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.

A biker jacket and ankle boots being the perfect partners to every dress in existence.

Going back to university snobbery, some posters seem to think that not aiming for a big London law firm or a top hospital consultant job is a moral failing. Not every law student wants to work in London, and many medical students want to be a GP or follow another specialism.

There is currently a thread where a couple of posters are insinuating that a medical degree from a non Oxbridge university isn't worth having.

No one needs a Range Rover/Land Rover to take the kids to school.

When I tried to explain I use it to take the kids to school as it's our only car, I was told I could have a smaller car... Despite the fact we use it the 4x4 bits, the 7 seats, the boot etc. (It also has a trailer, a roof box, and we transport canoes on top of it)

It was also allowed through a police road closure to reach our house on Friday in snow, when the vast majority of cars weren't.

I have a 4WD because we live on a hill on the edge of the Pennines. No other car I have owned could get up that hill in the snow.

A) The teacher is always right, no matter what they say, the teacher is always right. You're teacher bashing if you criticize anything the teacher did, ( even if it was borderline abusive), you are unreasonable for not respecting their feelings as they do the hardest job in the world.

B) The obsession that you should charge children commercial, HMO rates, of rent as soon as they turn 18 , ( even if they are at uni, apprenticeship or UC/ minimum wage).

C) It's not rude or hurtful, but factual, to tell someone they're fat.

D) The absolute obsession that a gender reveal party isn't a fun afternoon, but the work of the devil. And you can't call it gender, it has to be sex.

it's the "do we like......???" threads that get me

look, if you like those boots/that dress/an island unit/lino floors/crispy towels/froufrou puppies/one child/skimpy curtains/whatever the hell you need validation for then just go for it, no one cares, no one will agree and you will just freak yourself out trying to please everyone but yourself.

Nick names. When asking opinions about baby names there's always a reference to potential nicknames.
In real life nicknames evolve organically. On MM they are set in stone at birth.

scentedgeranium
Or they want to call their child by a shortened name or nickname but couldn't possibly have a common shortening on the birth certificate so start asking which long names could be used to justify the nickname.

@OffredOfjune

Using twee, silly insults such as, 'did you mean to be so rude?!' or 'are you on glue?' as if anyone would say that in real life 😂

I frequently ask people I meet “Are you on glue?”. It saves a lot of time.

@SlightlyJaded

A&E

OP: My finger is a bit sore
Mumsnet" A&E. NOW!

I’d say it’s the opposite. I’m not sure what exactly would warrant an a&e trip for some posters, you could have severed your right leg in a jigsaw accident and they’d tell you to take a couple of aspirin and see how you feel in the morning, or perhaps the more generous amongst them would let you phone the non emergency helpline number.

Sorry tagged wrong person .....can't find my glasses

Not breaking rules - COVID has dragged all the dead-eyed mini policemen out. People have been stuck inside their house since March and gave been living off condensation on their windows and the odd moth now and again apparently.

Class - everyone earns six figures (in their imagination) and get really defensive when people suggest it is quite possible that people could lie about their salaries on an anonymous forum (that's impossible apparently). Never here people outwardly talk about money like that in real life funnily enough.

MIL's - nobody ever seems to like them. It is always the DH problem/fault and not that the MIL is a total bitch.

Bridezillas - always the most far fetched stories ever.

In other words, much of the stuff on here is utter bollocks.

The "sex not gender" thing. I genuinely dont understand the difference and at my age I.dont think I'll bother learning now.

And some of.the things some children can do. Mine were.just.children. Yes they had to tidy their room/clear the table/load the dishwasher etc but some of the elaborate and complex things some MN posters' DC can do...

@Donotlikemyname

I think it's both ends of the spectrum and very little in between.

I am always amazed by the posters who come on here saying:

OP: "I have a bone sticking out of my leg, a rash and a temperature of 105 - should I bother the GP"

Cue: Four million "A&E. Now"" responses

OP: "I'm not sure. Can anyone suggest a home remedy?"

"Middle names. No one cares what anyone’s middle name is. It’s rarely used or mentioned. But on every baby name thread there are all these options, agonising over which to choose"

Agree. These threads are always full of angst and handwringing; just give your child whatever middle name you want (if you must give them one at all).

I don't have a middle name at all (gasp) and I have a one syllable first name that can neither be abbreviated nor has any nicknames associated with me. Somehow I have managed to limp through life despite my lack of name choices.

NuniaBeeswax:

"MASSIVE SALADS with every meal. And fucking crusty bread."

I am so happy that you have expressed this.

My husband once had sex with a warm bagel.

In his student days, of course...

We, er, didn't know each other...

Everyone experiments at medical school...

'Bagel' was not my nickname...

Etc.

The middle name angst does my head in as well. Isn't it just a chance to either throw in another name that you like, or to name somebody after a relative who has a name that you would not in a million years want your child to have as a first name? The only consideration that I gave was that the initials would not be a problem - like M. A. D.

I have a middle surname.

My Dd now uses her middle name when meeting new people!

I've also been to A&E loads of times, all via ambulance, dodgy lungs and heart make it necessary.
Dd isn't at Uni at all, she's at college, her choice.
I do think MN is great, but there's a lot of bloody weirdos on here.

@Bitcherama

Oh yeah, the claim that Mumsnet is witty. The odd post is brilliant but really, it's not a witty place.

yep

@Janegrey333

Mine is 6ft 2. I am 5ft 6 which is perfect for a female...I was once told.

what an odd comment