To think how come there are men on Mumsnet ?

[Daisyflower12345]

I was quite confused to be honest.

I genuinely thought Mumsnet as it's says mums. Is for women only just surprised to come across a lot of males.

Now it's not a bad thing at all. Just quite surprising to be honest ?

@WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll

Maybe we should even also question with deep suspicion women who have had children but are from Birmingham, as they are likely 'moms' and not mums at all; similarly all of the Welsh, Irish (and other) 'mams' are also to be deterred from this site, which is plainly for 'mums' only....

Hey, hey hey! Not all of us from Birmingham are Mom you know. I'm actually Mummy still

By parents for parents.

But guess what - there are also posters on here who are not even parents! 😲

It's a chat forum. Most of the sub topics have bugger all to do with motherhood.

People come to chat. 🤷‍♀️ It may have started as a little chatroom for mums but it has become far more than that. Fast moving, large membership, reasonable percentage of intelligent and knowledgeable people.

And of course you never know who anyone is anyway. I say I'm a mum but I could be a bloke. How would you know?

Men don’t like being left out, they show up bloody everywhere. I could set up a lesbian witchcraft BAME club and a white man would still come a’knocking.

Some of them want parenting advice, some of them want to be condescending arseholes, some of them are pervs around for sex talk (they’re usually the ones with names like “KatieSmith42234” that begin with “Hi girls!”), and some of them would never be so crude but do rather seem to enjoy the flurry of supportive women sticking up for them that they get on threads like this.

Do we REALLY need this again? I don’t believe the whole ‘But I don’t understand!’ schtick these people trot out. Of course they understand - they just don’t like it and want to complain about it.

Even if Mumsnet WAS only for women, how would HQ police it? Should they start insisting on photo ID and proof of address when new users sign up? That’s costly, time-consuming, off-putting for the majority and ultimately means less users - the very opposite of what MN wants. It’s funded by advertising, for heaven’s sake - what kind of mass market business spends money to actively exclude 50% of the population?

Well I am a Woman but I'm not a Mum and I'm here. Should I get my coat?

(And if that's the case can I kindly ask that the conception boards are moved to a less exclusive site so I can continue to use them?)

Some of them want parenting advice, some of them want to be condescending arseholes

Rather like the women.

You only just noticed.

That said, there are even non parents here!

What a fucking liberty; kick the bastards off!

Hey, hey hey! Not all of us from Birmingham are Mom you know.
I'm actually Mummy still

I did say are likely to - I know not all Brummies follow the custom!

I do see what you did there with your username, though

Wow ! Like I mentioned at the start it's not a bad thing at all I was just quite surprised.

Some of you guys need to read properly before jumping down my throat hahah

Some of you guys need to read properly before jumping down my throat hahah

You know that other posters were quite "vocal" about men here being wrong, right...?

Nowhere else can I play a game of Mornington Crescent with people who have a good knowledge of the game of games.

Men can be Mums these days.

I landed on Mumsnet when I was looking for reviews of a beauty product. I now mainly knock about on the Style and Beauty board, and the Litter Tray, sometimes TV and books, and have done for five years.

I am not a mum.

I’ve been on here years on and off however often in google searches up pops mumsnet it’s been very helpful for all sorts of things over the years, there’s generally always someone who can help with something on here, men women parents, non parents, grandparents etc all welcome 🙏 not sure what is surprising about it 😀

I really don't expect any men to respond with why they joined Mumsnet as if they do they will be accused of mansplaining or thinking their male opinion is superior let alone relevant.
I cannot understand why it is surprising to you that men might enjoy a good AIBU or that they want parenting advice considering they make up roughly half of the population. It's honestly not surprising. But you are goady.

I'm a blerk and I check this site out because there is intelligent conversation here.

There are dopes as well, but definitely some sharp minds.

You know that other posters were quite "vocal" about men here being wrong, right...?

Yep, my responses were to the 'vocal' people who want to set their own rules about somebody else's website. It is a question that comes up with alarming frequency, but I do acknowledge that your OP was ponderous rather than critical.

Lots of my male friends enjoy reading it. Lots of non-parents on here too.

Probably because there is no dadsnet and men might be too embarrassed to ask their wives/partners for advise.

@Daisyflower12345

I was quite confused to be honest.

I genuinely thought Mumsnet as it's says mums. Is for women only just surprised to come across a lot of males.

Now it's not a bad thing at all. Just quite surprising to be honest ?

Did you fuck!

No one ,absolutely no one believes that. Not any of the thousands of people that claim they do in order to start yet another one of these threads.

It's a open website, accessible to anyone and everyone. It doesn't require proof of vagina on entry.

I only peruse AIBU because frankly there is some proper batshittery* going on and I enjoy a laugh.

I don't go on the other threads because my kids are adults now.

• a word I learnt on AIBU

I bet this will be taken down.

They always have a man’s name in their user name and introduce that they are a man when posting.

I always wish they would go away.