To ask about the weird things you only learned from MN?

[Blanchedupetitpois]

It seems like in MN world there are all kinds of rules that I swear I’ve never seen expressed or followed in real life. What have you been most surprised by? I’ll start:

1. Adults don’t celebrate birthdays, and if you expect any recognition of yours, you’re being childish.

1. Halloween is exclusively an American import with no history in this country, and celebrating it is therefore tacky and meaningless.

1. Trick or treating is glorified begging.

1. Absolutely nobody other than you or your DP is remotely interested in your pregnancy, and even telling another person that you’re pregnant is akin to riding a donkey down the high street while calling for palm fronds to be laid at your feet in recognition of the impending miracle of your unborn child.

Expectation that you can leave the workplace for 20 years and then magically earn 50k+ from home by match betting and copyrighting

People the same height as me and twice the weight are at least one dress size less than me

The word 'utterly' is used outside of a Jilly Cooper novel.

I also learned about Boden, Joules, White Stuff, Mint Velvet and Fatface. Never heard of them till MN.

Child Maintenance Service will help you. No they won't.

Children who can't be taken on journeys longer than 20 mins, be required to wall, or generally be relatively well behaved at a wedding.

People over 60 are just plain old and dont know anything at all .. (especially anything about child rearing). They are also selfish because they wont look after the DGCs three times a week, (even if they have a job) They also have all the houses, are racist, cost the NHS too much, and voted for Brexit

MILs always love their DDs family more than their DS one ( and hate their DILs)

If you give your DGC a biscuit or a drink of squash or an ice cream that is serious child abuse.

My gran's cat was called Sootikins 😱

What is sootinikins? Desperate to google it now

lastqueenofscotland please don't. i just have

When a woman who has a husband and uses the title Mrs. gets a letter addressed to Mrs.X and referring to her husband, she should be surprised and possibly offended.

Agree with so many of these;

Not having any visitors after the baby is born for about 2 months!

If your dh swears at you even once he is abusive and you must Ltb and leaving is really easy apparently.

Adults who play computer games. I don't know any adults irl who do. Im clearly old.

treaclesoda I have a "birthday month" according to my husband 😂😁🤣

Lots of different celebrations with different groups of friends spread over a few weeks.

Please just give me an outline of what it is...

I just googled it. Wish I hadn't.

That people don't like talking to people in public places like buses or outside school gates. Or people don't like their babies being touched by any one

In laws are always the devil incarnate (everyone seems to forget mil managed to raise somebody you loved enough to marry)
Love this, thanks Sweeney

That you are a lazy arse of a slattern if you dont do a clean of your skirting boards once a week (maybe a month)
Its apparently so easy to LTB.
That theres such thing as an open bar at a wedding.
That working at least 2 hours unpaid overtime is absolutely ok if you 'love your job'

You can't be nervous or anxious about anything without HAVING anxiety.

Mnetters either have dc with Sen or genius dc. Nothing in between.

Anything under an £80k salary is deemed low despite the majority of jobs paying less than this. Especially in London where I can only assume cleaners are paid £100k or less and live on the streets.

Spiders rub their willies on your washing of you hang it outdoors.

@lastqueenofscotland, its gross and to do with a ladies nether regions

I've loved Giovanni from day one and wanted him to win when he was dancing with Georgia, they were great together. Thought he might have had a chance with Debbie. As much as I'm "meh" about Faye, I would love them to win just for him.

Wrong thread!!

Any debt is the work of the devil and you should take in ironing, get a night job and eat lentils amd forrage until its gone.

Husbands with a hobby that it outing. This hobby takes up several evenings a week and all day Saturday or Sunday.
I don't know anyone who does this.

I’ve learned that when someone says ‘don’t google it’ you really shouldn’t google it

Grandparents have no obligation to love or even like grandchildren, and if you expect this you're deluded.

Children must have 5 meals a day plus 45 snacks of homemade smoothie and NEVER juice and not fruit because sugar. If anyone even thinks about giving their child a Haribo or skipping lunch then they deserve to die a brutal death

The Halloween thing has been something since I was little (in my 40s now). My parents never allowed me to trick or treat because it's practically begging (and no one we knew did Halloween anyway). I similarly don't let my children trick or treat.