To ask what your DP/DH thinks of Mumsnet

[BridgetBidet]

Apparently at my husband's work the joke about Mumsnet goes:

'I'm a SAHM, my DP took a day off from his 90 hour a week job to look after children for a day to give me a break for a few hours so I went to see my lover. When I got home my children were clean, fed, and dressed ready for bed. But the bastard hadn't done the washing up. Is this emotional abuse?'.

So what does your DH think of this? Do you get the piss taken out of you for using Mumsnet too?

But he does do way more of the housework than me. And is very nice and not at all EA. He even does the washing up after I have spent the night with my (imaginary) lover.

My DP went from ripping it out of me for "playing mummies" (we don't have DC yet) to having a new found respect when I searched the hallowed archives and unearthed a spectacularly successful method for getting his burn marks out of the lecruset. Now, he regularly suggests we "check mumsnet" for solutions to all kinds of things!

God no don't share it with him. It's my time away from family and RL responsibilities.

My time.

Burn marks out of Lecruset. Tell him to shut the fuck up. You were both made for mumsnet. I suspect that my husband and his coworkers may just have found a new joke though.

Ex H used to say we were all "dressing gown wearing lesbians who ignore their kids and like poking the noses into and ruining people's marriages"

But then on other occasions if we were discussing anything from books, to movies, to holidays to politics he would say "ask Mumsnet" .

Although I suggest you make sure that your husband never, ever, ever, tells another man that he got the solution to Le Crueset burns of Mumsnet ever. That's your man badge handed in at the door. He might as well have done the washing up and handed your lover the KY jelly.

I MN in secret, that says it all...dp hates MN and always has a go if I'm on it! I have no idea why though!

My DP thinks it's a bit silly that I'm on here and not a mum, and thinks it's a load of angry women venting (to be fair to him, those are normally the only threads I ever read aloud to him and mention to him!) but he seems to think I fit right in if that's what it's all about!

Mumsnet is my dirty secret from everyone. I will take been a member of mumsnet to my grave

DH thinks we are all sex-mad harpies who would like nothing better than to toss our knickers at Justin, Andy and Mr Bloom not entirely false for me at least

I think dh is a bit jealous of what he calls my real friends and tries to dismiss mumsnetting as a waste of an evening (unlike watching endless repeats on Dave )

Nest of vipers.

I am a definitely H possibly D. As soon as it's appropriate I will force my 2 DD's to spend a few days reading the relationships board.

I dearly hope that SGB et al are still telling it like it is.

DH says everything on MN is made up and didn't actually happen.

Disclaimer: I only ever read out AIBU threads to him. He has no idea about all the loveliness/advice/help/handholding etc.

He thinks it's weird because I don't have kids!

DH loves MN. Mostly because of the fridge freezer we won.

DH thinks its full of lovely women because all of the MNers he's met or heard of through me are lovely women.
(I'd never tell them that though. They like to think they're atrocious cunts.)

He is on here too.

He says it's a useful resource but he is always telling me to not disclose personal information because the media trawls mn.

You'd think from this that we were william and kate or something

I tell him that I am reasonably confident that nobody in the known universe considers anything about me newsworthy.

He's bonkers.

Dh makes a lot of faces and asks if Im on mm AGAIN very pointedly.He occasionally asks me if there are any interesting threads but I pretend I only go on to the Style and Beauty forum-don't want him knowing what I post on here!

I don't find that joke funny its too early for me to articulate why,maybe left my sense of humour in bed.

I think my oh isn't entirely keen on me using nm though not exactly sure why.
When iv discussed some threads with him iv been told to be careful and not become a hardened to men(man hating) feminist,whatever that means.
As it is il never stop using mn its very helpful even if I'm just lurking.
I used to use/lurk netmums and they helped me identify and eventually get out of an abusive relationship then I converted to the vipers nest

My DP says that MN is my new Google. He wonders whether all my opinions are my own these days or whether they are the MN consensus. He laughs heartily at the funny threads, but I suspect he is well aware that my new found feminist sensibility has it's origins in MN, and he's probably none too happy about that. Tough titty i say.

My DH thinks MN is the awkward third person in our relationship.