MN obsessions

[RoughWinds]

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.

@Viviennemary

Obsessed with delivery men knocking on doors and waking up their precious child. As if all delivery people need a printed schedule of all children's naps. And folk washing their bedding and skirting boards twice a day.

Nobody answers a) the landline b) the front door on MN for reasons I can't quite work out. This presumably applies even when expecting deliveries? Especially after 9pm.

@kwiksavenofrillsusername

I used to have a uni tutor who'd mark us down for using 'whilst'. It does sound odd and pretentious, like you're an old Victorian lady writing a letter. Like 'whom'.

Crikey! I even use it in conversation

@TeachesOfPeaches

Man asks for sex = rapist and abuser Man denies woman sex = abuser and also gay

But that fulfulls the primary MN mission statement, a male is always, always in the wrong! He has to 'support' his wife/partner, especially where the children are concerned even if he actually disagrees with her, even if her decision subsequently turns out to be dangerously incorrect.

@Tolleshunt

fucking crusty bread

What's wrong with crusty bread?

Nothing, except anytime anybody mentions bread to go with something, it ALWAYS has to be crusty. And spoken about as if it’s a gourmet experience.

My crusty bread is usually a sourdough baguette from Aldi, espeically crusty of I leave it in the oven too long.

[quote BonnieDundee]@EveryDayIsADuvetDay but I liiiiiike the parking threads with diagrams [/quote]
I often wonder what happened in ABC street during the lockdown, that kept me entertained for weeks!

"which brings me to GOTTEN."

Gotten and "Can I get" is perfectly normal where I am (not USA). This must make us all uneducated hillbillies on MN

I used to have a uni tutor who'd mark us down for using 'whilst'. It does sound odd and pretentious, like you're an old Victorian lady writing a letter. Like 'whom'.

It could certainly be argued that "whilst" is unnecessarily archaic. But "whom" is simply correct when the pronoun is the object of the sentence. "Who" is just wrong.

Everything is 'grim'. To me grim means like, a grim diagnosis, the news from the doctor was grim. Everyone here seems to use 'grim' like it basically means nothing and it is going out of style. Also, I was sat, I was stood, etc.

If it isn't 'grim' it is 'vile'
And the post must be addressed to 'reader' for absolute pretentiousness.

Crikey! I even use it in conversation blush

I do, too. I like the sound of it!

*And the post must be addressed to 'reader' for absolute pretentiousness.

Hoping fervently that posters scanning the posts will be impressed by the literary allusion.

And the post must be addressed to 'reader' for absolute pretentiousness.

The pretentious one will be hoping fervently that posters scanning the posts will be impressed by the literary allusion.

Nobody answers a) the landline b) the front door on MN for reasons I can't quite work out. This presumably applies even when expecting deliveries? Especially after 9pm

No-one even has a landline because they all live in areas with excellent mobile reception and never have any power cuts.

People have become so self important and find it such an imposition if someone wants to talk to them or see them without a written invitation three weeks in advance.

Then you get the mumsnetters who have to have a maximum cap on the number of friends they have. I was born and grew up hundreds of miles away from where I live now. If everyone I know only stayed friends with the people they went to school with I would have no friends.

Although most of my local friends are also "outsiders" who have moved here.

I find chavs say vile a lot and grim more middle class wanna be English people's talk.

"Then you get the mumsnetters who have to have a maximum cap on the number of friends they have. I was born and grew up hundreds of miles away from where I live now. If everyone I know only stayed friends with the people they went to school with I would have no friends."

The competitive friendlessness is a strange one. Like it's a badge of honour to only interact with people within "your little family".

arghhhh the "little family" drives me bonkers.

Whom is absolutely normal and i use it when required (to a chorus, from my DCs of "why is 'who' a word if we're not allowed to use it?" possibly from Brooklyn 99?)

(still in the dark about how to NC)

@sst1234

MN is obsessed with asking stupid questions, then accusing people of a pile on when they tell call OP out on their own....double standards, toxicity, selfishness....the list is endless.

This for sure. I find it really really weird how people disagreeing with some posters is a 'pile on' or 'running them off' or bollocks like that. Whinging that more than one person has a different opinion to you, on a large discussion forum is just bonkers. Whinging about more than one poster replying to your post being people bullying and ganging up, same thing. And its something I have only ever seen on here, ad am ona fair few forums.

That said, my first post on here was a little scary, given I had about 200 replies within the 5 mins it took me to make a cuppa, and near 100% telling me I was being very unreasonable, in strong language also

@Katiepoes

I use whom and whilst in real life. Objecting to words is a real MN obsession though - which brings me to GOTTEN. Perfectly normal word where I'm from but it seems to freak out the MN hordes.

Those who object to 'gotten', presumably too American, need to read some Bill Bryson's books about word which were taken across the Atlantic, disappeared here but then came back!

@feistyoneyouare

Halo-polishing about existing on 'massive salads' and 'tons of veggies'. In a similar vein, disdain for jarred sauces. Saying 'only on MN' to anything one doesn't happen to have encountered before. 'Welcoming' newbies with 'Interesting first post OP.' Snobbery about 'plastic tat' for kids Accusing those with anxiety or hidden disabilities of 'making it up for sympathy'. Intolerance of non-typical romantic and sexual setups. Judging SAHMs and stepparents regardless of whether they've done anything to deserve being judged. Sneering at people who let their kids believe in Santa past the age of about 3. Calling people snowflakes for promoting kindness.

Well, you did ask.

Love this!!!

My crusty bread is usually a sourdough baguette from Aldi, espeically crusty of I leave it in the oven too long.

Mines usually half a french stick that for some reason i put in a cupboard where I forgot about it. It's more crispy then crusty.

Has anyone said class yet? Only kidding haven't read the thread yet I'm going to now to see how long it took....

@PrincessNutNut

Hahah yes. First go.

I'm. Not sure what class I am perceived as

@PomBearWithoutHerOFRS

Portion size and the amount of protein in children's meals, especially packed lunches.

Haha YES every meal is very low in protein and children, in particular, are sadly lacking in protein although pesto pasta is ok.

Everyone has very tall, very slim, super sporty and active children who eat like absolute horses.

On the style and beauty threads handbags have to be tan, and coats have to be camel.

I am a jewel winter. Those colours just do not go with my wardrobe, and camel is a shit colour (sorry)

And the competitive non ironers. Sorry, but unironed clothes just look scruffy

People copying down someone else’s post then leaving a smiley face. Stop it. It’s boring.

New parents who want to hide away like fugitives from the law in case anyone - close family included - should want to see the new arrival before they’ve had weeks of bonding time. Your babies couldn’t give a shit - just act normal and stop grandstanding.

If your sex life or proclivities extend to anything other than once-per-week missionary, at a strictly pre-arranged time slot, with the light off and three methods of contraception employed, you're a 'cool mum'.

Oh, and anyone who ever has sex outside of marriage, even once, comes home riddled with every STD known to mankind.