To ask you what things you only know about through being on here

[nonevernotever]

Mine include

The wonder that is snag tights
That sainsbury make the best leggings
That people eat some very strange mixtures
The really apt names for hitherto nameless concepts like Spoonyfucker and cocklodger

Penguin Bollards
No is a complete sentence
A spa day or taking in ironing will solve most of life's ills
Some people don't allow their children "unlimited access to the fruit bowl" (Mind.Blown)
Some people can't eat a big tin of soup
CF's
It's an invitation, not a summons
Ducks in a row
Workzilla / Softzilla etc

That when some people are going through some of the worst times in their lives, another group of people who they've never met will come together, offer lots of helpful advice and support by the bucketload.

The sodding Game, which both I and all the rest of you have just lost! Sorry!!

The existence of Boden.

Absolutely loads but none I can think of right now

@24hourshomeedderandcarer
The 'D' thing drives me potty too, so twee and often so inappropriate. Still using it when their mother/brother/partner etc have done something awful. It really doesn't take long to type mum, husband, partner, son.

What coercive control it, how amazing a load of strangers can be and instrumental in changing peoples lives

I've learned that men and women can't be trusted be friends after marriage. Maybe Mike Pence was right after all!

Another one shocked by the toilet brush thing here. AND that some people hate bins in the bathroom.

Also CFs - love those!

That I'm not the only fucking potty-mouth I know

And that letting anyone under 18 snoff alcohol deserves a fate worse than death.

Oh, and that around 80% of MNers don't know the difference between curb and kerb. I try not to let that one spoil my enjoyment of parking threads, but it's a challenge

Sniff. Fecking sausage fingers!

There are lots of lovely people here.

One night a Poster was in dire straits and hundreds of miles from her family. People on here were offering to relay her to her family it she wanted, That was so supportive. Strangers all coming to the aid of one person in a bad time in their life.

So so much about coercive control, abusive relationships and red flags. I wish Mumsnet had been around 20 years ago

Also penis beakers. And cocklodgers

That I should have bought shares in Zoflora.

That no is a complete sentence.

“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time”.
I apply this to everyone now, school mums, work, family. It’s true.

Death grip

You can 'just get a credit card' when you're in dire financial straits and need to pay a massive bill immediately / tomorrow.

You can do an online shop with no money in the bank till the end of the month

EVERYBODY has someone they can turn to for childminding, money, housing in an emergency etc

That spiders wipe their willies on your washing if you leave it out overnight!

The ones that leap to mind...

How much folk care about cleaning
How much women care about their boobs
How much the internet encourages intolerance
The whole debate about wearing knickers in bed...
That gifts aren't gifts at all, they often come with many strings
How certain some folk are that they have read other people's minds
How much people teach their daughters to be push overs (I since see that in real life, too) :(

How much I don't have in common with other people!

That the phrase 'give your head a wobble' exists. I would love to use it in RL but it would out me as a mumsnet user...

The unbelievable amount of women (and occasionally men) who stay in abusive relationships. Very sad.

I thought the 'D' in DH, DS DD was 'dear' not darling.

I read this one the other day
"British people dont vote to make themselves better off, they vote to make other people poorer"
It's so fucking true and has really struck a nerve with me and I will now carry that with me everytime I go it a polling station (let's please vote to make people better off!)

Also cocklodger. Love that description.

No-one should visit newborn babies.
Or touch anyone's baby.
Grandparents shouldn't take newborn out by themselves.

Rainingfrogs

I think they use 'curb' to mean 'kerb' in the US, so that's why people think it is the same, and even spellcheckers won't help.

@millimollimandi, that is a well used saying around Liverpool. If you watch the Royale Family, Jim says it a lot to his Son.
So use it at much as you want.

From MN, I learned that there are people who have a hatred of fat people.
That people live in a bubble and have no idea what life can be like for others.

That there are vast majorities of people who don't understand that there isn't one path in life and we must all find our own, without a heap of judgement.

I forgot this one, that no family relationship has any value to a child, especially if it's on the paternal side.

Zoflora
Spoonyfucker- DH is one and now I have a word!
How some people's partners are really awful and it's not always that easy to leave
That I'm a feminist and have gender critical views
That if you happen to get cancer, there's an awesome thread with incredibly supportive people on it, and when some of those people die you will weep real tears for 'someone on the internet'.

That certain attitudes or behaviours from my husband are actually considered abusive, when I just thought it was him being a dick head and just moving on with life anyway.