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To wonder if many of you have ver known more than one man

100 replies

IgamOgamJones · 16/07/2018 22:06

as above...
Some replies I read here are so disgustingly anti-woman I fucking despair of womankind and society as a whole.

OP posts:
wellBeehivedWoman · 16/07/2018 22:16

OK
If a woman posts on here that she is in a shitty situation, the usual responses go along the lines of...
it's your fault
I don't see a problem
YABU even though you are being abused
YABU even though your DH is being a dick
YABU to believe you should be treated with respect
YABU to believe you would get support here

That is some kind of bullshit. MN has some serious issues but time and time again I have seen threads where women receive pure validation and support and reassurance that abuse is not normal and that she can leave. I've never even once seen a woman discuss abuse and be told she has to accept it.

Sparklingbrook · 16/07/2018 22:16

I haven't seen that at all. It's usually all 'LTB'.

Shortstuff08 · 16/07/2018 22:16

Honestly I see it as the total opposite.

Royallypissedoff1 · 16/07/2018 22:16

I still don't get your 'explanation'

IgamOgamJones · 16/07/2018 22:17

For example
'I've been seeing a man but the one time I have time off he says you have to catch the bloody bus for 3 hours blah blah blah" responses = you should've got 4 buses, aww poor man having to drive his car 20 mins, aww. You're not a good girlfriend you should've got the bus then sucked his cock then made dinner then got some more buses home otherwise it's not equal" FFS women, think! So...have you only ever known your DHs [who are wonderful] and never experienced all those bloody pricks also called men??

OP posts:
9amTrain · 16/07/2018 22:18

OP, you're full of shit.

Almost everyone here almost always sides with the women when a man is on the other end of things.

LTB, does he have any good points etc comes to mind.

Shortstuff08 · 16/07/2018 22:18

I am going to guess you are paraphrasing.

Rather than linking the actual thread.

FASH84 · 16/07/2018 22:19

OP are you a man, or hallucinating? This is the very opposite of what I often see on MN, to the extent some men are not even allowed to have female friends or contact with female colleagues.

Sparklingbrook · 16/07/2018 22:19

I am not getting this at all.

DioneTheDiabolist · 16/07/2018 22:19

Did you just make that up OP or is this a TAAveryspecificT?

Prestonsflowers · 16/07/2018 22:19

I would guess that the OP recently posted in AIBU and didn’t like the answers given.
Because nobody agreed with her post and she was given a resounding Yes, YABU.
She’s not happy

Royallypissedoff1 · 16/07/2018 22:20

I am SO confused by all the OP's posts Confused

Doyoumind · 16/07/2018 22:21

No idea what you are talking about OP. What you describe is not MN. I suspect you are well aware of that though.

Royallypissedoff1 · 16/07/2018 22:21

I reckon this is a mumsnetter's bitter husband 😂

DioneTheDiabolist · 16/07/2018 22:21

More importantly: what's the deal with only knowing one man bit of your post? Confused

EdWinchester · 16/07/2018 22:21

You what?

MN is usually the exact opposite of what you describe.

Oldaintallthat · 16/07/2018 22:21

Example OP?

wellBeehivedWoman · 16/07/2018 22:21

Actually I did read that thread and while OP is both paraphrasing and hugely exaggerating, that was sort of the gist (though not from me! I was on OP's side).

BUT - I do think that is quite rare compared to the vast majority of very supportive threads. And I also think that the behaviour described in that thread wasn't abusive - it was about an inconsiderate bloke, not an abusive one.

Highlights12 · 16/07/2018 22:22
Hmm
ProbablyABitOdd · 16/07/2018 22:23

Have you posted this on the wrong website op? Threads like that never happen. Any chance you could link, or at least give us the name of the thread?

Fluffywuffyunicorn · 16/07/2018 22:23

Eh? Confused

SneakyGremlins · 16/07/2018 22:24

I know the thread OP is on about. OP didn't drive (I think) and was annoyed her man asked her to come to him as he drove to meet her 99% of the time. If I have the right thread.

kissthealderman · 16/07/2018 22:24

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Message withdrawn at poster's request.

IgamOgamJones · 16/07/2018 22:24

I've been reading threads on AIBU about prostitution, abusive partners, women asking for advice and reassurance and in response I have seen very little support or empathy. I find it hideous and disappointing that mumsnet members are not supportive of one another.

OP posts:
JacquesHammer · 16/07/2018 22:24

Actually I did read that thread and while OP is both paraphrasing and hugely exaggerating, that was sort of the gist (though not from me! I was on OP's side)

I read the thread too and to be fair the OP’s original post, which many people replied to, had little resemblance to the further info she gave in later posts.

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