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?

"I'm all in a tizzy"
OR (even worse)
"I'm all in a tizwas"

I'm seeing an uprising of the phrase 'rinse and repeat' (not referring to hair washing) I find it irritating anyway but especially as I end up with the phoebe buffay song from friends going round in my head for a significant time after reading it.

"fast forward to....". I hate this so much. It reminds me of reading Take a Break.

And

"I hate my DDs name... I won't tell you it, but think something like 'Sarah'"..... Er..... Hairer, Sharer, Gairer??! TELL US THE NAME OP!!! This is the same as 'why isn't my house selling. No pics or link"

Can't stand posts where people seem to have absolutely no concept of the financial struggles people are in. "Sell some bits on e-bay" "Take in some ironing"

Or ‘for something this important, I’d find the money from somewhere’. Well can you tell me where so I can find it too?

Yes the bloody “spa day”. Spa days cost about £100 fgs and I had no idea what one even was until I was well over 30. Who are the people who turn to them for any/every problem? It’s nice but basically a glorified and expensive bath.

The people who nitpick about spelling/grammar/layout e.g.
OP: “My ex has just been let out of prison, he’s arrived at the flat wielding an ax and I’ve Icked myself in the bathroom with the baby. What do I do??”
Poster 1: “sorry I can’t make any sense of your post”
Poster 2: “you mean an AXE?”
Poster 3: “I can’t read blocks of text like this, can you repost with paragraphs.”

Bonus points if the poor OP is clearly in a stressful situation, or has said they’re dyslexic/English is their third language.

And the “is this really the worst problem you have? Lucky you” people. Amazingly no, many people have big problems but also get upset if e.g. someone is a dick to them.

I must be honest, I haven't seen the spa day thing for years.

Sheba I saw one this week! Bewildering

@WitchWife

Sheba I saw one this week! Bewildering

Oh, you did? I'm impressed, didn't think you got them in the wild much these days.

I'm literally shaking

I'm pretty sure you're not.

@LindaEllen

It's not a saying, but I can't stand the stepmum hate. You just can't win. Basically we, as step parents, are expected to treat the children as our own (which I for one certainly do!) and take care of them and spend time with them etc. However whenever it comes making any decision, or doling out discipline, it's YOU CAN'T DO THAT IT'S NOT YOUR CHILD. So I'm allowed to do all the cooking and cleaning and washing and ironing and the school runs and read bedtime stories, and clean their cuts when they fall but GOD HELP ME if I tell him he's grounded because HE'S NOT MY CHILD.

That's a personal one to me but I'm sure other stepparents will understand.

Yes. It’s also quite common for people to come on here to vent about their children and they generally get sympathy. If a step parent does it then they generally get “You obviously don’t like your step daughter OP, I can feel the disdain DRIPPING from your post. You knew he had children when you married him, and teenagers are* sulky and rude. What did you expect?”

*Just to clarify, I mean general grumbling about behaviour that any normal person would deem to be unacceptable. I don’t mean actual nastiness.

I like it when people start a point by saying 'I've said it before and I'll say it again', as if their stance on something is likely to ring bells with thousands of anonymous users.

There's a lot of "nope" about these days. Conveys an unpleasant, smug, brooking no argument sort of tone.

I'm literally shaking

I'm pretty sure you're not.

I get shaky really easily if I get a shock. I could write that and it be true quite frequently!

I hate the MN emojis: and /.

looks like a scary skull to me, not a friendly grin.
The other two make me imagine the poster using them twisting their face into a stupid "I don't believe you/you're thick" face irl.

(Mind you, I've obviously got a problem with emojis anyway, as I hate the 😋 one after a description of something the poster likes to eat. An ex-friend, when telling me about something she found delicious, used to stick out her tongue, run it wetly around her lips and say "Schlupp!".
Made me feel sick and so does the emoji.)

