AIBU to wonder why people without kids are on mumsnet?

[Workingmummyguilt]

Just that really, noticed recently lots of posts from people where poster says they don’t have kids/don’t want kids/ no plans to have kids etc and just wondering why, then, they are on the forum in the first place. Not saying they shouldn’t be , hey whatever floats your boat and wouldn’t tell anyone what they can/can’t do , just I don’t really understand why you’d want to be ...

I think a lot of people don’t really realise exactly how special MN really is: a community of intelligent, challenging, well spoken, clever (in the sense of funny as well as smart) women discussing any and all issues of the day and supporting one another through lots of different shite (perhaps with the exception of AIBU )

IME there is nowhere else like it, certainly not here in Canada.

My grandad was online shopping for a new bowl and a mumsnet link came up...

YABU. Despite the name of the forum the vast majority of boards/threads are actually NOTHING to do with parents of kids.

@Bamchic
Heartfelt condolences to you

@lboogy Why would you go to Instagram or YouTube to ask a question about work or relationships?

Lots of people do that. They do it on twitter too. There are also other forums. I belong to a gossip site and a hair and beauty site. I've posted there about various issues. A site where the target audience is in the name wouldn't attract me if I wasn't the target audience

I joined to chat on conception boards when trying to conceive. Realised how many different subjects were open to all and moved along to the pregnancy boards when I fell pregnant. I started interacting on all sorts of subjects. Miscarriage boards were a huge comfort to me after that and although we’re still trying I now tend to stay away from conception and enjoy chatting and reading about all sorts of different topics.

I found mumsnet through googling something and one of the topics came up and then actually thought the boards were interesting. But no I'm not a mum but I don't go on the parenting boards advising people how to parent. Plenty of men on here too..... think the forums have gone beyond the mumsnet tag.

Oh FFS this.

OP I am sorry that I dare to be here when I’m not in your special mummy club. At least I can use the search function though eh?

Please do point me in the direction of all the other fora where I can discuss yoga, tattoos, environmental issues, fashion etc etc etc with a mainly female, UK membership.

I have no children, not by choice, but have lots of nieces/nephews/their children and am a Godmother also.

I find it invaluable to know what issues children and their parents face these days so that I can be a constant source of support and love without asking too many questions.

Because coming onto AIBU to read stupid threads like this is my guilty pleasure.

The litter tray.

To laugh my tits off at the gullible fools who fall for the trolling threads that make up 90% of the site.

Yes. Because it’s not just about being a Mum, it’s about finding a group of women who can give you a hand up or a heads up. Or giving you a grip or a head wobble.

'Cause I can read about parking CF even without having an offspring.

Plenty of other varied forums out there on other things without the mum tag
The only one that gets as much traffic as MN is Reddit. That's not an awful lot of choice.

I don't have children but have had 2 mc and I'm still actively ttc. Not many other forums out there to get support for that tbh. So I shouldn't be on mn. 🤔 As others have said there are so many different topics and mn comes up in so many search engines.

I'm a f/t carer and child free and I signed up for the brexit threads.

There's a march soon btw and you should all go because I probably can't and I am sulking about it because I don't feel as if I'm doing my bit. Mumsnet is great because I do get to feel as if I'm involved, posters have helped me and i hope I've helped them along the way to.

Just check out all the topics that have nothing to do with children.

Mumsnet threads appear a lot during Google searches and people join in.

I'm also not a mum and I won't ever get to be, its one of the reasons I don't post. I started reading through a relationship thread when my partner of 7 years got engaged to the OW and it was comforting to know that there were others in the same boat. Now I'm just addicted to the AIBU posts and I haven't found another site that has so many different active topics.

Because we fucking want to

For the record I never said non mums shouldn’t be on here at all - quite the opposite - God why do people have to be so hateful

Thanks to those who replied nicely, it was genuinely interesting to hear your reasons for being on here

You think this is hateful?

Maybe this isn't the forum for you then!

Maybe not @cameliacamelia. Can’t really be doing with women putting each other down , we have enough to deal with in this world without being needlessly horrible to each other