If I say Mumsnet attracts a certain type of person?

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Let me start of by saying that I've been on quite a few other forums and the opinion/views of them are a lot different/ diverse.

Things most MN members seem to agree on:

Ear piercing views

Schooling views

Baby showers (haven't actually come across a MNetter who hasn't labelled them grabby).

If I were to mention these subjects elsewhere, the comments would be a lot more diverse and lenient.

So, AIBU to say Mumsnet attracts a certain type of person (overall)?

Whether that's because of social class or personality, I can't decide. It's interesting to see what you all think

I often forget and put a 'x' at the end of a post.
I am a MN failure

Woo hoo. Error 500 is fixed. First time Ive successfully posted in two fucking days!!

The only thing I've known in the years that I've posted is these sorts of posts criticising MN and the posters are boring and attention seeking.

Usually wrong too.

yes, in real life I've not come across anyone who thinks breastfeeding is workable beyond about 6 months, who denies their child all sweet treats and who worries half as much as the average poster on here that unless you rear your child in a particular ( and onerous ) way their life will be ruined. One of the great things about being older is looking around at your friends' children and seeing that whatever you do ( be strict, let them run riot, privately or state educate feed organic or feed junk ) they all seem to turn out into lovely rounded polite young people.

I think Mn is dominated by lower middle-class attitudes You wot mate?
Nothing lower class about me.

Iced Please explain how this post is attention seeking? I haven't even said a word of negativity towards MN, and I agree with what is said on here most of the time.

It's Netmums that grinds me, I cannot stand all the lovely dovey, uneducated nonsense

In real life I don't see many (if any) little (or big) boys wearing Elsa dresses. I suspect this is because my local Waitrose is nearly a county away.

Me niver!

uneducated nonsense You don't need to set foot in Netmums if that's your attitude.

Well a lot of posts end up with lots of differing opinions or full scale arguments so I would say that there are lots of different types of people on here with a range of opinions.

I was reading a classic thread out to my DH last night and it struck me that not one post had confusing syntax. I could just read them freely without negotiating what they might mean as you might have to do on other sites. I really like that about MN. It seems to be a bit of a hun free zone.

The Netmums 'uneducated' isn't meant to snub their class, that's irrelevant. But come on, read a few posts and tell me it isn't draining.

Something I read on one of the TTC boards was "Well I got a positive at 1 week pregnant so yes you can get a positive if your body is going to come pregnant that month"

I'm from a working class, EastEnd background. I'm far from the tickety rock world of John Lewis dressing gowns and private schooling

I will have to pop across to Netmums to see this uneducated nonsense for myself

Well I'm guessing you mean they aren't starting vicious cat fights over very little, taking things out of context so they can bash someone for their own egotistical ends and constantly raking over the referendum.

Sounds like my sorta place actually.

I've seen people say 'hun' once on here, but I've never seen them say it twice.

Kate no, that's not what it's like at all

Well I don't have a problem with baby ear piercing and I am planning to homeschool/unschool my son.

Consensus (on ANYthing) is really not what I would pick out as a hallmark of this place. THat's one reason I like it, in reasonable doses.

*Working class doesn't make you hun you know

It's more love and chick tbh*

Or, where I live, duck. Quacks me right up.

Lots of different people lots of different opinions and styles but the ones who stand out to me are uncompromising, very funny, very clever or very sweary.....I think I just pay attention to the ones I like the most. So if your a middle class wannabe you probably just notice more of the middle class posts. says the 15 month stil BF, mooncup wearing, lentil weaver

Surely the joy of social media is that it's not like RL . . .? I love reading private school choosing / ear piercing slating / cleaner agonising threads just because it's a different planet.

I also find the schooling threads helpful, quite honestly MN hasn't helped just me but several of my friends actually go in and confront problems by speaking the right language. Back in primary years I used to get awed responses to my knowledge of expected levels & the like

Not from school, obvs, from friends with dc the same age!

MN is peopled entirely by Justine and her 4 million sock puppets.
It is the only explanation as to why we all hold identical opinions and never have any bunfights at all.

Well, hang on here. I had a baby shower and have organised many.

There are strict rules, however. Heed them and they're not grabby.

I can't believe the level of angst I see on MN. That said, I've come to realise that while I'm not a tiger mother I do have a tiger mother-like regime in my house and so in this respect most people would view me as hysterical.

A lot of the opinions on here I think are more what people would like to be, rather than who they are.

I'm the same though!

Surely the joy of social media is that it's not like RL It's also a fascinating insight into others' lives.