Is mumsnet International?

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Is it just brits using this or people from all over?

Brit abroad here too.
Been in MN for much longer than I've been here though.

Another New Zealander in NZ

My Dh is British though.

I was a Brit in the Middle East, I'm now a Brit in Canada.

Brit overseas here.

I Actually met an old school friend on here a couple of years ago.

I think you'd have to live on Mars not to be worried about Trump!

I'm saving up for a ticket to Mars.

Klaxon for international MNers - cunt is not a usual swear word in Britain and use of it in line with this site would get you some really odd looks. Swearing isn't moderated on MN so this gives many licence to unleash their inner Tourette's. Wanker is a stronger term in RL than on here, too.

Agree with PP about a touch of anti-Americanism which Is something of a knee-jerk position in the UK. My recent roots are Irish which often means American extended family. The differing British take on Americans is very noticeable to us.

Expecting mainland Europe to land any minute on this thread.

Canadian in the UAE here. Found Mumsnet through British friends.

I'm scared shitless of Trump.

Another Brit in DK Klaphat

I got a letter from Mumsnet Home Office that I'm allowed permanent residence here.

I'm a Brit living in Switzerland, there are a few of us about.

I am Australian and have lived in the U.K. for 14 years. I joined (lurking mainly) 10 years ago after my first surviving dd was born.

Not knowing the 'system' in England, it's been invaluable explaining the 'things' I've needed such as navigating the NHS, getting an ASD diagnosis for my dd, the primary education system ... next stop secondary schools

I have seen stray Saffas wandering about

EssentialHummus

we are all people, with different sets of experience to add to the discussion

TheClaws, oracle

MN is extremely anti-american and people post stuff about americans that they wouldn't post about any other nationality. I dip in and out of complaining on those threads. Mostly trying to dip out on the basis that I can't change anyone's mind about that kind of bigotry

Pallisers

Bigotry is rife on Mumsnet

I love the USA

"I thought so, i saw someone write how worried they were about trump and I was thinking why confused as I thought this was a UK thing."

You'd have to be a little bit dense to think that Trump is purely a US problem.

Aussie here. I don't even have kids

Love hanging out with mostly Brits on Mumsnet as I've been convinced since I was a child that I was born in the wrong country and really should be living in the UK.

I live in Aberdeenshire - some of us have been worrying about Trump for years because he is our neighbour!

Jamen, goddag goddag Velocitractor

Nihao from China

Born and live in a remote village in Lesotho.

MN is not only international, it is diverse. Let me tell you about how different my life is from most of you.

House and home life:

1. I live in a round mud house with other smaller houses to make up what is often referred to as compound, and I've just plastered and painted it over the December holidays on a hectare of land allocated to me by the tribal chief.
2. I have stable running water, electricity and internet access.
3. I keep my chickens in a coop, horse in a stable(owning a horse is not a social status - all homes have one or two) and have cows in a kraal.
4. For some reason, we do not lock doors when we travel outside of the house or to do big grocery shopping in South Africa but lock them at night when we sleep with a tiny latch.
5. We plant vegetables and fruit. It is not the norm to buy these in villages. During harvest, we exchange produce between us. I have spinach, cabbage, onion, carrots, pumpkin, strawberry, peaches, grapes and plums. We prepare and eat duck and chickens and make home made steam bread, ginger ale and steam corn and nuts as snacks.
6. Oh, I have a washing machine, I've never thought of getting a dryer or dish washer. The washing machine raised eyebrows, but turn a blind eye.

Schools and shops:

1. Children walk a kilo meter to the next village for school and take prepared food from home.
2. We have a small convenience shop that sells small items such as matches, candles, tinned fish, sweets, etc.
3. Most children at 10 years old have a fair understanding of English.

Village life:

1. Our village is so quiet, car passes once a week at most. We use horses as a means of transport. Our village has about 100 people.
2. We have a tribal chief, interestingly he is an Oxbridge graduate.
3. Police are only called for serious matters such as rape and murder, all other is adjudicated by tribal council.
4. We swim in a river, or at least when I was young. Swimming is only ever done by children up to 18 years. As it is seen as way children entertain themselves.
5. Physical exercise is only done in schools. Overweight adults and children are viewed as rich and often spoilt. We have 1 long distance runner in our village and he is known.
6. We do not have a pub. Alcohol is mostly sold(at the small convenient shop) during December holidays when most working people are home for holidays. I often wonder how many of you enjoy a glass of wine. Someone is stressed and is offered a glass of wine on MN - strange to me.
7. High unemployment rate, non-existent infrastructure, poor healthcare, etc.

I have seen stray Saffas wandering about

Here I am....

Goeie môre murphys

vying I remember Lesothan chiefs/ministers coming along in cavalcades of Land Rovers to the Makro [something like CostCo to everyone else] in Woodmead, Johannesburg to stock up. I always assumed there was a closer one and wondered why they chose that one.

Vying thanks for the insights into your life, makes for very interesting reading. I visited Lesotho briefly a number of years ago and found it mind-blowingly beautiful. But, yes, it was clear that there were very limited job opportunities for the young population. It seemed like the world was moving too fast for the rural areas to easily adapt to.

Brit in Sweden, there seems to be loads of us here.

I'm a Brit, was using mumsnet in Australia when i moved but back on home soil now. And I'm bloody terrified about trump!

Canadian living in England, became British in 2014