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.

bree; i think you know what i mean. there are women on here discussing very personal things, the lenght of their monthly cycle is tame compared to some topics. maybe you are quite happy to have other men reading about your personal life?

TMMJ

Actually I stay on the light side of MN, but either way I have no issues with Men on here. I tend to see them as an equals as opposed to sperm donors.

I think once you have children and have shown your bits to complete strangers, doctors, midwives, surgeons, the cleaner....then it's pretty hard to be embarrassed about anything.
I can't think of any topic that is so intimate it would shock a man who has seen his partner/wife give birth.

i'm to worried about men reading these things they wont know who i am and anyway have always found talking to men easier and if men do read them then maybe they would be wiser to the things they are to embarrassed to ask about

You see what it says at the top of the screen?

"By parents, for parents". Not "by mums, for mums".

You want a website just for women? Go and find one. There are plenty out there. Some of them are even parenting websites.

Here, most of us can see the value in having contributions from both men and women.

If you feel embarrassed about writing about women's things then that's your problem, no-one else's. Which means it's up to you to address it - and find another site which suits your needs better. Pound to a penny most of the men were here long before you were.

but no-one knows who you are 2hot, unless you post your name, address , phone number and picture

you are just words and a name on a screen...

either discuss those sorts of things with a friend in RL, or with whoever else, and use MN for other stuff

you are not obliged to post anything persoanl on here

2hot2cook,
you said "there are women on here discussing very personal things, the lenght of their monthly cycle is tame compared to some topics. maybe you are quite happy to have other men reading about your personal life?"
surely if I am typing on a public forum I am happy for anyone to read it??

isn't Bounty full of women only??

Yes. Yes I am happy to have men reading about my personal life. Anyhting I post on the internet, I am happy for EVERYONE to read.

Are you so lacking in insight that you cannot consider controlling your posting habits in order to avoid embarrassing yourself? I don't like the thought that people are looking at me in the swimming pool - can we ban people please? Is nothing sacred?

AND (rantorama) although many things ARE sacred, talking about a womahn's bodily functions isn't. This site is for parenting. What do women do, parentwise, that men can't do? breastfeed. And is breastfeeding special, or sacred, in some indefinably hidden way that means men may not read about it on the internet? No.

Anything that women do, parentwise, can be done by men. If it's not doable by men or breastfeeding, it's not parenting, is therefore off topic and shouldn't be discussed anyway.

So there.

I think the phrase is lighten up and enjoy yourself

mn would be dull if the only subject was children

why wouldn't anyone be ok with it? what do you think men are going to do with the information, seriously?

There are 165 posts on here, your posts are the only dissenting ones.

Can you see a pattern ?

mmam good post

2h2c..its easy then, dont do it
you are posting on the www.. incase you are not aware

vacua..i have no hair where i dont want it, it all serves a purpose..but i colour it wash it pluck it, ouch..shave it and oh, have fun with it..!
hair and i have no problems
the name if you are interested is a mis-heard song that i only just realised..

its nice to have the men around but they've been bigged up, enough now everyone...

im not sure why i feel this way, just didnt think men would be interested in a website like this? i think men should do masculine things, not chat on websites predominantly designed for women?

My dh went through a phase of posting on here (turnupthebass), he even went on a meetup!!

For a while he enjoyed chatting to people, about all sorts of stuff, but I would say mainly music and step parenting, (and fairyfly's love life )

I would like to think that some people, especially women in the same situation as me, those who had a family and were introducing a new partner/step dad into their children's lives, really valued a point of view from 'the other side' and maybe came to appreciate how hard it is for a man in that situation too.

Some of the things that put him off were the fact that he felt that the site got too 'big' , the amount of prejudice against men in general and the 'all men are the same, poor simple fools' type threads.

He is still interested in what goes on adn I very often send him links about things hoping to tempt him back.

Personally, I would rather to talk to an intellegent, open minded, witty man any day of the week than some of the women on here who don't seem to be able to string two sentences together without being judgmental and bitchy!

I do not see what the point of the marine rope masquerading as 'hair' on my chin is but I accept your explanation

And he is very masculine BTW!!!!

2hot2cook, just because your man may not be interested in your health or parenting doesnt mean they all arent.

what masculine things like have sex and not care about children/women/politics/ etc etc

are you a kind of back to the future couple

2hot

we have had emancipation

we have had feminism

childcare is not solely the realm of the female

i even know a SAHM or two..

c'mon now, your views are a teeny weeny bit old fashioned

meant SAHD obviously !