This Has To Be a Wind Up? Netmums come on…

[Preworkouttingle]

This is a genuine thread on Netmums. I went over out of curiosity and, well, this blew my mind!

It's just the same over egged, try hard bollocks that often gets posted on here. Presumably some posters on Netmums lap it up too.

Nice to see those giddy with Chatgpt get their kicks over there as well. Sam Altman must be so proud. It was all worth it.

Has to be a pisstake, no-one could be this thick and ignorant.

Well, I say that... A woman I know has her 36 year old daughter living with her, and she didn't leave home til 29, lived with 2 mates for a year and a half then came back, (at 31,) then she stayed home for another 3 years, then moved out for 6 months, then came back a couple of years ago. She pays NOTHING. And she never has.

She has a part time job, and earns a couple of hundred of pounds a week, and says she needs it for herself. Has no car, can't drive, works 18 hours a week. She does nothing in the house, and spends half her waking hours in her bedroom. This is a 36 year old woman, not a 19 year old!! I think her parents have enabled her, and honestly, it's just too late to stop it now. No special needs, not ND.

She has a brother who is a bone idle fecker too. But he lives with his girlfriend and their 2 small DC. Never worked, aged 33.

She and her husband have always worked, so I wonder where they went wrong really.

And if anyone is about to ask 'how on earth can you possibly know all of this?' She TOLD me.

Don't take people words to heart @Preworkouttingle Some people just have different views that's all.

Well I enjoyed it OP! I also enjoyed reading posts from people who are complaining about your post but who obviously still read the NM screenshot - gotta love MN 😂

Either way, I hope TallulahBelle's parents stand firm!

Please don't patronise me. I am perfectly calm

I think you're the one who needs to calm down.
@MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack reads to me as being perfectly calm.

The comment 'calm down' is so patronising and rude. It's quite misogynistic. It's basically saying 'stop being so hysterical woman!'

I don't see @MrsBennetsPoorNervesAreBack being hyper or angry. They seem calm to me.

It's no stupider than half the stuff on here, especially since the latest influx of incels, MRAs and "come now" men.

my staff

I don’t think about my team who report to me as “my staff” sounds a touch dictatorial!

Or like Gandalf.

I come in around an hour early to prep for the day because I am the boss. Manager. Next up from me is regional and he’s currently (last I spoke to him) in Southampton. That’s quite the bear from where I am in the north of Scotland so I’m not too worried about him turning up in the next hour.

A netmums thread from late 2025 as well

Kinda remember why I deleted my old account years ago. Does nobody just just read to pass the time or whatever anymore? I’ll go read classics that used to be funny. As I said, just don’t read it if it has you frothing 😉. Might read the expectations bs reality thread again that was good….

This sort of post is not unique to Netmums. There’s plenty of that nonsense on here too. I’m sure, despite the mocking attitude to Netmums on here, there’s the usual mixture of normal stuff and weird stuff, just with a lot of twee over familiarity and less swearing😅

‘General chat’ last posted on in June? Is that their latest thread there or am I clicking on the wrong things? It looks like their whole forum is as dead as anything.

OP, I found it funny, not sure why youve had a few patronising replies really.

You should have posted it as if it was your dilemma instead of screenshotting it from Netmums. I can just imagine the replies! 😂

Yes, it's ... not busy over there.

Some of the replies on here are unhinged, a few of you need to really chill the fuck out.
It's just a light hearted thread, the OP didn't ask to be grilled about her job or justify posting on here.

Op fwiw I think it was probably a wind up post, or I hope it is anyway!

Jesus. Stop with being the site fun sponge!

It's not you. Some of 'em are clearly out for a fight LOL.

Kind of weird

The Netmums post is obviously fake or a reverse, like a lot of the more absurd threads on Mumsnet. Not sure why it warrants sharing here to be honest. It's just a bog-standard ragebait thread like a lot of Mumsnet ones.

Not sure if you are referring to me, but I genuinely wasn't out for a fight. I just didn't understand why the OP was sharing it here - it didn't occur to me that anyone would consider it funny or original, as it's the kind of thread that we see quite often on MN.

The OP has since clarified that she shared it because she did think it was funny. Fair enough. Hopefully others will enjoy it as well.