Can we have an unpopular opinions thread?

[AlwaysFuckingTired94]

For things that are agreed as gospel on MN

I'll start: I like dressing my kids in matching outfits and I really enjoy a Butlins holiday

I also don't think Nevaeh is that bad

Yes, I love giving cash gifts, I’m a lazy git. Also yy to evening invites or no invite at all suits me. No one is doing you a favour inviting you to a wedding.
I do outsource my ironing, see above, I’m a lazy git.

Baby showers can be really fun. As can weddings (especially child free ones). And so can a big family Christmas.

If someone asks you to do something fairly normal like help out at the school fete, and you just give them a flat no, it's incredibly rude.

It's ok to want a natural birth, you don't have to want a planned "lovely calm c section".

Having two glasses of wine in one night is not 'a drink problem'.

Evening wedding invites are fine. Better than the bloody sandwich 'come to the ceremony, then bugger off for the bit that's costing us a lot, then come back for the evening' invite. Everyone knows where they stand with an evening invite.

I've been in mixed sex loos and changing rooms and they were entirely fine

Pigs will fly before I hoover every day

Also, as a PP said, birthdays are NOT just for children- it's one day a year to celebrate yourself, there's is nothing wrong with that and actually plenty right!!

This is my favourite thread ever

Food before 1 is not just for fun.

Waiting until children are 4 to potty train them because that’s when they’re ‘ready’ is weird.

Keeping your baby in the same room as you for ALL sleeps for 6 months is completely unrealistic and impractical - no one I have ever met has done this

Not every naughty child has autism.

I like Yanks.

flyinghigh1 you've gone too far now.

That fuck off to the far side of fuck phrase is not funny or clever. You sound like a twat.

I don't shower or bath daily in the winter and that is fine.

A contrast on the drinking theme - it's really not normal to drink the best part of a bottle of wine a night, and the culture of 'nights out' which are actually about nothing but getting drunk is horrible.

Oh I see FourOfTwo

I agree with you that being skinny is not an achievement. Being fat is not a moral failing either. I've been looking into intuitive
eating lately and it seems so freeing and I'm definitely going to give it a go. If I put on weight I don't give a shit!

Children are more likely to have stable lives if their parents are married.

Women are better protected if they are married.

A caesarian is a totally justified choice if that's what the woman wants and there is increading evidence around anal incontinence and tearing.

Breastfeeding is not the holy grail if it makes the mother happy.

Faith is good.

The majority voted for brexit and to deny it denies democracy.

It is selfish to divorce a perfectly lovely man who adores you because you are a bit bored.
Newsflash all relationships are boring and require hard work at times.

Childcare is purely for the benefit of parents.

For the majority it's way too easy to have a child. It should be very difficult.

Not all 'influencers' are grabby layabouts, some are quite interesting.

You do know the mumsnet vipers will descend any minute to recommend you exile yourselves to nethuns?

Joules breton tops do not make you middle class.

Having separate bank accounts is fine

Children living with their Dad doesn't mean the Mum was/is shit

Another one for not getting the whole gripe around a couple asking for cash instead of a gift.

Honestly I'd rather be saved the trip to buy some tat they'll never use and just stick some money in a card.

Let's be honest, most people will bring a gift to a wedding, if the couple would get more use out of the cash then thats great.

The T does not belong in LGBT..
Also yes to Tom Hardy. Ergh.

Fed is minimum, breast is best.

Child free weddings are awesome

Grey walls look awful (most of the time)

If your child (regardless of being autistic et al) is ruining other people's fun take them home

I find these threads odd (there was a similar one only recently). People sneering about users of a site that they themselves use. And it is sneering, most of it, a bit chippy and and certainly often insecure, but sneering. and I rarely recognise those they sneer at. If you feel out of place here, that it is a site the culture of which you dislike (not sure there is such a thing here though), there are alternatives.

Children are a privilage IF you can afford it, not a right. Just like with sports cars, posh holidays etc, if you can't afford it on your earnings, don't have one/another one. CB should be a last resort temporary benefit for those caught out by job loss etc, not something everyone who pops one out should get and used as a necessary part of the budget.

IVF should never be given on the NHS, spend the money on saving/improving exisiting lives, not gambling on creating a new one.

Babies should not have their ears pierced. No child should have their ears pierced until they can make their own decision - 16 IMO.

Headbands/bows on babies look ridiculous and cannot be comfortable.

And yes to tattoos, they are awful, and you are judged.

Dogs should be on a lead at all times. It is never a child's fault if the dog bites/scares them.