why do people on here feel the need to be so dramatic?

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not a thread about a thread, i saw on another thread someone telling the op to 'move out. now' over a minor inconvenience with her dh aibu to think people on here are unnecessarily dramatic?

"AIBU? DD is severely dyslexic, has dyscalculia, slow-processing disorder, ADHD, AS, she has an eating disorder and self-harms; and has been off college with anxiety and depression for most of the last two years so has taken no exams. She has panic attacks so cannot sit them.

College have told me they don't think her desperation to become a fighter pilot is realistic.

AIBU in thinking they should support her in becoming anything she wants to be?"

Cue a pile-on, condemning the teachers.

This forum deserves its own sketch show. Comedy gold but in a satirical way: Honestly you couldn’t make it up.

I once posted about starting an admin job in the NHS knowing I would be leaving a few months later. I was told I was selfish, that my actions were bankrupting the NHS and somebody apparently reported me to “NHS HR” although I don’t know how that works on an anonymous forum and the fact that every Trust (223 of them) has its own HR.

I still started the job and left anyway despite the angry rantings of a few weirdos.

@sst1234

This forum deserves its own sketch show. Comedy gold but in a satirical way: Honestly you couldn’t make it up.

Ha! I think so far there is no show, however there is a dissertation! I will find it😁

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I actually think AIBU would make a great Radio 4 format. Its the new Moral Maze. Kinda surprised it hasn't been done yet.

@SchrodingersImmigrant

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Love it, thanks for sharing. I wonder what the dramatic subjects of this thread really think about how their behaviour is perceived.

There was a thread the other day where the OP had 2 wedding dresses and couldn't choose between them. Her late Dad had bought them so it was an emotional issue. The purpose of the thread was to ask mumsnet to choose which one.

98% of posters said they preferred Dress 1
2% of posters said they preferred Dress 2

In addition to this 50% of people also suggested she wear them both a la Kate Middleton/Meghan Markle.

This wasn't good enough, she had tears running down her face . . .

This forum deserves its own sketch show. Comedy gold but in a satirical way: Honestly you couldn’t make it up.

The Smack the Pony team would have a field day. It's like a comedy script machine at times.

I know some people feel that trigger warnings are important but this seems to have got terribly out of hand.

If someone has anxiety and society places them in a bubble so that they're never exposed to a potential trigger, that anxiety will never change. It's basic psychology.

Instead of people taking control of their anxiety they hide from it (and we facilitate that) and their comfort zone gets smaller and smaller. Their belief that they can't but eg look at a picture of a spider without freaking out is totally reinforced rather than realising that they did look at a picture of a spider and whilst it wasn't pleasant nothing terrible happened.

I have never cried at a thread. I've never cried at a news story either, although I've certainly read some things that are properly heartbreaking.

I have been told on Mumsnet that that means I'm devoid of feelings/callous/cold/nasty etc. Nah, it just means I don't do drama. I couldn't imagine being the sort of person who is regularly reduced to tears by reading a thread on the internet about someone else's trauma. Talk about making it all about yourself...

There's an ongoing doozy at the moment, which I shan't link because obviously that would be proper naughty of me. It was dramatic enough last weekend but the OP has done a spectacular bump-drip manoeuvre that really deserves applause for her manipulation skills.

I find some people in life over dramatic if I’m honest.

Mumsnet is very, very over dramatic, but that’s half the fun, reading ludicrous responses

@ScorpioSphinxInACalicoDress oh go on give us a clue!! Don't just leave us hanging!!!

I understand that and agree to some extent, but seeing a picture of a spider scares me silly, so I can’t agree on that!

*lets have a bun fight about it, the gold olde fashion mumsnet way

I am with Vodka! Clue! Clue! Clue!

I suspect I've found the drama thread. It certainly is an ongoing drama.

Just look for a thread with hundreds of posts that has been ongoing for about a week. Then filter out the OPs posts and drama awaits.

it's an Aibu involving an old man (or potential serial killer) an immaculate lawn in a nice area and a floppy handshake (due to him being a stoner) (apparently)

I'm going to have to slap my own wrists like Dobby now.

Is it fake like the puddle thing?👀

Every male partner is abusive, every single time. 'Has he always been this controlling, OP?'
Err no, he just said he wanted spag bol for dinner instead of cottage pie and it mildly put the OP's noise out of joint.

If you're getting out now, don't forget to get your ducks in a row first!

"Why are you cooking / doing laundry for another adult ????? You need to confront them about this"

I don't know because we live in the same house and him washing his dark t shirts on a Monday and me washing mine on a Tuesday seems a bit daft.

@RollaCola84

"Why are you cooking / doing laundry for another adult ????? You need to confront them about this"

I don't know because we live in the same house and him washing his dark t shirts on a Monday and me washing mine on a Tuesday seems a bit daft.

Oh god this yeah. I don't get it and I wonder if I am the odd one out because when I cook, I cook 2 portions and when I wash, I wash all there is🤷🏻 Same for him. Imagine being so petty that you just cook 1 portion and that's it👀

@schrodingersImmigrant I know ! "Why are you making his lunch OP ?? Does he not have hands ??"

Yes but he was using them to load the dishwasher and clear up the kitchen after the dinner that we prepared together. Its bonkers. Ditto adult children, childhood goes on until 26 but you should absolutely not be cooking them a meal, including their laundry in a load or anything else.