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!

@Triphazards

"I limit the children's screen time to eight seconds a week."

Brilliant 🤣

On a more serious note, it's only on MN that I hear the anti-Irish stuff.

Everything gives you thrush.

I think caring or even noticing what other people call their evening meal is an MN thing which doesn't really happen in RL. I know people who call it dinner, I know people who call it tea and I know people who call it supper and no-one gives a fuck really....

There’s been a few things bought up on this thread that I do or think, that people think ‘only happen on MN’. But I appreciate maybe to those people I’m bit odd or in the minority in ‘real life’. No big shakes.

Unfortunately, people getting overly defensive happens on mumsnet and in real life.

Chasing a man who isn't interested in dating you (any more) will make him want you. Short term maybe he's realised he can get a shag but if you have to ask if he's interested then you know he isn't.

Things seen as hilarious on here that make people howl have an iota of humour in them in real life.

@Cutthedijon

Things seen as hilarious on here that make people howl have an iota of humour in them in real life.

You certainly need to hold your sides while typing!

@CroutonsAvatar

There’s been a few things bought up on this thread that I do or think, that people think ‘only happen on MN’. But I appreciate maybe to those people I’m bit odd or in the minority in ‘real life’. No big shakes.

Unfortunately, people getting overly defensive happens on mumsnet and in real life.

True facts!

@donewithitalltodayandxmas. My grandparents and parents had cocoa, ovaltine, horlicks or similar and cream crackers for supper, breakfast in the morning, "elevenses" mid morning, usually coffee and biscuit, lunch - 1 - 2 - then cup of tea (with cake sometimes) maybe at 4ish and depending on what was being eaten, start preparing dinner between 5-6.30pm. Winter it tended to be stew or macaroni cheese and things like that. Summer it was boiled potatoes with salads, hard boiled eggs etc., whatever it was it was dinner, supper was definitely just before bed. I thought everyone lived like that until I was older and took packed lunches to work and came home too tired to make anything other than simple stuff. Don't really know what a "kitchen supper" is!!

Long boring stories about your ancestors' supper.

Thesagacontinues. Try Comfort coconut!!!!

Every single MNer's teenage daughter is a lithesome size 8 or has a 'lovely figure'.

Not a single one is the more usual four-square model, as I myself was.

Comfort coconut

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Nobody has a lavatory brush.

Random underwear mysteriously appears in people’s homes/cars.

Really? 🤔

Sorry realised I disobeyed the thread rules by saying "I do that" AND not adding one of my own.
I would say people claiming they don't have any influence over the actions of their university-aged children. Everyone I knew at university was supported in some way by parents, either by topping up loans or accommodation in the holidays etc, and as such expected to discuss things like where they rented, when they were coming and going etc with parents. Particularly bemused by the threads saying how 2nd year kids were going back to rented accommodation for this lockdown because "they're 19, I can't make them stay at home" - I can't imagine not having a discussion in which my parents voiced strong disapproval, at the very least. (And listening to it, bc they contributed to my money supply)

None of my family, friends or acquaintances have ever Left The Bastard when he made a (yep admittedly pretty dim) comment or didn't pick up a sock.

Also, we have a bit of magic to impart about fabric softener - it's called CORRECT DOSAGE! Or in simple terms: more water than FS.

"I found a lavatory brush under the car seat."

Just thought of another one; no one ever eats leftovers!
Yep! We love leftovers and I like the challenge of making little scraps of food into tasty lunches.

@AlwaysLatte

Just thought of another one; no one ever eats leftovers! Yep! We love leftovers and I like the challenge of making little scraps of food into tasty lunches.

😱 But leftovers kill, don't you know😱 Everyone dies if the reheat anything

It's weird to have a gender reveal party and no ones ever heard of it

Polyester. No one on MN would even consider buying it and yet the shops sell hardly anything else.