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AIBU?

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AIBU to be upset about a facebook group

637 replies

Scienceawarenaturalparent · 13/06/2018 18:54

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.

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OkMaybeNot · 13/06/2018 23:23

How had no one mentioned the live hair threads??

I'm obviously a member, but pretend I'm not. For funzies.

Cacti · 13/06/2018 23:24

I don't quite know what to make of this thread but it's amusing me! Grin I want to see this group but alas, I can't find it.

Mind you, @CaitlinsCat is spinning me right out!

OP, I hope you're still alive! You sure opened Pandora's box here 😂

TornFromTheInside · 13/06/2018 23:24

I'm not saying you should join it for the purposes of this thread, but I'm also not not saying that. Ya get me.

I saw what you did there. You didn't say what you meant to say, which reveals all. Thanks for the secret invite!
I'll nod you a wink at the 4th day of the red moon to confirm the above.

Atthebottomofthesea · 13/06/2018 23:24

April no one knows.

Though it may be possible that only those in the circle know, everyone else has no need to know because they are not in the circle.

TornFromTheInside · 13/06/2018 23:26

Live hair thread?

CaitlynsCat · 13/06/2018 23:26

Some people say that children can't be vegan, because children come from eggs, and eggs are not vegan, no matter what anyone might tell you.

However, as you are not eating your children (and no, placenta is not vegan either, just because it is a byproduct doesn't mean it's ok to eat it), this doesn't present a serious ethical difficulty.

Most parents start feeding their children on carrot sticks and other vegetables, so ALL babies are vegan (note that breastmilk is vegan IF the mother is also vegan, but cows' milk can never be vegan because of the pus mixed in, even though cows themselves feed only on wheatgrass).

There is nothing natural about going on from carrot sticks to meat products. Instead we introduce our children to (non-GMO) seitan. A child who loves seitan will never go on to kill or murder animals and/or humans

Littleredboat · 13/06/2018 23:26

DENTINOX.

LeahJack · 13/06/2018 23:26

I want to know what the OP did to a vulnerable person. Did she take their Nutella?

PlatypusPie · 13/06/2018 23:27

I have just been down that rabbit hole - serves me right :/

Littleredboat · 13/06/2018 23:27

I really wanna join the crazy FB party.

Who can get me in?
I have live hair and EVERYTHING.

TornFromTheInside · 13/06/2018 23:27

The circle remains very secretive, so much so, it's a square, which allows it to remain anonymous.

TornFromTheInside · 13/06/2018 23:27

I feel a Dan Brown novel in the making here

KitchenDancefloor · 13/06/2018 23:28

I'm reading words but smelling colours.

This thread is twisting my (non-GM) melons (wo)man.

TornFromTheInside · 13/06/2018 23:28

DENTINOX?

Is that like when I drop my false teeth with a bang?

TornFromTheInside · 13/06/2018 23:29

I'm smellin' summat - but it ain't colours!

Littleredboat · 13/06/2018 23:29

It’s very like that, is DENTINOX.

Littleredboat · 13/06/2018 23:29

You have to say it in capitals though.

ZibbidooZibbidooZibbidoo · 13/06/2018 23:29

Wow!! This thread is a gift! Grin

I’m really pissed I can’t join the sex group because I’ve never eat Nutella Sad

Also, WHAT THE FUCK DID BARBARA DO?

OkMaybeNot · 13/06/2018 23:30

Is cradle cap vegan?

TornFromTheInside · 13/06/2018 23:31

There is nothing natural about going on from carrot sticks to meat products

Except with it's on a kebab stick and happens to be side by side with it.

WatcherintheRye · 13/06/2018 23:31

How do you respond to your vegan child when they tell you they've "cheated"?
Anyone else dealt with similar hurdles?

Well, I've been a vegetarian most of my life, but I decided that I wouldn't foist my beliefs on my children. I would let them come to a considered decision when they were old enough, and just set them an example by remaining true to myself. As a result I now have 3 dc who are totally committed carnivores Grin C'est la vie! (But they do love Nutella).

IDontBowlOnShabbos · 13/06/2018 23:32

I thought DENTINOX was when you hit a bovine with a car?

Emmageddon · 13/06/2018 23:32

I really fancy Nutella on toast now with a glass of milk to wash it down

MissusGeneHunt · 13/06/2018 23:32

Bugger me with a fish fork. I turn my head away for a couple of hours and this whole thread's turned positively freaky... Did I take the wrong meds tonight? Can I see Quentin Tarantino over there cos I swear I'm suddenly in Dusk til fecking Dawn.... I'm off to make myself a tin foil hat..... (and I can't get on the FB group(ie) page to see it, dammit, Janet).....

MissusGeneHunt · 13/06/2018 23:33

Mmmmmmm...... Milk ....
🐮🐮

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