to hate the cliche "busy mum"?

[MaureenCognito]

where are all the women who describe themselves as "bone idle sods who happen to have some kids in a cupboard somewhere"?

I love the fact it's Tip One usual. Before anything else.

I'm a bone idle sod whose children are away with their father.

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not as bad as 'the start up wife' !!!

Yes I hate it, but not as much as the phrase "mum tum". Yack!

What is a 'start up wife'?

YANBU.

I hate it with a passion bordering on mania.
I hate the term "mumz" used in advertising, as though "mumz" are some homogenous group.
I hate busy mums, busy working mums "as a mum" "mum of two Denise", all of it.
Grrr.
And , yeah, busy Dad's? Busy working Dad's? Dad-of-two?
They are not, are they? They get to be just Men.

Also, I think mumsnet should change it's name. I vote for foulmouthedharpynet.
Anyone?

What is a 'start up wife'? - an incredibly irritating blog

Oh, I thought of another one:
"Mumtrepreneur"

my personal hate is 'that's why mums go to asda'
and 'mums are heroes' or something from iceland....

I heard someone from a supermarket being interviewed on the Today programme the other day, she must have said "busy mums" at least 10 times, I was getting more and more cross, thinking that I had to listen to the end of the interview to find out which supermarket she represented so I could boycott it.
I should have guessed, shouldn't I? It was ASDA.

Are these the same women who never eat a meal, but instead 'grab' something while 'on the go' (usually the noxious log in a packet that the advertiser is trying to shift?) Then they get constipated or indigestion from the combination of busyness and noxious log, and need a laxative, or a Martine McCutcheon endorsed yogurt to put them right again.

sauvingnonblanc I was just going to post about that interview, it was so bloody annoying. Mind you, she only started on about how much Asda care for 'busy mums' when cornered about sweets on tills. Really glad someone else was annoyed by it.

I've been very busy eating chocolate cake.. and watching x factor again...

Does that count!?

sorry SauvingnonBlanche

gin?

good point about grabbing things

Like "popping your top off" at the doctors

It was bloody patronising wasn't it halfnhalf?
They shouldn't be allowed to distract me like that when I'm driving.

Absolutely, she must have been fairly high up in Asda, how could she have thought that was ok I don't know. As you say, it wasn't just once, she kept on repeating it. I can only think that it was because she was so rattled at being caught out about sweets at tills. Or she was an idiot.

Or a 'busy mum'!

I'm lazy by nature and that will never change. But I must confess I do play the 'busy mum' card if it covers my ass.

Busy Mum makes me barf, or most other media phrases about Mums. I work full time and have children, I share a house with my husband who also works and has the same children. We are both busy parents. I'm not saying that we're busier than anyone else but it pisses me off when there's anything to do with cooking, cleaning, mundane organising then It's all about Busy Mums FFS.

Pendulum your post just made me cry with laughter - DH is in my direction as he had to pause Homeland while I recovered myself.

I don't like the busy mum/silly old lazy husband thing either. The thing is though, we have a cleaner, me and DH share things to do in the house and although we are not rich there's money to ease things a bit when we feel stressed. Eg. money for a takeaway and to shop online.

I do wonder if some of the people on this thread being dismissive really know what it's like for some women who REALLY are busy. I have a suspicion there's a bit of a class difference going on here.

Inside this 'busy mum' is a lazy mum trying to get out.
If only she could be arsed...