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The Mumsnet Code

262 replies

ChippySauce · 08/07/2025 15:37

Friend popped around earlier unexpectedly, without giving me 3 weeks warning 😮

AND DC11 let them in 😱

What is the world coming to I ask you!
Does nobody adhere to “The Mumsnet Code” anymore?
Whatever next, will we be advising each other to Keep The Bastard?!

I despair, I really do…

What violations of TMC has occurred in your life recently?

OP posts:
VioletsandDill · 08/07/2025 16:53

-I'm very fussy eating
-I like it when friends call round unexpectedly
-I think you have a duty to look after parents in old age
-I don't have a strong opinion on shoes in the house.
-I'm a TWAW loony liberal

Richandstrange · 08/07/2025 16:53

I left my washing out to get darked on last night, it also got rained on as it happens and I'm yet to decide whether I'm going to wash it again or not.

AnnaQuayInTheUk · 08/07/2025 17:01

WLINewbie · 08/07/2025 16:28

I have an ensuite which I both

  • use
  • clean with toilet brush

Also happy for tradesmen to use my loo but tend to point them to the main one.

But do you clean your toilet brush in the dishwasher?

Vroomfondleswaistcoat · 08/07/2025 17:04

I've got a downstairs bathroom and I LIKE IT!!

And I don't mind people parking their cars right outside my house. Well, I say I don't mind, but actually I just give them a head tilt and tinkly laugh when they come to pick their car up.

Boreded · 08/07/2025 17:12

I know the difference between being a feminist and being transphobic.

guarantee the people angry quoting me are the latter 🤣

Boreded · 08/07/2025 17:13

Richandstrange · 08/07/2025 16:53

I left my washing out to get darked on last night, it also got rained on as it happens and I'm yet to decide whether I'm going to wash it again or not.

Gotta wait until it is dry and you do a sniff test 😂

ChippySauce · 08/07/2025 17:31

BogRollBOGOF · 08/07/2025 16:31

I went to IKEA and Aldi without asking what I should buy.

Wow. That’s brave,

OP posts:
swimlyn · 08/07/2025 17:44

I am absolutely fuming about all this!

Inthesmallclouds · 08/07/2025 17:46

I love a wedding and I don’t care if I’m just an evening guest

ACatAsleepInYourHat · 08/07/2025 17:48

Last week I took in a parcel for my (perfectly nice) next-door neighbours. Later on the same day they collected it without prompting.

ObtuseMoose · 08/07/2025 17:56

I let a workman use the toilet and didn't spend the next week sobbing and shaking.

BloodandGlitter · 08/07/2025 18:02

I never see anyone wearing a mumsnet scarf anymore either.

CharlotteStreetW1 · 08/07/2025 18:02

alexalisten · 08/07/2025 16:29

We had a chicken that didn't feed the whole family for a week even with a giant salad

Of course it didn't. It has to be a massive salad. 🙄

ginasevern · 08/07/2025 18:04

I'd go NC with my parents, but they're both dead. Dang!

SunflowerLife · 08/07/2025 18:04

I would rather read Colleen Hoover and Freida McFadden than long snore fests by Donna Tartt.

murasaki · 08/07/2025 18:04

I left my washing out overnight.

amicisimma · 08/07/2025 18:05

I iron most of my laundry.

I like ironing.

ChippySauce · 08/07/2025 18:05

CharlotteStreetW1 · 08/07/2025 18:02

Of course it didn't. It has to be a massive salad. 🙄

Yep. Rookie mistake, that.

OP posts:
Luckyingame · 08/07/2025 18:08

Oh dear 😁
I "married up", don't have kids and don't work (commercial and domestic landlady).
Also, I'm not a gold-digger, was escaping abusive parents about 25 years ago.
I'm reasonably happy.

Cattery · 08/07/2025 18:10

I made a small salad

Icecreamhelps · 08/07/2025 18:11

Cattery · 08/07/2025 18:10

I made a small salad

Should have made croutons out of stale bread

Newbie8918 · 08/07/2025 18:15

Drank alcohol and enjoyed it

LardoBurrows · 08/07/2025 18:21

Vroomfondleswaistcoat · 08/07/2025 17:04

I've got a downstairs bathroom and I LIKE IT!!

And I don't mind people parking their cars right outside my house. Well, I say I don't mind, but actually I just give them a head tilt and tinkly laugh when they come to pick their car up.

😂😂

FatLarrysBanned · 08/07/2025 18:24

I sleep naked as does DP. I don't change my sheets every day. We're not dead yet.

I don't feel violated if he kisses me without putting in a written request 3 weeks in advance, and I don't think he's a sex pest if he gives my bum a sneaky pat when I loading the dishwasher.

I actually speak to my work colleagues and share stuff about my life as do they.

I can drive on a motorway at night without hyperventilating.

ThePhantomoftheEcobubbleOpera · 08/07/2025 18:25

I couldn't give a damn if I'm unreasonable.

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