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Original poster

to think some people need to live in the real world....

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wantstowelspickedup · 27/02/2011 18:47

I admit that I am a new member to this site but having looked around a number of threads (especially AIBU ones) the one over-riding thought that comes to mind is get a grip on reality!

I have read about someone who live in a rural village complaining about a neighbour who has a cockerall.

Someone risking a supermarket workers job over a silly comment that would not have been understood by her DD (and for some reason seems to think her DD will never hear this type of talk in her life)

People complaining about schools saying their DC are nto ready for full time (mainly to reduce their childcare costs but blaming the school for looking after the childs needs)

and the list goes on!

Folks; live in the real world for a change.......

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FabbyChic · 27/02/2011 18:49

YANBU

rubyslippers · 27/02/2011 18:49

Just because you don't think something is an issue, doesn't mean it is the same for other people

AIBU is a fairly robust part of the board

balloonballs · 27/02/2011 18:49

Is it a full moon?

Why would you join a site that you dislike?

onepieceoflollipop · 27/02/2011 18:50

You may find that mnet isn't for you perhaps? :)

We have all kinds of threads and all kinds of posters.

Possibly you may want to look at other topics rather than your main focus being on the AIBU topic?

Imo (which may be wrong) if you join a new site, then it may be seen as a bit rude to immediately start criticising.

There are plenty of sites, mnet being just one.

Goblinchild · 27/02/2011 18:50

But that is their real world, and to them the problems and grumbles are important too.
May all their worries be so small.
I like a laugh. Grin

LDNmummy · 27/02/2011 18:50

yanbu

squeakytoy · 27/02/2011 18:50

awwww, you are new... welcome Grin

stick around.. they get even better... Grin

Original poster
wantstowelspickedup · 27/02/2011 18:51

no, maybe mnet isn't for me as i don't spend my life worrying about someone making a silly comment to my husband.....

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Mummalish · 27/02/2011 18:51

I'ts not exactly reality though is it? It's a place where people can write whatever they feel and think and have a place in which to do so, however trivial.

Not everyone is the same, some people get annoyed over politics, some over parking spaces, live and let live, I say.

Mumsnet wouldn't be Mumsnet without some trivial moaning, and rather boring I think. So, YABU.

diabolo · 27/02/2011 18:52

AIBU is not always a nice place to be. I mostly read other people's posts and they're often amusing / entertaining.

If I make a comment it's usually shot down in flames of hell-fire.

Grin
onepieceoflollipop · 27/02/2011 18:54

OP perhaps one coud argue that this thread is trivial. If you really think we are worrying about silly things then why on earth are you wasting time reading...and then starting a thread to comment. Confused

balloonballs · 27/02/2011 18:54

One other thing, would you not post on the threads that you find so childish rather than talking about them on your own quite childish thread?

It's just a bit schoolyard.

Original poster
wantstowelspickedup · 27/02/2011 18:56

i am just voicing my opinions ballonballs as the site wishes us to do Wink....

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HecateQueenOfWitches · 27/02/2011 18:56

I take it 'the real world' is where your opinion is right?

Because my real world is a place where my opinion is right.

and I bet that goes for most people.

But I've never been directly bitched about on a brand new thread before. Rather exciting. Feel like I've gone up a whole new Mumsnet Layer.

  • since you told me to get a grip on reality on the other thread, this is clearly regarding that-
BooyFuckingHoo · 27/02/2011 18:56

and why didn't you take up these concerns you have with teh posters themselves rather than starting up a new thread to bitch on?

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wantstowelspickedup · 27/02/2011 18:58

felt like i should fit in - start a thread about something petty!

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laosvher · 27/02/2011 18:58

Where can I find this 'real world'?

balloonballs · 27/02/2011 18:59

Fair enough express your opinions, just don't let envy eat up too much of your timeSmile..........

JaneS · 27/02/2011 19:02

AIBU is there so we can complain about trivial crap if we want. I like it.

shakey1500 · 27/02/2011 19:04

Personally I find people who, say...for example...off the top of my head....want towels picking up are on another planet but horses for courses and all that. :)

diabolo · 27/02/2011 19:05

Aaaah - didn't realise there was "background" to this thread.

tethersend · 27/02/2011 19:05

Isnt it worse to get yourself in a tizzy about what other people write on the Internet?

BooyFuckingHoo · 27/02/2011 19:05

well bitching specifically about other regular and much liked posters aint teh way to help you fit in. or is that what you do in the 'real world' aswell? do you have many friends? Hmm

ArfurBrain · 27/02/2011 19:06

can't be doing with people who say ''you NEED''
How the fck do you know what I or anyone else on this site needs?

Original poster
wantstowelspickedup · 27/02/2011 19:06

shakey1500 - exactly; I live in the real world where husbands, kids, dogs etc don't automatically pick up towels.

diabolo - read my op there are two backgrounds to this thread.......

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