AIBU for not being a 'real' MNetter

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I don't fit in. I'm old (55), Scottish, sent my DC to private school, not feminist, vaguely right wing, love my DH of 28 years, love red meat, etc. etc. Although I do love Mumsnet. What can I do?

I think you mean English, vegetarian, lesbian man-haters.

And hairy.

I'm really hairy actually. It is true.

I can understand about feeling a little bemused at the not Scottishness on mumsnet. But that has been resolved. Just go here if you need a break. Scotsnet

(American, 50, living in Scotland, once LTB but now love my husband. Once vegetarian, but it was work. A feminist by life experience.)

Me too hobNong, me too.

Orlando when I was at Cambridge one of the courses I took was also offered to the education students. It was called the sociology of education or something similar. I'm nothing to write home about brains wise, but some of the education students - fuck me they were as thick as shite in the neck of a bottle.

We'd spent two, two hour supervisions talking about theories of education and class and the supervisor had been talking about marx and the proletariat.

One of the education students asked 'the pro-literate you keep talking about, does that mean people who could read or were in favour of reading.'

I shit thee nay.

Not overly keen on Kate Bush. More of a manic street preachers fan. Sorry!

I'm glad I'm not the only non-boden wearing person.

I don't wear birkenstocks either. Whatever the fuck they are?

I'm too old to care what anyone thinks of what I'm Like in terms of style or clothing or labels. We live on the beach all summer and spend a lot of the time on a friend's farm or crashing about in the woods getting wet and muddy.

I'd rather be judged for the lovely person I am. And I am lovely. I would do anything to help someone if they need it. As long as they understand I'll be wearing jeans.

I've got hairy legs and wear Birkenstock sandals (not at the same time). Are they badges of honour?

Stop with the clichés about Mumsnetters, my eyes hurt.

There is no MN type here any more.

There are tons of right wingers too sadly

These threads always degenerate into

"I'm so cool and unMN. I eat McDs for every meal, get my husbands pipe and slippers ready for him coming in from work and vote UKIP".

For 1000 posts.

I'm not a real MNetter. I'm a man. [shame]

I also suspect that I'm not a real person. I feel like my life is badly written by somebody who gave me lots of interesting features, but then wrote an incredibly boring and tedious plot. I'd like a refund.

There is also very little interest in Boden - that was a thing about five years ago.
The cliches are ridiculous. Stop it"
It's a huge, huge group of people who are not defined by a bunch of worn out nonsensical bollocks.

Half of the things in the op apply to me. You fit in if you like to chat about bollocks. if you don't you probably shouldn't be on a chat forum.

Some of the 'oh I don't fit in' is actually just an list of ways in which you feel superior to others in a 'gosh, I'm so different and out there' way. It's foolish.

I also suspect that I'm not a real person. I feel like my life is badly written by somebody who gave me lots of interesting features, but then wrote an incredibly boring and tedious plot. I'd like a refund.

Wow Tiggy, I'd say that the reverse of that is me! I'm a dull and tedious person but my life has been way too interesting. Luckily it's started to bore down since I had dd so I'm quite pleased about that.

I find MN to be disproportionately hooching with Scots infiltrators. Bit like Westminster and anywhere else in the UK where stuff needs sorted

I reckon half of MN are Nicola Sturgeon furiously sock puppeting.

I scribbly hair a thing now?

Is.

I hope so. I have scribbley hair.

I like scribbly hair and also Kate Bush.

I like red meat. I've just had a sausage sandwich.

Nah, there are all sorts on here, young, older, male, straight, gay, transgender etc, and of every political persuasion. Seen a fair few private school threads and loads of minced beef ones. As others have said, there's no set type of MNer.

I actually am a vegetarian

And a labour supporter

I smell a 'look at me I'm so different from anyone else here, aren't I quirky' post.

I'm Scottish too. Go me.

OK. I've been called amongst other things, 'condescending', 'foolish', 'an early teen' and 'attention seeking'. I don't mind any of that as I have posted in AIBU and was expecting a caning. Good luck to you all. I'm not going to flounce off to Flouncer's Corner though.