aibu to think mn should be for mums and not dads.

[2hot2cook]

id like to think that when i come on here for a quick chat im talking to other women. ive noticed some men on here and thats actually putting me off. some of the topics we talk about are very intimate. i cant understand why men would want to come on this website, maybe the name should be changed to parentnet. aibu.

2Hot2COok - have you ever thought about how rude you are being to the men on here?

HAve you no manners?

YOu come onto a site where some of them have been posting for years and tell them you think they shouldn't be here?

Would you go to a party and tell half the guests you wish they'd fuck off?

Very Rude

I have a flange of pixies.

That wasn't me! But a very good word. lol

Actually, haven't we all been to parties where we wish half the guests would just f* off? But that is beside the point.

2hot2cook - would you be happier if the men changed thier names to fluffy pink names and pretended to be mums. Because thats what happens on any other women only sites.

This site is more honest. The men don;t give a shit about your embarassing social problems that you can;t talk to your DH about. If they inadvertantly stray onto a mooncup thread , they make a hasty exit without saying anything. Just the same as in work when any men interupt my birth control conversations in the kitchen at work.

YABU

freak

Vagina Vagina Vagina

No I haven't ever Rach - am I the person everyone else is wishing would piss off?

But 2hot2cook - if you're that embarassed, you change your name to something that no-oe would recognise.

My normal posting name is easily recognisable (combined with the other clues I give re my background) tothsoe that know me.

If I had something really embarassing (for me or others) I would simply temporarily change my name.

well argued VVV

I despair.

This is the INTERNET. It is a PUBLIC SPACE.

Anyone, male, female or anything in between, can log onto MN and read what is written here. That is how the internet works. Not only that, but you don't have a clue whether anyone you are 'chatting' to is who they say they are. You have absolutely no idea how many of us on this thread alone are female, and how many are male.

If you want to talk about private, intimate 'girl stuff' and you don't want men to know about it - don't post on the fucking internet.

ps; bobsdad; meant to say your name is good, at least i would know your a man.

2hot2cook...not defending any male point of view... understand that many women DO want to talk about girlie things, but I'd think most of the blokes who could be arsed to be here, are "Sensitive" enough to male.female differences to not comment/be judgemental/be embarrassed by some of the obviously "female" threads and thus not comment on them.

TBH -we avoid them like the plague.

Bobsdad....are you an English rugby supporter...must be... soft and fluffy, want me to have your babies? not much chance of that...you must be a fly half?

actually, on reflection as I have no sex life my argument about the birth control control id just wistful thinking...

Well, you gotta use the language that the OP understands........

yeah but you don't go and tell them, I think this is the ettiquette point 2hot2cook is missing.

Kewcumber, I've been meaning to tell you. I think it could be the flaming hair - people get worried it could be a fire hazard. It's nothing personal

'at least i would know your a man'

But not much of a man obviously or you wouldn't be posting here

pmsl armadillo - I love the idea of wandering around a party pointing at people one by one...

'you, yes you, don't like you now piss off...'
'you in the pink shirt, must be a pouf, piss off'

Glad you like my name 2hot ... I don't believe in hiding.

Thing is, there could be any number of blokes reading this who never even register under any name. I can totally understand you wanting a woman-only zone for certain topics, but surely you can see the internet isn't, and never can be, the place for it? It's just not controllable to that extent.

The only thing you might try is having a chat on MSN or AIM or similar with one or two people here you trust, or setting up a private IRC channel (if you know what one of those is). Otherwise you're going to have to accept that the internet is wide open ...

dh1, I used to play hooker at school. Make of that what you will.

Rachelmumof2..." not many men on the mooncup thread"...

are you REALLY surprised. Yucky stuff! "C'mon, surely not another couple of days?"

2hot2cook... assume you've been reading all the responses to your OP. I'd be interested in hearing what you think now. It could be that you have a very old fashioned DP (like the poster who hides her tampons away from her DH so sh doesn't have to face up to reality that child bearing women also have periods). Maybe you are envious of these goregeous dads who try to understand more about their wives and DCs by coming to MN than perhaps your DP ever does. It could be that you are oblivious to the fact that there are far more objectionable women than there are objectionable men registered on this site. In fact, not sure I've come across an objectionable man yet. Or maybe you are just shy - that's ok too but it is an anonymous website, nothing to be shy about. The men could register under female names if they weren't being so open about it. You are absolutely 100% entitled to your opinion. But if men are pushed off this site, I'll leave too. I'd really rather we all helped you see why male membership is beneficial, rather than just get cross with you!

does this confuse yya - well does it?

I think bobsdad and dh1 have become a new MN pairing.............. will watch with interest!

oh fuck

PMSL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello. I'm a man. I live in a house with a lady who is my wife. I have two children. I work in an office and wear a suit. I like posting on Mumsnet even though it's called Mumsnet.

Or am I?