To ask posters who are not in the UK

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To say so in their OP?

At least 3 threads I've read today posters have been given excellent advice and then come back to say '"Oh I'm not in the UK. It's different here."

FFS.

Not always but very occasionally I suspect some people say that when they are being UR and have no get out clause

Ok. (aust)

trouble is, you kind of find yourself mentioning it in every post, and feeling like a total muppet even though it is a fact, not anything you are proud of... it feels like stealth boasting if that makes sense? I am uncomfortable with always having to mention it, but if I don't, it becomes a problem later in a thread... can't win!

That could be worra!

I don't really see how it's boastful. More like drip feeding if you don't mention it until later.

I usually put (not in UK) in the post somewhere, in order to prevent people giving me incredibly useful but utterly irrelevant advice...but perhaps I should start an AIBU on expecting people to actually read the ops that they are responding to

YANBU

tee how strange .
I felt exactly the same last night .
Yanbu.
I wish people would say , it can be quite frustrating when you have typed a response only to then realise that half of it isn't relevant.

Agree spaghetti I am always going on about being in the US.

I'll be home soon ...and I will have no need.

I think all the non UK posters should wear little bells

So we can point and stare and say "Hmmm, not from round these ere parts are ye?"

tee what subjects do you think are most effected by location?

I think its education.

Or for me, the nasty cakes my neighbors gave me. I couldn't really describe what they were like till kickassangel helped me out by providing visuals!

also, there's a risk of making someone feel even more alone/troubled/unsupported if you are recommending resources that are not available to them wherever they are -

I think it's normally education, benefits and possibly laws regarding things like SS and stuff.

Unclean! Unclean!

I suppose other people reading the thread might benefit (don't know the statistics but normally loads more people read than post); is that any consolation?

(not in UK). I almost always say where I'm from but I'm quite sure that's very irritating in it's own way. I spent most of my childhood in the UK so feel I'm a weird UK-Canadian hybrid. Education is definitely somewhere you'd need to mention it, anything healthcare related can be an issue too. If I'm posting a link to a book or similar I always try to look on Amazon UK first rather than .ca or .com so that it's relevant for the OP. Maybe we should have little flags or something by our names? Or perhaps I should make up a new username along the lines of CheerfulYank so it's a bit more obvious.

agree with spaghetti - I can't help it if I live in Japan! and I do end up mentioning it loads

doesn't help that MN puts Living Overseas in the Homes and Gardens topic, as if living in forrin parts is a bit like adding a very exotic conservatory to your house

it is so not exotic...

Welcome to Canada, Annie See...your name is perfect-o!

What do the first two w's in www.mumsnet.com stand for, again?

YABVU.

Bells jingling

I would generally mention it if it was going to be relevant so no in that respect yanbu. But sometimes it just isn't relevant. I would guess for the majority of overseas posters they were originally from the uk which is why they are on mn in the first place.

I do find myself not posting on many uk centric discussions (particularly politics related) in case I do mention I'm not in the uk and then being told not so politely to get lost as I don't live there anymore/pay uk tax etc etc.

Oh is that where it is TanteRose?! I can only ever find it by searching!

I've only been in the US a month so I do mention it on threads where it's relevant (probably all of them so far plus it's also a novelty for me!).

I feel a bit of a nob for going on about it too. I agree in an OP for a thread where it might be relevant it's a bit daft not to though, but I woudln't want to have to proceed every post with -not in the UK any more-

The ".co.uk" part of MN's website is silent. (not in UK, so am typing slowly)

Also not in UK. I know how people feel when they say they feel a knob for mentioning it but yes, it is often relevant to mention that we're not in the UK :)