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?

Why would you go on a website whose motto is 'by parents for parents' and announce you are 'childfree and loving it!'. Once again, mothers being undermined and derided. Sigh, thought MN was one place you could get away from that.

My uncle wouldn't be welcome here according to you so why would he want to sign up?

If he bothered with going online no doubt he would like this site though, there's a lot here that would interest him

Tiggy

you can't go. don't even think about it.

'mothers being undermined and derided'?

How, exactly? My adoring my life doesn't mean you can't adore yours.

It's 'Mumsnet'. Not 'Martyrnet'.

I recommend MN to loads of people, male and female, parents and childfree.

Frankly, knowing it pisses off those who would prefer it an exclusive sanctuary for baby bores will make me do it all the more.

I googled something (probably a recipe or thrush or something, ha) and this site had the best answer, but then from one click... I just got sucked in to the vortex that is MN. This was about 4-5 years ago man the hours I must have wasted here

those who would prefer it an exclusive sanctuary for baby bores

I come on mn to get away from my little ones, if it was dedicated to just child stuff I'd fuck off to somewhere a bit more interesting. My whole life is about kids. On mn I get to yap about random shit that has absolutely nothing to do with them.

Amazing we can even talk to each other, isn't it? What with you having DC, and me not having DC. It's like Across the Barricades.

I didn't say your uncle wouldn't be welcome. I wouldn't necessarily want his advice on breastfeeding or, say, childbirth so i am assuming he would stay off those threads.

PMSL at martyrnet. Silly, willfully misunderstanding me like that. I think coming on a parenting forum and posting that is fairly aggressive, don't you? Threatening to do it to no doubt 'horrify' the OP further is childish. It's akin to me going on gransnet and posting 'young and loving it' or some other moronic thread title.

mrsruffallo, you won't draw me out, you know. I am relaxed, happy, rich and childless. I wish you every joy and happiness

mrsruffallo "I don't mind them being here but I wish they..."

Nice way to differentiating us and 'them' eh?

Also, re: your post about people who have not been through X commenting on Y, do you quiz your friends before you ask or give advice?

"What do you think; magnolia or cream for my bathroom? Wait, a second, can I see some examples of your interior design experience before you answer?"

I'm not trying to draw you out. I just disagree with you. On MN we embrace robust discussion, as long as it's not just goading!

ZingofSeven, must've been a different Pirates......if only I'd known there a WAS a Just Shagging thread!

saunters off nonchalantly....'just shagging' they said...hmm...

There's threads about children

Who knew?

I came here when she who must not be named tried to sue. I read an article about it and popped over out of nosiness. Loved the humour, the intelligence and debate and found myself coming back more and more. Now have a bit of an addiction. I don't know anywhere else on the web where you get such a gathering of such clever women. I have learnt a serious amount, mostly about what not to accept in relationships and how hard it is to be a parent.

I've always been a bit surprised there isn't more chat about children, but it feels like only about 5% of the site even acknowledges they exist.

Dear god, if this place ever turns I to an exclusive fiefdom for threads purely on child rearing and related activities, I'm leaving

And I'm sure there's loads of men and childless women - yeah, verily who should be run off the threads with pitchforks if you're mrsruffalo - who've read the Breastfeeding, miscarriage and childbirth threads. Not to get their rocks off but to understand.

Because that's why MN is fucking brilliant. Every day's a school day and the craic and advice is unbeatable. And can say FUCK without getting deleted or rusticated.

And I've been kicking around here on various guises for the last 8 years.

Arrived on the TTC threads, stayed through Infertility, Pregnancy, Childbirth, Breastfeeding, Weaning, Sleep, Potty Training. And these days mainly hang out in Chat, AIBU and Relationships.

I love this place and recommend it to everyone I know.

MinuteMaid ikr? We somehow managed to not see that there giant sign that says you can't talk to childless women nor get their advice if you're a parent. I mean, what would you know about the best way to wash a pan that had food burnt on to it? You've never had a child so obviously you've absolutely no idea how the frick you can burn beans and get the resulting disaster cleaned off the pan

(I may or may not have burnt the beans tonight and need advice on how to clean the stubborn fecker).

Mumsnet is about much more than child stuff. It's got stuff to do with burnt beans for instance... no children involved in that

They are people. Parents are people - not defined by their children. People communicate. Mumsnet is very well known. Many topics are nothing to do with children.

It is easy to get here. DH googled a DIY problem this morning and the first answer was on MN!

It's a bloody fun place to come!
Most of the threads I read/contribute to are not about children!

What do you mean "How would they find the place?"

There's this thing called Google*, you see. You can type things into it and it directs you to websites. It's really clever.

*other search engines are available.

I googled something about 7 years ago and ended up here.

I stayed because there is nowhere else quite like mumsnet.

There's threads about children

Who knew?

Love this!

People on here have children? What are you doing titting about here for?