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

131 replies

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:
UltimateBlends · 19/02/2021 23:32

@dublingirl66, absolutely agree with you.
However I think you missed the point of my post..
It was to say some of the total over reactions posted on mumsnet.

Eg. DH left the toilet seat up

Reply: LTB!

Eg. DH forgot to put the bins out.

Reply: What an abusive twat. My DH would never do that! Get your ducks in a row, and find yourself a man who would never forget to put the bins out.

It was a take on it being universally acknowledged that someone will be along with over-reactive advice to a small or none event.

And congratulations to you for getting out of your abusive relationship and finding the support you required. I have used MN for similar and indeed its a wonderful place for serious advice.

My initial post was only meant to be lighthearted response to the fact that many LTB are thrown around for silly reasons (ie. Being annoyed the toilet seat is up)

ChazsBrilliantAttitude · 20/02/2021 00:38

If you complain about your a parent, no matter how egregious their behaviour, the someone will post "at least you still have a mother / father mine are dead"

ISBN111 · 20/02/2021 00:48

Agree with @HugeAckmansWife

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LApprentiSorcier · 20/02/2021 00:52

It is a Mumsnet truth universally acknowledged that Hallowe'en comes from the USA. And Santa. And the word 'Mom'. Everything, in fact, that's not safely middle class comes from the USA

Rubybluesy · 20/02/2021 01:05

You must do your daily number 2 every morning and then shower for at least 30 mins after or you won't be clean

Rubybluesy · 20/02/2021 01:08

If you have an affair you are a total b*tch not a person stuck in an unhappy marriage

LApprentiSorcier · 20/02/2021 01:10

It is a Mumsnet truth universally acknowledged that baby showers are grabby and cake smash parties are tacky. And, whatever you do, don't ask for money as a wedding gift. Or have a separate guest list for your wedding breakfast and 'evening do' because that's really rude.

In fact, to be on the safe side, don't have any parties at all, ever, even when we're not in lockdown.

FetchezLaVache · 20/02/2021 01:11

...that one must shower daily, change one's bedding twice weekly and one's pants thrice daily or one is a dirty, stinky polecat type person.

Oldat40 · 20/02/2021 01:14

You MUST be married if in a LTR.

LApprentiSorcier · 20/02/2021 01:15

It is a Mumsnet truth universally acknowledged that wearing your shoes in the house will cover your floors in nasty germs and everyone who comes within a foot of your carpet will die immediately.

But it's also a Mumsnet truth universally acknowledged that only nasty common people who can't afford to buy a new carpet every week insist that guests remove their shoes. Anyone with real class makes a point of stamping mud into their carpets ... because, they're worth it.

HarrietSchulenberg · 20/02/2021 01:21

... that it is outrageous that you did not get your first choice of (popular, Outstanding, possibly Grammar) school for your child despite it being 40 miles away and that the (less talented/less beautiful/less popular) child from your child's class who did get in must definitely have lied on the application.

... that anyone who parks in a Parent and Child space is a selfish dickhead, despite it being 10.40 pm, pissing it down, and next to 6 empty spaces.

Thedramasummer · 20/02/2021 01:27

“ I would rethink having a child with this man”

Are you really suggesting that the 20 wk pregnant OP aborts their much wanted child because her husband leaves skid marks in his undies?

BettyBoomerang · 20/02/2021 01:35

... that everyone on Mumsnet lives in England. If they state something that is not instantly recognisable as being true for England then they must be questioned in a hostile manner that insinuates that they have been caught lying.

JudiRuliani · 20/02/2021 02:55

It's a Mumsnet truth universally acknowledged that our heads wobble like a red jelly rabbit at a kids tea party, and should thus be wobbled in the event we have been a twat.

See, I wobbled mine right then, soon as I'd typed 'should thus...' as it is twatty.

And I'm now tinkly laughing at my own silliness and might spit tea on the keyboard. Wobble wobble.

JaneJeffer · 20/02/2021 02:57

that dyeing your own hair will cause your head to fall off

JudiRuliani · 20/02/2021 02:58

And that one should be VERY OFFENDED if they only make the second-tier invite at a wedding and - shudder - can only go for the evening. The horror. The offence! I'm not driving all that way just for an evening...Shock

IHaveBrilloHair · 20/02/2021 03:09

If you don't drive your entire life is completely shit, you aren't a real adult and you most likely expect everyone else to drive you around.

Sparklingbrook · 20/02/2021 05:28

The front door should never be opened to anyone under any circumstances, in fact it may as well be bricked up.

Children should always be invited to weddings, especially babies and toddlers-the noisier the better at the ceremony.

All teenage boys are dangerous, not to be trusted and always up to no good. Definitely taking drugs and drinking if you say they aren't that's because they are but you just don't know about it.

Jozen · 20/02/2021 05:45

A cup of "hot sweet tea" is a fix all cure for shock for everything from your DH shagging the woman in the next street to someone knocking on your front door after 7pm.
Fucks sake, have a bottle of wine and 20 B&H like normal people.

Melange99 · 20/02/2021 05:49

That the same posters appear on every thread giving blunt advice that takes the opposite view to everybody else, with liberal use of the eye roll emoji.

Sparklingbrook · 20/02/2021 05:50

@Melange99

That the same posters appear on every thread giving blunt advice that takes the opposite view to everybody else, with liberal use of the eye roll emoji.
Not forgetting the 'I think you are getting a hard time here OP' when every other poster says they are BU. I always think 'sock' when I see that. Grin
YeahNahWhal · 20/02/2021 05:59

That your home insurance will have legal cover for every possible scenario imaginable.

DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 20/02/2021 07:41

Is he the bio dad?
Co-sleeping? Ring Social Services!
Have you tried lovebombing/putting her stuff through a wood chipper?
Poo particles can travel up to a mile in dry weather, and don't forget to autoclave the feeding bottles.

hamstersarse · 20/02/2021 07:50

Enjoying a glass of wine makes you an alcoholic

Thinking the corona rules are non sensical makes you a selfish murderer

Thinking obesity is a health disaster makes you fattist

Also, the main rule of mn is you must never change your mind. Ever.

TheOnlyLivingBoyInNewCross · 20/02/2021 07:59

That we're in a GLOBAL PANDEMIC, don't you know; how would some people on here have ever survived in a war; if you don't like a mask you'll hate a ventilator; I'm the first poster ever to have thought of such incisive points that destroy your argument; aren't I the Jeremy Paxman of MN?

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