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to think mumsnet is full of middle class" bores"

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talulasmum · 23/09/2007 13:23

admittedly, ive only been a member for a few months, but i have come to this conclusion. take today for instance. the main topic of conversation on this section is; parents of 5 year olds worried about which senior school to go to? on that thread is the biggest bore & snob you will ever have the misfortune to meet. this popular thread is closely followed by mums worried about whats in their kids packed lunch? mums get a life! im off for a fag.

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KerryMum · 24/09/2007 21:04

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Lorayn · 24/09/2007 21:04

awww talulahsmum hav'nt

KerryMum · 24/09/2007 21:05

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Trinityrhino · 24/09/2007 21:06
Backtobasics · 24/09/2007 21:06

I guess i am working class! I don't look at people as being a 'class' though, i judge them for who they are as a person not what 'class' they come under.

Mhamai · 24/09/2007 21:06

No kerry, I would love to claim them as my own but alas tis not to be.

I do write poetry though.

TnOgu · 24/09/2007 21:07

Just.....

interesting, Kerry.

Be content in having had it read.

Trinityrhino · 24/09/2007 21:07

have I caused a distraction yet??

KerryMum · 24/09/2007 21:08

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Mhamai · 24/09/2007 21:08

Trinity for president!

KerryMum · 24/09/2007 21:08

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Trinityrhino · 24/09/2007 21:08
Aitch · 24/09/2007 21:08

talulasmum, i say this in the friendliest way possible... what did you think you'd achieve by this? it's only continuing because you keep coming back and making loony generalisations.

i'm sorry about your miscarriages, of course, that's utterly rough and horrible. i think what the poster meant was that you'll see if you go on the board that many a middle class (whatever that means) person has had rough times, and it's those experiences that bind us. other than that we're just words on a screen. you could, for all i know, be Liz Hurley, what with your Notting Hill dinner parties and all. all we are on here is What We Type. it's a release, don't you see?

i can't take all this class stuff seriously. my folks and their folks worked like fuck to get to a generation where their children would get the chance to go to university, (which i think must place me firmly in the middle class) and i don't see why i should be ashamed of their efforts. perhaps that's why this thread is going so badly, you're insulting a lot of people in one fell swoop here.

but if i slagged off your parents for not working hard enough to get you into the middle classes, if i slagged you off for smoking or being a single mother or whatever i would rightly be vilified on here and you would be angry, so all that's happening is that you're dishing it out and getting it back.

and because there is one of you and loads of us who feel insulted, it feels worse for you. you can end this in a flash by switching off the computer... a child receiving texts or emails threatening them cannot do that, so that's why it's a stretch to say it's cyber-bullying.

anyway, try to step back, and certainly don't get upset about it, it's not worth being unhappy over. i hope you stay, you might find some of the people who (on the surface) you have least in common with are the ones who turn out to be there for you when you need them.

Trinityrhino · 24/09/2007 21:08

yay, someone noticed me lol

talulasmum · 24/09/2007 21:09

lorayn; oh gawd, am i stil speling wroong!

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Trinityrhino · 24/09/2007 21:10

kerrymum, would you like to come round for a coffee and cake.....oops I seem to have lost my plates we'll just eat off the table
MWAH ha ha haaaaaaaaa

Backtobasics · 24/09/2007 21:12

PMSL @ MWAH ha ha haaaaaaaaa

TnOgu · 24/09/2007 21:12

Aitch - you are feckin' great

talulasmum · 24/09/2007 21:14

aitch; thanks, (your making me cry again) appreciate your kindness. x

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Lorayn · 24/09/2007 21:15

LOL talulasmum, I think I love you.

Aitch · 24/09/2007 21:16

i bet you 95% of the people on here pretty much agree with me, we're not bad sorts so long as you don't insult us and, you know, our families. deep breaths, talulasmum, and it'll be fine.

Lorayn · 24/09/2007 21:18

Aitch, I tried telling her this yesterday, and this afternoon, only to have it thrown back in my face, and be accused of saying she hasn't felt pain (or w/e she said).
She really is rubbish at working out what are insults and what aren't.

Aitch · 24/09/2007 21:18

anyway, more importantly...

  1. are you Liz Hurley?

and

  1. do you want to buy your kids some pyjamas?
Backtobasics · 24/09/2007 21:19

I had a bashing when i first came here. It takes time to realise that alot of the time people are joking and have a laugh.

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