To wonder why people who are really sensitive post on AIBU?

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I don't get it? If you can't take honest answers then you really shouldn't ask on here.

I've posted before and had some rough replies amongst good honest advice. But rude people are everywhere and you'll always get brave people who wouldn't dream of saying the shit they do to your face.

Bullying isn't on at all but if no one on a thread is agreeing with OP surely that's telling them something?

Am also fed up of controversial threads with one opening post then no comeback. A lot of those recently.

I wonder more about why people are so cruel sometimes. Painful honesty is one thing, but often the replies go far beyond that and are just unkind. Posters will deliberately pick one part of the OP and blow it out of all proportion because it’s more dramatic that way, or they will take the worst possible interpretation and act as if it’s the only one. The anonymity of the internet brings out a really vicious streak in some.

Imo that’s much more baffling than somebody posting for advice and then struggling because they’re receiving incredibly unfair criticism.

Because they like drama and/or are attention seeking.

I wonder more why people seem to think that AIBU is a free for all and that if you get ripped apart it’s your fault for posting in aibu rather than the people who seem to think they have the right to say what they want just because someone dared to post in a certain section.

That’s a bit like telling someone that it’s their fault for being hit/assaulted because they were e.g. behaving in a certain manner or dressing in a certain way. It’s the same kind of “well what did you expect?” Attitude.

We wouldn’t tolerate that in any RL situation so why on here?

Some people are probably new to the site, have heard the name Mumsnet and assume it will be a good place to get some advice from fellow mums, but don't realise how harsh AIBU can be.