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

608 replies

Ashamedandblamed · 18/12/2017 20:43

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 ?

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wineusuallyhelps · 19/12/2017 07:47

That if a mum is having a hard time and has stated she has no family/friend support or a chance for a break, "get someone to babysit so you can have the night off".

Ok then Confused

I see this time and time again Grin

EvilRingahBitch · 19/12/2017 07:49

I agree Stealth, it’s a pet hate of mine too. What on Earth do they think they’re adding to the discussion?

I don’t mind legitimate pedantry like people who get snippy about products being described as “chemical free”, because that is literally nonsense even though we all know what is meant by it and it’s a symptom of societal ignorance about science. But “muscle weighs more than fat” or “lead weighs more than expanded polystyrene” is a perfectly reasonable synonym for “x is denser than y”.

honeylulu · 19/12/2017 07:51

A spa day will cure everything that ails you.
I've only ever been once and I was bored rigid

honeylulu · 19/12/2017 07:57

Never wake a sleeping baby. What tosh. Mine would have snoozed all day and been up partying all night!

"Just get married" to a SAHM in a financially precarious position. I think you'll find the male partner has to agree and probably knows which side his bread is buttered by that point.

The amount of people who wear pants in bed and don't wash daily. Just yuck yuck yuck!

UserX · 19/12/2017 07:57

My favourites are the clogged toilet ones—posters are advised to put all kinds of caustic and dangerous chemicals down the loo when a plunger will sort it out in 2 minutes.

StealthPolarBear · 19/12/2017 07:59

Thank yiu evil! I don't even think they're being pedantic. If they were I could cope. I think they genuinely think they're adding something to the discussion.

GrooovyLass · 19/12/2017 07:59

That there is only one way of doing things. Some people are so rigid and just can't seem to understand that their way works for them but something else works for others.

NamasteTheFuckAwayFromMe · 19/12/2017 08:01

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LoniceraJaponica · 19/12/2017 08:01

That all vaccinations are the work of the devil and the MMR causes autism Hmm

That all MILs are evil busybodies. Mine was lovely. She has Alzheimer's now and is, admittedly, hard work these days, but she was a massive support to me when DD was little and medically fragile.

We had our moments when she gave me out of date, and quite frankly dangerous in some cases, advice, but she was just full of good intentions.

GrooovyLass · 19/12/2017 08:02

Also that everyone can just turn around and stand up for themselves, to partners/parents/pil/ndn/bosses etc. Some of us will forever be unable to raise our heads above the parapet.

TheRottweiler · 19/12/2017 08:04

That anything and everything can be made to be 'racist'.

Fed up of islamic terrorism? - then you are a racist. Islam/moslem is NOT a 'race' of people - they can be WHITE, black, pink, yellow and from ANY country in the world.

JennyOnAPlate · 19/12/2017 08:06

Oh god so many!

That eating carbs makes you fat (it doesn’t; eating more calories than you burn off makes you fat)
That every badly behaved child must be autistic
That if your husband (who jointly owns your house with you) has pissed you off you can throw all his stuff out and change the locks.
That no teacher is ever right about anything.

Many, many more but I have a school run to do Grin

poisonedbypen · 19/12/2017 08:06

Not a fact, but why do people ask on here when Google would be quicker? I've just replied on a thread asking about school admissions criteria. LOOK ON THE SCHOOL WEBSITE it will be quite clear there.

treaclesoda · 19/12/2017 08:07

School uniform is expensive. It wasn’t in our case. The only things I had to buy from school were the blazers £30, PE top £15 and tie £8. Shirts, skirts, trousers, PE shorts, PE socks and trainers were bought anywhere. DD got through 3 blazers, 2 PE tops and 1 tie all through the 5 years up to GCSE.

That sounds like bliss. When my eldest goes to secondary school next year, the uniform is going to cost hundreds. The (compulsory) blazer alone is about £100. Sad

ILostItInTheEarlyNineties · 19/12/2017 08:09

Omg that must be Sue from next door Grin
I agree, this fear of being outed by a quite commonplace issue! I've name changed because this is SO outing..I shop in Tescos on a Tuesday and dh has a hobby but I won't say what it is. It's SO outing!.
Confused

Fauxtatoes · 19/12/2017 08:09

If you expend more calories than you eat you'll lose weight because science innit

EmilyAlice · 19/12/2017 08:10

That there are “generational things” that mean that everyone born at a particular time thinks, acts and behaves in exactly the same fashion. This appears to apply only to those over 60.

StealthPolarBear · 19/12/2017 08:13

I do also find it odd how most people(or worse, their husbands) have incredibly specialised jobs, with only three people IN THE WORLD who do that job.

TonicAndTonic · 19/12/2017 08:15

If 'germs' actually had all the powers that MN credits them with, both in terms of things they can survive and their ability to move from place to place by themselves, humanity would have been wiped out a long time ago.

Not a 'fact' as such but being on MN gives you the impression that the chances of your child being born with tongue tie are round about 99.9%

notanurse2017 · 19/12/2017 08:15

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MountainVista · 19/12/2017 08:16

That babies 'go down' for naps/the night. I've decided to just read it as 'go to sleep'; for a while I really thought the poster was claiming these babies were all drifting off in their beds at 90min intervals (FTM).

mothertruck3r · 19/12/2017 08:16

That you can have boy/girl but genetically identical twins.

EvilRingahBitch · 19/12/2017 08:17

I do see far too many people on MN who assume that because a tenner is small change for them then it will be the same for everyone else “well why don’t you just buy them a Christmas jumper and stop moaning?” “Just get a taxi!”

But I also see the reverse: people who assume that because they don’t know anyone who could spend 200 quid on a frock/a grand on a handbag/five grand on a holiday/30,000 on a nanny then these things must be fictional and anyone on MN who says they do them is a fantasist or getting into debt. In fact the ONS will readily tell you that millions of people have a post tax household income of 100,000+, and the report and accounts of Reiss, Whistles, Mark Warner and any nanny agency will tell you that they are indeed spending it on that stuff.

IHopeYouStepOnALegoPiece · 19/12/2017 08:19

That everyone wants a fucking Spa day

“DH isn’t pulling his weight/went out drinking/won’t wake up with the baby...I’m tired/stressed/my life is a shambles/my leg fell off”

“Have a spa day/leave the kids with him and sod off to the spa for the weekend”

Sometimes people just want some help not a fucking Spa day

It seems to be the go to answer for everything

mothertruck3r · 19/12/2017 08:23

That if someone is rude to you on public transport and demands your seat or doesn't want to abide by the rules of their job then they probably have a hidden disability rather than just being rude and lazy.