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.

I love Nutella please add me to the secret cult.

IT'S NOT A CULT FFS

It totally is

Talk like that could get us removed at any mome...

Message Intercepted

"Is this the one? Wonder if they'll let me join?"

There is no link in your post, They clearly suppressed it. Their reach is everywhere.

I used to be a member back when it first started, it was a refreshing change to HEMP et al. However the vociferous few and a couple of admin got right on my tits so I left.

back in the day I was a member of a parenting forum with a similar sounding dynamic (apart from the dodgy mods). I met a few fabulous lifelong friends through it, and kept very far away from the shenanigans. If you've got to the point of posting on MN slagging it all off, it's time to step away, as it's not fun anymore.

The group used to be a really great space for people who were into attachment parenting, breastfeeding, slings, cloth nappies . but were also pro-vaccines and pro modern medicine

It went down hill, and become almost like a high school popularity contest. With less popular members being attacked and jumped on for asking the simplest of questions. Meanwhile the popular members, or those who were in with the admins (sometimes literally in with,as in body parts being inserted into other body parts in with) could play out their bullshit dramas all over the board and manipulate people into collecting money for them- one member in particular has probably been given thousand of pounds over the years.

Anything else the lucky remainers in SANP can share with us?

This is amazing.You've posted about what sounds like a grade A cult, and by page two you have numerous cult members members on here defending it. RUUUUUN OP

genuine run, run far away OP!
Now wanting to know what the group FB cult is as it sounds like it puts the Neighbourhood Watch type town group gossip that mine is to shame lol

Haha op. You're a sweetheart aren't you.

it's just a Facebook group. Just a bunch of people who ask advice and some know each other irl

Oh and also donated money and food to vulnerable members to stop them and their children starving. Disgusting behaviour!

strike out fail

Strangely, this cult is becoming more and more compelling...
I'm feeling drawn to it.

But as Groucho Marx once said (paraphrased) 'I'd not want to be any part of a cult that would have me as a member!'

Rumours that the supreme leader sleeps with the new recruits are completely unfounded.

The Great Natural Science-Based Yogi has very good lawyers on all-natural science-based speed-dial.

join some Scandi kids clothes groups, you can while away many hours watching grown adults get over dramatic about brightly coloured kids clothes

I'm in. Where do I sign?

Or should that be 'Science-aware Yoni'.

I'm not sure.

SANP is an anagram of PANS, NAPS, SPAN, and SNAP.

Coincidence? I don't think so.

I know what it's like being addicted to a group, but if you're not getting anything out of it and it is causing you stress, leave it.

Random internet people are not worth the hassle!

I really, really love the YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID BARBARA posts.

I've heard one of the admins lives exclusively on the blood of goats

Nothing untoward here

The cat don't look happy

I've heard they did a crowd fund for organic sex toys

Personally I love that group, if you don't then leave, why stay somewhere you don't want to be?

YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID BARBARA