To not like these trivial threads about NOTHING?

[TheRhubarb]

I mean, I often wonder what people did before Mumsnet came around, you know, when they had to make decisions on their own and had no-one to tell when something annoyed them?

I come onto Mumsnet sometimes and the active board is full of trivial and mundane aspects of peoples lives, from wondering what to have for lunch to complaining that the postman didn't bring them any post that day!

Yes I'm sure that some people get lonely and communicating via Mumsnet probably helps their PND or low self-esteem or claustrophobia or whatever but do others honestly rely on Mumsnet to intervene in every aspect of their lives? Can people not react to a situation without asking Mumsnet first? And do people really get offended over trivial stuff like someone sighing at them in the wrong way? Or daring to glance over at them? Does everything have to have a sodding hidden meaning?

Or am I just a narky old groat? (The answer is no by the way!)

Cheer up moody.

UABU

Ahem

y abu

Shall I have eggs or beans for lunch??

lighten up you narky old goat

goat? groat?

whatever

How trivial and MUNDANE of you to ask!

I think a lot of it is just to satisfy a need for attention

I do know what you mean though Rhubarb. It kind of sucks you in. Plus it's instant gratification when the replies come in and it makes you feel like such an interesting person.

By the way. I had 4 conifers taken out of the back garden yesterday and the man found 15 bouncy balls in them 15!!

Well THANK FUCK you are here to rectify all that with utterly fascinating and absorbing posts like this. Thank you for single handedly SAVING MUMSNET.

(you can't out-nark me today :))

Don't read them then they wouldn't annoy you?

I love the mundane threads. It's what gives me the impetus to get up and hang the washing out.

I love a line full of washing.

Are you on benefits? If your goat's narky they have to give you another one

But you click on a title, esp in AIBU thinking that there has to be more than a thread title "AIBU to want to cut my grass?" and it turns out that no, the poster just wants to know if she should cut her grass or not.

Or the shop assistant failed to smile when she paid for her goods.

Or a man on the bus looked at her and she felt all vulnerable and offended.

I probably am being a narky old groaty goat but honestly, do you think anyone can make a decision these days or just live day to day life without having to post on Mumsnet?

Its just chatting isn't it? The same as we all do, small talk, gets you through the day. People should put it in chat rather than AIBU I suppose but I rarely notice where it is TBH.

Can i cook Mackeral for my dog, that was caught fresh but has been inmy fridge for 6 days?

(Genuine problem)

Rhubs, they were talking nonsense over hedges and at bustops, and before then, by the Well.

But small talk is when you are in a situation where you are forced to make polite conversation.

Posters actually choose to tell all on Mumsnet and make the effort to actually post it.

I think they must go around looking for any excuse to start a thread. "Oooh, the neighbour's put an extra bag out with the bin! I'll start an AIBU convo about that and make out I've got messy neighbours!" "I fancy a chocolate, I know I'll ask Mumsnet if I should have one or not!"

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Birds, feed it raw to the dog. I don't like dogs so I'm not the best person to ask

You should have checked out the Mona Lisa thread the other day. That was an intellectually stimulating discussion :)

Maybe people who complain about no post should post themselves something every day, just to make sure they get a delivery.

Hmm. I would not ask on mumsnet, if I should cut the grass. I would ask my husband if HE could cut the grass. In fact I did, just his very morning. The conversation went like this:

"Honey, you know I love you in thick and thin, in sickness and in health, we share our money and our debts, and in fact we share a lot more money than we really have, would you mind mowing the lawn by Saturday."

"Do we have a lawnmower ?"

I fancy a chocolate... Wibu to have one?

That was a made up one AKMD as you can be sure as the British weather is foul that if I mentioned a real thread I'd be torn to pieces.

There are a few in active convos at the mo. Dull, dull and duller.

I sometimes wonder if I should just post either yes or no to the question.
Or make up an outrageous post that ends in a proper bunfight

Silly, why not merely throw the chocolate down the toilet which cuts out the middleman in it's journey from your mouth to your arse?

I don't like chocolate either.