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

I don’t have children but like being on MN, and am immensely cheered by all the inclusive posts on this thread.

OP - it did sound like a genuine question to me but there have been some goady threads in the past aimed at the child free. Thanks for clarifying.

She Net.com might be an option..... All options covered.

I think I will copyright that one!

I want children but as of yet havent met anyone to have them with. I am also trained to work withe children with special needs and have been a ta and achild care worker for years so know loads about kids from birth to teens so feel i can often give good advice.

I spend most of my time in the names forum and on debate threads. Nothing to do with my children. I'd have the same perspectives and opinions without my children.

Style and beauty, parking wars, property advice, financial advice, relationships, sex advice .... didn’t realise only mums needed this stuff and the thousands of people with good advice on the site.

I’m not a mum. Won’t be for a good decade probably, but there are few forums with the easy layout and good advice of Mumsnet.

It’s fun here, keeps me company, widens my horizons.

I found it at uni because I looked up advice about getting a stain out of carpeting 😂

I neither think nor talk with my uterus. I'd also like to think that my ability to give birth isn't the most interesting thing about me. Shockingly, I appear to be able to talk about things other than parenthood. So why would I care if the people I'm chatting to even have a uterus, given that theirs (if they have one) is unlikely to be any more talented than mine?

I like mumsnet...

Some of us no longer have our mums so maybe sometimes we need advice from actual parents.

Maybe try not to be so upity

I don’t want mumsnet to change the name, as I think it gives it a more female feel, even though there are some lovely Male posters. I wouldn’t want it to be more Male friendly as women have few enough places to talk openly.

My husband and I never wanted kids but ended up becoming ‘parents’ to four children, because their parents were useless pricks. But I suppose they would still be welcome here since they are so called parents. 😒

I came here when I kept reading about mumsnet in papers and thought I wanted to see what these nasty women were on about. The oul vipers ended up being so lovely I stayed. 😁

I don't have children. I have worked with children for decades. I used to occasionally lurk. I registered because I read a thread in child health, and thought "oh my god, that baby has meningitis until proven otherwise". By the time I finally persuaded the system to accept a name (this predated the usernumbers), enough other people had expressed concern that the mum was heading for A&E. Once you have an identity, of course, it's psychologically much harder to just lurk...

Some of my favourite ever threads have had nowt to do with kids!!
Maui, Centre parcs anal sex, numerous cunty parking threads..

The name is about misleading but content is obviously not 100% about parenting/conception so why wouldn't people who aren't parents/TTC be welcome?

It's a fair question. I joined when I had a baby looking for advice. Didn't look at it for 5 years then got intrigued by the AIBU headlines in my junk mail!

I'm just here for the drama, I need something to read while I eat my popcorn.

Well, Coca Cola doesn’t have actual cocaine in it any more but people seem just fine with that as a brand name.....

Think you might be looking for NetMums.

Coca Cola doesn’t have actual cocaine in it any more ANY MORE? 😮

No children here, don't particularly want them either. Came via Mumsnet Madness (I miss it), stayed because there are a lot of interesting discussions. I like it when people start pet photo threads, too.

It’s mainly about parking.

And Everybody Parks....

Sometimes.

Um, because there isn't a site called

Matewhohelpsoutisexcellentatwindingandgivesmumfriendssomerespitefromterribletwosandteenagersandthatkindofthing.com

Also known as friend. Aunt. Godmother.

I love MN. And then these threads come up and I’m reminded that because I can’t have children that I am therefore in the eyes of some, not welcome here. Never mind joining the TTC boards, then graduating to the cats/ work/ aibu boards - sorry should I have fucked off when my doctor said it couldn’t happen? Sigh. Fucks off to lurk with fluff and all the other awesome women and men herewho don’t think that giving birth somehow legitimises you but are here for the support/gossip/work chat etc

Hi weezol!

Many moons ago I googled 'how to deal with an over demanding MIL at Christmas ." Ended up here. The MIL is now an ex MIL but aibu is too entertaining to give up.

I don't think they should change the name but I do think a new strapline would be a good idea.

And I think it should reflect the fact that there is a lot more to life than being a parent.

And everyone has/had parents whether they love them, loathe them. see them, don't see them.

I actually think it's brilliant that something started out with a couple of mothers looking to make contact with others and find good deals for holidays, developed into the influential force that it now is.

I'm going to suggest that they have a competition for a new strapline!

I'll admit it... I'm almost 33, have no children or any intention of ever having children... but I'm hooked on AIBU.

Why did you post in this section OP since you’re here for ‘mum’ talk?(Which, incidentally, is the most fucking boring bit of the whole, huge, millions of users site)
I’m childfree and simply read the thousands of interesting topics that aren’t about people’s kids.

I didn't head here as a parent, but as a teacher. I've posted very little about my own child, and never asked for advice about childrearing.

Agree with Evenbetter , the mum stuff is boring to me.

Maybe the strapline should be "The site where you can swear like a cunty thing" Or something similar.