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Things you thought were normal/harmless until joining mumsnet

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Antsinyourpanta · 16/09/2021 09:41

(Lighthearted )
lots of things that I thought were quite normal /fine/harmless before I joined MM seem to be quite abhorrent to a large percentage of posters. I often find myself wondering about whether my perceived normal is actually the minority. Some examples

Home made food or cakes - I bloody love home made cakes and think they are always nicer than shop bought - my first thoughts when offered one is usually yum, a cake! I've never given a moments thought to whether the person owns cats or dogs or has a hygeine certificate.

Ensuite bathrooms - I've got an ensuite bathroom. It's used for any instance where you may need a toilet. Apparently this is very very wrong.

Eating carbs

Bayliss and Harding toiletries - I would not be offended by this as a gift unless it was from my husband

(I'm with you on Thorntons though - they are nasty)

Answering the door to someone - if I see ex criminals selling stuff door to door, I dont answer, otherwise I dont have a problem with answering the door, and i get on with all of my neighbours.

Speaking to and socialising with work colleagues - i speak to, socialise (outside of work) and am friends with most of my work colleagues. I'd count many of them as friends. We buy each other birthday cards and presents and sometimes bring in cakes. (See point 1)

What are the things you've been educated on since joining MN?

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Luckyelephant1 · 18/09/2021 12:21

Having joint finances and trusting your husband seems to be very frowned upon.

Also I've seen some weird threads about DH owing the OP something like 5 quid because they had an extra drink somewhere or something like that. I know everyone's financial situation is different but I didn't realise some couples are so pedantic.

Fluffmum · 18/09/2021 12:23

I love Thornton’s!

WineInTheBlood · 18/09/2021 12:31

I've seen loads of posts on different threads saying things like "MNers don't like toilet brushes" but I haven't ever actually seen a post where someone says you shouldn't own a toilet brush.

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Cocogreen · 18/09/2021 12:40

@WineInTheBlood

I've seen loads of posts on different threads saying things like "MNers don't like toilet brushes" but I haven't ever actually seen a post where someone says you shouldn't own a toilet brush.

I read a thread a month or so ago about how totally disgusting en suites were and I feel toilet brushes were wheeled out to compound the horror of their existence.

ColdTattyWaitingForSummer · 18/09/2021 13:30

I have a loo brush.. I thought they were perfectly normal bathroom items.
I thought an average primary school packed lunch was a ham or cheese sandwich, a piece of fruit, a packet of crisps and a biscuit. Maybe a yogurt. And one of the snacks was for playtime.
I thought fruit shoots and squash were normal drinks for children. I knew some people did the milk or water only thing, but I’d honestly have said they were the minority, not the other way around. (I’m still not sure what the issue is, as long as they’re sugar free ).
I never thought of tax credits as benefits, but as something the majority claimed, more in the same bracket as CB. (I suppose that one’s socioeconomic though, and mumsnet has a very middle class demographic).

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Antsinyourpanta · 18/09/2021 13:41

I seem to remember Kim and Aggie disapproved of loo brushes which I think was pre- MN. I still use one, it's not even silicon or joseph joseph!

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JennyWren87 · 18/09/2021 16:08

@Nyz9213

Orange squash. I gave my daughter some very dilute stuff when she was little and it was hot to encourage her to stay hydrated. You’d have thought I’d given her heroin.

This made me laugh so much. Thank you!!

I was giving my son just water and my husband added some squash one day. Well now he loves squash. At least he's drinking

Covidconfuse · 18/09/2021 16:29

Thanks @leontine - I maintain toilet brushes are good to have as it means everyone in the house is responsible for cleaning their own sh** stains immediately after their poo - if it was a cloth job on hands and knees people would be much less inclined to do it and the toilet would look grim!

Notenoughchocolateomg · 18/09/2021 16:35

People using their own garden. How fucking dare we.

CherryRipe1 · 18/09/2021 16:39

Gosh, missed the "farts" thread. We sometimes declare "Fart Wars" at ours and Pull my Finger is peurile favourite. We balk slightly at "Sharting" although find it funny regards the misfortunate one.

Porridgealert · 18/09/2021 16:58

Wasn't it just that people didn't approve of carrying loo brushes from bathroom to bathroom?

