to love reading these forums even though...

[berryripple]

I'm definitely not a mum, and probably won't be for a long time

Ended up joining

You're not the first to get sucked into Hotel California Mumsnet

Clear off

Just kiddin'. Welcome, welcome one and all x

Yanbu, and welcome. :)

Curious but what brings non mums to mumsnet? Or was it to put you off having children?

There's loads of people on here who don't have children. I don't - I would love to but DH isn't keen! But plenty of people on here joined for other stuff and don't have any plans to ahve children.

Are you Matthew Wright?

I like non-mums being around. I hide all the parenting stuff anyway .

I did wonder. DP joined up here once but got scared.

I dont look at the parenting bits. It tells me I'm doing everything wrong despite the kids still being in one piece

Had a change of heart on the username already [hgrin]
TiarasTimeOutsAndTantrums - the conversation is funny/quite useful and it generally seems friendly :)

I dont do a lot of parenting talk either.

GOd forbid you give advice on a parenting matter

Its a bloody minefield I tell you.

AIBU is the bestest, cant be arsed with most of the rest.

cinnamonnut, are you the OP then ?

I'm another one

In my defence, I started out on the SN bit, because that's what I do for a living. I figured if some company is daft enough to pay several thousand pounds to keep my training up to date the least I can do is share! Plus, I get somewhere to find advice on being an Aunty to a little girl with autism instead of lecturing poor SIL on the latest research

Yes I am the OP :)

YANBU

YANBU. No kids either :)

No kids here, YANBU

Matthew Wright? Please tell me about his style. I dont get chance to watch
him. But I met him years ago in a TV studio, when he was working for a tabloid.

I hope YANBU, because if you are then I am too - have no children and I very much doubt that'll change in the foreseeable future.

I come to MN for a degree of adult, female company. Due to my current living situation, I have very, very few female friends. I love my male friends dearly and I wouldn't miss them for the world, but many are very much still living the student lifestyle, whereas I'm starting to leave that behind, and I found that all I ever talked about was computer games, football, and pubs. All three of which are things I enjoy, but I realised I needed an occasional different perspective on life as well, and as I can't really get that IRL at the moment, I come to MN.

YANBU. I do have children but on the other hand I am ancient

I have 3 children and the Parenting bit is the place I post on the least (apart from a post natal thread), just don't enter the TV Addicts topic especially re Spooks, Downton Abbey or X Factor - you will never escape

YANBU I don't have children either but mn makes me laugh so much.

I don't have children either. Came on here when Ex and I were trying for a baby then the bugger upped and left. I may not have a husband anymore but I'll always have mumsnet!!

No Children here either. Came here ages ago, just lurking and got sucked into the big mumsnet black hole. Plus 2 of my best friends have had children in the last 2 years so I kind of wanted to know what they were on about rather than being completely in the dark, nodding along like twit. I've even offered some half decent advice!

Oh and i'm desperate for a baby (so is DH) but that's a whole other thread!!!!