To ask why non-parents are here?

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I see posters saying they don't have any children, or want any. So if you aren't a parent, pregnant or TTC, why are you here on mumsnet?🤔

I think people who ask this question should be given a small electric shock by their devices.

Are you new and don't know there is multiple boards discussing everything from employment to style and beauty and actually only a small percentage of threads are about parenting?

To annoy pricks like you probs.

Because I want to flaunt my pristine womb in everyone's faces obviously 🙄

Because parents don't have the monopoly on everything. Us child free folk do have opinions on whether someone is being unreasonable, style and beauty, property, chat, relationships etc.

It's like on some of the childfree by choice threads you get on here and this question always bloody comes up.

Why are you so interested op?

I don't own a cat but sometimes nip into the litter tray......... is that bad😱.

I'm on here for all sorts and it's not child based. I did end up once in TTC and got completely the wrong end of the stick, it was quite funny but I made a sharp exit quickly.

I don't see why some are getting so touchy about it.

I never looked at a parenting forum pre-children! I wouldn't of even known mumsnet had a huge variety of topics as it just wouldn't accrued for me to look at one. I just wondered what bought you here. Some people are being a little over-sensitive here.

I think it is a very unpleasant question to ask.

Because it's a decent forum and doesn't only deal with mums and children.

I joined as a late teenager because mumsnet had a decent slimming world discussion thread. Before Facebook was a thing. I joined money saving expert at the same time for the same reason!

I didn't come here for years. I think I came back because somebody reminded me of the penis beaker classic on facebook and I got into reading mn classics, then kinda morphed into the dating thread, the archers one, and anything in active chat.

Blimey OP, have you not noticed the myriad of topics on offer?! Most of them bugger all to do with children..

Because the majority of posts on MN are not about child-rearing. If you are a woman of child-bearing age or older, then you might choose to be on MN because it's a massive and popular site full of women your age who have lots of things in common with you and who talk about stuff that's relevant and interesting to you.

I would have thought that was obvious to anyone who had even looked at MN for 5 mins tbh.

We all found out about mumsnet one way or another though, right?? Word of mouth or googling something, probably. I and I suspect most of the other non parents here googled something else (in my case I was probably trying to find a slimming world sun value or recipe!) and ended up here.

Someone talking about a thread (penis beaker) led me here. I’ve stuck around mainly for AIBU/Telly Addicts/Chat. You don’t need children for the majority of threads in those sections.

Mnet is in the national media constantly, on R4, Victoria Derbyshire etc. I've been on it for 15 years and barely mention children. It's all dogs, horses, reading and holidays for me!

I had two miscarriages and probably couldn'tve had kids (I'm 42 now, anyway) so not having children isn't something I had a choice over- should I be excluded?

I love the wisdom of all the posters' replies. I go on Relationships board and most of the posts aren't primarily about kids- I think people can learn a lot bout how to act/what to put up with in Relationships from being on there. t'd be particularly helpful for women in abusive relationships, which luckily I haven't experienced much but the boards will help me be aware in any future relationship. I think all young women in particularl should read the boards so they learn about red flags of abusers etc.

I also love to hear about women escaping abusive relationships, or planning to escape, plus women struggling in their relationships.

It all describes women's experiences in the world, and as a feminist that interests me.

The AIBU board is interesting to read.

In general I find a lot of the topics on Mumsnet interesting- I joined because I was an Interested Woman. Hence the name. :)

If you’d given it a minute’s thought, I think the answer would have accrued to you without any help at all.

Lots of threads have nothing to do with children at all. I'm currently discussing slow cookers and Strictly...

I think it's pretty rude to imply that individuals without children aren't welcome to post here. Who made you hall monitor?

It’s almost as bad as the ‘why don’t you ha e children?’ To ask this really.

I'm not saying anyone should be excluded! I'm just wondering what bought non-parents here.
Thank you to those who have answered without getting their knickers in a twist

I sincerely hope you ONLY engage on child related posts OP.

Because I enjoy reading the bitchy posts.. like this one

No one’s being ‘oversensitive’, they’re just pointing out that two seconds’ thought would have given you the answer.

You're still missing the point op, it's not just a parenting forum.

This? Again?

MN is the largest - mostly - female site in the UK. The majority of posts are not related to parenthood, at lest not directly. As a childfree person, you may rest assured I skip the posts about teething or night feeds, but I find more than enough interesting and relevant (to me) discussions to which I can make a valid contribution.

I hope that answers your question.