AIBU to be upset about a facebook group

[Scienceawarenaturalparent]

AIBU staying in a facebook group?

I have had a quick name change!

I'm a member of a large facebook group for natural parents who are also science aware. This group has been a fantastic resource and support network but its all gone wrong. The people running the page all have their own issues and are ganging up on other members for what seems like no reason.

I have thought long and hard about leaving the group because it seems like playground bullying but i just cant seem to do it.

They are great when you need your hand holding and will help you with any problem you could think of. They have a fantastic support network of Nutella addicts and people with difficulties like ADHD and depression I'm not sure there there is a better community.

BUT posting in it can be like stepping onto a nest of vipers. People having mental health problems can be kicked out for no good reason OR supported with people being sent round to check on them or taxis being called and paid for by the group when fleeing a husband. It just depends if you are in with the right crowd or not.

There are many LGBTQ members and there are a lot who are in relationships or who have experimented with eachother and this is causing tension on the group.

I cant seem to leave but i can't seem to stay and I don't even know these people in real life.

@Timeisslippingaway I think the OP is a goner.

Caitlyn's on a roll (wholegrain I hasten to add).

I'm feeling her aura as I type.

How in the shit does one join the cult then if the FB group is secret and the members aren't all IRL acquaintances? It isn't really a swinging thing is it? Because I'm always interested in a sciencey chat group but less interested in swinging and ritual sacrifice.

@MadeleineMaxwell what do you think of the pedestrianisation of Norwich city centre?

You cannot join this cult. One has to be invited...
Only the enlightened can be further enlightened.

Blimey - it's like a parallel universe ... l really hope the Daily Fail pick this up, it's surreal!
I don't know about Nutella but Battenburg is weird and wrong on so many levels.

Used to be a public group. Then it all kicked off and it went secret. Now it’s invite only. Primarily because as said elsewhere over sharing and dodgy behaviour. It’s toxic.

@poddige it is symbolic of the immortality of the soul.

Am I on glue? What the fuck is going on?

If your seat is sticky, you might be on glue, otherwise, you've merely entered the twilight zone

Used to be a public group. Then it all kicked off and it went secret. Now it’s invite only. Primarily because as said elsewhere over sharing and dodgy behaviour. It’s toxic.

Ah. So it is a swinging group now then? One with fiercely protective members who've flocked to mumsnet to tar and feather the traitor?

I'm in stitches at the thought of Nutella addiction being a thing

We're the only species that drinks G&T too

I refute that. There’s several species living in my house and the gin bottle is empty...

hic

The P in SANP is actually a T and an A run together

@poddige I'm dead against it. Traders need access to Dixons!

Where did the red squirrel come from? Though today I nearly hit a rabbit (or a hare how do you tell the difference?) It ran in front of me as I was doing 50 odd then dithered about before running into a field.

I'm sure there is a moral somewhere in there.

Well now I can’t join the cult (even though I have Nutella!!) I will just sit back and watch this rather bizarre thread unfold, while eating my giant bag of cheese puffs.

Where did the red squirrel come from?

The significant owl hoots in the night.

Ooooooh sounds just like CBM back in the day, right down to the weird sexual relationships between members. Good times.

OP's not coming back.

She's face down in a jar of nutella.

Snitches get PALM OIL.

I think I can get my tongue all the way to the bottom of a Nutella jar.
Trouble is, I sneezed and not have it all over my face.

< awaits a private invite from the High Priestess Nutty Ella >

I think this thread is one of the most bizarre things I have ever read. I very much doubt it will still be here in the morning but it's been entertaining.