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being a mumsnet member with no children

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twosugarspls · 07/02/2018 22:08

.. 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 pointHmm

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WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 17/02/2021 02:21

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.

I agree with this. A majority-female discussion forum that's about all of life and not just doilies, pretty flowers and handbags is very rare - and as such is a very valuable way of having a laugh and wasting time instead of getting on with what you should be doing resource.

In the same way you might label a box 'rusty old used mudguards for scrap' rather than 'priceless jewellery', in order to better protect the priceless jewellery contained therein from thieves even though some kind of safe would be far better still, being called Mumsnet tends to make the arrogant, God's-gift sort of blokes self-exclude and give it a wide berth, rather than be subject to all of that 'mummy rubbish' about nappy brands and sleep training that they expect it must be full of.

A few pervs slip through on occasion, but are well roasted and rumbled, before being swiftly deleted and banned. Otherwise, we're left with mostly women and a few of the more 'thinking' kind of men - some parents, some hoping to be parents, some neither. It's all good, really.

gutful · 17/02/2021 02:23

Am childfree

It's evolved from being "just for parents"

It's a forum for women to talk about women-related topics

It's not a closed forum for parents only

I enjoy the relationships / AIBU / feminist boards :)

gutful · 17/02/2021 02:24

Also because am childfree it's handy to read things from "mum/female" point of view - I guess my brain must work a bit differently to the average woman who has a "biological clock" and reading things from the average woman's perspective allows me to be involved in discussions with other females around me & be able to engage with them on their level.

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 17/02/2021 02:26

It's hardly a unique situation: there's also another very popular online forum for which, contrary to what its name strongly suggests, you neither have to have fingers (presumably you use voice recognition software) nor be employed/involved/interested-from-the-sidelines in espionage or double-agency of any variety Grin

Tuesday2021 · 17/02/2021 02:31

I’m glad to hear all are welcome. I think a conversation isn’t worth having without all sides being heard so glad to hear it

BritWifeinUSA · 17/02/2021 02:51

We are childless (not by choice). We have 19 nieces and nephews. Where else should I look for ideas on what to do with them when they visit during school holidays, ideas for activities, etc if not from a parenting site? I certainly can’t use my own experience of parenting because it’s zero.

gutful · 17/02/2021 03:00

Also being child free in a weird warped way we often like to lurk parent boards because in all honesty life as a parent is unappealing to us & is an insight into the drudgery If parenthood which many of us only escaped by chance. We read threads & think “am so glad that’s not my life - fuck that could have been my life had I not considered that kids aren’t for me! See I was right! That situation sounds awful.” It fills you with excitement & joy that you dodged this bullet.

It’s incredibly common for us childfree to be on here for the “schadenfraude” as it’s called.

TirisfalPumpkin · 17/02/2021 06:44

Joined when TTC. Circumstances changed and I didn’t end up having children. I like it here. Won’t be weighing in on baby management threads but it’s a pretty unique online space; there aren’t many that are really majority female.

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