There are also posters who come on looking for a fight. One in the week, soon shut down by MN, chasing a teenage boy from her car - another one asking advice then individually ripping responders heads off, anxious, troubling posters.
What happened to wit, good humour, kind advice, repartee, lucidity, concise responses, critical analysis, paragraphs?
However, there are women who post with the most trivial, banal, easily explained
or sorted queries, men masquerading as women, hesitant mums who should be able to ask their HV, their own mums or gasp MiL baby questions, who are here treated responsibly, put upon wives and girlfriends seeking validation, on and on,
all spoken to courteously.
There are posters who go wandering off, after initial post never to return, whilst the battle rages unhindered.
Some posters would test the patience of a saint.
Many will not accept the obvious, staring them in the face, no wonder responders become exasperated.
Some will post then repeatedly come back making excuses for errant partners until everyone else is fed up and leaves them to it.
Some are obvious windups, they are usually intense and detail ridden
Many dripfeed, crucial information, disingenuous and trifling with responders time and patience
I’m not sure calling people anatomical names or animal epithets is any more worthy than bypassing
Robust argument is fine, as in life now we are required to be tougher without being obnoxious, bullying is seriously anti social and should indeed be called out, being mean is mean, unpleasant up to vicious is not worthy of any response. In a self policing self censoring site as this, weeding out the mauvais herbe should not be too strenuous.
For all those dismayed and despairing mumsnetters leaving the site, consider in your chagrin lingering and weeding, we will soon have this fertile garden flourishing
once again, a safe place for thoughts, questions, sharing, anxieties and FUN! remember fun ?