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?🤔

A PP is right. Whatever you google, a mumsnet link is bound to be one of the top results. I think that’s what brought me here in the first place, can’t really remember. I stayed for the CF parking threads 🤷🏻‍♀️

I am here as I’m ttc and I lurk on those boards. But it was a google search about unblocking my freezer that brought me here. Mumsnet has so much more than just kid threads.

Well my 2 are now adults, im on here as i got banned from another site lol

MN is about relationships primarily, in all their forms.

If non parents weren't here you couldn't enjoy threads like today's nachos gate😂

I’ve been on MN for an eternity. Pretty much on a daily basis. I have never read a thread solely regarding children. Despite the name, MN is not just a parenting site, it’s a life site, a mine of information about pretty much every subject you can imagine. Google a question about something random, I bet an MN thread comes up in the answers.

I don’t know if you’ve noticed OP but although mumsnet covers many parenting and pregnancy topics, there’s a lot more on here than that. Do you wonder why dads chat on here too? Are you always so literal?

I’ve only read the first page and am already irritated. Can you genuinely not see that there are threads / forums about things other than pregnancy, bringing up children and TTC?
Having said that, I (although child free) like reading about some of the child-related dilemmas - it’s all part of what people deal with in their lives, which I think is the basis of the site’s popularity

Does it matter?

Is it that time again already? Sigh. This has been done to death.

I never thought to come on here pre children, but there's loads on here for people who aren't parents. Most of the forums and threads aren't about children. You don't need to be a parent to be able to read/ answer threads unless it's specifically about parenting. Having said that, it is having children that brought me here in the first place.

To play Mornington Crescent.

Mainly for the Chalet School threads.

It makes me a bit uncomfortable tbh OP. Mostly because anytime women form a space to discuss stuff to do with being a woman, it stops being a space about that very quickly. I don’t want to be on a thread about post-childbirth pelvic floor issues and then have someone wade in with “well from a man’s perspective...” or on a thread about fertility and suddenly have someone saying “I’ve never wanted children...”

I’m in a mums-only fb group and it’s lovely (and so much less judgy/ argumentative than mumsnet!)

I joined Mumsnet (quite recently) because I loved reading the Christmas/AIBU threads.

I don't have children (as of yet) but I find the idea that childless women are unwelcome on a public forum laughable to be honest. Who are you to dictate who should and shouldn't be allowed on here?

You're not superior because you're a mum, there are plenty of women in the world who will never be as fortunate as you to raise a child but that doesn't make them inferior.

Don't get stuck on your high horse!

WagtailRobin you are SO welcome, don't let anyone make you feel otherwise xx

They are here to stop themselves having relationships or kids given half the posts here.

They are here to stop themselves having relationships or kids given half the posts here.

I have been known to double down on the contraceptive after a night on the tiles here.

I'm here because it's full of women. In general they are supporting each other which I love. I disagree with lost on here but I also love how women tell each other not to take shit and value themselves. I've had some good advice too and hope I've helped some people a little too.

I found it when looking for advice to help my sister who has a child.

I'm just wondering what bought non-parents here.

Except you didn't ask that , you asked a different question why non-parents are here? You didn't ask the same question of parents? So, you have made a distinction.

And you don't see the irony of asking a question that itself has absolutely nothing to do with parenting!

You have yourself demonstrated that this is a forum discussing things other than parenting so have answered your (original) question

Skysblue, it's an anonymous forum. Any time you post anything anywhere online, you can't control who sees it. So I think you're being silly.

Might be outing here, but my real name is Muriel. I used to have a very successful sideline providing a weekly digest of the output of the MSN empire specifically focusing on the content that would likely most interest and be relevant to the people in my country of Ethiopia.

I don't know how I missed it, but I had a lot on one month and I somehow didn't renew my domain name in time, so I lost the rights to it.

I cannot begin to tell you how furious I was when I next logged on to MuMSNEt and found it had been hijacked by this monstrosity.

Anyway, I instantly posted an AIBU about my horrendous ordeal, got some very funny replies, shrugged and said c'est la vie and have stuck around ever since.

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