Sayings / arguments on Mumsnet that you hate?

[Polkapoo]

There's a few but one I see often that just makes me is 'what if they were your kids?'.

It's obviously always said in response to someone who is not the child's parent and therefore surely a completely pointless argument?!

What others do you always see and eye roll at?

@anuffername

Modelling.

"we sit with DS and model good table manners"

No you don't. You eat a meal at the table with your child, just as thousands of other parents do.

Yes! And 'instilling'.

'We believe it important to instil manners/a work ethic/resilience [that's worthy of a post of its own, that one] in our DC'.

Why is everything a journey nowadays too?

Breastfeeding journey, weight loss journey, weaning journey...

You're not fucking going anywhere.

@Neron

ShebaShimmyShake there was a thread, with a young girl who was pregnant. BF not interested, she was still living at home with her parents in an overcrowded house and not ideal for raising a child. OP didn't want a termination, the family didn't think having a baby was for the best. Posters were telling OP it was her body her choice, to have the baby and tough luck basically to everyone else, they would have to suck it up.

Ah, right. Well, they were correct given that we don't force women to have either babies or abortions, so good on them.

Bottle of wine and a lovely card “as opposed to a bottle of wine and a shitty card?
⬆️ Haha nailed it

I agree with the posters who hate the “cool girl” or “cool wife” thing.

My favourite example of this is when a poster who was a lesbian got roundly accused of being a “cool girl” for liking non-vanilla sex, in a long thread about how women only do X specific sex thing to please men and be cool girls.

My pet hate is the AIBU - Is a monthly amount of £0,000 (however many thousand) enough to live on after bills? It's usually a large almost excessive amount and it's quite obvious that it's a underhanded brag

I hate 'breezy'
Like "well I would just say a breezy (insert smart sounding pithy comment that isn't really your feelings at all and is just adding to the game playing pointless bollocks.."
If someone pissed you off isn't it ok to act pissed off and tell them? Forced breeziness what's the point.

Also 'veggies'
Also 'deranged'

Sorry pedants forgot to close my brackets...

Token presents.

A present is a present.

Usually seems to be a bottle of champagne. Um, that's just a present (and a very nice one too).

Don't get me started on "gifting".

Also anyone who can actually be arsed to type out in excruciating details the usually imaginary contents of their cupboards/child's lunch box/planned meals.

I used to like the question AIBU and then some joker would say, 'AIBU, we all say yes you are' and claim the op is still arguing when, actually, she has a valid point and it is, in fact 50/50 and she is perfectly entitled to ask the question anyway.

I am so glad they 've started polls so that point can't be made anymore. It's only relevant to who is reading Mumsnet, anyway, and you'd get different answers from different audiences.

^*@pinkyboots1
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underhanded brag

Love it! The new (and well-worn) stealth boast!

"I'm not bragging but ..." which usually precedes the biggest, fattest blatant brag you've ever seen.

iyswim / iykwim

Neither of these abbreviations have contributed anything, to any thread, ever.

I'm amused at how often an OP is told to go round to their abusive, aggressive, foul mouthed neighbour with a home baked cake and some flowers.

Also love the pompous, longwinded texts that are offered to send when a friend has been taking advantage. I doubt if the cheeky friend would be bothered to read the tedious screed.

honigbutter, laced with a laxative, naturally

@Monkeynuts18

I hate the responses where someone is worried about their adult child and posters reply ‘she’s an adult, it’s none of your business’ as if they’re sooo cool and wise. And as if parenting stops at midnight on a child’s 18th birthday. Eg

OP: ‘my 19 year old daughter has dropped out of uni to work on webcams and I strongly suspect she has a drug addiction. What should I do?’

MN: ‘she’s an adult, her decision, none of your business.’

There's a variation on this on the university threads - posters instantly dismissing anyone who dares to suggest attending university open days with their children with ' My children all went on their own, they're adults, don't embarrass your child by being 'that' parent accompanying them'. When you actually go to open days they are full of family groups so it just doesn't match reality.

The same happens with saying you might drop them off at university - 'when I went I wasn't mollycoddled and crossed the country on four trains with a rucksack and a Co-op bag to last three years'.

Go and join the Freedom programme. This seems to be mentioned extremely often.

'Batch cooking'...

Not so much a phrase but posters who don't read thr thread through and keep coming on, all giving the same "advice" despite the op adding more information upthread or saying the issue has been resolved.

Aren't you a peach

Ugh

@Pomegranatemolasses

"Wind yer neck in".

Loathe this expression.

I say this all the time!

Or shes your child op eh no shes not.She has a father that has an equal say.

@TinkersTailor

Why is everything a journey nowadays too?

Breastfeeding journey, weight loss journey, weaning journey...

You're not fucking going anywhere.

I love this post. I heard 'debt journey' the other day. Granted, it wasn't on here. I'm playing down bloody debt. That in itself means I'm not going anywhere.

When someone thinks they know you from a few words on a screen and launches a personal attack. Bizarre behaviour.

I had a poster follow me to another thread after I disagreed with an inane post. She randomly posted that she didn’t know if it was my personality or pregnancy hormones but I was obviously a horrible person. WTF? Because I posted I didn’t really like my job and wouldn’t be going back to work after my baby is born!

Whataboutery is starting to piss me off.