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!

@Kranke blimey- I know lots! Maybe it's my age group (61)

People who are convinced that staple foods which human beings have consumed for thousands of years (e.g bread, milk) are toxic and if you feed them to your family, you are essentially trying to commit murder.

Are you this anxious about everything, OP?

It isn’t normal to be this anxious, OP.

You need to speak to someone about your anxiety, OP…

YABVU. Your neighbour has only copied your hair, changed her name to your name, seduced your husband and kidnapped your children, the eldest of whom she is trying to breastfeed from her dried up tit husks. ARE YOU USUALLY THIS ANXIOUS ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE, OP??

Also, people that live very rurally and do not drive.

As others have said
not answering the door
Not taking a parcel for a neighbour
Not able to manage on £300k a year salary
Pregnancy test lines. If there is a line you're pregnant if there isnt you're probably not.,test again in a few days.

People who think leaving a baby/toddler to cry for 5 minutes is child abuse and they'll grow up with deep psychological problems.

N.b these are all mothers with only one baby..... because the moment you have 2 or 3 kids they quickly realise you physically can't be everywhere all at once.

I nanny 12+ boys. It really isn't common.

People who do the but Olympics on just about every subject, no matter how awful someone's behavior has been.

"But they might be suffering from this/that/the other/bad childhood/hormones" etc.

The same people jumping on posters for their poor SPaG and never considering they may have received a poor education/dyslexia/EAL etc.

It seems their little hearts will only bleed for others, as long as they're not being personally 'affected' in some way.

People who go out of their way to deliberately misinterpret what you've written so they can enjoy the pleasure of starting a pile on. 🤯

This may not be the type of example you mean but I always think of the 'ice cream truck' post where so many people pretended not to understand what the OP meant. It wasn't a pile on but a derailment for sure

I don’t recognise a lot of the daily dramas that seem to occur in MN world.

We don’t have any drama related to parking, cheeky fucker neighbours, petty neighbour disputes etc on our street. Lived here 15 years, no major issues (and we are in a busy area of London).

Never had any issues with school mums. We all did each other favours with lifts and pick ups at some stage, no ‘cheeky fuckery’ or Wendying or Queen Bee bitches.

I answer the door if the bell rings.
I don’t take offence if someone drops round without arranging it.
If I have an issue with someone, I confront it politely immediately. I don’t ghost people or ‘phase them out’.

Life is hard enough without creating petty stresses and psycho dramas.

This is why I hated picking my kids up from P school , they were all taller than me at 5ft 2" .

People who start a relationship with somebody who has children from a previous relationship and then moan about the children

People who think that Co-sleeping is the answer to all baby sleeping woes and would never ever consider any form of sleep training whatsoever as it is ‘cruel’.

People who think that any vaguely annoying behaviour from DH warrants LTB.

People who would never let their child glimpse even a millisecond of CBeebies lest it causes them irreversible damage.

@NotAnotherBathBomb - not saying super common but definitely not unheard of. Poster upthread said she'd never seen a 12 year old who was 6 foot. She could be passing them on the street everyday thinking they were 16!

What the fuck is THAT supposed to mean?

I suppose you love Hitler too.

Going a little against the post but I've met all of your examples in real life numerous times (l tick a few boxes) except for the chicken.

Food
People who seem to never over eat eg never buying more than you 'need' when ordering a takeaway or inviting someone for a meal and serving say just 4 small roast potatoes. When eating out or takeaway I generally have a bit more than I need.

Hygiene
Changing PJ every day. Never missing a shower when you're just relaxing round the house.

Invites
Getting affronted because you weren't invited
Getting angry because someone declined or scared to say you're not coming

Texts/WhatsApp/FB
Being enraged that you recieved a text late/early
Expecting immediate replies (because you know they're posting elsewhere)
Being upset that your post wasn't liked/was ignored
Expecting constant contact with partners who are out without you
Blocking someone for minor 'offences'

There seems to be a disproportionate amount of narcissists partners/family/friend in MN world....and I'd never heard of poo trolls either till MN.

And finally...
Not using your words....some sort of dilemma/annoyance/grievance, but not saying anything to your collegue, partner, OH, MIL, best friend, customer etc...though maybe this is happening everywhere but because no ones saying anything I don't realise!

People who think you have no obligations to help or support friends in any way, because the only important relationships in your life should be with you DH and DC.

People who wear fresh pyjamas every night.

@CalpolDependant 😂

? Not quite sure what you mean by that OP.

People who take to their bedrooms and cry all day.

People who are aghast that your 4 year old daughter calls her vulva her vagina, or something slightly less anatomically correct. It's apparently ok for them to say bottom rather than anus though.

People "screaming" at each other.

And shake, you forgot the shaking.