Am I being unreasonable

[Curiosa]

to be put off and surprised by the amount of swearing in mumsnet posts.

[Herewegoagainfolks]

Oh dear OP, I'm not really sure how you were expecting this thread to go, or what response you were expecting?

Swearing is a well known feature of Mumsnet.

It's not obligatory, many posters don't ever swear in their posts.

Some posters swear in a slightly self conscious giggly way.

Some posters swear in all their posts because that's just how they would express themselves in real life.

Some posters use swearing to hilarious effect.

MN is a really big site. With millions of users. It's unlikely to change.

You aren't the first poster to start a thread like this, I'm afraid that if you find it offensive and offputting it may be that it's not the site for you.

[Vintage45]

It's a fucking breath of fresh air in my opinion I love a good swear up. Cunty to me is a bit twee, love saying the word cunt though.

[Gobbolino6]

Would you rather be an arse-faced weasel, or a weasel-faced arse?

[Fatmomma99]

i find clutching my pearls helps me.

[Crazypetlady]

I just tried to name change to cuntychops and some bastard beat me to it!

[herecomethepotatoes]

It's Mumsnet so, yes, you're unreasonable for expecting anything different.

It's "4Chan for self-aggrandising housewives". Think that was Giles Coren.

I don't know why AIBU is so addictive*, as it really is an in-group of people ("we aren't trying to win your approval", an almost impenetrable number of acronyms) who often bully and are rude for the sake of it ("off you fuck then cuntychops") who may actually be nice (or tolerable) people when the mask of internet anonymity is removed. Some I'm sure, are actually as terminally insufferable in real life as their Mumsnet personalities.

*perhaps the same way people can't look away from a car crash.

[Franny1977]

I suspect OP knew the thread would go this way and is giddily reading all these responses. G'wan let yourself say it, G'wan (in the style of Mrs Doyle of Fr. Ted fame)., Feck, arse, feck, arse, feck, feck, feck!!

[fanjoforthemammaries7850]

There's no swearing here though?

[XIsACunt]

I bet your not impressed with me

[XIsACunt]

You're

[MartinaJ]

yes, you are FBU

[curren]

I always fucking surprised at the amount of fucking adults who are ducking surprised at fucking swearing.

Honestly, I can here because of the swearing.

I was a member on another parenting forum that punished swearing by blocking out and stealing all the punctuation . Always fucked me off.

[anklebitersmum]

Off you fuck cuntychops

Got my cuntbunting out for this one

[Lighteningirll]

cuntbunting pahahaha snorted tea green obviously all over my naice duvet I'm getting that out later for the DiL

[LovelyFriend]

here you go

[Anniegetyourgun]

Hooray, another opportunity to post a veritable classic!

[Sandbrook]

off you fuck cuntychops

I'm going to reserve my use of this line to special occasions, Christmas, birthdays and the like. It's too precious to be just fucked around willy nilly.

I also love this one

stater of the bleeding obvious with regards to the OP

[BolshierAryaStark]

Oh dear OP, how the fuck did you expect this thread to go?
On a side note I'd rather like some cunt bunting.

[scarednoob]

It's a sign of intelligence.

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[MartinaJ]

This is actually what I really love about Mumsnet, unlike another forum I'm on. Swearing (I prefer swearing to snarky and snide comments and passive aggressiveness) and that people either have respect for grammar or use spell-check. Or both.

[Topseyt]

I agree OP.

It is fucking wanky, isn't it?

[WhereYouLeftIt]

I'll see your Flanders&Swann and raise you a

[Fatmomma99]

My favourate ever post was "OMG - even the dog's a cunt" (in a thread a vile ILs with a horrid dog).

[bolleauxnouveau]

Well I fucked off to the far side of fuck and because I'm a bit of a trier I fucked off some more. Did you get my postcard?

[ElderlyKoreanLady]

You're being fucking unreasonable for not using the subject line to house a clue about what the thread is about

Off you fuck cuntychops is the best thing I've ever heard on mumsnet. If I didn't think some of my more poignant posts would be ruined by it, I'd have nicked it for my username.