People you only meet on Mumsnet...

[CurlewKate]

People who never answer their door/phone.
People who get really stroppy about taking in parcels for neighbours.
People who can feed a family of four for a week on one chicken.
People who wash mince (one for the oldies, there.)
People who resent giving somebody a lift to a place they were going anyway.
Fee free to add your own!

People who pretend they've never been to McDonald's with the kids

People who think you shouldn't bother with your kids once they are 18

People who want the kids to pay rent as it teaches them about money, even if they dont need it..why have they not been learning about money the past 20 years...

People who think family should not he invested in each other

People who cant say no and want permission from strangers online

Lol, absolutely this reading the comments above yours!

People who think you shouldn't bother with your kids once they are 18

When really what's happening is, the 18 year olds don't want to bother with them.

People who think "No" is a complete sentence....

@NuffSaidSam "People who have a very narrow social circle and thus believe that quite normal behaviour 'only happens on Mumsnet'🤣🤣🤣🤣

People who get their arse in a twist because their MIL gave their baby the first bit of chocolate and ruined the first experience / milestone for the PFBs mother

Peoples 3 year olds have never drank anything but water and milk and a bit of diluted squash is poison and their teeth are fucked

Not rushing potty training because their 4 year old 'isn't ready'

Will absolutely refuse to go through basic data protection whilst on the phone

Every walking man is a misogynist

Everybody has crippling anxiety

People often 'snorting out their tea' when responding to something that isn't remotely amusing

If you drive a bmw, Mercedes or Audi you're a cunt

And finally, if you don't name your child clementine then your child will grow up with relentless bullying and be called a chav

I've never seen the chicken trope except as a joke on here. I do see:

People who wash their sheets every day.

People who don't think they have any obligation to help anyone ever.

People who think the world is ending because they were asked their pronouns/given the option to tick a box on a form about their sex/gender.

People who want want internet randoms to tell them their baby's sex when they've chosen not to find out from a medical professional.

Ageism. One for you there OP ”People who wash mince (one for the oldies, there.)”

I think there is generally a lot more twins now days aren’t there..
Possibly to do with better maternity care.
Theres obviously the make believe troll twins too.
I have some myself.

People sobbing and shaking over terrible events that aren't actually affecting them.

I want to know who washes mince 🤔

Feckin weirdos who won't answer their doorbell or phone.

I’m pretty sure it was rinsing mince.

Oh, and people 'having a little cry' over things like their SIL not sending them a birthday card, or two friends having coffee without them.

People on here really seem to 'cry' and 'sob' a lot.

Maybe people I know in real life are doing it behind closed doors but I can't imagine it and always assume people on here are exaggerating and mean they 'felt sad/dissatisfied' as opposed to literally crying.

The proportion of people who have "anxiety" on MN is quite staggering. Everyone I know just feels nervous in perfectly normal nerve - inducing situations.

The use of the phrase "use your words" addressed to adults only exists on MN because if anyone said that in real life, everyone would rightly call them out for the twat that they are.

People on the receiving end of nasty behaviour from a woman, who would then invite them for coffee or buy them flowers incase they're going through a tough time.

People who see awkward conversations as 'confrontation' instead of normal adult behaviour.

@A27009D56 "Ageism. One for you there OP ”People who wash mince (one for the oldies, there.)”"

For clarity, and in my defence, I meant "oldies" on Mumsnet-it was a memorable thread about 10 years ago. Don't start me on casual ageism, though!

I want to know who washes mince

There was a fad a while ago to rinse mince once fried off with hot water to get rid of all the fat (and flavour).

People who have emetophobia.
Yes, I know it's a real thing so some may, but true phobias are unusual. Any thread that mentions emetophobia ends up with 75% of posters claiming they have it, too!

Everyone finds vomit gross, but that does not a phobia make.

Yeah, definitely the Foetus Folk.

I know plenty of women who look good for their age, but it's usually within 5 or so years - I've definitely never mistaken someone's actual millennium of birth

Also being 'heartbroken' or 'devastated' about those events and about people they hardly know or do not know at all. Caring is one thing but centring themselves is quite another.

Ironically that was crystal clear!

People who never use public toilets and apparently go for ten hours out of the house without even having a pee.

People who think it’s normal to only use public loos or workplace loos for a pee, and that a poo should only be done at home.

People who can’t even use a loo at home in case their DH hears.

People who think it’s normal to hover above a loo seat instead of sitting down.

I understand that some people have toilet phobias, but there’s an unusually high number of them on Mumsnet for some reason. If you have a personal thing about loos then fine, just stop talking about your behaviour as if it’s normal or expected.

The type who derail threads, by arguing their petty points that don't relate in any way to the original post.