to think that mumsnet should be a website for all mums regardless

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of literacy and the way they speak/type and should be welcoming to everyone? I cant fucking stand this perceived superiority over certain posters that use text speak, use of hun, lol, x's etc or the suggestion that they are somehow unsuitable for this forum and should bugger off to the other one.

As as for the fucking grammer police, fuck the fuck off. Just because someone maybe didn't use capitals, or misspelt a word, or hasn't posted perfect english, doesn't open their post to ridicule.

usualsuspect- No, its full of absolute rubbish!

I have five children. We have benefits, but the ones who I think most people don;t count as such - ie, child benefit and tax credits.

I don;t like netmums, but I don;t like it because their use of tickers and all the other gumph on each posts quite literally hurts my eyes and makes their posts impossible for me to read.

I also hate the use of the txt spk on there, but that is low down on my reasons to hate it.

"Also, there are loads of people on Netmums with about four kids who live on benefits, and anybody who dares disagree with that lifestyle choice "

Hahaha, has anyone ever told you that your views bear a striking resemblance to that of an utter twat?

MurderOfGoths-

No, I don't care that you did that, just merely asking.

and I dont mean my comments on benefits to get at those who DO need to rely on the other type BTW...not sure how I am being read on that comment

Good to see you didn't care enough to pick that out of all the things I said to you

what I do mean is that, in some ways, ALL of us here are in receipt of benefits, and so not one of us can judge anyone else on them.

tbvh

well, at the moment. Until the sodding government statch them away from higher earners.

MurderOfGoths- You would clearly be better suited to Netmums, if you can't accept that someone else has a different view to yourself.

Oh I can accept it, doesn't mean I'll keep quiet about it. If you are going to make daft generalisations about people I feel perfectly entitled to pull you up on it.

PS. I used the word entitled just for you. I assume it was going to appear in one of your posts eventually?

psychomum- Taxpayers should get a say in how their taxes are being spent.

Also, not everyone has five children, so some are using the public services/benefits system a hell of a lot more then others!

cold day in hell when i pay heed to spelling pedants.all harridans
post in style that suits you and accept some will likey,some will not
some on mn need to get a grip on their ego and remit.only mnhq set rules.not other posters

MurderofGoths-

Those are not ridiculous generalisations. Many people on Netmums are perfectly open about how much they are claiming in benefits. That is what my opinion is based on, not the spelling and grammar.

some mn posters get all superior and up selves when discussing netmums
its only a website with similar name,not the mn nemesis
all the juvenile sniping is petty.oh nm too sparkly,mn is much more urbane,its full of hunnies

so am I to look forward to burning in hell then for having had my five??

yay to scottishmummy, i agree wholeheartedly. I even understand why people dont like text speak/huns etc. But as someone said upthread they just don't bother to read it and go on to the next thread. It the people who actually read and obviously understand it enough to then ridicule and belittle the op, making arrogant assumption such as the op must be a thick chavvy type benefit scrounger. (Fair dos thats probaby an over exaggeration but you get my drift).It just fucks me off a little! Theres no need.

dont get supposed the rivalry between two sites
mn has its heidcases,so does netmums
regardless of which site used its all still words on a screen

Is it too late and would it be terrible 'orrible of me (on this fred in particular) that the line "Romeo, Romeo...wherfore art thou Romeo" doesn't actually mean/infer "Romeo..where are you?" or "Romeo, wherr da fuck iz u?" as SP so eloquently put ?

It's Juliet bemoaning that (having just met Romeo) at the partay, and discovering that he's from "that" family. So more of a "Romeo, Romeo, out of all the people I could have fallen in love with at first sight, WHY did you have to be one of them??"

Or in SP fashion "Romeo, Romeo, aw nooo man why iz it u av hapn'd to be frm da fmly dat my family diss and fite wiv, like alllll de time?"

SugarMouse1 justs wants to wind people up.

It is very easy to do that if you have a mind to.

and just so you know.....every single person in the country is a tax payer.

we are taxed on earnings
taxed on savings
tax is added to everything we buy, bar non luxury food and childrens clothing (maybe a few other things too but those are the main).

we are taxed on petrol. then taxed on the tax on petrol

and we are all getting the benefit of those taxes. if you use the roads and pavements, the upkeep of which comes out of taxes, which we all pay.

if we use a GP, have any type of treatment, again, we reap the benefits.

education for all is paid for out of the taxes we pay.

and our bins are collected by people who are paid for out of our taxes.

and guess what.....my five children will one day work, and pay taxes, and contribute to the money which will help pay for your pension and road and health usage.

I have absolutely no problem with how my taxes are used to help support those in need. Even those who use them as a lifestyle choice. Sadly they are the one who have had the least out of society as they are looked down upon and not helped to educate themselves out of that hole.

God yawn!

on mn people post in preferred style such as the fake stage direction, pretending to run away?
no particular reason other than personal preference for attempting to add dramatic emphasis
thats the rub we all post in way we want,there no mn housestyle.despite what big heids assert

A couple of assumptions on this thread, I think. Firstly, that illiterate is the same as unintelligent; and secondly, that using text speak is a lazy choice.

But, y'know, some intelligent people have been failed by the education system.