A lighthearted thread: Reasons why MNers would hate you IRL

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I’ll go first.

I have a dog.

and I drive an SUV… which I can’t park very well.

hides in shame

I don't believe every badly behaved kid is neurodiverse. Some are just little shits

I smoke

I have dogs that aren't rescue greyhounds

I have never felt the need to leave my husband, check his phone, or monitor his emails.

He has his bank account, I have mine 😮

😂

Some MNers enjoy putting their hand inside a toilet to scrub off shit. They love this so much that they judge people who use a brush instead.

Forget making 3 meals out of a roast chicken. I have never made a roast chicken or indeed any kind of roast.

I can't remember the last time we actually roasted a chicken ourselves, as opposed to just grabbing one from the hot rotisserie counter in the supermarket.

Some MNers enjoy putting their hand inside a toilet to scrub off shit. They love this so much that they judge people who use a brush instead.

I'm starting to wonder if the ones who love doing laundry so much that they wash their towels after every 'use' might just be using said towels as an ersatz toilet brush!

Because I'm a mil

@IShouldntPostBut thanks for explaining the toilet brush thing!

Have 3 toilet brushes for 3 bathrooms. One is a joke animal.

I don’t believe that every naughty/upset/anxious child should get a diagnosis for being neurodiverse.

I think iPads are fantastic for kids and let mine use them for more than 30 minutes a day.

I go clubbing.

I will answer the door to strangers.

I have to admit I used to not mind trans women in bathrooms, but being on MN I realise it’s problematic for women.

I am a step mum and am not evil or the other woman. I am an Ex and find my kids step mum annoying. But she is also not evil or the OW. I realise I am not fair for feeling this.

I think most assertions need to be backed up by evidence and not anecdotes.

I think 50/50 shared custody is not the best for kids.

I love this thread. My list is long, I’m afraid:

I “performance parent”
I have a tv over the fireplace in the playroom
That’s right, I have a tv in the playroom
I’m a step mother
My step children have slightly smaller rooms than my birth children
I drive an SUV
I am overweight
I tie my baby daughter’s hair up in pig tails
All of my children have “rank” names
I actually do live rurally
1 chicken is 1 meal
I don’t always wash towels separately
I do my husband’s washing
I drink
I think there is such a thing as a bad dog
I don’t watch Motherland

@AllOfThemWitches of course my disabled DS also uses the women’s with me - totally fine!

@CalpolDependant you do your husbands washing? !

I am clutching my pearls and waving a toilet brush around in disgust!

All of my children have “rank” names

You mean like Corporal, Admiral and Brigadier?!

I have 2 more which I think may seal my fate.

I left my (then), 17 year old DD alone for a weekend when me and DP went to a festival. DD was more than happy with it and SS were never informed.

Not only was I a step mum but....brace yourselves...when ExH left for OW DSD asked to stay with me (we had 100% custody), and she did. I had 80/20 custody of both girls ( DSDS and DD), which was made official by a court order....oh and DSD called me "mum" which was never corrected by me or anybody else as it was her choice.

Can someone explain why having a toilet brush seems to be a major crime?

I think showering or bathing once or twice a week is utterly grim for adults, children and babies. Every other day at a bare minimum, but daily in my house.

I have 3 rental properties
I have a 10 yr old toilet brush
I pee in the toilet at night and don't flush
I am a manager who cares about her team
I emigrated to Australia and love it
Toast is a meal some nights
Fat is flavour
I clean my own windows
I drop in on people without pre booking
I answer the phone (stopped recently as my details were part of a data breach so lots of spam)
I don't think most roles should be WFH full time. My team worked on site throughout the last 3 yrs but we stopped F2F meetings and went virtual. I brought F2F meetings back and they didn't know how to behave.
I don't clean my frying pan if I have cooked bacon, I shove it in the oven and use the fat the next time I am cooking.
I poo in any toilet I need to....friends house, work, pub, dates
I have male friends who are married
I am shit at breast self examination
I am a nurse who has been a manager for most of my career.
I take responsibility for my own contraception

I’m not gender critical

I don’t drive on motorways

I can’t park

I don’t work full time and was a sahm for a decade

My dog doesn’t have perfect recall

I’m autistic as are my children

I rent not own

I’m fat

I don't have 6 million rules for my DD just a few, she is 13 and
can chose her own bedtime so long as it is before or at the same time as me about 11pm, I don't restrict her access to her phone but have chats about what she is on and occasionally check it with her. She has to do minor chores even when she has homework if you wash dishes or put your clothes away you will not fail your exams.
I am gender critical but will happily use your new name I just don't think transwomen belong in womens sports or jails or rape crisis centres and if someone requests same sex personal care it should be same sex but I have no problem with transwomen in offices shops or life in general or in toilets/ changing rooms with locking cubicles but they should not be in open communal changing rooms,
there is no need to be rude or unkind but you don't have to agree with anyone's lifestyle or opinions in order to treat them fairly and get along with them, I have plenty of friends that vote for different political parties have different views on brexit/ Scottish independance , climate change etc we can still be good friends it doesn't make them bad people
Tolerance means putting up with things you don't like or disagree with ( not illegal or immoral) it is in very short supply
I do not wash towels after every use or clothes unless underwear socks or visibly dirty,
i don't believe in baby led anything, babies need to fit in roughly so if I need to go out I would wake baby to change them fed them before leaving, routine never so strict that if lunch was 15 minutes late the ceiling would fall in, I would discourage day sleeping to encourage night sleeping, I never bought a single baby proofing item
I earn less than median income but we own our home and have savings and we are doing fine, we live below our means and comfortably without being higher rate tax payers
I judge anyone who complains of being skint ( as opposed to just not as rich as I would like to be) when they earn more than median income unless exceptional circumstances
I answer my door and phone
I do not think saying i live within an hour of Glasgow and my husband owns a bicycle means that you can identify me

Why shouldn't we have a toilet brush??? 🤪🤪🤪

Oh, I have home educated.
I think neurodivergence is under diagnosed.
I believe my children over random adults.

I don't drive (and do, on occasion, ask my friends for lifts), have a loo brush, DS has his phone in his room at night) I think Toast is overpriced for what it is, have been in debt before which I think is a complex issue, rather than me being feckless and a terrible person.

Hate away MN ;)

i drive a big diesel van

im rough as toast

ive never restricted screen time and my 12 and 15 year old dds put themselves to bed and have phones in their room charging overnight

all 4 are great kids all be it with some issues but that was out of our control very sadly

Also, I don't think OW are always terrible people and I think there lots of nuance in why affairs happen (speaking as someone who has been at the receiving end of this).

I'll go one further:

Sometimes the neurodiverse kids are just being little shits. Not every bit of bad behaviour is excused by their diagnosis.

I have 2 ND DC and will die on this hill. I love them endlessly, they have a hard time, we support them as much as possible. But they're children and sometimes, like all children, they are just fuckers.

have toilet brushes
have an en suite
only wash towels once a week
only change bed sheets every two weeks
If I make a roast chicken I throw the carcass away without making stock
I cycle on roads on a bike with drop handlebars whilst wearing Lycra (but don't disobey red lights so this may save me a little)

I have a bin in the bathroom.
I have loo brushes.
I have a hot tub.
I’m a landlord.