To wonder why people without children post here?

[SomeoneStoleMyUsername]

How would you even find the place? I'd imagine they googled something and stumbled upon a thread and stuck around. Am I right?

Zombie!!!!!!

nowhere. you go nowhere.

Unless you set up ZombNet... but then we'd just follow you there so no escape either way I'm afraid!

Could we have a Walking Dead thread on ZombNet?

If so, I'm in

Love Zombies I do, the MN kind and the real TV kind

I once had a poo that needed medical intervention to make it's exit. Same with the baby I once had actually. Oh God. I'm such a failure..........

to all the lovely posters with person-free fanjeeetas.

Some of the internalised misogyny on this thread is rank.

How dare mothers want something for.themselves. How dare they think that talking about their children is worthwhile, there's nothing at all special about being a parent, everyone knows all about it.

Ora you just made me cry with laughter after a massively difficult councelling session so thank you

IPity

Hmmm last time I checked, I was a woman, and definitely not a misogynist

I have no problem with women talking about their children.

I think being a parent must be very special - I don't know, I've never experienced it myself.

I don't profess to know anything about parenting.

I stay off the threads of which I know nothing about - so that includes parenting, gardening, cooking, gaming, legal stuff....

How dare mothers want something for.themselves

Erm, how about having a site where everyone is welcome, and no one is excluded?

Or does the presence of non-mothers on 'your' site bother you?

Non-Mothers... They Walk among us

FFS ipity. No one is saying that mothers can't talk about their children.
Why should those of us who have no living children be excluded?

Most of us post here because because it is friendly and women can openly post without rape threats.
Feel free to fuck off.

Remember though you must wear your 'barren old hag' or 'selfish bitch' (depending in whether you FAILED to have children or selfishly decided not to have any) badge at all times so that people know you have no children. They don't want any of us posting on their threads.

Okay, , I'm in the first category, will make an appropriate banner this afternoon.

With matching badge

How dare mothers want something for.themselves

You get a whole fucking day! No one has ever made me a 'happy barren old hag day' card and brought me a cup of tea in bed.

pontipines

I think you have missed the point completely.

and I don't know if you've realised but Mothers don't exist by themselves or solely for their children.

why would MN be a "mothers only" club?

all I know about PigletJohn that he (she?) is an expert on all things DIY. do mothers not need DIY advice from somebody knowledgeable?!

I could list many other examples and reiterate the ones already brought up but instead I'd like to ask you to think it through.

I went to mum and baby clubs. and I hated the whole set up. all we had in common was.. well.. that we were mums.
it is in theory a logical step that we could bond over that but it didn't happen.

just like I don't necessarily get on well with people just because we are both Hungarians or went to the same school

And if I'm honest raising kids can be so tedious, frustrating or mind numbingly boring it's great to escape and talk about "other" things.
why the fuck would I not want to talk to people who are planning to get married or single or just starting Uni or -shock horror!- blokes!

Anyway as a mother I say that you and others who question why childess people post here are utterly out of line.
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Not everything on here is about children! I joined before children. Why should people not post on the many subjects there is on here?

and as an MN-er you have just majorly pissed me off by saying that some of the great friends I've made here should not have been here in the first place.

I am grateful that I met them. they are fab

Although I don't get why none of those bastards have ever turned up to babysit

Pip

& for you my lovely

I am a mother, but very rarely post here about my child or even parenting.

Pipbin

You just reminded me of a wonderful episode of Sex and the City. Where Carrie laments all of the moments in her friend's lives that she's had to celebrate and buy gifts for. Engagements, Weddings, births, children's birthdays... Nobody buys you a 'congratulations you're single' card.

So she announced she was getting married to herself. I seem to remember she got a fabulous pair of shoes out of it .

Ok I realise that was slightly off topic...

How would you even find the place?

It's bloody talked about everywhere.
Even internationally (penis beaker).

Rude

how dare you talk about fabulous shoes in front of Mothers???
you know we can't wear them coz they'd be ruined by sick, poo, and tomato ketchup!

sheesh. unbelievable.

That's precisely why Carrie had herself a pair of Manolos Zing

I don't have kids, but can't wear fab shoes because they'd be ruined by dog shit, mud, or general clumsiness. I also have a huge bunion.

I'm currently wearing my massive croc slippers that look like Smurf shoes.

It's not all glamour in the child-free world you know. Sigh why can't we barren old hags talk about barren old hag stuff without these parents coming along and presuming they know what our lives are about...

Rude. I actually agree in a way. It's like when smokers get an extra break and non smokers don't.

Where I used to work, my colleague and I would go out for a 'fag break' - neither of us smoked, but we were just as entitled to the break as the smokers!

It's not dissimilar to a tea or coffee break.

Rude

You must stop saying barren old hags to save the delicate ears and eyes of Mothers!

Sorry Zing

Would you prefer us to be called 'Ladies of the intact Fanjo'?