to think it's a bit sad to tell your partner about threads on MN?

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I don't really hilarious ones where you're finding it so funny and he'll ask what the hell are you laughing at. Or generally classic threads.

But just from being on the site and reading comments, I've seen a few women say well my DH says this about the subject. When it's quite a mundane and ordinary thread.

Or I even saw someone say they had been texting their DH all day to keep him updated on a thread.

Do people have nothing better to talk about?

I just don't think my partner would ever be interested.

(I think using the word sad might come across as harsh so I apologise, I couldn't think of another word)

YABU - after I first joined it was a constant source of amusement to discuss threads in detail.

DH says everything on MN is made up. I tell him about some bonkers thread and he says 'yes, but did that really happen?' Then does the face.

I just showed this to my DP and he said "She's right, you know".

As someone else pointed out, it's only the same as saying 'I read an article about.... I watched a TV show about' I often say 'I read a thread on Mumsnet'.

Mumsnet has introduced me to so many things that I didn't know or hadn't thought about - I'm currently baffling all of my dog-owner friends with talk of BARF - in RL it's fairly unknown yet if you are on MN posting in The Doghouse, it's weird if you don't do it!! It was the same with Baby Led weaning - so few people in RL knew about it five years ago yet on here it was so normal. I doubt I ever would have tried (and loved) it without at some point saying to DH 'There's this thing I read about on MN...'.

Why is that sad? Isn't it nice to shoot the shit with your partner about random mundane things? Can be good coversation starters here on mumsnet. No biggie - not worth being sad over.

Op did you mean to sound so rude?

Oh shut up New, you boring sack of spuds

My only weakness. Being compared to a sack of potatoes.

Op did you mean to sound so rude?

No. But I did mean to sound entitled - possibly grabby too.

DH and I have a right giggle over some of the humerous threads, othertimes something comes up that we discuss how we'd deal with the situation (we have young DDs and now we have a plan for some of it )

Occasionally he suggests I ask AIBU threads for when we disagree (I think he's kidding), or ask MN when I am after advice.

He'd like me to stay of threads that make me but that's not how communities work. Not all aspects of life are fun.

New You will be disgusted to hear that as soon as I hit 'post message' on that, the most rude thing I have ever said on Mumsnet, I immediately - yes, straight away - told my DH that I'd just told someone to shurrup on Mumsnet and he replied with, 'Ooooooh, you're going to get kicked off!' in a schoolboy 'you're soooo grounded' kind of way. Then we did a tee hee each.

Seriously, I know. Outside, go, etc.

YABU

i dont have a dh or a dp but i do tell friends about funny or sad or shocking threads i've read on here. it's a discussion point really. no different than saying you saw a programme or an article etc. just something we chat about that i think they might find interesting. if i had a dp no doubt i'd do teh same with them.

New- that's ok then as long as your acting entitled and grabby

Most of the threads are of the 'you have to have been there' variety. If I come up with a stupid suggestion or theory, DH usually cocks and eyebrow and says 'got that off MumsNet Did you?'

Why? It's often entertaining and thought provoking.

purrpurr

Erm ... ok .... again.

Congratulations for posting the most rude thing you've ever said.

You all speak to your dp's?

I thought the whole point of mumsnet is so that I didn't have too

I've told my whole family about the current XBox one

New Are you just being confrontational, boring and irritating because you've got nothing better to do? Or is this as good as it gets for you?

I sniggered with DH about the yoni thread the other night. I was actually crying with laughter so that piqued his interest. And it is like any other form of information isn't it - you see something interesting and want to discuss it?

I do hate "my DH thinks..." unless it's entertaining

YABU - discuss what you wish with whomever you like.

On the other hand, though, whilst DH knows I go on here (after staring at my screen one day and saying "Mumsnet? Really? You?") I still don't really talk about it. I'll tend to say "I read somewhere..." or "someone said..."

The xbox one (as in, thrown of attic window by mum) is awesome.

New Are you just being confrontational, boring and irritating because you've got nothing better to do? Or is this as good as it gets for you?

Woah what the hell is wrong with you?

I actually thought you were joking up until this point. So no I'm not being confrontational, but you clearly are.

Boring? Why because I don't talk to my partner about MN. Erm ... ok. I actually never even called people boring who did.

You seem to have taken this as a personal attack on you. When no-one else (despite the majority saying YABU) seems overly fussed or bothered about it.

Calm down before you give yourself a heart attack.

I tell DH things I think will interest him, (he's keen on wildlife so if someone posts 'I've seen an amazing bird in my garden and here's a photo' I'll show him), I also often send him funny links I've got from MN, and tell him jokes people have posted and pass them off as my own.

I tend not to try to explain funny threads because they are often of the 'you had to be there' variety.

It probably is desperately sad, but on reflection, I find I don't give a toss.

purrpurr, my DP says the same.

My DP will ask me what I'm laughing about or seemingly getting het up about. I listen to him talk about Architecture and stuff going on at work. We talk about the DC. We sometimes talk about politics. We both talk about a lot of stuff so I just see it as another discussion point.

It probably is desperately sad, but on reflection, I find I don't give a toss.

Haha, no that's such a good attitude to have. Seriously