Advice or subjects that you should never ask on MN

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Do you ever feel like you have lived your entire life in an oblivious bubble after reading about 80% of responses on this site?
I mean, on common everyday things such as playing music in your own home or garden, or owning a jacuzzi or trampoline or worst of all smoking in your own garden?
Maybe it's because I'm super chilled or an oblivious arsehole (unlikely because I'm terrified of confrontation) but I had no idea how many things were widely considered anti social.
Disclaimer :This is not a moan from me as I only live in a flat so I won't be buying a bouncy castle any time soon. Also, thanks to AIBU, I have given up smoking as I had no idea that my cigarette smoke might be bothering my upstairs neighbours whilst I smoked on my balcony 😳.
So has anyone else been left with a '' christ, no wonder people hate me'' light bulb moment?

It's the utter bollocks you read that gets me . I remember one - a smoke one - where everyone sagely agreed that standing outside caused smoke to be drawn in the air brick and up through your neighbours floor boards.

There are no words.

Everyone wants to report every one or call 101 or 111 or 'confront my neighbour'. Fuck sakes. You'd hate to live any where near these curtain twitchers.

I occasionally cba to put my shopping trolley back when it’s raining

They need to make more trolley parks

It keeps their trolley person in a job

Win win

MN can be very judgy about lots of things, but tbh I don't think there's anything that surprising about people in their homes or gardens not liking being subjected to other people's smoke or music!

The shoes on/shoes off threads are always ludicrously incendiary. It’s a subject best avoided unless you want your eyelashes singed by the white-hot hysteria that ensues if there’s there merest hint of a suggestion that shoe sole meeting carpet is unlikely to result in instantaneous death.

Also the whole bedding/towel washing thing. Unless you wash them every day you are some kind of sluttern. I can go weeks

Yes OP, my list of reasons why I dont get on with the three witches next door has become clear there are now subjects I would never ever bring up in RL with anyone, ever...

Breastfeeding, give your baby toast if you like, I have nothing to say.

Smoking, you have a choice about everything, except this.

Vaccination.

Brexit.

You should never moan about a pain in the arse step child in mumsnet. You immediately become the devil incarnate.

Loo brushes. DO NOT GO THERE

Penguin bollards DO GO THERE

Never, ever ask if a golliwog is an acceptable doll. It's not. It's racist. Just because your granny had one, doesn't make it any better.

Er teacher threads get a lot of interesting responses, as do NHS ones!

I find MN like a reverse barometer for life.

If MN gives it the thumbs up I know its completely bonkers and no one I've ever met in real life would ever do/say/think it.

If it's broadly disapproved of, I'm sorted and will adopt it straight away for life.

The smoking threads...

Hate to be that guy, sorry, but the trolley thing does bug me. Loose trolleys get in the way, it's very inconsiderate to others and potentially hazardous to cars. And it's just so lazy! Also, some shops don't have a dedicated trolley person, you're just giving the site staff more stuff to do. In the rain.

In response to OP, I have learned that my neighbours must be the most dreadful sort- they have fake grass and an inflatable hot tub.
I have also learned that water from a sink is not as clean as water from a shower.

Oh and ones about how much alcohol 🍷 you drink...

Never, ever admit to being an OW.

Esto

*I find MN like a reverse barometer for life.

If MN gives it the thumbs up I know its completely bonkers and no one I've ever met in real life would ever do/say/think it.

If it's broadly disapproved of, I'm sorted and will adopt it straight away for life.*

Wait what’s that about penguin bollards @NetballHoop? Been around a while but that’s passed me by.

On mumsnet: Expecting people to acknowledge your pregnancy in any way is v self-absorbed and stupid. Yes even if they’re family and even if you only mean saying ‘congratulations’ then moving on.

In real life obviously it’s weird!

Which is weird isn’t it @EffiBriest because even as far as my maths goes there must be a fair number of them on here.

You're right. I find the neighbors ones ridiculous most of the time. Any noise from children playing to the sound of someone's kitchen radio to gardening to next door enjoying an evening meal outside are all noise complaints ready to happen based on some MN right to peaceful (aka silent) enjoyment of your garden.

Nobody owns a tv

@Esto, 100%

Ear piercing....

the 'am i pregnant ' ones......why would a bunch of random strangers know or care and 'do you like this name' why would you bother to ask a bunch of random strangers whether they like your chosen name for a new baby, why would you care what they think (menopausal me) !

Virtually anything about dog ownership.

For fuck’s sake, if you’re a teacher, don’t dare to be anything other than grateful for every second of the company of everyone else’s delightful offspring!

And don’t suggest for a moment that you also spent exponentially MORE seconds outside of your “normal” working hours working, because you’re obviously lying, and fuck off and get another job.