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You have to: Have big house in the country
Work, both of you, all the hours you can to afford this.
Drive everywhere
Get a cleaner

If you have e.g. a flat, in the town, that is not a 'proper home'
If you don't work all the hours you can, you are lazy
Ditto for driving.

Never, ever drink any alcohol.

If someone has a glass of wine in your presence give them a

If someone has 2 glasses of wine, turn your mouth into a cat's bum shape with disapproval.

Dropping by to see someone unannounced without at least a month's notice is massively overstepping a boundary and totally unacceptable.

Virtue signalling It used to be called hand-wringing liberal, PC or worthy I think but it’s on another level because you’re not only saying the right thing but it’s for self promotion. More so on FB/Insta because here is anon

If you care about how you look when doing a day to day task like a school run you are just sad and clearly you need to get a life.

Pretend like you're not massively jealous of anyone in their 30s who still goes out and parties occasionally by suggesting they just need to grow up and that there's nothing more rewarding than a lifestyle that involves running children to after-school harp lessons/lacrosse training.

Dropping by to see someone unannounced without at least a month's notice is massively overstepping a boundary and totally unacceptable

Seems leaving them outside in the cold by not answering the door however is entirely acceptable

Good grief. We are all different. Fight your corner on here or don't come on the site. Different strokes for different folks - you presumably come on here for peoples opinions, many of which you wont agree with! As an example, my dog and various cats sleep on my bed with me, not everyones cup of tea - couldnt give a shit what others think (and wouldnt ask!) I love the variety of comments on here - many of which I really dont agree with, but it makes for an interesting discussion! Love to you all

If you post an issue you want advice on, beware of sounding balanced and reasonable. You're clearly not telling the whole story. Or you're deluded

@Thatsnotmyotter

Oh dear, you just outed MN as an utterly transphobic space. HQ will be after you to shut you down/tell us all why that's ok really.

Ha, yes! Also you must never do anything for your MIL like buy her a birthday present or write her a card. It's your husband's responsibility you doormat.

Unless you grew the wheat yourself, ground it between rocks in your garden, then made the pasta by hand with eggs from your chickens, it doesn't qualify as 'home made'. In fact, it's practically junk food.

You must not make a big deal out of birthdays or Christmas or any other occasion. We're adults, don't ya know.

The explanation of any dislike is that it's American

Nobody cares about your unborn baby- even your family. Keep any excitement when announcing a pregnancy to a minimum.
‘We’re having a baby’ in a monotonous voice should do and expect no reaction at all because, to reiterate, only the parents of the baby are excited

Come on any LH post and do cats bum disapproval about it and instruct people to live and let live like they do because they are so much better than everyone else.

You must get married with a budget of 99p and no matter what the circumstances, you can never give anyone a gift that’s not a “nice photo frame” or “nice bottle of something”.

If your dd wears anything pink or sparkly you have ruined her for all eternity and condemned her to a life of servitude to the patriarch.

If your son doesn’t wear something pink and sparkly you are a disgusting beast who buys into gendered shit and should be hanged.

Girls can ONLY wear things with diggers and dinosaurs on.

Everyone knows all women have exactly the same experience. If someone posts about an experience you haven't had, accuse them of making it all up.

Why on earth am I still renting after five years?!! Why not just buy a house?!!

I can't use a dishwasher to reduce my housework load btw-I can't afford one and my kitchen is too small anyway!

I can't get a cleaner!

I only have one (shock horror!) toilet despite us being a family of four and it's a downstairs one!!

I think some people have genuinely absolutely no idea what it's like to not be well-off financially.

If you use social media you are childish (but of course this will be phrased "are you 12?!")

So many things 'Don't work for you'. Even given a head tilt and a tinkly laugh. . . .

Never lose an opportunity of undermining another woman with a bit of competitive one-upmanship, especially on subjects like cleanliness.

If someone posts on Facebook that they want to slit your throat and skin your whole family alive it’s your fault because Facebook.

If you dare to let anyone see a photo of your offspring ever, you are the child catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

You must get married with a budget of 99p
And with that 99p you must provide a three course meal, appetizers, back up food for the fussy eaters and beige food for the hundreds of kids you must invite alongside the digs cats and hamsters or entire families wont show up out of principle

Yes and when invited somewhere that isn't totally catered towards you and your complex needs saying "no" to your friends and family without any further explanation is totally fine and socially acceptable.