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AIBU?

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.... to not fully understand what some OPs are expecting from their threads?

64 replies

PacificDogwod · 25/02/2017 12:15

I may not be entirely sure what I am expecting from this one, mind Grin

I mean the threads about situations in which the answer depends entirely on your unique circumstances, like 'From what age would you leave your DC alone at home?' - depends on the child/length of time left/access to adult help if needed etc etc.
Or the recurring theme of builders and their toiletting needs Grin (alone at home with young child in scary neighbourhood with unknown tradesman? Or known builder, other adults in the house, easy access to downstairs cloakroom? - totally different)
Or private vs state education - depends on what schools are available where you are, depends on the child, depends on deeply personal preferences.
Or, one of my favourites, 'Am I pregnant?' - 'Love, how on earth would we know. Go POAS, and repeat in a week if no AF forthcoming'.

I accept that MN and other forums would be half empty if there were no threads without clear answers, and I am fully prepared to be told IABU

I suppose I find it baffling that so many people seem to struggle to trust their own judgement: you are worried about leaving your DC unsupervised at home, well, don't. And I think there is a subtle difference between asking 'From what age did you let your DCs alone at home?' and 'From what age do you think my DC can stay alone at home?'

Just musing.
Waddaya think?
Are we less confident in our parenting/other choices than people used to be??

OP posts:
PacificDogwod · 25/02/2017 16:07

I love you all Grin
MN has taught me a lot, both practical and in a giving perspective kinda way, because, yes, it's far too easy that ones own's life experience is 'normal' when it's not.

Mn have given me a lot ... but also a bit of an internet addiction
Yy to that.
And only on MN would you ever find a babysitting feminist Komodo dragon!

Whispered, I have not seen your thread and this is decidedly NOT a TATT. Asking "what have you done?" to compare notes is totally what this kind of forum is for. It's the "What should I do re leaving my child at home?" is what I struggle with. And I rarely post on those because I did all sorts of thing wrt leaving kids at home that would have me banned from ever being in charge of a child again according to some on here. And I would do it again... Smile

OP posts:
WhisperedLoudest · 25/02/2017 16:09

I didn't think it was a TAT - it'd be a pretty boring one as they go if it had Grin

dontbesillyhenry · 25/02/2017 16:10

YY mummymeister. But the posters who continually indulge them rather than suggesting they take ownership of their actions are just as bad if not worse

NotYoda · 25/02/2017 16:11

They are started by journalists, researchers or trolls, increasingly often.

NotYoda · 25/02/2017 16:12

... i am talking about AIBU there

BalloonSlayer · 25/02/2017 16:23

Well it's clear what the "the school say my DC is overweight" ones want.

They never get it. Even though they post details of a diet 10,000 x healthier than my DCS they still get told their kid is fat, FAT! I tell you, and no wonder considering that diet: "there's a huge amount of sugar in organic muesli you know."

FourKidsNotCrazyYet · 25/02/2017 16:23

I've just seen a post that asks name A or nameB? A few comments down and the OP states that it won't be name B. Don't ask then. That's just weird and pointless Hmm

Sparklingbrook · 25/02/2017 18:05

I am always Hmm at the 'What goes with this name' threads. Erm, anything-you don't have to have matchy names just name the baby already.

ProudBadMum · 25/02/2017 18:11

The food threads amuse me. People on MN could turn cucumber into junk food Grin

Sparklingbrook · 25/02/2017 18:14

You can't beat a good primary school lunchbox competitive thread. Grin

ProudBadMum · 25/02/2017 18:17

Oh god yes! See who can bullshit name the most 'nutritious' food.

What happened to just a sandwich, crops, juice and club or penguin Grin

DioneTheDiabolist · 25/02/2017 18:18

YY to some people seems my validation to go NC or that their DC's school is in the wrong regarding absence, homework, uniform or weight. Baby names threads slightly baffle me though I love when they turn into a bunfight.Grin I mean seriously, who gives a shit what anyone calls their kids?

Sparklingbrook · 25/02/2017 18:19

Yes Proud two slices of white with ham on, a bag of Wotsits, a Blue Riband biscuit and a carton of Ribena. Got us through primary with not a whiff of a mung bean.

ProudBadMum · 25/02/2017 18:20

I would never ask MN to name my baby. I swear some people are high when they give suggestions.

OP 'I like May can you suggest a middle name'

Poster: 'I don't have you thought about gerturde?'

Or the whole obsession with wanting to give the unborn a nickname

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