Porridgealert · 18/09/2021 16:58

^Or at least expecting their cleaners to carry them around.

LavenderAskew · 18/09/2021 18:53

Just remembered something else, eyeliner. Definitely something I felt was harmless, but it seems some have quite strong opinions about.

The upset it caused was quite apparent at the time Kate Middleton got married, her eyeliner was not liked, to such and extent I looked her up expecting her to look like Alice Cooper or a goth walking down the aisle..(She didn't by the way.)

pomers · 18/09/2021 19:58

@Antsinyourpanta

My complaint about hotel kettles is that they take about half an hour to (very noisily) boil a teacup ful of water. I dont even drink tea so if we go away for a weekend (v rarely) its v annoying when DH turns the kettle on around 7am (he hates to lie in) and I have to listen to it thundering away for ages boiling the wee water for 1 cup of tea!

Also they never fit under the tap when you try to fill them.

Simonjt · 18/09/2021 20:02

Pooing in a toilet in my own home.

Being left handed.

StrangeLookingParasite · 19/09/2021 01:53

And if you snicker at a particularly tuneful one then you are the WORST SORT OF PERSON. Farts are very, very serious business and a source of eternal shame.

I started laughing just reading that.
I'm a lost cause, I think.

Plumtree391 · 19/09/2021 03:00

Allowing someone who is doing work for you in your home to use the toilet.

stayathomer · 19/09/2021 05:15

I've always seen the phrase only on mn as a kind of mean way to slag off people with different opinions to you but I must admit people on mn have made me feel actually guilty over the years for not being able to cook, not getting anything more than basic meals out of a chicken and for being a fussy eater

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Antsinyourpanta · 19/09/2021 07:53

Allowing someone who is doing work for you in your home to use the toilet.

Allowing someone who is doing work for you anyone in your home to use the toilet. And certainly not DH using the ensuite

I fixed that for you

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cricketmum84 · 19/09/2021 09:49

@Antsinyourpanta

Allowing someone who is doing work for you in your home to use the toilet.

Allowing someone who is doing work for you anyone in your home to use the toilet. And certainly not DH using the ensuite

I fixed that for you

Yeah this is an odd one! I don't mind tradespeople using the bathroom.

We've just recently had 2 men converting our garden for 7 days. I'm disabled so when they arrived I showed them where everything was in the kitchen if they wanted tea/coffee etc and said to just pop in and use the downstairs loo whenever they needed. I wfh so all doors etc were open.

Not one of them came in to use the loo. And they were here 9 hours a day. I have no idea where they were pissing but it wasn't in my house 😂

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Antsinyourpanta · 19/09/2021 10:11

Not one of them came in to use the loo. And they were here 9 hours a day. I have no idea where they were pissing but it wasn't in my house

Maybe they'd had word you were on MN and assumed they wouldnt be allowed...?

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stayathomer · 19/09/2021 10:41

Not one of them came in to use the loo. And they were here 9 hours a day. I have no idea where they were pissing but it wasn't in my house
In your garden, once said it to a guy i know who's a carpenter and he said it's easier to just go outside

stayathomer · 19/09/2021 10:48

Wasn't it just that people didn't approve of carrying loo brushes from bathroom to bathroom?
I've never had toilet brushes because in college I lived with a group of guys who'd clean their poo off the toilet then put it in the holder and when you were going to the toilet you'd look down to see lumps of poo hanging off the brush in the holder so they've made me not trust anyone in the house with one (there's 4 boys and dh). I use toilet cleaner regularly, sometimes wipe with loo roll and if I do have to scrub I use something that's close to being binned then throw it out

cricketmum84 · 19/09/2021 10:54

@stayathomer

Not one of them came in to use the loo. And they were here 9 hours a day. I have no idea where they were pissing but it wasn't in my house In your garden, once said it to a guy i know who's a carpenter and he said it's easier to just go outside

Oh god I hope not as it's now all patio!

As long as they didn't do it in my fetid sex pond hot tub! 😂

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Antsinyourpanta · 19/09/2021 10:58

Maybe they each brought a travel lodge kettle with them for such eventualities?

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