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InfinityTimesInfinity · 17/09/2016 10:28

Being reasonably new to this site/chat app ...
Having read a few threads in the last couple of days and coming across a lot of unnecessary comments .. AIBU to ask why it seems a lot of women on here seem very quick to throw nasty, horrible insults at other women on here?
I know people are asking for opinions, but, not character assassinations...!
Shouldn't us mums/women stick together and help eachother with advice instead of throwing horrible, bitchy, comments around?

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PoppyBirdOnAWire · 17/09/2016 11:11

And yes, it is mainly women who behave in this way. Women are the main users. Mothers are in the majority, also.

StillStayingClassySanDiego · 17/09/2016 11:11

I'm not 'sticking together' with strangers on an anonymous forum.

Don't take it seriously, treat it like a load of bollocks, that's what I say.

Pagwatch · 17/09/2016 11:12

Some people on here are arseholes. Some women on here are arseholes. Some men on here are arsehole. Some people are argumentative, aggressive and thick as fuck.

It's almost like real life.

PoppyBirdOnAWire · 17/09/2016 11:12

The behaviour of these posters is juvenile.

Pagwatch · 17/09/2016 11:13
MaudlinNamechange · 17/09/2016 11:14

Many of the less sophisticated posters on here don't know the difference between robust analysis, and just being mindlessly conservatively shitty to people who are having a hard time. They've somehow got the idea that's it's cooler or "More mumsnet" to be nasty than to be nice, which is completely the wrong end of the stick (or the stick that it used to be)

Buzzardbird · 17/09/2016 11:14

Some women are goady fuckers.

MephistoMarley · 17/09/2016 11:14

One woman's 'nasty horrible insult' is another woman's constructive comment
If you're a delicate flower then mumsnet may not be for you

PoppyBirdOnAWire · 17/09/2016 11:15

Is the fives thing meant to be funny at all? If so, stick at the practice. Oh, and don't give up the day job.

PoppyBirdOnAWire · 17/09/2016 11:15

Is the doves thing...

PacificDogwod · 17/09/2016 11:16

Pigeon casserole for dinner! Grin

Look, I love a bit of juvenile behaviour - there's not much in RL at my age

PoppyBirdOnAWire · 17/09/2016 11:16

MaudlinNamechange

I concur.

PacificDogwod · 17/09/2016 11:17

Maudlin, very true.

PacificDogwod · 17/09/2016 11:17

Ha! Poppy, we agree with Maudlin from 2 totally different perspectives - that is the beauty of MN Grin

PoppyBirdOnAWire · 17/09/2016 11:18

The fault lies with the less sophisticated posters. For sure.

BrianCoxWithBellsOn · 17/09/2016 11:22

Ah, it's like Mumsnet of yore.

BeyondASpecialSnowflake · 17/09/2016 11:22

Oo, haven't seen this one for at least a week...

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ghostyslovesheep · 17/09/2016 11:22

I am the queen of the 5 dinner dove - stand aside lesser mortals

Allalonenow · 17/09/2016 11:25
Willow2016 · 17/09/2016 11:25

Another thread complaining about MN?

  1. Yes some people are arseholes but then they are in real life too. Internet forum doesnt have the ability to filter out someones egotistical personality.
  1. We are not all mums, nor women.
  1. If someone is being an idiot/PA/downright selfish etc etc and posts a thread for 'sympathy' and 'validation' they arent going to get it. If they dont like it maybe they should reflect on why they didnt, not complain about it.
  1. I dont have to agree with everyone on a forum whether they are male or female. I dont know most of the time what sex they are and I dont care unless its relevant to the thread.

5 Just dont go on AIBU there are hundreds of other topics. Many are very supportive some are absolutely hilarious.

  1. Other internet forums are available.

7 Hide or report posts you think are too nasty, simples.

  1. Dont go on an established internet forum and start telling the members how to 'behave' its pretty egotistical to think that you can change things with one post, can tell others how to behave etc and tbh these kinds of posts are blatently judgmental themselves (considering there are hundreds of threads and you decided what we are like from just a few you have read, probably in AIBU) which is a bit 'pot calling kettle'.
windmillsofyourmind · 17/09/2016 11:26

Of course it's not all women who post but the majority are.

LoisWilkersonsLastNerve · 17/09/2016 11:26

How does one become a more sophisticated poster?

ChardonnayKnickertonSmythe · 17/09/2016 11:27
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BeyondASpecialSnowflake · 17/09/2016 11:28
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Eyeboo · 17/09/2016 11:28

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