What random nugget of information were you completely unaware of before you discovered mumsnet?

[777holyandsinless]

I’ll start

it being a commonly held idea that itv is uncouth and bbc is the classy alternative

Sorry is hearing a prob?

I'm going to tell myself you're joking.

I wouldn't accept as much of a glass of water in a strangers home.

How rarely some people shower or bathe. And not for cost reasons or SN.

I never knew that a bit of mascara on the bottom lashes was completely unacceptable.

If your DC is poorly there will always be someone to look after them. If you don't have anyone to do so, it is your fault and you should be ashamed of your poor planning.

I hate this. I remember a thread posted by someone with a really serious issue can’t remember what it was but her spag was really bad and that’s all some people focused on

The nastiness and snobbery of the Baby Name boards.

Sorry that’s not a nugget of information.

That ‘judgy’ is apparently a word, rather than ‘judgemental’.

It doesn't surprise me that you obviously haven't rtft.

Yeah mumsnet really opens your eye to how abelist many people are.

I assume many will get a shock in life because very few of us stay abled to the very end. They will one day find themselves in PJs all day, in unfresh sheets, unable to bath daily etc... and finally understand how ignorant they where.

The meals that apparently last people a whole week my husband would eat in one sitting 😂

Before mumsnet I straight up didn’t know the difference between working class and middle class I thought they could be used interchangeably like oh I work im working class and oh I’m not rich or poor I’m middle class. I thought I was both well I say I thought but actually it wasn’t really something I thought about because it’s something that genuinely never came up in any conversation I have in real life, unless with conspiracy theorists ranting about upper classs elites.
Even when I was broke I still thought I was middle class because of the “there’s always someone poorer than you” mindset and at least I wasn’t on crack.

I can’t begin to explain what a revelation mumsnet has been to me regarding this not only did I not really know what they meant I also didn’t know it was such a massive deal to some people, affecting all areas of life now I can’t help trying to work out what class people i know in real life are based on mumsnet criteria, if someone tells me they prefer rugby to football I can’t help thinking middle class and the same when I go round someone’s house and they have a huge tv I think working class. (Lighthearted)

I still don’t know whether I’m middle or working though.

🤣🤣

Even if they were American I don’t get why people say it like it’s a negative thing one of my best friends is American and she’s an amazing woman

I didn't know about those specific examples. But surely, banning the culprits would be a better way to deal with it? (Maybe that's not possible but it would be a fairer solution.)

I join the chorus to say I too was surprised to learn...

That some people don't answer the door or answer their phones.

That some people wash their sheets and towels crazy often.

The childishness of adult friendships - people feeling snubbed in the school run, upset that they have been ghosted, seemingly to have really high expectations of friendship from others and if they're ignored it's a huge issue, rather than they just assume the other person is just getting on with their lives and not thinking about them.

A meta-one about threads and mumsnet itself - I am surprised how much people focus on a concrete detail of a thread, and are unable to follow an argument where the issue is abstracted to a principle. It means some threads just go round and round, keep getting dragged back to the first points, and don't ever get to a more interesting or developed discussion.

Relatedly- How many people read the OP, then jump to page 9 and write their bog standard reply "I also don't like grapes so you are not unreasonable to be upset that DH bought grapes". Not interested or caring that there have been 12 OP posts over two days since then, the thread has moved on, OP has now fled the marital home, MIL is in A&E with grape poisoning, DH has been arrested ... we have learned a million reasons why grapes aren't really what the thread is about.

Even on this thread I read everything before writing this post, to make sure someone hadn't already made my point - when I see my point has been made, I don't post!

As a fellow Irish person, "Irish exit" doesn't mean to leave a party early necessarily. It just means to leave the party without the usual extended round of goodbyes to everyone. Other countries use different words to describe the same thing, e.g. I believe it is an English exit in France.

Knowing one American doesn't say anything about the culture of an entire country!

I notice this one a lot too.I have concluded that my life has been far from sheltered but a lot of people on here seem to never really read, look, research or wonder about any sorts of lives outside of their own little bubble. I am naturally curious about the darker side of human interaction and socialisation and have been open to all types of people, and various jobs I have had have also taken me that way. Others aren't like this.

I've said it before but a lot of 'Well that's never happened to MeeeEE?! How could it possibly be something others might have seen or experienced?'
Very insular attitude.

Or actually also known as a French exit!

I am very pleased 'paddy' is on the way out- glad more people know it now.

I'm starting to notice and feel uncomfortable about the real meaning in all kind of violent language too- I feel weird now saying "kill two birds with one stone" or "I don't have a dog in this fight" or those horrible corporate metaphors about wars and tactics to do with work. Not to over-egg it, but it's starting to feel a bit weird.

And how frequently some people shower, bathe, wash, disinfect, change sheets and towels etc. And for no rational reason at all.

I say this all the time 😱Why??

I dunno. I think a daily shower and changing sheets every ten days is bare minimum.

£100k per year (about £8k per month) is the norm in the UK. I had no idea either. I thought we all lived on about £1500 per month!

I did give the option that some people are cruel bullies and you've shown that it can be the case. It is shocking.