"Projectile vomiting". I bet 99 times out of a 100 it's "vomiting".
"Rushed to hospital" = "went to hospital".
"Narcissist" or worse "narc" = someone I don't like.

@Kidneybingo

There's a lot of "nope" about these days. Conveys an unpleasant, smug, brooking no argument sort of tone.

That made me laugh. I use nope and you've got the intention bang on

"Rushed to hospital" = "went to hospital".

There's definitely a difference though - like my friends husband weaving in and out of traffic while she nearly gives birth on the back seat, or my sister running to A&E with my nephew in her arms when he was unresponsive, an ambulance with sirens and lights are all examples of rushing to hospital. My dd breaking her arm last week and popping in to A&E after doing a couple of other things on the way - we went to hospital.

As for the emojis I think the mumsnet ones although basic convey a sentiment in the way the modern ones don't. The big grin is reserved for when someone says something totally ridiculous and shows utter confusion.

(Mind you, I've obviously got a problem with emojis anyway, as I hate the 😋 one after a description of something the poster likes to eat. An ex-friend, when telling me about something she found delicious, used to stick out her tongue, run it wetly around her lips and say "Schlupp!".
Made me feel sick and so does the emoji.)

Yuk that's vile - I shan't use that emoji again as it will forever remind me of this image 😆

I commented on one thread where the poster said something along the lines of "I haven't been able to stop crying all night" Can't remember what it was about, but it wasn't a situation to warrant any sort of crying tbh.

The poster did respond and say "well obviously I wan't literally crying the whole time"..... even though the whole post was about how terribly upset she was and couldn't stop sobbing...which just makes me think that the rest of the post was entirely exaggerated for maximum drama.

There's definitely a difference though - like my friends husband weaving in and out of traffic while she nearly gives birth on the back seat, or my sister running to A&E with my nephew in her arms when he was unresponsive, an ambulance with sirens and lights are all examples of rushing to hospital. My dd breaking her arm last week and popping in to A&E after doing a couple of other things on the way - we went to hospital.

I'd agree there is a difference between going to hospital after seeing GP, going to hospital with a child who's struggling to breathe or with a finger hanging off is a rush.

@derxa

Yes Scotland is a village. You can move here. It's exactly the same throughout the whole country Precisely. We never see 'I want to move to England.'

Agreed but sometimes, 'I want to move to the north'.

Usually meaning northern England I think, not a small area...

midnightstar66 and Bikingbear
You're both right, of course, that on occasion people are, sadly, rushed to hospital.

I didn't make it clear that I meant the times when the word "rushed" is used when "went" or "was taken" would be more appropriate.

No, I haven't any example at my fingertips, I'm afraid (

@WitchWife Agree! I had someone say they had no idea what I meant because I'd put luck instead of look. English is one of 4 languages I speak and I was a refugee when I came to this country. If someone spelled a word one of the different ways I could understand what they meant because of the context. I just think those posters are either really thick or are being nasty.

Oh and another one, when posters put full stops for emphasis. Usually "next time DH asks you if you'd like a takeaway, call him a cunt. Every. Single. Time." I just hate it it makes people look like idiots.

[quote WaterOffADucksCrack]@WitchWife Agree! I had someone say they had no idea what I meant because I'd put luck instead of look. English is one of 4 languages I speak and I was a refugee when I came to this country. If someone spelled a word one of the different ways I could understand what they meant because of the context. I just think those posters are either really thick or are being nasty.[/quote]
Oh no, of course I knew what you meant. And I don't usually make fun of typos, I make enough of them myself, especially on a phone. On this occasion, I very gently took the mick a bit ("A good what?" before continuing the post) because you were being very sanctimonious and accusatory, without reason, and it struck me as a bit funny in the context.

I just hate the pile-ons. If the last 10 posters have said the exact same thing you are going to say, just don't bother. Wait for the OP to respond.

'This has been done to death'

Every time someone brings something up that has been discussed before. Like everyone should magically know their question/comment has been posted about before. It's so dismissive and condescending.