to ask what's the worst/silliest advice you've seen on here?

[Francoitalialan]

MN is such a tremendous source of info but sometimes it goes wonky. What's the worst/silliest advice you've seen?

I am the terrible Mother that did Boys and Girls party bags. I could have done Match Attax cards for all obviously, but none of DS's girl friends liked football.

I have 2 girls they are like chalk and cheese but both independent strong blah de blah young women 1 loved to take things to bits and swing off trees and the other thinks unicorns shit glitter its not what they wear or play with ime

OP: a child at school constantly bullies my son, yesterday told him to fuck off and hit him on the head with a shovel. When I told the parents, they told me to fuck off as well.

Posters: what a horrible person you are, the bully obviously has SN, you must ask him over so he can torture your son more!

I grew up being bullied by my brother. there's no SN he's just a dick who got away with everything cos not every parent actually dicipline their child.sone kids really are just mean and spiteful

Let toys be toys for girls and boys...I'm all for that. Also, let girls wear pink if they like.

Oh aye toys are toys we had cars and barbies in our house when mine were little but there is nothing wrong if your lad prefers his jeans to a tutu

There are no boys or girls toys, if your daughter likes transformers and bar is it it for them, if your son likes Sindy and Star Wars get them. I played with both boys and girls toys, this was over 30 years ago, I also dressed in boys clothes as that's what I liked. Not a new concept really!

Yes giles leave a nasty bully from the party, that is the consequence for their behaviour, let party child invite who they like, not somebody who bullies them or makes them unhappy, why shoukd they suck it up on their big day . Back in the day this would never happen, a bully woukd not get invited to a party, but back in the day there were no class parties. More like 6-10 children at home for pSs the parcel, musical chairs, sandwiches and ice cream and jelly.

op: my son is 15 and wants to play GTA, will he turn into a serial killer within days?

poster: God yes, don't get him that, he will run round the streets with an AK47, what a bad parent you are, at that age he should still be into star wars

To re-balance the suggestions of autism vs naughty brats stories, I once posted re concerns over DC behaviour, & someone suggested autism. Brilliant - because of that we now have diagnoses, early intervention (well, it's like pushing treacle uphill to get any help but we have a bit); we've made lots of changes at home and life is bearable again... ??

As you were...

You are in the wrong thread calmish1 :)
Look for the good advice one.

Or if a Mumsnetter says that they have separate finances, cue the replies of "that's not normal" " we have family money" etc. It's what works for you. My dh and I have sepRate finances, as I am a dreadful spender.

We've never had a joint account. No need. It all balances out as proportional and fair, and frankly by the end of the month who's still got, pays.

aero we do too, for the same reason. I like to spend money without worrying that dh may have drawn money out etc. I love having my own money.

Having everything in a joint account just didn't work for me.

No joint account here either, find it far easier keeping things separate, standing orders make sure the money is where it needs to be.

It was an opinion not advice but the stupidest fucking thing I have read on here was that speaking my mother tongue to my own kids was rude and that bringing kids up bilingual was a bit showy-offy.

I want my kids to be able to converse with both their grandmothers, I'm funny like that

A bit showy offy eh my neighbours toddler is bilingual im amazed at her chatting away in both languages her granny was visiting and they were sitting out front she was blethering away in 1 language and said hiya to me asi walked past she is 2

It just amazes me their little brains are like sponges

Twist, I would put that comment down to jealousy tbh. I think children being bilingual is amazing :)

OP: I think my husband may be on the Autistic spectrum. He's obsessive about rituals, doesn't really get social constructs, has problems taking into account other people's opinions and will only eat chicken apart from one occasion in 1996 when he ate a fish finger. He can't do eye contact, and has one all consuming hobby.

Response: how dare you suggest he may have autism, how insulting. He's just a selfish twat, LTB.

OP: my husband is a united season ticket holder and goes to every home game. It gets on my nerves

Response :
Do you think he could be autistic?

There are interventions from posters which I think would make the OP very unlikely to return to a thread at all. If someone posts for support replies insinuating that they are an inadequate parent are hardly going to encourage them to come back.

I did get some insanely vicious replies when I posted for advice about a pair of teenagers aged 16 and 18. Everybody wanted me to phone social services, even though I pointed out their responsibility ends at 16 and this family had been deemed not a problem a few years before. Since I said I wasn't going to ring them - or the police (there was no crisis) - I was told in the strongest terms that I was a child abuser. I just abandoned the thread.

I've had far more supportive and realistic advice than bad, though.
Some posters just want to have a go, regardless.

I know, it's up to you how you have your finances, as long as they work for both of you. I am a STAHM, dh puts a certain amount of money into my account every month, CB and dd DLA get pAid into my account. I am god awful with my money and I think dh is a tad worried in case I spend too much on erm retail therapy.

Loved the advice given in chat to the poster caught up in the Mexican Hurricane. Poster had been advice to hole up in bathroom of her hotel room and board up windows etc.. Cue another poster telling her she should steal a car and head inland !!!!