Things on MN that aren’t real life (LIGHTHEARTED)

[Summersun2020]

Thing on Mumsnet that you’ve only ever encountered on Mumsnet (lighthearted...please don’t bowl in with “well I do that actually”...ignore or add one of your own!!

People not using fabric softener...appears that on MN people in their droves think it stinks and is devil juice (I don’t know anyone IRL who is so vehemently against it/gets a migraine from the smell?? Surely it’s not that strong?).

any sort of noise in your garden at any time-kids on a trampoline, playing a radio at a normal level, etc. Completely normal everywhere I’ve ever lived- a cardinal sin on MN!

Ah! Yes. I forgot everyone on MN is middle class! That’s why I only ever see it on here.

Yeh I’ve seen a lot of people on here suggesting that other posters leave their husband if they have the smallest fallout or the husband causes the slightest inconvenience....It’s bizarre

@CroutonsAvatar

The ‘supper’ thing. The only people I know who call it that are over 60, yet nearly every post about dinner on here calls it ‘supper’. Makes me cringe. Is it because those MNers think it makes them sound more middle class?

What a ridiculous thing to say. I call it supper because that’s what it is. Not over 60, not trying to sound middle class. Just describing a normal fucking meal.

“Tea” makes me cringe, but it’s rude to say isn’t it

Oh and children that can read a novel by the age of 3. Eh, no that doesn't happen irl. I look after children, have done for years, have my own. My mum has also looked after children for the last 25 years. Never have we come across a child that can read before they start school.

Fucking. Mooncups.

Your dog must never bark. Ever.

The obsession with BMI.

The 'outing' hobby that's always cycling.

'Token' gifts.

The amount of meals that are considered unhealthy on here.

Even homemade shepherd's pies and stews etc are castigated here and I have no idea why. Not sure what some people are eating here??

I just don’t hear it 🤷‍♀️ Everyone’s reality is different. Sorry if that’s offensive. I’m not the only person on this thread to mention it. It is a word that makes me cringe, though, so maybe that’s why I notice it so much. Same with tea. Obviously I’m being incredibly unreasonable and will retract my previous statement.

@CroutonsAvatar

Ah! Yes. I forgot everyone on MN is middle class! That’s why I only ever see it on here.

How can everyone be middle class when everyone here is actually destitute?

I don't even know what class I am 😂😂😂

Mumsnet is a riddle.

@Bibidy

The amount of meals that are considered unhealthy on here.

Even homemade shepherd's pies and stews etc are castigated here and I have no idea why. Not sure what some people are eating here??

Just huge salads and mountains of veg for every meal obviously! Oh and either plain yoghurt with seeds and berries, or porridge made with water for breakfast, but do not dare to add a bit of honey or syrup to sweeten it up or you are killing yourself and your family.

What a ridiculous thing to say. I call it supper because that’s what it is. Not over 60, not trying to sound middle class. Just describing a normal fucking meal.

Slight Iver reaction there 🤣

Over

Changing sheets and/ or towels daily. I don't buy fabric conditioner because I'm too tight

@CroutonsAvatar

I just don’t hear it 🤷‍♀️ Everyone’s reality is different. Sorry if that’s offensive. I’m not the only person on this thread to mention it. It is a word that makes me cringe, though, so maybe that’s why I notice it so much. Same with tea. Obviously I’m being incredibly unreasonable and will retract my previous statement.

Nooooo. Don't retract. You're right

What an overreaction. Makes me cringe too

I have never heard anyone use the word supper or tea to describe dinner. I tend to associate it with older people. Maybe it’s a regional thing?

Then only people that I know who call dinner, supper, are those who desperately want to be seen as middle class

Kitchen sups anyone?

I see this has caused more upset than any other issue raised though. 🙄

We had dinner in Rnglish textbooks. I got massively confused by the term tea when I first came.
"What do you want for tea?"
"Oh I am ok, I orefer coffee so don't worry about me"
😂

@Bloodypunkrockers

Then only people that I know who call dinner, supper, are those who desperately want to be seen as middle class

Kitchen sups anyone?

Only my 63 year old mother says it in my real life and she does like to sound middle class.

Gutter scum like myself and everyone else I know call it dinner. Thank god. 😂

The birthday thing, as mentioned by PP, utterly baffles me.

Only in Mumsnetland is the joy sucked out of life so much that exchanging birthday presents and cards with friends and family on birthdays, or daring to feel a bit special on the day, maybe go out for dinner or have a few drinks with friends is seen as childish nonsense. "Grow up OP" seems to be the response to anyone over the age of 12 who expects that their nearest and dearest might possibly mark the day with a card and a present and take them out to dinner.

Fuck that. I love my birthday. I'll be celebrating it until the day I drop.

Keep it lighthearted people ffs. The thread isn't to pick apart every bloody post. Move on if it's not for you.

But the whole point of this thread was to sneer at normal middle class behaviour, and rather weirdly to insist that it doesn't exist in real life.
I can't imagine trying to insist that people paid minimum wage, or social housing or people wearing pyjamas to the shops don't exist just because I don't personally experience those things.
The thread wasn't started lightheartedly at all, and I notice the op is being rather quiet.

I can’t understand the mentality of keeping a new born baby to yourself for bonding and preventing family visits for weeks on end- I’m sure this isn’t normal.

Its not. But then they come back on 6 months later bitching nobody bothers with little Agatha.

Well what did you expect,they werent going to wait for an invitation [summons] forever.

I can’t understand the mentality of keeping a new born baby to yourself for bonding and preventing family visits for weeks on end- I’m sure this isn’t normal.

maybe you are lucky enough to have a decent family, who supports YOU. Some posters have a different experience.

It's not a bad thing if women finally stand up for themselves and are not afraid to tell people to back off and let them rest and wait until they are ready. Not to put up with unwanted visitors when they are at their most vulnerable.