To ask the most bizzare 'facts' you have read on mums net

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Everyone obviously thinks what they are telling you is true but sometimes their sources or opinions are not factually correct.

What is the most ridiculous or bizzare fact/opinion you have seen ?

Your child will develop life long gut issues if you dare to wean before 7 months.

Everyone can breastfeed. It’s about getting the right help. Bollocks

Ha ha ha

*I remember a thread about Mooncups where one poster was trying one out and was visiting a friend. Unfortunately she misjudged the suction pulling it out in the bathroom and splashed a cupful of blood up the bathroom door.
I think her friend knocked on the door to see if everything was alright after about 20 minutes trying to clean up the bloodbath with toilet roll and lots of swearing.

That always stuck in my mind grin*

OMG 😂😂😂😂

I thought of another one today. Shaun the sheep's name is coincidental, and nothing to do with him going in the sheep shearing machine that Wallace builds and being SHORN! If you're Scottish then Shaun and shorn aren't homophones.

Going no contact family is easy and can be done for the most trivial of reasons. Nothing can be achieved by discussing things with these relatives who are always narcissists or psychopaths.

Your child will develop life long gut issues if you dare to wean before 7 months.

Yeah, I love that one. And that any digestion issues currently suffered by adults can be directly attributed to early (pre-6 months) weaning.

Yes totally ignores that the advice used to be to wean at 4 months, and no everyone did not then develop gut issues for life.

I dislike the cries of "Go NC" for quite trivial reasons like your sil not writing a Thank You Letter or something.
That used to just be called not talking to someone. Eg; Mum's not talking to Auntie Carol at the moment.

The diagnosis of Narcissism or the casual comments about relatives being "narcs" makes me laugh.
About 0.5 % of the population actually have Narcissistic Personality Disorder. It's very rare.

Derxa

I have posted s thresd about just this today and totally agree but then most families in RL are normal but unfortunately not all.

I agree it’s the go to response for some on here though. As if it was as easy. Some people go back for that same kicking again and again. My dil does bless her. Others threaten to go non contact when mil gives one chocolate to pfb.

Maybe ilost but I swear I know 2. Maybe not the disorder but they are selfish up there arse buggers.

That if you do your DH’s washing he is an entitled fucker and you have succumbed to the patriarchy. Even if it is more effort to separate out your own clothes or if there is half a machine of space left. It is obviously fine if he does your washing.

That if you make a spelling or grammar mistake on an online forum then you cannot possibly be educated/professional. It is not relevant that you are tired/ distracted / typing on your phone with one hand whilst feeding a baby etc. It is necessary for other posters to point out your errors even if you are asking for advice about an upsetting or sensitive topic.

It’s always the mum or MIL who’s the narc with the partner being the enabler, it’s not often you see a thread where it’s the man who’s the narc. Men are more affected by NPD than women.

Actually I know a couple of selfish arseholes Hatsoff It's just seems to have become a thing lately to label people like that as Narcs.

I agree Ken it is mostly men that have NPD. Lots of MILs have it on MN though

If you're Scottish then Shaun and shorn aren't homophones.

Shaun the Sheep isn't Scottish though. He's English.

Feminism is about female liberation. "Choice" is simplifying it too much and it turns into "anything a woman does is a feminist choice"

No it doesn't.
I'm an abortion rights campaigner, my feminism is absolutely about choice.

That if you don't like sick, you are an emotophobe. Yes, I know that some people really are but there seem to be a lot of people on MN who are "phobic" because they don't like sick. Who likes sick???

Yes and if you don't like crumpets you have Trypophobia

If you're at all shy you have Social Anxiety. (I know this is a crippling affliction for some but feeling awkward at a party doesn't mean you have it).

People who are religious or believe in God are thick and can't be a scientist.

If anyone’s DH isn’t good at empathy (it is mainly empathy) someone will usually pop along and ask if they could have Aspergers/ASD. Aaaaarrrrrrgggghhhhh!! You cannot make a diagnosis/suggestion JUST based on a lack of empathy. There’s so much more to it than that. 99 times out of 100 they’re just an arse.
Fits in with the constant use of narc actually, there seems to be a need (everywhere, not just MN) to label everything. Also fits with the “if a child is naughty they might have SN” thing too. They might well do, but it’s more likely that they’re just, well, naughty and need appropriate handling (for want of a better word)/punishment.

I saw a post once with a woman saying she'd been drinking more over the previous month and wondered if she should be worried.

Someone posted 'you could have ADHD and be self-medicating' WTF?

I wouldn’t even know where to start with the drivel I read here about school admissions here (I work in the field).

You have to get your child’s name down first or the school win run out of places.

The school will know if you didn’t put them first and will refuse you a place consequently.

Not sending the child to the school you have been allocated will ‘put pressure’ on the LA to offer you a place there.

‘Waiting lists’ for popular schools are done in time order of application received.

I could go on...

That you should never eat anything homemade that someone gifts you. It should go straight in the bin with any homemade gifts as well...

'If you're Scottish then Shaun and shorn aren't homophones'

'Shaun the Sheep isn't Scottish though. He's English.'

But Shaun and shorn aren't homophones for quite a few English people either, lost in Cumbria.

But surely the words 'shorn' and 'Shaun' are still pretty similar, even if you pronounce the 'r' in one of them? Puns don't need to be exact homophones for people to get the joke. Loads of knock knock jokes work on a far more tenuous basis.

Women doing odd things yo their fanjos, like having surgery to re-become a virgin