MN obsessions

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Why is MN obsessed with fluffy socks, why not just socks?

Also see new pyjamas, posh chocolate, warm coats, good quality yet inexpensive anything.

Can we use some new adjectives.

I miss when the only thing naice was ham.

Kinckers under PJs is a no no because you have to let your fanjo 'breathe' or something. Although how this happens I don't know.

most discerning MN can smell your fanny from 5 metres away.

🤣🤣🤣 ive seen more than one poster claim they can smell women's sanitary towels

Has to be said though, for every "if you're not using a litre of bleach every hour to clean, you're a slattern" post there's a "I only clean the toilet before a bank holiday"

Particularly evident on hard floor v carpet threads as people seem to think having laminate means they never have to clean it ever again.

Speculation about the 'gender' of a foetus seems rather popular at the moment.

“AIBU to have a drink while pregnant” it is ALWAYS a glass of champagne, usually at a wedding.

No one ever asks if they can have a can of Tesco gin and tonic while pregnant.

most discerning MN can smell your fanny from 5 metres away.

Ewwwwww. Even if you truly believed you possessed this special gift, what on earth would make you think others would appreciate hearing about your olfactory findings?

@GlummyMcGlummerson

most discerning MN can smell your fanny from 5 metres away.

🤣🤣🤣 ive seen more than one poster claim they can smell women's sanitary towels

Oh yes, the "stench" of scented sanitary towels that is apparently completely overpowering even from several feet away and through at least two layers of clothing, more so than the menstrual blood.

I can believe someone doesn't like the smell of scented sanitary towels. I can even believe they might get a whiff if someone opens their handbag near them. I do not believe for one second that they can smell the towels that are in use to any significant extent, or that it causes them any distress whatsoever. If you're that much of a bloodhound, join the police force as a sniffer dog.

Describing boys as "strapping". Often trying to reassure other posters (which is of course lovely) who for example may be asking about a premature birth, ill health in childhood, fussy eaters etc.

"My DS was like that and he now a strapping 18 year old".

I don't even know why it annoys me.

The odd status of bits of the UK. I was on MN for about five years before I actually met a Liverpudlian (I'm foreign), but from what you read on here you'd expect them to come at you underdressed but glamorous even in the depths of winter, talking inarticulately while eating stew made by their nan. The reality is less exciting. See also: Cardiff, Newcastle.

The total fucking obsession with "token presents".

Usually when someone has categorically stated that they don't want any presents

I have no idea what a "token present" actually is. Anything that is suggested as such usually turns out to be, well, a present.

Girl children are invariably timid and wouldn't say boo to a goose whilst boy children are boisterous, no angel and a typical boy.

Neither of which definition does anything other than perpetuate stereotypical bollocks.

@TheSilentStars in a similar vein, if a little girl aggressively says no or refuses to give something to a boy her age she's asserting her boundaries. If a little boy aggressively says no or refuses to give something to a girl, he's a misogynist in the making and probably a future wife beater

If you spend over £100 on your wedding you’re inevitably a spendthrift who’s marriage won’t last. Conversely if you spend less than £100 on a winter coat then shame on you.

Oh yes, the "stench" of scented sanitary towels that is apparently completely overpowering even from several feet away and through at least two layers of clothing, more so than the menstrual blood.

I can believe someone doesn't like the smell of scented sanitary towels. I can even believe they might get a whiff if someone opens their handbag near them. I do not believe for one second that they can smell the towels that are in use to any significant extent, or that it causes them any distress whatsoever. If you're that much of a bloodhound, join the police force as a sniffer dog.

🤣

Unfortunately I did used to smell my own stale blood on a sanitary towel when I was trapped in
a double science lesson and it desperately needed changing. So whilst I agree this obsession with scented sanitary towel hatred is only something I’ve ever come across on here, I do think it possible to smell other people’s if you’re close enough 🤮

Competitive not putting the heating on because it is still October but there is frost on the ground

I'm not well 'and and don't like to feel cold.

If you mention that your husband likes a glass of wine with dinner every night, and also sometimes likes a beer after a day at work, then he's obviously an alcoholic and you must make plans to LTB immediately.
I can only assume these people have never been to France .

Cereal is 'shit in a box'.

You need to give your kids a 'protein rich' breakfast every morning, always involving eggs. Newsflash: a lot of kids hate eggs, mine included.

If you consume more than 1000 calories day then you're a greedy pig and no wonder you can't lose weight, (seriously though, the competitive undereating on this site is getting out of control).

White bread is the devil's work and fruit is 'pure sugar'

Everyone's got ASD.

Competitive "classy" Christmases. You've got to buy the correct stuff from the correct store and put up/take down your decorations on the correct dates otherwise you are having a tacky festive season

Everybody has misphonia.

What ARE the correct dates stampsurprise?

Needing to announce that they're a "long time lurker, first time poster" or they've used MN for years but need to inform their readers they have "NC for this"
Like anyone gives a shit how much of a loyal Mumsnetter you are

@Joswis

What ARE the correct dates stampsurprise?

I'm not really sure but definitely not "tooearly" and they should be up until 12th Night apparently. Mine are up already so I'm definitely having the wrong sort of Christmas - hah!

Threads that begin “ I’m shaking and in tears right now” So the first thing you do is jump on MN and make a post?

“How old do I look”. You look 57. Op gets mad and people flock in to say “Oh sweetie, you look 25 at most”

Other ops who jump in to say “ I’m 96 but people always mistake me for a 42 yr old”. Uh huh. Sure they do.

The cool wives brigade. “ I just love it when my husband goes on a 2week business trip with his 22 yr old assistant” “ I adore all the pictures he posts on FB of them having candle light dinners and frolicking at the nude beach”.

The last time I heard 'cross' in real life was at primary school.

when I see someone say how 'cross' they are. It just sounds so pathetic and twee

Oh. I say it quite often (of people I'm dealing with in the course of my work, not to their faces obviously). More accurate in most cases than raging, irate, furious, incandescent etc. so I usually think there's no need for the hyperbole! The thing that really irritates me (comes up on MN and in real life too) is that everyone who is er, well, cross, tends to be described by the person on the receiving end as "rude", whether they are or not. I tend to think of people as rude only when they're actively abusive or insulting, not just because they express their displeasure.

MN seem obsessed with breaking the rules of thermodynamics

"Diets don't work, I should know I spent six months eating nothing but 200 calories of hoover dust a day and a small glass of water and I put on 4 stone"

'Can't you just wear a sunflower lanyard?' as though said items somehow magically make make moving through the world with an invisible disability a breeze.