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It is a Mumsnet truth universally acknowledged.....

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NotJackieWeaver · 12/02/2021 22:33

I’ll start.

It is a Mumsnet truth universally acknowledged that when a mumsnetter finds a certain situation absurd that another Mumsnetter has not found absurd the second Mumsnetter must feel personally judged and take offence.

OP posts:
mamaduckbone · 12/02/2021 22:55

...that when a mumsnetter posts lightheartedly about any given situation at least one other mumsnetter will respond in a very earnest fashion, thereby entirely missing the point of the intended lightheartedness.

StCharlotte · 12/02/2021 22:56

It is a Mumsnet truth universally acknowledged that if someone does something differently from someone else it must be "regional".

wheredidtheygoto · 12/02/2021 22:57

It is a Mumsnet truth universally acknowledged that when a Mumsnetter asks "AIBU" and is told "YABU" they must argue and insist that they are notGrin

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Ultimateblends · 12/02/2021 23:01

Red flag.
Leave immediately.
Ring womens aid.
Hes left the toilet seat up.... again.
Hes a gaslighting abusive idiot.
Get your ducks in a row, immediately.
Where is ones passport?!

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NotJackieWeaver · 12/02/2021 23:06
OP posts:
WorraLiberty · 12/02/2021 23:07

...that if anyone under 10 stone says they need to lose a bit of weight, Mumsnetters over 10 stone must take it as a personal slight against them, their weight, their eating habits and their entire lifestyle.

HugeAckmansWife · 12/02/2021 23:07

That you're breaking Covid rules anyway, no matter how irrelevant to the question asked.

CrazyBaubles · 12/02/2021 23:07

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That if a poster is a bit mad, you must ask them, 'Are you on glue?!'

HugeAckmansWife · 12/02/2021 23:14

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JackieWeaverhastheauthority · 12/02/2021 23:21

... you buy naice ham.

dublingirl66 · 12/02/2021 23:34

@Ultimateblends

Red flag. Leave immediately. Ring womens aid. Hes left the toilet seat up.... again. Hes a gaslighting abusive idiot. Get your ducks in a row, immediately. Where is ones passport?!
That's really really unfair

I was one of those who got great advice on here and yes many said LTB
They were flipping correct

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