Don't want to read and run....wtf?

[wolfwhistleme]

namechanged. I find this phrase completely and utterly unnecessary and annoying..so there! Ok..those that go to the effort of prefixing this phrase to a sentence are not actually reading and running but they want you to know that they're not reading and running..it makes no sense!

Well..I'm going to learn how to do the strike through once and for all..I like it!

Or sometimes it means "I do actually have valid advice to give and will come back and give it later, after my baby has been fed/phone has been answered/I have returned from darkest Peru, but meanwhile, you're not alone."

So YABU. What other perfectly ordinary acts of human communication and compassion wind you up?

I use it.

Sometimes I come across a new thread where the OP desperately needs some advice/hand holding and it's something I have bugger all experience of. So even though I have no advice I can pop up just so they know someone's reading and they're not alone.

It's nice.

Its a pants phrase Asking ..and you know it!

Didn't want to read and run, OP. 🌷

Just to let you know, I'm with you on this one.

A biscuit! ha ha ha ha ! Brilliant!

It really annoys me when people overuse exclamations marks. Could we ban them?

Stuff like "what she said" ^^ is a bit lazy too!

I would rather write/read that than just repeat what someone has said with an eloquence beyond my ability...

You're just being deliberately goady. Why about this though?

Originalfoogirl...I hope you're not joking! ..Do I have one supporter of naff phrases in my camp?

I'm not being goady..Its light hearted Paul. I seriously do stick by my OP. Not goading though.

I agree with OP.

Daft phrase - it's virtue signalling. "I'm lovely me".

and I hate the word 'goady'...

PurpleDaisies..now, now!!!!!!

Wolfwhistleme, I get you. It's a bizarre and pointless gesture. But then, I feel the same about the bunch of flowers emojis, too. What's that all about?

Did you post a thread once and no one replied? Not even with a 'Don't want to read and run' and you are now bitter? Filled with rage?

Babycham, Pandora, exactly!

Virtue signalling...now that is an annoying phrase if ever I heard one.

in none of my amazing mumsnet names have I used the reading and running phrase, only ever offered 1 LTB and 2 . Pet hates are what keep threads light hearted!

Virtue what?

It's not bizarre and pointless though. The point of it has been made many times on this thread.

Anyway, I have read and I am going to run.

You name changed because you don't want to be known as a winder upper you know. So you are aware you are a winder upper, but don't want anybody else to know?

It does sound like trivial things irritate you, life must be tough.

I didn't want to read and run, Wolf. But I don't have much else to offer, hopefully someone who is more skilled in witty sarcasm will come along shortly.