Mumsnet “norms” that annoy you most

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For me it’s the utterly obscure baby names. We’ve all seen them and I’m quite sure nobody uses them in real life. Yet on MN, it’s apparently standard.

Honourable mention to the 50% of posters whose husbands are earning upwards of £100K too.

Well.I'm sure it is but that doesn't mean that rest.of the UK has shit transport systems ,and is very rural
they gave,this as an answer as to why NOT, to move out of London🙄

This. ^ Also, people today forget that the interest rates were crazy high too, and a mortgage of £45,000 in the early 1990s cost £450 to £500 a month for me and DH. THIRTY YEARS AGO. That's like £1200 a month now! For a shitty little 2 bed late 1970s semi ... TVs and stereos and washing machines and cookers were expensive too. Me and DH paid £350 for a TV in 1992! That's almost £900 now. THAT was not a fancy one either. That was a basic TV.

We never even had a new cooker or new washing machine til 20 years after we met, because we couldn't afford it! It was (in today's money) around £1000 to £1200 for a new washing machine or new cooker. Some people here will probably remember these days when you bought second hand as new was impossibly high for some items.

Also people rented things. Me and DH used to rent a TV & video package when we first moved in together as they were about £2000 in today's money to buy the 2 together.

The hard of thinking on here simply don't get that. They think everyone born before 1970 was privileged, and had an easy life, with everything soooo cheap. I mean, yeah university was free, but ONLY the top 15% or so students got to go. Anyone who was not in the top one or two classes (of around eight) in secondary school, was not even put forward for A levels, and were not even allowed the chance to go to university. They were held back and ended up working in factories and foundries and shops and stores. Then many of the girls/young women, ended up married by their early 20s, and pregnant soon after.

No it was NOT an easy life then. And it's not now.

I opened the door to the postman with my ‘norks’ hanging out as I was BF my 6 year old and my husband is WFH so he couldn’t possibly answer it

children that make any type of noise

women who wear ‘loud quirky clothing’ of course we must always wear beige and not be seen or heard

Boden now I do like some of their clothes but the stuff they pick from there is hideous

clothes shops they mention is one called hush? I checked it out awful wouldn’t be seen dead in any of it

children over 1 in a buggy make them walk even if the child is disabled

I need a nanny because my husband works from home
why? Why on earth would you need a nanny and checking your Facebook and Instagram several times a day does NOT mean you work part time in social media

100% true. So much bullshit on Mumsnet about how easy it was. For middle class children was. For those of us who struggled from the working class to the middle class, not so much. So no, you can't have my house 😂

When some poor poster is obviously feeling really cheesed off and frustrated and posts and obvious vent like " AIBU to want to dropkick my DH into the sun" and gets met with people taking what they are saying literally and accusing her of being an abusive violent cow who needs therapy. Followed immediately by loads of posts berating her.
Its a turn of phrase.

The hate of tumble driers, heating and cats. Some of us need all to live😅

Completely relate to all of your post @DannyZukosSmile. Radio Rentals anyone?!!

This! And the hobbies are usually cycling, golf or football. All three entail lengthy time spent away from family at club events, weekends away, training or ‘meetings’, said meetings usually involve a pub or club.

Does it? Given the repetition it sometimes feels like it's a hard core of around 20 with a handful of DM and Mirror journos thrown in for good measure.

The OP always presents herself as this very accommodating, kind, “I’m a people pleaser” (shudder at that expression)

and often I think…. Bull. Shit. And I would love to hear the other side of the story!

Hmm. Is it a turn of phrase if your husband says it to you?

I read it as why not to move to a “very rural area” like she’d done so, especially if you’re used to London

I vividly remember the MN 'famous' poster early in 2021 how she was struggling with her mental health not being able to go to her second home for a break.

The thread was deleted by MN after 15 pages with some posters saying "get a grip" and pointing out the privilege of the poster when so many were struggling to pay bills and put food on the table. But many more saying how dreadful it was for her and how her MN input over the years meant she should be considered with sympathy.

When a lot of the public and posters on the site had spent 9 months saying anyone wanting to 'against the rules' for any reason was a complete arsehole for even thinking of it and should fuck off and suffer in their horrible housing situations because 'it's a pandemic'

Glad you got it 👍

The whole roast chicken that can feed the five thousand… for a week!

The huge, massive, enormous amount of hyperbole used by some MNers.

The hate they show for their husband’s families.

Or do you mean salad?

Wasn't there a woman the other day who declared it "absolutely appalling" to give reheated food to children?

I had somebody recently tell me that keeping toddlers away from sockets was "the worst form of helicopter parenting". Hitting them instead was way better, you see.

Where you on the thread ??
It was quite a few years ago now.

Oh another one…

when someone says “I’ll probably get flamed for this…”

and then says something unbelievably banal

Calling people cfs gets to me. Not too sure why. It's just a way of saying they disagree with someone really. And all the casual f*k that,, f*k this. I know I'm an old fart but when anyone starts f'ing and jeffing they immediately drop in my estimation.

Also yes it feels as though there's a presumption that the "average " mumsnetters must be earning approx £80,000 - £90,000 and that just can't be right. But I think a lot of MNers really do think that's about a normal average salary.

All elective c sections are perfect birth experiences. All vaginal births are horrendous and leave women traumatised for life.

Breastfeeding is awful and if you don’t formula feed it’s because you have been brainwashed by society and/or healthcare professionals.

Goodness it must have really annoyed you to have remembered a post from a few years ago!

I never understand why posters say they’ve gone NC for this. Why would readers know or care? I rarely notice people’s usernames anyway so telling me you’ve gone NC means absolutely nothing.

No I wasn’t on the thread

i read your post about the thread on this thread and was responding directly to what you’d written 🤷‍♀️