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.

Night, Chantelle.

It is wonderful and hugely appreciated that you
and the others have defended our presence here with such gusto.
Once again: Thank you very much.

There is no need to hound 2hot, though.

I hope you understand that the two don't go hand in hand.

Pan - that is most def a paraphrase. i just can't be arsed to go all the way back and see what the actual quote was that got on my tits.

Bit ed....hope this is an abberation of her's..otherwise she ain't gonna last too long round these parts.

I was hoping so too, but reading more of her comments I'm not so sure.

I just wish this is a huge wind up quite frankly.

Pan, i think people took umbridge with her obviously sexist remarks.

Some choice quotes of hers (and before I get hung for doing it, yes, we called her names back, I called her weird.)

"would rather my dh out fixing the car than talking on here. i do believe in traditional male/female roles. have never seen a man comfortable changing a nappie, and never will."

"men that come on here choose to come on here and talk.....................think its a bit sad that their on here quite honestly."

"some men want to stay men, thats all...................i prefer the stong silent type personally. dont think chatting on here with other women is manly"

If her point had merely been 'I feel a bit yucky posting a worry about ym period which a man might read' I'm sure the responses would have been much nicer.

Oh Lo - did you have to copy and paste those? I feel angry all over again. Well ok I guess you did, for Pan's benefit.

The fixing the car one made me laugh as it reminds me of when we lived in Toronto and the eve before an eight hour drive to New York dh decides he wants to check the engine oil. The only thing is he hasn't a clue how to. Seeing as I used to help my father out with his car I knew what to do - I mean it's not hard - so little wifey here did the honours. Bear in mind that I was dressed rather snazzily for an evening out. Two truckers got out from their truck and as they passed us one said to the other 'Hey, did you see that?' Still makes me chuckle.

And a nice bit of partician advice from daddyj - are you new, btw? Never seen you around here...

It's been a bit like good cop/bad cop.

MT, are you the one doing research into Raunch Culture etc?

I tend to lurk and learn.

That was last year Daddyj - did you just do one of mn's irratic searches?

Nah, I remember reading an anti-porn-is-all-around-us thread
where someone recommended you as the expert on such matters.

Crikey this is still going on???

Have to say, from a personal POV, I'll have nothing to do with claims of feminism that hates/excludes/berates men. That is not what it is about.

i keep seeing it too
i htink the answer is NO

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just wondering how many of the mums on here that have male friends would be happy with their partners having female friends. maybe have this female friend around for coffee while your at work? take this female friend out for a drink
i had male friends when i was 18, thats different. im now a 37 yr old married women with a family, so no longer need male friends.

btw; im NOT daddyj ???

Oh stop making things worse.

Even I feel like saying "grow up ffs" now.

my dp has female friends.

he keeps in touch with his ex wife.

he has female colleagues and sometimes they all go for a drink together.

and?

2hot2cook, I beg you leave this thread!

LOL DaddyJ.

chemical castration is the only answer, eh 2hot....

2hot2cook - i have been reading this avidly for days, smirking every so often, but your latest post had made me yell at me screen! (not good in an office full of MEN, yes MEN!).

you do not have any male friends? is that for real, what honestly? i am flabbergasted, i truly am.....Why can't you have male friends? can men and women not be friends without having sex is that it?

I work full time in an IT company, and we all know, IT is flooded with Men, so yep you guessed it i have to TALK to several in my daily life, over 10 years of working here i would happily say most of them are now FRIENDS....is that wrong?

My husbands best friend is a WOMAN (sharp in take of breath), what exactly should I be worrying about? I trust him, yep you guessed it, cos i LOVE him. If I thought he was gonna shag everything in a skirt why did I marry him?

I'm sorry, but you have gone one step too far...you don't tell your husband ANYTHING personal, you have no male friends, tell me, do you ever have sex with him? jaysus woman, get a grip.

2hot2cook, as it happens my dh was out for dinner with a female friend last night, got home around midnight.
I am seeing a male friend for lunch today.
it is about trust, of course. I trust my dh. He trusts me. we are adults and free to speak to whoever the hell we like.
we are not children who need to be kept away from bad company or wild animals who can't control their sexual urges .
jealousy and mistrust are nasty, destructive things and have no place in a loving relationship imo

meeely; id love to chat with you and defend my views but ive been, well......."banned"

i could happily have male friends as long as i didnt find them attractive. all ive got to say.

well that's alright then, because all the men on mumsnet are really, really ugly

so you dont trust yourself then?

fair enuff 2hot, looks like you don't trust yourself then - i have many FIT male friends and yes i probably fancy them, but theres nowt wrong in that, i would NEVER act on it, but maybe you would, so you don't allow yourself to spend time with MEN just in case....fair enuff lassie, as long as we are getting to the bottom of all this.....

Tell me though were u suggesting banning men on here cos you feared you would fancy them all and couldn't trust yourself to talk to them?

Banned????