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 'jump' when their phone goes off.

With the emergency alert and the numerous threads going about it - there's been lots of 'jumping' because their phone made a noise😂

Everyone has emetophobia and/or undiagnosed ASD/ADHD
10 9s at GCSE is the norm
Mothers who create profiles on the student room and then make spreadsheets of possible university choices
Posters trying vair hard to be 'mortified' because their dc is "so middle class" because they like houmous.

People who are genuinely planning to vote Tory, despite being left wing and lifelong Labour voters, because Labour is supportive (in a fairly mild way so far as I can see) of trans rights

I think you'll find it is being unsupportive of women's rights that is the issue.

I used to do this 🤣 blame 1990s low fat diets!

This.

I am all for trans rights but struggle with the thought that as a result women lose their rights, I genuinely believe we can have both without having to penalise the other. I had some labour canvassers at the door recently and asked them about this, they were quite vague. I keep meaning to chat to our MP about it. He is a young labour candidate and very engaged with LBGTq+ rights which is great but I would really like to know what Labour policies would likely be around the rights of women/trans etc.

Obv don't want to derail the thread but I actually see very few transphobic people on MN, they are just labelled so if they comment on losing womens rights.

Definitely need a freshen up at the sink though and have always known men and women to do this, no-one wants their face in fusty parts 🤣

Transphobes

I don't really see that . I see people who get het up and angry over minor issues that people would normally shrug and move on from - particularly with regards friendships .

Fact still stands I don't know anyone in real life planning to do this...

Nope its in real life thanks

Yeah I probably phrased it wrong so apologies. Still haven't met anyone IRL who is planning to change their vote over this issue though which was the question in the OP (fwiw I agree with a lot of stuff on the feminism boards)

Maybe because the trans stuff is so contentious that people tend to keep their views to themselves

Christ almighty I'm saying that I, personally, have not come across anyone who is planning to change their vote, regardless of how they feel on Labour's stabce on this issue, which was the OP's question! Can we please not derail the thread?

I did actually use that one after reading it on Mumsnet 😆 By text to my Mum, who is quite often rude to me. She took it well and was bothered that I felt she’d be rude. She is still rude (because she does it when she’s stressed… which is a lot) but catches herself now and apologies immediately afterwards.

I have met people in RL who are unsure of whether to vote for Labour when they usually don't because of it, not necessarily life long labour voters who would change their votes because of it. I am a floating voter really so I don't count as a RL example.

I completely agree about the mistaken age thing.
Absolutely nobody I know says their partner, once they hit 40, could be mistaken for a 24 year old. Absolutely nobody. Yet on here posters stating their 50 year old with his wrinkles, bald head or strands of grey hair, pot bellied, thick waisted, unstylish husband would pass for 24. Err no. No way. The reason I would never mistake your 50 year old as being the same age as my son is because I have eyes. And those eyes see the truth. If you still believe that your 50 year old looks the same as my 24 year old son then you are beyond help. Not even Specsavers can help you. The only thing that will help is if you have your eyes gouged out and replaced with bionic ones.

Haha! I totally agree. I’ve seen people claim their 85 year old nan has “no wrinkles whatsoever” - even if that’s true, ageing has other signs apart from wrinkles! You can see someone’s skin has lost elasticity even if they aren’t wrinkled so no one is mistaking an 85 year old for a 45 year old, same with a 50 year old for 25 year old. They’re deluded

Also agree about paying for nights out with friends.
If I say to friends “Do you fancy going round town next Saturday?” I am not offering to pay. I am asking if they want to go out with me. I’m not going to pay for every round of drinks in every pub. None of my friends would ever expect that. Likewise if I ask a friend “Do you fancy going out for a meal?” I’m not offering to pay simply asking if they want to go out with me.

They do this too but also with be be kind thing. It’s extremes of either being pissed about nothing or totally zen and as forgiving as a monk. The most ridiculous example I saw of this was someone saying they inherited a relatives house which had tenants in it and eventually they wanted to sell it only to be told by one person they should gift the house to the tenants as it was to “be kind”.

Oh definitely this. Also 'I'm 50 and my parents have NEVER let me pay for a meal out! I can't believe you'd expect your 25 year old DC (who has more disposable income than you) to pay for his food!!! Do you even like him?'

Yeah and on the 'what's for dinner tonight' threads everyone's always planning a 'simple supper' of marinated salmon with herby jewelled couscous, lemon and sesame seed asparagus and glazed buttered carrots for a bit of indulgence.

Then I come along and post 'frozen pizza'

I think we might have veered from "people who only exist on Mumsnet" to "people I cannot stand on Mumsnet or anywhere else either."🤣

People who earn big six figure salaries and have glittering careers but spend a lot of time on MN because their job is so flexible that they can afford to spend hours posting