To ask why non-parents are here?

[hopityhopity]

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 initially joined under a different user name to get advice about a miscarriage. Is that ok by your standards?

How about you @hopityhopity the fuck away and stop questions people about things that have fuck all to do with you.

I’m sorry if I’m overly sensitive about my miscarriage op. Sorry if you are offended by my being pissed off.

I think Google brings a lot of them here.

I would like there to be more protection from mnhq on threads being picked up by non members and published, as well as being googled and clicked on by any randomer. You'd almost think it was the only chat forum. hmm

One place for mums, and like everything else when you're a Mum...you get invaded

Not really sure what this means @LucieLucie? Especially that last line?
People who don't have children shouldn't post on MN?
Maybe I'm misreading your post?

I agree it would be great if the likes of the Daily Mail etc could be prevented from picking stuff off MN and publishing it but I have no idea how the site could prevent - or would want to - topics being 'googled and clicked on by any randomer'?

Making the site private and having posters provide birth certs to prove the existence of children maybe
And then google could no longer bring them here... ...

"This has been done to death. The majority of threads are not to do with kids. "

This.
Mumsnet is not longer a parenting forum. It's a women's forum (though men are welcome too of course).
Many of the threads I go on have NOTHING to do with children. Style & Beauty, Telly Addicts, etc.

"You'd almost think it was the only chat forum. hmm"

It's the only large one for women really. Redditt is more male focused, more American and with a younger readership.

It's tongue in cheek.
An attempt at humour..

Parents, particularly mums will understand the lack of privacy and peace when you have kids. Can't even piss in peace.

Everyone is welcome to post here, though fundamentally it was a site built for Mums...hence the name.

I wonder if Transnet, or Gransnet, or Dadsnet have the same influx of 'others'?

And of course, anyone who is pregnant or suffering a pregnancy loss would be a 'Mum' anyway.

I don't get why people are so touchy over the issue being raised. It does come up a lot so the Op has raised a valid question.

I don’t think it’s a stupid question.. it’s called mumsnet! I’ve never seen this question posted and a lot of you are just being mean to the OP for asking a perfectly reasonable question. Oh wait, that’s the point isn’t it? Bash the OP for daring to post in AIBU! Ridiculous.

I have a child I've also been on MN since 2004 and probably mentioned the fact less than half a dozen times. Because who, and what I am, and the fact I like to talk about travel, and books, and politics, and education and perfume, with like-minded people has fuck all to do with me having given birth.
I notice whenever this "if you're not a mummy why are you here" shit tends to be posted by people who clearly pushed their braincells out of their vagina along with their kid. The kind who have "little men" and "little princesses" and think the whole chugging world stops just because Ms Anonymous had a baby.

OP- read a book or something instead of being a goady fucker.

If you have any.

I don’t think it’s a stupid question.. it’s called mumsnet! I’ve never seen this question posted and a lot of you are just being mean to the OP for asking a perfectly reasonable question.

^ I agree
It’s a sinful question on MN!! It is pretty clear OP wasn’t talking about those who’ve experienced pregnancy loss so those posts are just to make OP feel bad.

I googled something not child related and ended up here. I do have children but spent about the first 5 months on chat and aibu not mentioning children at all

The word 'mums' may not be reflective of the entire forum but it does a good job of making most men assume that there's nothing to see here, it's just the WAGs chatting about nappies and weaning and therefore they leave the grownups to largely talk in peace rather than dominating the conversation like they do on the whole of the rest of the internet.

Plus even if you aren't a mum but you are female then you are forever socially disadvantaged by the fact that your sex is the type that can be a mum. Might as well stick together, but 'womansnet' would be more likely to attract the attention of the men because mums=boring and invisible but woman=chance of sex and/or opportunity to be more important than the women

I don't think it needs to change it's name.

Wowwwww I’ve never seen so many people offended! 😂

@RoomR0613, I think that’s a good point.

I don't get why people are so touchy over the issue being raised. It does come up a lot so the Op has raised a valid question.

...and that's precisely why most other users of the site get sick of it being asked time & time again (usually) by the hard of thinking.

To those who can't understand why a forum named "Mumsnet", has people posting on it who may - or may not - be mums, are you usually so literal? How do you make it through daily life?

You know how the internet works, right?

I don't get why people are so touchy over the issue being raised.

Being asked every few weeks to justify your existence can get tiring.

Yes, agree with Room - that's a very good point and this thread can't turn into a bun fight or we'll all be rumbled by the Fail.

Read the “I’m a submissive, AMA” thread.

That’s why.

Are they still discussing magic sponges, @AgeLikeWine?

People are probably getting snarky, as this question is asked at least once every 4 weeks, and shows the poster is incapable of using the advanced search to read all the hundreds and thousands of previous replies relating to this question.
People google as question, and it comes up with an answer in MN- hence they come to the site, simples!

For me it's because I car in here for uni research, in a child specific assignment. Found that mn was about much more than parenting.
Some of the threads made for excellent giggles - I joined a few months before penis cup. And now still on here because I'm genuinely interested in some of the threads especially the tv addicts, style and beauty. Also you don't need to be a parent to have an opinion or to give an option on baby names.
Also I now work in education and I quite like looking in the staff room section from time to time.

I am also getting a bit bored about having to defend my reasons for being on mn every month or so

There are so many areas of duytscussion here, many of which have nothing to do with parenting! It's a good place for people to come and chat about stuff.

It does come up regularly, so I suppose it's a question that must puzzled a lot of people, but if they just looked through the various boards they have available to them they's see that the vast majority have nothing to do with being a parent.

I post a lot on the 'dog house' - no my dog is not my 'fur baby'. Some of the posters on there have children and sometimes a post will relate to parenting and the ownership of dogs but the vast majority have nothing to do with parenting.

Likewise pendants' corner that I also enjoy from time to time. I could go on, but just look through the options OP and you'll see why a lot of non parents are on MN.

I'm another one who googled something and found MN that way.

YABU