being a mumsnet member with no children

[twosugarspls]

.. and no desire to have children. i occasionally see people posting that have no children and admit they don't want children, i thought mumsnet was for mums.. or people trying to conceive? or am i missing the point

What about dads?

I barely mention my children on here, I don't use it as a 'parent site'.

Not again. MNHQ have repeatedly made it clear that all are welcome. There's plenty here to interest people who are not parents.

Are you saying you don’t have or want children or are you talking about other posters?

Not all topics are about kids!

Yes, you are missing the point. Mumsnet has never been just for mums.

Mumsnet is for anyone. I do agree though. The name of the site could give the impression that's it's exclusive only to mums but. That's not the case at all. We talk about a wide range of things, not just our children..
Welcome aboard
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Mumsnet is for everyone.

Aibu is full of 'dilemmas' which are completely unrelated to children/babies/being a parent so surely the responses don't need to come from parents either??

Ah right, yeah. Only for people who have kids, so I guess we'd better get rid of all topics not relating to kids.

Weight loss? That can go.
Feminism, let's lose that too...
Veganism, we won't need that...
Woolly hugs - gone
Weddings - ciao
Christmas - buh bye

How many topics do you think will be left, OP?

my 'child'

Most of Mumsnet isn’t to do with parenting, it’s just about life. It’s a very active forum so will bring in all people. I don’t have children (but hope to at some point) I like all the different views and conversations here

I am childfree by choice. Doesn't mean I can't comment on or learn from peoples threads. I stay away from the child advice ones but lots of threads barely mention children.
I thought this was a community of (mainly) women. I'm here for the CF threads and AIBU!

I "parent" without having my own kids

And find AIBU hysterical regardless. Who needs children for a great parking thread?

You don’t need kids to discuss the majority of the topics on here, you just need to not be a twat to other posters 😁.

sorry i'm new to the site and it was a genuine question. when i saw 'mumsnet' it seemed obvious to me that it would be a site for mums/parents. i'm not saying other people shouldn't be allowed to join just a strange name for a site if that's not the case

A solicitor I know - male, single, childless, early 30s - LOVES mumsent! We have discussed top AIBUs (poo crumbs, anyone?)

@PositivelyPERF i'm talking about other posters, i have a child that's why i joined. was simply asking a question i wasn't saying other people shouldn't be allowed to join

The photo of your child is much aopreciated Tink

Bloody hell. MN would be absolute shite if we could only talk about our children .

I joined years before we started trying. There's discussion of all sorts on here and I like that it's majority female.

You're missing the point. I don't want kids & I've been here for years now.

Why? For the feminist boards (this is famous / notorious as one of the best sites in existence for gender-critical feminists), for the running threads, for the messing about threads & on occasion the mental health threads. None of those need me to be a parent.

I was a member years before having kids. I think I googled something boring like laundry and up popped Mumsnet. Most topics have been covered somewhere on here.

I think your OP came across as though you felt only mum's should be on here. I'm not sure the helped. That's probably why you've got the responses you've received whether that was the intention or not.

I was really surprised and confused when I first saw a post from someone who didn’t have children and wasn’t pregnant either.

I always thought that this site was just for parents and expectant ones, then I thought to myself that no one has to prove they’re a parent to join, so I guess they have to be open to everyone.

I still do find it a bit odd though that people join who aren’t parents, even if a lot of the chat isn’t child related, as I thought the site was targeted at parents.

@twosugarspls

Its quite impressive to be new and the first thing you do is start a thread that offends alot of people.