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A hill you will die on.

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GreenEyesIsBack · 19/02/2026 15:04

Mine is amongst others that carbonara should only ever be made with long pasta, none of your penne, or fusili nonsense.

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Bjorkdidit · 19/02/2026 16:06

40andlovelife · 19/02/2026 16:02

Yep. No such thing as gender. Only sex. Gender is a made up construct to manipulate us that women can have penis’s

If an online form asks me to state my gender and doesn't have a 'none' option, I won't answer any of the equality questions, likewise if it has garbled questions about what I identify as.

If you want factual answers don't ask ambiguous questions that don't make any sense. The answers will be meaningless.

StillCreatingAName · 19/02/2026 16:06

That social media and phone use has altered how we behave so drastically that it now impacts friendships, relationships and how we parent, socialise, communicate and live as a society. A whole generation has been impacted by life on phones- for the majority this has been for the worse 😞

minnel · 19/02/2026 16:06

GreenEyesIsBack · 19/02/2026 15:13

Chocolate and fruit do not go together 😫

Chocolate and dried fruit are wonderful together!

exhaustDAD · 19/02/2026 16:06

Victoria sponge is probably the worst cake ever invented.

(And on that note, as much as I love our British life, realistically, literally every other country in Europe has way better desserts in general.. Ours is shockingly boring and one-note.)

EineReiseDurchDieZeit · 19/02/2026 16:06

Behaviour contracts should be signed before you enter a cinema

Dog ownership should be contingent upon having passed a proper official test

GreenEyesIsBack · 19/02/2026 16:07

properidiot · 19/02/2026 15:46

Eating the remnants of a packet of crisps by tipping it up straight into your mouth in public means you should be slapped immediately.

Not as bad as licking yoghurt lids.
That should be a crime.

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RosesAndHellebores · 19/02/2026 16:07

Table manners
Camping cannot possibly be fun
All humans are entitled to respect and courtesy

NigelFromAccounts · 19/02/2026 16:07

40andlovelife · 19/02/2026 16:05

The dictionary can bog off, whether it’s from Oxford or not!

You died on the wrong hill ☹️

NimbleHiker · 19/02/2026 16:07

Football is rubbish. I don't want to watch grown men throwing themselves to the floor. If i want to watch diving i will watch the Olympics.

GreenEyesIsBack · 19/02/2026 16:07

minnel · 19/02/2026 16:06

Chocolate and dried fruit are wonderful together!

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Ew, get out.

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Lilyhatesjaz · 19/02/2026 16:07

The cream goes on the scone first and then the jam is put on as a blob on top, this is now called a bobby dazzle.
My dad told me this so it must be right.

LancashireButterPie · 19/02/2026 16:07

There should be limits on personal wealth. No one needs over a billion.

Twattergy · 19/02/2026 16:07

Pregnant women should not wear dungarees.

DareDevil223 · 19/02/2026 16:08

exhaustDAD · 19/02/2026 15:08

Mine - amongst others - is that mint and chocolate do not belong together, it is absolutely vile, and is has 100% the same effect as when we were kids, brushed our teeth and then snuck a cheeky bite of a chocolate in, still.

No one has ever been more right about anything than you are about this. Mint chocolate is the Devil's own food

minnel · 19/02/2026 16:08

GreenEyesIsBack · 19/02/2026 16:07

Ew, get out.

Fruit and nut chocolate, mm...

ByLimeDuck · 19/02/2026 16:08

HappilyFreeNow · 19/02/2026 16:04

Dogs should not sleep in bedrooms (or worse on the bed - worst IN the bed 🤮🤮🤮🤮)
Revolting.

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So wrong. They are the best comfort. Cleaner than humans who do all sorts in a bed anyway including licking other people's private parts.

TheHungryHungryLandsharks · 19/02/2026 16:08

@GreatAuntytobe Because my dogs are some of the best examples of their breed (healthy, stable, capable of working etc). I love my breed (Golden Retrievers) and my family have bred them for over 50 years now.

People are always going to breed. Better it's someone who loves their breed, knows their breed and does it safely and carefully than a puppy farmer.

I love Golden Retrievers, and I will do all I can - within reason - to ensure that healthy dogs are being purchased by responsible owners. I keep my dogs once they're bred from (I currently have 3 'ex-breeders'), I love them, I spend a small fortune on them. Ultimately, breeders like me are not the problem and dogs are domestic animals which people can and should breed from - just like cats are.

The problem is people being unhealthy dogs and doing it badly, not people breeding healthy dogs and doing it well.

I have an AMA thread you're welcome to look at if you have any questions 😊

exhaustDAD · 19/02/2026 16:08

If you talk to anyone on the phone on a speakerphone out in public, or listen to your music on a loudspeaker will inherently and irrevocably mean that you are just simply a garbage human being. Sorry.

40andlovelife · 19/02/2026 16:08

Twattergy · 19/02/2026 16:07

Pregnant women should not wear dungarees.

Anyone over the age of three that is not going to a bonfire should ever wear dungarees

Raera · 19/02/2026 16:08

Wensleydale cheese is horrid but is made an abomination by the addition of cranberries.
I love most other cheeses, even the really blue and smelly ones!

MrsTerryPratchett · 19/02/2026 16:09

WildLeader · 19/02/2026 15:34

I hear you. I went to Orlando and the company chose an Italian restaurant with “elevated” Italian cuisine

it was calorie laden slop.

I cook Italian, I like to stick to authenticity as it’s great as it is done in Italy. No American is going to improve on it.

Elevated Italian food exists. Eat traditional food in the Dolomites.

AppleDumplingWithCustard · 19/02/2026 16:09

Twattergy · 19/02/2026 16:07

Pregnant women should not wear dungarees.

No woman should wear dungarees. They are strictly for toddlers,

TheoreticallyAdult · 19/02/2026 16:09

NimbleHiker · 19/02/2026 16:07

Football is rubbish. I don't want to watch grown men throwing themselves to the floor. If i want to watch diving i will watch the Olympics.

You reminded me … floor is only inside a building or structure. Everything else is the ground.

It’s dessert not pudding, pudding is a type of dessert.

TheHungryHungryLandsharks · 19/02/2026 16:09

@Tacohill there are breeders licences already...

ChamonixMountainBum · 19/02/2026 16:09

confusedbadmama · 19/02/2026 16:00

Why??

Seriously? It's the beige cardigan of curries. It’s what happens when someone looks at a menu full of bold, fragrant, fire-breathing masterpieces and thinks, “No thank you, I’d prefer my dinner to taste like warm seasoned yogurt.” It’s a curry that needs to apologise for even occupying the same menu page as proper curries. No heat, no edge, no personality, just a timid, creamy squeaky whisper of “I was almost interesting once.”
Korma is what you order when you’re afraid of flavor. It takes chicken, already the most commitment phobic of proteins and drowns it in a sweet, nutty lullaby that lulls your taste buds into early retirement. Every spoonful feels like culinary bubble wrap, safe, padded, and utterly pointless. In a world of jalfrazis, baltis, rogan josh's, madras, bhuna or vindaloos that challenge you korma sits there like a participation trophy in a bowl. Gaaaaaaaaaaaahh.

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