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A lighthearted thread: Reasons why MNers would hate you IRL

316 replies

BouncerFish · 26/03/2023 21:17

I’ll go first.

I have a dog.

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

hides in shame

OP posts:
FormerlyPathologicallyHappy · 26/03/2023 22:23

HealthyFats · 26/03/2023 21:57

I wake my teens up with a cup of tea every morning. And I do their washing.

I think that Roald Dahl thing about horrible people having ugly faces etc is a load of balls.

I think Sally Rooney is really boring.

I am wearing a pair of shoes in the house right now.

You’ve not seen my mil. Bulldog chewing a wasp dipped in shit in most photos.

AllOfThemWitches · 26/03/2023 22:27

I sometimes say unpleasant things about the way people look but this is really only when they are an unpleasant person.

saraclara · 26/03/2023 22:27

(SO many hot tubs on this thread!)

I adored my late MIL
I couldn't tell you when I last washed the bra that I'm wearing.
I answer my front door

Isledelaray · 26/03/2023 22:29

I don't really care about recycling. Or food waste.

I like being a SAHM.

My cat roams and poos somewhere but def not my garden, thank god.

Veryfishy · 26/03/2023 22:31

I’m over weight

live in Wales ( but don’t speak Welsh , and took the DC out of Welsh medium primary and drove them to school , passing the school we could have walked too )

Have loo brush ( multiple , including in the en suite )

Have front door unlocked in the daytime … and overnight sometimes when I forget to check it

Opens said front door if anyone knocks

Vexxa · 26/03/2023 22:32

I put my daughter in nursery at 10 months and went back to work full time. And I think nursery is beneficial for her both socially and educationally. She loves it.

Whipmuncher · 26/03/2023 22:34

I drink at least 3 bottles of wine a week and don’t consider myself a raging alcoholic.
Indoor cats.
Bog brush.
Rented house, no savings, tiny pension.
Abundance of Seasalt dresses which I often wear with LEGGINGS.
I eat crisps in bed and sleep on the crumbs.

Correlation · 26/03/2023 22:35

This thread is really making me laugh when I should be going to sleep.

Groutyonehereagain · 26/03/2023 22:38

A chicken only does two meals in our house.
We have a dog.
We’ve got toilet brushes for our three toilets.
We say fart.

Chocolatehippychick · 26/03/2023 22:39

I cook fish fingers for dinner.

Bananalanacake · 26/03/2023 22:39

I buy second hand lol dolls for my DD, she loves playing with them.

Hotvimto3 · 26/03/2023 22:42

Im a povvo
I vote Labour
I smoke (vape)
I will always believe and stand up for a woman over a man on these threads.
My house is very small and cheap. (Crap)
I hate Boden and Fat Face.

JaneFondue · 26/03/2023 22:44

Surely most MNers vote Labour?

NewCarOldCar · 26/03/2023 22:44

I read the Daily Mail online

I eat leftovers

I actively try and avoid speaking to people

MKD1 · 26/03/2023 22:46

I'm a landlord hoping to buy another property next year.

Have x2 cars although me and DH mostly WFH. One is a SUV.

Daughter has been going to watch her and dh fave football team since she was 3 and knows all the songs....and the swears (she's now 7). this is more for our own extended family I think

Took kids out during term time to go on holiday.

Took daughter out of school to take her to a champions league final

Oh I could go on.

Oh and we have 4 toilet brushes!

Harrysarseinthedogbowl · 26/03/2023 22:47

I am not struggling with the cost of living, in fact I have never been so comfortable, financially.

furryfrontbottom · 26/03/2023 22:49

I don't think infertility is the worst thing that can happen to anyone.

RicciardoPerez · 26/03/2023 22:52

SUV
Personalised Plate
DC at childminder at 10 months old
I have 3x toilet brushes
A chicken does one meal in our house
I have Botox
I won't LTB for leaving the toilet seat up
I have a cat who walks on my worktops
I swear in front of the kids
I don't restrict screen time
I don't shower every day
I don't brush my teeth at night (yet they are naturally very white and always get a good 'report' at my 6 monthly check ups
I don't use the food recycling caddy
I never text back straight away
I wash my towels after each use - same with clothes
I buy a lot off Vinted
My stepchild's mother despises me and I don't care at all 💁🏼‍♀️
I don't change our bedding weekly (every 2 weeks)

Kentishbornknitter · 26/03/2023 22:54

I shower and wash my hair every other day.
I don’t own a designer handbag or expensive watch
My husband grew up very poor with no bathroom and had newspapers on the mattress.
We share a couple of bath towels and wash them weekly.
We paid off our mortgage early.
My adult son still lives at home

PolkaDotMankini · 26/03/2023 22:54

mistermagpie · 26/03/2023 22:22

Oh, I win, I call the whole thing my 'vagina'

You win!

I don't like dogs though.

stayathomer · 26/03/2023 22:55

Today I put tea towels in the wash with clothes and I like McDonald’s. My dog is not well trained (to be fair he’s 11 months and we’re trying!!) A cooked chicken only does a meal and sandwiches for us. We never did the nightly bathtime thing (3/4 times a week we do showers)

Chocolatehippychick · 26/03/2023 22:56

Also voted Brexit and don't regret it.
Don't wear knickers with pj's would find that too restricting.
Have a leather sofa but don't get why that's a bad thing?
Am working class.
Don't like costa.
Or Aldi.
Or IKEA.
Or recycling.
Sometimes chuck stuff in the recycling that shouldn't be in there.
Have a ginormous dog but not particularly ginormous house but he does get get walked a LOT.

Enidcat5 · 26/03/2023 23:00

I don't vacuum my mattress.

excusemewitch · 26/03/2023 23:05

okay what is with the loo brush thing?! I have one and did not realise it was a mumsnet sin. I also smoke.

WillowtreeHouse · 26/03/2023 23:07

I start sentences with the word 'so' and apparently that makes me a right fucker.