... to think MNers are a strange bunch?

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Aibu to think that Mumsnet can't be representative of real life, can it?!

A lot of people on here just seem so, I don't know, just... odd. Bizarre. Strange. A lot of people on here just seem to have really outlandish odd opinions that I'm just not sure if I'd ever hear someone have in real life. Posters just seem to pick up on the most unusual things from posts i.e. A poster posts about how they didn't get a house they bid on, and then another poster chimes in saying how they're even lucky to have 5p in savings etc etc (I'm rubbish at examples).

So yes, aibu to think that some (not all) mumsnetters are crazy aliens who I have no idea how they function in the real world?

Ps I like mumsnet and it provides me with a lot of entertainment. The strangeness does not make me want to leave.

This has made me laugh and Glitter genius.

Mumsnet had made me a good mil.

Ive learned loads on here and wish it had been around when I had young children.
The threads which I find ridiculous are the phonics ones on primary ed board. Every time someone asks for advice it turns into an arguement between phonic evangelists. As a teacher I have dared to post on a few threads but been shot done in flames and had my credentials questioned if I dare disagree in any way!
I feel really sorry for posters who come on to the thread for genuine help and get sidelined by silliness between others on those threads.

This thread is brilliant. I thought it was just Me!
Glitter bloody funny response about the carrots and stray sprout - laughed out loud at that one!

The thing that strikes me with mn is how many posters seem to forget that there are real human beings behind every post - with back stories and imperfections and faults like every other human. They go out of their way to belittle someone with an opposing view to theirs or go out of their way to dìsagree with someone. They type really verbose replies using as many impressive words as possible and I imagine them reading over their post several times to congratulate themselves on how witty they are and how impressed other people will be with their articulate arrogant responses.
I try to be nice to people where I can instead. It's nice to be important but more important to be nice

I love to hate the hyperbole from some posters. They're never just annoyed or irritated they're utterly, utterly appalled and deeply offended, often literally shaking as a result. No one is just rude, they're unspeakably rude. People aren't mean, they're utterly vile human beings**

I've posted almost the exact sentiment on these sorts of threads. No one is slightly rude, or slightly entitled. Posters are either OCD fuelled cleaning machines or slatterns.

well yes but there arnt real human stories behind every post on any internet site.

Some are made up for a laugh. There have been lots of threads that are clearly made up and unless it's a previous troll then it stands.

This has got to be a reverse.

Yesterday 21:22 UserThenLotsOfNumbers

.....as this is an anonymous forum people can say what they truly think, which they might not do in real life.
So perhaps it's more real than real life.

*This

And the threads I hate most are any/all with the words fanjo, fuff or vagina in thread title, meaning the OP is trying to be the subject of the MN talk round up *

I agree with everything pp's have said. I get fed up with MN sometimes but it's threads like this one that keeps me coming back. Thanks for making me smile this morning.

Also people that post whole massive threads about some random thing happening that's of no consequence to anyone ever and being all offended about it 2 days later!
I often wonder if when these things happen people must think "oh goody I've got something to post on mumsnet now!"

Actually I may need mumsnet to remove my posts. They could be very outing. How was I supposed to know the lady (before she got her dodgy leg), would be walking along just at the moment I was throwing the bread maker out?
Still, it ended well. She ended up taking the bread maker home and making a lovely Elsa and Olaf scene on the side, out of purple glitter and Freddo frogs, wrapping it in cellophane and flogging it on facebook for 500 quid!

And Yes, I did used to be a teacher. Had to give up when I ran out of room for all the friggin mugs and malteasers - would have preferred a John Lewis £900 gift voucher.
STILL get hate mail off Sally from the PTA.
She insists her Billy made that Easter bonnet and should have won, even though he'd gone camping with his dad when she kept asking to borrow my glue gun.

It's the most middle-class place I've ever seen outside of the National Trust, but it's fun in its own way.

I do like how you could be being chased by an axe-wielding murderer who is breaking through your door and the advice would still be to ring 101.

I do like how you could be being chased by an axe-wielding murderer who is breaking through your door and the advice would still be to ring 101.

Or be expected to open the door, invite him in, and then discuss why he's so upset.

@Bluffinwithmymuffin And the threads I hate most are any/all with the words fanjo, fuff or vagina

Oh god, that reminds me. Foof and other cutesy words are one thing, but the people who get so fucking arsey if you say "vagina" when you ACTUALLY MEAN "VULVA" DON'T YOU KNOW! (aka "look at me I learned a new word, aren't I clever mummy")

Everyone knows what area we mean if we say vag. It's not as if people are saying vagina and meaning brain cavity and causing wholesale confusion!

Yes I love MN precisely because of the level of bonkers on here. Ive learned that some people are really stupid, some are so intelligent and articulate, some are able to see the viewpont of others, others are blind to anything beyond their own experience. Any thread with SW or SS in the title makes me sad because the poster seems to neither understand nor accept nor agree whats going on. I also find the level of anxiety around various choices are high - children walking home alone, when to leave children at home alone. The expectation of behaviour is really high. They are children - they are still learning how to behave. Lots of threads really make me appreciate how lucky I am to be living in a more child friendly culture and how good the childcare options are.

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Showing my ignorance here (or perhaps I'm not on MN enough) but is there a difference between vagina and vulva? Obviously I'm also guilty of misspelling "foof"

Glitter
Are you actually a stand-up comedienne in RL? I spat my tea all over the dog and nearly split my episiotomy stitches laughing!

Also hate silly people like me who repeat well worn MN cliches and derail a sensible thread....

Meanwhile the poor Op is thinking "fucking hell, I can't send that to my nan, all she did was give the kids white sliced instead of granary...

I actually laughed out loud at that. I didn't spit on my keyboard, but I laughed!

Glitter you're hilarious!

I love the "oh sorry we can't all be PERFECT" posters who get pissy when you suggest they probably shouldn't drag their dc barefoot through the streets to plonk them in school three hours late with a cold McDonalds for lunch.

There was one about showers that made me wonder if I was living in another universe, full of people saying 'urgh how GRIM' and 'disgusted' by the idea that some people don't shower every single day, and who seemed to think showering 3-4 times a day was perfectly normal. I did wonder if they really smelled that bad or if they just had nothing better to do (as well as extremely good deals on their utilities!)

The things I notice most are the extreme reluctance to question any kind of rule - particularly if imposed by a school - and the extreme harmony that seems to be a feature of MN relationships, whereas irl most people exchange a cross word with or have a moan about their partners from time to time.

I posted for advice, I was devastated, my ex had gone back on a promise that we would set up a cohabitation agreement about our property, he had walked out and left me in pretty awful circumstances.

Advice from the forum: "Why the hell do you think you are entitled to anything?" I'd already said in OP that I knew I wasn't legally entitled to anything.

It's good. And bad. Sometimes the support is brilliant. Other women are very witty. Sometimes it's a bit bitchy and nasty.
Bit like RL then, I guess.

I love mn but i rarely post as i seem to have a username that stands out, not sure why. I mean if 20 posters express the same view as me it will always be my post that will be highlighted and dismissed, i still don't know why as i don't make offensive remarks or mock people, just state my opinion.
My pet hate is overly dramatic possible excuses for poor behaviour.... ooh they could have just been diagnosed with terminal illness, their dog may have just died yadda yadda. Yes or they could just be an arse!
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or people say i have name changed for this as itsvery outing and then post something very vague and mundane and not outing at all.