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Why is Mums Net so Addictive?

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lesley33 · 07/05/2011 00:17

My OH has been complaining and is intrigued about why I like spending time on mums net. I do find it very addictive and I know from others comments on topics that others also find it addictive.

So why do you think it is so addictive?

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JarethTheGoblinKing · 07/05/2011 00:19

Some threads have a suspense element to them, some threads are ridiculously funny, and you get sucked in to the threads that Where You Know Best.

IMO

SecretNutellaFix · 07/05/2011 00:21

it's company.

there is laughter, there is intelligent debate, mindless violence and lots of sex.

It is occasionally called Cracknet for it's addictive nature

1944girl · 07/05/2011 00:22

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Valpollicella · 07/05/2011 00:25

For me, (as I mostly MN after the acceptable time to have a drink ) it's like being in a massive pub full of people who have children, but that are like minded, I can just approach and talk to, about everything from the random rash DS has to 'Oh, ffs, I have XYZ problem, would I be unreasonable to call them a cnut?'

I loooove talking to people. Doesn't matter who.

Hence why MN is my 2nd addiction after the cigs

usualsuspect · 07/05/2011 00:27

I can take it or leave it

twos up with Val

cheeseandmayo · 07/05/2011 00:28

I am totally addicted ATM.

For fear of keep repeating myself (albeit on other threads) I am new and have only in the past couple of days become brave enough to post.

Makes me realise I am not alone in the world.

PaWithABra · 07/05/2011 00:28

cos you are bored

PaWithABra · 07/05/2011 00:31

like all the other parents who gave up a social life when their dd (or other shorthand for most loved child ) came along so make do with pretend friends in a vitual world .

we all know we'd rather be out.

charmed185 · 07/05/2011 00:33

I like it cos i am bored- I find it interesting and challenging. I have just started to chat and love it :)

Valpollicella · 07/05/2011 00:33

Mwahaha Cheese

I found MN one day and ended up printing off threads to read on the tube home that very same day.

4 years later, I dread to think how many hours I've spent on here...

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lesley33 · 07/05/2011 00:36

I actually do have a social life. But I find myself getting home from a night out and wanting to log onto mums nedt to see what I have missed.

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cheeseandmayo · 07/05/2011 00:41

Valpollicella Haven't got that obsessive .....yet ! Do keep going back to the very first page of some places though. Then realise probably not relevant in any way anymore !

4 years later, I have spent enough hours here in 4 days !

lesley33 I have no social life. But today I went shopping and had very twitchy fingers once I was in to get online and see what I had missed !

I want a I(heart)MN badge. Only a small one.

AgentZigzag · 07/05/2011 00:51

In your case then lesley it's the 'round to someone's house after kicking out time', nothing worse than getting in from the pub and wishing there was a bit more.

I'm the opposite to Valpollicella and loathe talking to people in RL, so I can spout all the shite I want on MN and never come across a soul

I've just been on MSN messenger to a friend and had to stop myself 'bhahaha'ing ''ing and rolling my eyes just in case she's on as well

duckypoo · 07/05/2011 01:01

I have no idea, well apart from the fact that I can't find a similar site, well at least not one populated by right wing nobbo's and willy waving men. Mumsnet can really do your nut in at times, it can be very holier then thou.

However I still can't break the addiction and it's my default site, well second in my most visited at least .

MadamDeathstare · 07/05/2011 01:05

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darleneoconnor · 07/05/2011 01:40

I have exchanged my addictions to alcohol and sex to MN and facebook.

Dp likes a good moan about my high usage but I cant help myself!

Need to quit.

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lesley33 · 07/05/2011 12:35

For me it is not because I am lonely or bored - I'm not, or because I don't have a social life - I do. I think its because I can be totally honest on mums net about what I think and because I like being able to type what I think without anyone interrupting or looking bored.

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pointissima · 07/05/2011 12:36

I had to give it up for Lent.....

SpringHeeledJack · 07/05/2011 12:37

because it's funny

also it sure as shit beats the alternative- in my case at present, digging the garden

AgentZigzag · 07/05/2011 13:01

And did absence make the heart grow fonder pointissima?

MittzyTheMinx · 07/05/2011 13:18

They actually use subliminal messaging when you first log on which is so clever and quick that it gets you without you even knowing.

They have trigger words that are etched into your subconscious so when you hear them in RL (while you still have one) you are strangely compelled to log on again....and again..... and again......................

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