Confessions of a Mumsnetter

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I have never ever seen Downton Abbey and don't intend to.

I bought all my dogs - and two of them are labradoodles.
I have laminate flooring.
I have artificial grass.
My husband is 15 years older than me, and shock horror, I fancy the pants off him and would be willing to be his carer should the need ever arise.
I never, ever clean the bathroom and toilet that my husband and adult sons use. They can sort it out themselves.
I sent my kids to private school, despite being a teacher in the state sector.
I have four tattoos.

I could go on, but that’s probably enough for now.

I was the OW. We got married and no vacancy was created. We are happy a decade on. Neither of us is cheating.

I like, respect and enjoy the company of my parents. I see them once a week or more. I speak to my mum daily.

I will cheerfully spend four figures on a handbag without feeling a shred of guilt.

I think Farrow and Ball paint is pretentious and substandard.

I HATE period dramas of any variety.

I don't think Tom Hardy is attractive.

'Neither of us is cheating.'

As far as you know.

I don't think that sort of 'confession' is appropriate for a lighthearted thread like this, tbh. Not quite on a par with hating period dramas

• I like going to weddings - all the weddings i have been to have been adults-only (probably why I've enjoyed them,ha!) and I've never been to a wedding where theres been a fight/hardly any food or drink/other horror stories I've read on here! maybe I'm just lucky my friends/family are nice normal people who know how to throw a good party? .
• I like doing the school run - It's nice briefly catching up with other parents. Sometimes we socialise sans children too and I've never had any dramas
• I genuinely like and enjoy spending time with my immediate family (actually enjoy seeing them on Xmas day etc)
• Have never watched Downtown Abbey or any awful reality shows

-Mooncups freak me out

• I belong to a few mothers FB groups and theres never been any dramas? (That I'm aware of - prob has behind the scene)

God I probably sound like a nauseating Pollyanna type but I'm not! honest!

Just reading back through the thread and saw a couple more -
-I planned (and had) plenty of drugs giving birth - Couldn't think of anything worse than a natural painful birth - if drugs are available to ease the pain why not use them?

• I love love love Lush stuff! spend way too much on it.

I use the washing machine and tumble dryer every day.

I chose not to breastfeed.
I planned to have an epidural during birth, and insisted on it very strongly at the time.
My baby’s favourite food is Pom Bears.
I myself am partial to a KFC on a long motorway trip.
A Jumperoo is how I get housework done.
I have enjoyed going back to work.
I can’t bear spa days.
I sometimes run the dishwasher half full because I lived without one for so long I can’t bear to hand wash.

I would never, ever, go on a hen night. And I hate soft play.

I love being a mother of one of each sex. It's what I wanted.

Zoroflora sounds like a baby name thread gone wrong.

I'm quite tall, 9 stone, I do exist and have yet to blow away in the wind. My curves have not been purchased.

Couldn't give a shit if a workman did so - as long as he flushed and washed his hands.

Proud to be a born and bred Londoner and don't care who that possibly offends in the Home Counties and beyond.

Perpetually offended millennials are starting to get on my tits a bit.

Spa days are dull asF.

Occasionally I let my washing get darked on.

Mammaries my one 'inflicted' Spa day was a hen do.

I don’t have a fB account,twitter or any of those social media things.

*Zoflora even

I have never seen Downton Abbey either, or Game of Thrones! What a freak lol

I took my husbands name when I married.

I don't work and allow my DH to support me financially.

I do all the household tasks and he does the car and garden tasks. We like this split.

I own a dog and walk her in the park every day.

I speak to everyone when I am out and about, including babies. No one has ever objected.

I hate bad grammar and spelling errors in posts. I roll my eyes and tut loudly but never ever make a comment as I am not rude.

When my kids were small, they used to think going to IKEA was a special day out because they'd been really good.

My house looks like an IKEA showroom and I don't care because I have endless storage.

I sometimes make my DP lunch for work. He also makes me lunch even though I'm on maternity leave.

I own a loo brush.

I do actually iron clothes.

Sometimes, No is not a complete sentence.

My 2 year old eats cereal for breakfast several times a week. He's currently eating a bowl of Cheerios which is all I could muster to throw his way as I've literally been up most of the night with the baby.

I despise avocado and can't understand why people rave about it so much.

My mum used to take my then-little son to Pets At Home and tell him they were 'going to the zoo'

I love things being clean and quite like cleaning and ironing.

I was thrilled when I had saved up enough birthday present John Lewis vouchers to buy a cordless Dyson.

And I was beyond thrilled when I was given a pistachio coloured KitchenAid mixer for a milestone birthday.

No spa days for me.

I'm going to have to try out this Zoflora now, linen fresh I think.

I don't drive and managed to work ft (except mat leave) for 25 years, and do everything I want and need to do and don't live in London. I don't harangue family/friends for lifts and refuse to throw more money at something that's clearly not going to happen after 5 failed attempts and a few grand over the years.
I live in social housing.
I've worked in the service industry all my working life in one form or another.
I am firmly lower working class and love horses - because I love the animal, not because they're a status symbol and 'work for rides' because I enjoy being around horses, and it costs me nothing while helping the owners out.
I own and use bleach and a toilet brush.
I wash my bedding and towels when I remember/have time.
I don't understand Brexit, and think that either way people like me are screwed anyway so don't stress about it.
I'm a single mum and my DD is doing well in school, doesn't drink in the park every weekend and is turning out to be a functional member of society. I also don't think she's perfect and know she does things wrong sometimes.
I can't get into GOT or Downtown Abbey mainly because I fall asleep before the end of every episode.

I've given my kids sausage rolls

I’m a gay woman who loves Pride.

I wouldn’t rule out dating a trans woman just because she was trans.

I can’t stand Downton abbey or that Cornish thing with the curly haired fella in it, the one who can’t keep his shirt on...

I fucking love a spa day. I can't think what could be better than lying around, nobody annoying you, sitting in roasting hot bubbly water, drinking sparkling wine and reading. Maybe a massage too.

I do almost everything that would be considered making a rod for my own back. I don't care, and years later my back is largely devoid of rods (which I feel slightly smug about, because I heard so much rubbish about rods.)

I have private health cover and have used it to have an op more quickly than I'd have had it on the NHS. I felt terrible at the time but also got a free basket of fruit in my bedroom at the hospital and realised that in essence I'm five years old and can be bribed with 'free' anything.

I love Bombay Bad Boy pot noodles and eat them in secret when nobody's home. I've never told anyone that.