would say I over reacted. My life is MUCH more peaceful and less stressful since.
ALSO entirely possible for her to come on and post in such a way as to make me appear unreasonable and claim she doesn't know what she did wrong - which she does to an extent in real life - when she knows EXACTLY what she did wrong because I told her and others close to us both have told her too (she obviously doesn't try this tactic on them as she couldn't get away with it)
I also know others who've had people cut them off and I know why and I've witnessed them playing the victim to others too when I knew the real story. Unless you know you know both sides best not to make assumptions.
I made that mistake in my younger more naive years and when the truth came out it was absolutely shocking and made me view the person who was cut off probably more harshly than if they hadn't portrayed themselves to me as a victim and recruited me as an unwitting flying monkey!
Incredibly privileged people thinking they're poor because they have no idea what actually being poor means.
Omg yes! I have a lot of personal experience of living on a tight budget and am good at getting a bargain and haggling etc and I've been caught out giving lots of time and well thought out advice to a poster who made out they were really struggling...only for it to turn out they live in a 4 bed detached in Surrey, have 2 new cars, latest tech and several holidays a year "but I don't know where the money goes" as if! Really pisses me off! Happy to help ANYONE find bargains etc we all deserve to shop savvy but it's the disingenuous crap I hate
Also applies though to restaurant bill splitting threads where well off people "don't see why it's a problem" to expect others in their group on MUCH lower incomes to pay for their steak and lobster dinner, cocktails and champagne!
On new baby's and grandparents - my in laws saw dd first simply as they lived nearer and we went to visit them and stop over on the way up to my lot. Nobody had an issue with this in any way. Dd has 5 aunts and uncles by blood plus all their partners/spouses at the time plus cousins on ex's side she was like a bloody pass the parcel at his parents that first day! Again nobody, including me, fussed at all. Took us a wee while to visit simply as emcs, both of us sick at first and kept in hospital and we weren't living near either family (ex army) so it was a few weeks till we saw people but both grandads having also been army the families understood. Competitiveness over who gets to see/hold baby first is weird to me - when dealing with normal grandparents BUT some of the threads on here where a gran (not always a mil sometimes a mum too) basically tries to become mum and squeeze out the actual mum are bonkers! And I can see why boundaries and rules need to be established in those scenarios.
I remember reading one thread where said mil was actually a midwife, totally toxic and had actually bypassed ward security to get into the delivery room in order to be the very 1st person to hold the baby even before mum did. I would have gone batshit on her arse too! Wtf!!
everyone seems to have one in their family. I don't know any. my family has your share - trust me! Rammed with em on one side.
The pyjama thing. Is that why no-one ever answers the door? no, in my case it's because I'm completely naked, in the summer at least 
I'm on the west coast of Scotland, if kids here never went out to play in the rain they'd never go out to play! During normal times parks are full most days. The kids are just wrapped up well and funnily enough don't melt in the rain! Dd is now living down south in a comparatively dry part of the country and is bewildered how often the people there wont go outside cos "looks like it might rain" she's like 
"just put boots and a hooded waterproof coat on you'll be fine"
Endless maternity leave. I had to go back at six months as did all my friends.
Yea this is something I can't really relate to either, iirc when I had Dd it was 12 weeks paid and you COULD take another 12 unpaid but few could afford it, but I think it's good things have changed, but I agree that I see posts where this isn't really appreciated. Yes there are still things that need improvement but it's come a LONG way from when mum had us when there was not only NO maternity leave but employers could legitimately sack you as soon as you told them you were pregnant!
People who have never had to force their toddler to get into their car seat/brush their teeth/leave the playground. Because they reason with them, you see.
Yes, as not only a mother but also someone who's looked after MANY other peoples kids inc as a nanny and childminder I don't buy that bullshit either. I tend to think "bribery or blackmail you mean" if a poster says they "reasoned with" a 2 year old! Many a time I've simply plucked a stubborn toddler off a climbing frame and tucked them under my arm while they kick and protest "I don't wanna go!" While I cheerily ignore and get on with where we need to go. I rarely had time to "reason with" an illogical and stubborn toddler!
I've also in real life been quite amused by certain smug parents who had almost angelic 1st dc they were able to control who thought it was down to their superlative parenting skills...only for dc 2 or 3 or even 4 to soundly prove them wrong! Sometimes on an hourly basis
Same goes for "my child will eat anything I won't allow fussiness" "my child sleeps beautifully through the night" rarely anything to do with parenting!
No one ever uses swear words especially in front of their little darlings
Yea I'm weegie, swearing is basically part of our dna! I swear far LESS on here than I do in real life. Dd totally unphased and knew not to do so herself until she was of an age it was ok and then we had household rules on the matter. They're just words, also much research that shows that sweary people are more honest, more intelligent and more realistic people in general.
Not all food threads are "from scratch" competitiveness, occasionally there's a "you're favourite guilty pleasure processed crap snack" thread and it is very amusing to see names on those that otherwise are usually of the "fruit is just sugar" saints type! Ditto the nostalgic threads are rife with love for foods that were Uber high in radioactive colouring, caffeine, E numbers and triple processed sugar
Or "My DH would never cheat" I remember very early on in my time on mn, May have even been before my first post, seeing a very brave thread by an mner who didn't name change and admitted she had previously been one of these posters...and was now posting for advice on dealing with said cheating husband.
Ditto "no matter if we did split he would never see the dc go without" cue stbxh suddenly "quitting" high paid paye career to go "self employed" and dodge cm!
Famous last words people!