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?

Oh how I wish I could speak to my Mum/Dad/Sister again, you'll miss her/him/her when she's gone.

Is that all you have to worry about?

HTH

Be kind

You're all narsty

Vipers

You sound controlling OP

Because she feels uncomfortable about the amount of porn he’s watching or would like the family to sit down to dinner at the same time.

just a personal thing i dont like the kids played beautifully or they behaved beautifully

it really winds me up

Could it be Alzheimers? about anyone over 55 whose behaviour's less than perfect, though my age may be making me over-sensitive about this one! And 'ripping him/her a new one' is repulsive.

@pictish

He’s a grown man, I’d put him out to fend for himself.

On any 18 yr old who hasn’t got a mortgage yet.

Definitely this one!

Cool Wives

"My husband occasionally texts a female friend, I don't like it and want him to stop"

Followed by a couple of people saying an occasional text to a female friend is totally fine.

Followed by "Oh I see the cool wives are out in force today".

I also hate "oooh this thread got my spidey senses tingling, hes clearly up to no good" based on hardly anything at all.

Judgypants. Especially ones that are 'hoiked up'.
Yes! Picky bits. Makes me think of a bogey tea-time. Hate toms and roasties while we're talking about food. And tender stem broccoli which seems to pop up on every thread about preparing a special meal.

Tenderstem broccoli isn’t as good as normal stem broccoli. There, I said it...and I mean it too. You all know it’s true.

You have a DH problem

Just winds me up!

Oh, and 'big red flag'

I don't like it when people correct a poster by saying "you do know that .." or "you do realise that .."

Favourite stealth boast / put down I've seen was when a poster was excited about her DD being a ball girl at Wimbledon. Another poster said "gosh that's amazing, my DD has only ever been invited to play exhibition matches there, so jolly well done to your DD"

NC for this as it's outing, but I'm a regular MN user for years... think penis beaker, darked on washing, cutted up pear.

So hubby has this hobby (can't say what it is as outing)...

“I don’t believe in sky fairies” on any post about religion. To me this statement indicates a person devoid of all ability to use critical thinking to put together an argument. Instead they use a sound bite that they’ve stolen off someone else to try and indicate their intellectual superiority over anyone who has a more enchanted world view. Oh how wrong they are!

People who make a statement then add “no?” On the end. What is the point and It sounds so condescending. It’s as if you would just show how stupid you are to disagree.

"It makes my teeth itch"

"Just adopt!"

@CanaryFish

“You sound awful” Usually about something minor

Over use of the word “lovely”
“Bottle of wine and a lovely card “ as opposed to a bottle of wine and a shitty card ?
“Do something lovely”
I don’t even know why it annoys me it’s totally irrational on my part

It's always 'my lovely cleaner' too, for some reason.

"Are you very young OP?"

So patronising

"Well, ive asked DH and he says..."

Who gives a shit?

I've said it before...."trotted out". It makes me think of a line up of pigs.

I've never changed my name, so I don't understand when people say they post a lot and have NC because it's outing or people they know in the real world know their mumsnet details. Is it to remind themselves that they've changed their name and that they need to change it back, or is it a little bit pompous? If you've changed your name, how would anyone know you have changed it?

"They've checked out of the relationship" trotted out by probably half the people on the thread.

"I didn't want to read and run". Why say that?

Or the OP that will say "name changed for this but...." and then ryhm off a load of old threads.

Also the OPs that put "fuck off daily mail" or other insults in their OP.

When someone who has name changed tries to prove they're a long term member by putting "naice ham, penis beaker, Maui". It proves nothing. I didn't see them the first time round, but looked them up when they were mentioned.
I don't even know why they feel it's necessary.

"Wow. Just wow." - most pointless contribution to a thread.

Posters who dictate texts that the OP should send to the person they are annoyed with.

OP complains about her useless husband who has never minded the kids on his own and is currently hungover. MN advice? Leave him with the kids and head out for the day. Do people really not think about the kids left in that situation?

Saying loose when they mean lose.

wigglerose I think it's because if they don't say they've name changed some twat will post the "interesting first post" line and think they're really witty and clever 😂

"Husband has this hobby ... I mustn't say as it's so outing, the press will likely show up on my doorstep within seconds of posting"

Everyone: pushes further

" Well if you must know - it's cycling"

Not a saying but an argument - usually used about childcare and returning to work. Someone posts saying she (always a she) is unsure whether to take a new job because she hates being at home but the cost of travel and childcare completely wipes out her wage. People wade in to angrily shout that her DH is jointly responsible for childcare too so make him pay half.

Well, obviously. But if it's family finances, and an extra £1000 is cancelled out by a new £1000 bill, that makes it not worth it, regardless of whose money paid for which bit of what. It drives me mad, mostly because it's always laid down with such smug superiority, with an air of 'there, solved it for you, you idiot'.