AIBsuperU to want a house with a nuclear fallout shelter?

[WeArePregnant11]

Uhm, yeah, that's basically the whole question.

OP, I wonder if your anxieties are not a little bit extreme. Are you ok?

Seriously OP with the way things are at the moment I think you ought to stock up on all the supplies you would need for, say, 30 years and move into it this weekend.
Hang on though - you said you wanted one, not that you HAVE one. .....

AFAIK there are no public shelters in the UK (there are shelters for the powers-that-be though) so maybe your best bet would be to return to your birth country as you say they have more than enough for everyone?

But they're not just for nuclear attacks. Also earthquakes, natural desaster, terrorists etc... and if somebody tried to break open our door a good place to hide. I couldn't even shoot the intruder. I guess I could stab them. And I've been doing Krav Maga for some years. But pregnant? Or with a baby? Or multiple intruders?

If thus is actually a real concern I think you need to speak to your midwife about your anxiety.

BMW6

I love Scotland. And i don't want to live in Switzerland...
Why do you think? Because Trump/Hillary (and Putin)?

i don't know how to phrase this without sounding like a total bitch but it is coming from a nice place! But have you talked with a doctor about your anxiety as this level of what if isn't the most healthy thing to be dwell in on?

I'm usually not that anxious. It's just occurred to me last week.

That it's all so terribly unsafe.

If you're serious OP, you should ask MNHQ to move the thread to the Preppers topic.

Golly op there are a million 'what if?' scenarios but it might be worth talking to your HV about your worries as they do sounds a tad extreme & irrational.

Uhm, the preppers topic?

Up to now I've used Aibu and baby names on mumsnet.

If moved anywhere surely more helpful to move to mental health boards with the anxiety issue for advice on how to cope with the anxiety or how to get help for it, then to fuel the flames of anxiety with the prepping board

Oh God don't read the Preppers topic. I spent 5 mins on there and started calculating water storage and googling 'survival weekends' and I am usually someone who regularly leaves my key in the outside of the front door and would die without the internet.

Fucks sake no preppers.

You are in Bonnie Scotland they don't have earthquakes or hurricane.

Not too many guns and last time someone tried to terrorise the airport he was knocked out

Deep breaths, it's OK.

The Preppers Board is really for things you can do something about - but there are some things you can do nothing about. A nuclear holocaust is one of them.

Buy some decent whisky for wetting the baby's head, instead.

annandale

I've done survival training. Once for teambuilding (....) and once with my spouse, for bonding :)

And we do have a water and food supply, I grew up having one...

But it's good to hear that my worries are unreasonable. Maybe my spouse (and y'all) are right... we already had 2 discussions about it and now I just get annoyed/exasperated stares.

Maybe your baby will be the one to discover the solution to such issues.

Why do I need whisky? Should I have whisky?

Well, we actually do have whisky (not that I've ever been a big drinker, and now I obviously don't drink any alcohol or caffeine...) but for the baby's head?

I thought with the Preppers topic she would at least get some sensible advice on things she can do and control which might help with her anxiety.

But yes, I agree, bunker won't help with nuclear war.

It's the zombie apocalypse you need to worry about.

Seriously though OP, everything will fine.

My mum still has the agreement Jade her sign in 1986 where I forced her and dad to agree to just kills us all of the bomb dropped. All that "Protect and Survive" crap about leaning doors on the wall!

I once took my year I'd to a nuclear bunker. It was proper shit scary, they all realised the futility of the door against the wall immediately. It was completely bloody obvious that the only people expected to survive were the government officials in bunkers. And even they had suicide pills.

I'd rather not survive.

Better yet, i would rather not be out in that position! Why we as a world population still tolerate the possibility of MAD is astonishing.

Jade? I made!

Year 9's! My bloody autocorrect...

The preppers thread is fascinating. And it shows me that I'm apparently better prepared than most (food storage, water storage for at least a week, camping equipment, buckets, first aid stuff etc... I'll have to look up Scottish firearm laws!!) which is kind of a relief. Make me feel like it this. not like this much of a failure. Not sure if I should talk to a midwife. My spouse thought I was just being unreasonable and got annoyed, didn't say anything about anxiety.

And you may be right, a shelter probably wouldn't help. But this makes me kind of more afraid, tbh?
Or maybe we should move to the country side or something. There is a nuclear plant kind of nearby. and terrorists might blow it up, I guess...

*makes me feel like I'm not this much of a failure. Oops

'Wetting the baby's head' is a saying - it, broadly, means to celebrate the birth of the baby.

And of course you need whisky around. (Good whisky that is.) You're in Scotland for Goodness Sake!

Not sure if I should talk to a midwife

It will do far, far more good to talk to your midwife about how to manage your anxiety then to sit researching how to get a firearm in Scotland, unless your a farmer or similar you have zero need for one