to think matthew wright's researchers should get off mn and find topics elsewhere?

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tomorrow on the wright stuff they are discussing whether you should pay your parents back for bringing you up they say on their FB page: "FRIDAY PREVIEW: PAY BACK PARENTS FOR BRINGING YOU UP?
We know of someone who's mad at her sister, who thinks she doesn?t owe their mum anything for her years of maternal devotion. Who?s right? It costs £270k to raise a kid. Isn?t it right that when you?re grown up with a job of your own, you should pay some of that back? Or if they cho...se to have you, should they foot the bill?" a couple of days after a poster started this thread

he is openly disdainful of mn on the show and calls parents "breeders" (funny, 'cause I call him Jeremy Kyle's chavvier, twattier brother) so then, why doesnt he stop discussing threads/topics that appear on our talkboards and find something else to be mock-outraged shouty about?

MN isn't the source of original material anyway, the topics discussed here are often on other forums and I expect the researchers pick things up from everywhere.

Its not really a compliment that he mentions this forum on his show.

ah, but this is far too convenient. its quite a specific argument and unless the op has posted elsewhere they must have been browsing mn. he also brandishes "the breeders at mumsnet" sword as an example of us pesky women having arguments and brains after we have had kids.

I'd quite like to see a good dose of e-coli wipe that smug smile of his face...

I think the thread was started by a researcher. They've done it before haven't they.

I love Matthew Wright and to be honest he's not wrong most of the time re what he says about Mumsnet.

I think a fair few threads are started by researchers tbh.

That one about the family who owned their home outright but were so poor they were considering skipdiving for food for example.

YANBU. You are so right. I have often thought this. Most days there is a topic from the AIBU page, I think its lazy AND especially as he yes calls parents "breeders" which kind of alienates the majority of his target audience I would imagine.

Having said all that I can't help but to quite like him!

My son starts work this year after four years at Uni, for a period of around two months he may have to support me and his brother as all the benefits stop for the youngest in July, but he does not go to Uni until October, so I would be expected to feed and keep him on what a single person gets.

He has also asked me if I want to move he will pay for the move, plus he wants to buy me a car when he starts earning.

He wants to do this because if not for me he wouldn't have gone to University.

I don't believe it is my right as a parent to expect help from my son, but I do appreciate the sentiment and if he has to help will appreciate it two fold.

i agree that some threads do look researchery (i try to avoid them, would hate to be quoted in the mail or on shows like the wright stuff) its just so lazy! and yes, he is openly disdainful of a huge group. maybe he secretly loves us and hates the fact that we remind him of the clever, fabulous women who have always been out of his league!

It's 'researcher'. He only has one and I've often thought she must be a mumsnetter.

I like him- he has opinions and even if i don't always agree with him, at least he has them. Can't be doing with programmes who always sit on the fence.

fabby, thats different. you are not expecting an income from your children.

Jeez I'd hate to have to take anything from him.

He has worked hard to be able to earn a decent living, he shouldn't be giving it to his Ma.

I like the show too, I've been watching it for yonks and I think he's a good presenter.
It really is just another forum, except in a different format.
It was also Mathew Wright that put me on to mumsnet. I looked it up to try and find all those dreadful women he was talking about and ended up staying.
TBH there are some people on this site that are as he describes, but I don't believe he's ever read it as loads more are very smart and very funny.
Like his show in fact. A lot of the panellists are good, some are useless.
And I find many mners far more articulate than some of his callers.