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I would say

Pineapple on pizza is decent

@pollysproggle you've hit a bit of a nerve for me

Children still in nappies past the age of 3 (day or night) is lazy parenting.
Not SN children.

Are you saying that your not a lazy parent if your SN 3+ year old is still in nappies...
OR
That you're just a lazy parent and your child doesn't really have SN?

My son has a disability abs I'm always really paranoid how people perceive me as a mum. Do they just think 'poor lad, if his mum wasn't so shit he'd be fine'

That care workers and TAs (and other low paid jobs) are not deliberately underpaid because mainly women do them, it is market forces - supply and demand.

That men don’t need a SAHP to be able to do their job.

Life and home admin isn’t s full time consuming job.neither is housework.

I don’t mind unexpected guests (obv pre covid) nor workmen wanting to use the toilet or have a drink.

Children shouldn’t have to pay board to remain living with parents.

I like grey walls

Ooh I’ve thought of another one. Being in a relationship is not a reason to neglect friendships and let them drift away. Having a partner doesn’t hamper your ability to make time for friends (obviously this doesn’t apply to abusive relationships where someone is being isolated). Having kids will shift your priorities and time but still no excuse not to send the odd text to keep up with people.

most people on mumsnet blow everything out of proportion and likely don't act like that in real life, and if they do, probably piss off everyone around them.

Also just to piggyback off this, I think there's a sizeable chunk of middle class (probably predominantly white) women on MN who like to play pretend at being oppressed. It crops up in all kinds of ways - the "I just don't uuuunderstaaand" faux wide eyed attitude to a Black MNer forum was a good illustration of it. Real wannabe victims out there.

I really like my mother in law and have 3 loo brushes.

@EwwwwDavid well you mustn’t have a car to drive elsewhere so yes, it makes you poor 💐

Smacking isn't abuse when done infrequently and is used as a last resort.

• Instagram is for show offs
• Facebook is for nosey people that don’t have a life of their own so like to comment on everyone else’s.
• Most people find other people’s children

annoying

• I think there is mass hysteria over schools returning. Everyone seems to want them to close but if your child is still off in February you will be complaining they have been off too long. The government cannot win

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I hope they open primary schools as soon as bloody possible!

I think the English education system is a bit shit. I also think that generally English people do not appreciate children and value family.

adding on,
piercings are fine when a child knows how to look after them and only you can know when that is. however (not unpopular), you shouldn't pierce a baby's ears just because you want them done, as i said before, children are not an extension of you, they are their own person.
i got my ears pierced when i was 8 because i broke my ankle and it was the one thing i really wanted done. at that age, i was mature enough to look after them myself.
however, my friend also got them done at 8, and hers got infected because she couldn't properly deal with them.

likewise, i got a tongue piercing when i turned 13. i was completely able to look after this myself so my parents didn't mind. they might not think it looks good but i liked it so they went along with it because they knew i was responsible.

tattoos don't have to be sentimental nor do i think they should strictly only be done once you're over 18. i did my first tattoo when i was 14, and even though i think i could have done better and don't necessarily enjoy the things i did then, it is nice to look back on them, and treat my body like a sketchbook. i will probably end up covered in tattoos by the time i'm 90, because i add them as i like something new.

I don't mind if other people smoke. As long as they aren't standing in front of me and blowing it into my face.

Ferrying your kids about doing activities eg music,sport,violin,mandarin is all about you.nowt about them. You're trying to avoid working and need an excuse how busy busy you are.

Other tactics are refusing to use nursery because your cherub is so Spesh or so attached that you can’t.

All alcoholic drinks taste vile.

The only things that are 'grim' are fairy tales.

Smoking in your own garden is not a hanging offence.

Not every topic is an excuse to give us your views on trans people.

@Thewiseoneincognito lol! I do have a car but live wire 'remote'. Also another unpopular thing on MN. Love visiting mums and having a nosey round Tesco!

Love remote. Not live wire

[quote GinAndTonicOnIt]@pollysproggle you've hit a bit of a nerve for me

Children still in nappies past the age of 3 (day or night) is lazy parenting.
Not SN children.

Are you saying that your not a lazy parent if your SN 3+ year old is still in nappies...
OR
That you're just a lazy parent and your child doesn't really have SN?

My son has a disability abs I'm always really paranoid how people perceive me as a mum. Do they just think 'poor lad, if his mum wasn't so shit he'd be fine'[/quote]
I think the original poster meant not including sen children. Sen children are a different kettle of fish.

I have a sen child. He’s 7, going on 8 and still in nappies.... honestly anyone that wants to question my parenting can go fuck themselves and I’d opening tell them that too. I’m sure if it was my crap parenting that made him so disabled then his special needs school would of took him off me by now via social services and managed to make him speak since he’s there 6 hours a day but alas he’s still non verbal.

Don’t worry what others think as I’m sure you do your best for him.

[quote GinAndTonicOnIt]**@pollysproggle you've hit a bit of a nerve for me

Children still in nappies past the age of 3 (day or night) is lazy parenting.
Not SN children.

Are you saying that your not a lazy parent if your SN 3+ year old is still in nappies...
OR
That you're just a lazy parent and your child doesn't really have SN?

My son has a disability abs I'm always really paranoid how people perceive me as a mum. Do they just think 'poor lad, if his mum wasn't so shit he'd be fine'[/quote]
@pollysproggle I was also a little confused by this one. DS was 6 when dry overnight, required medical intervention to become dry overnight in the form of medication.

What is the non-lazy parent way to do it, just so I get it right next time round? Because I tried a lot of things and he has no SN but my lazy parenting meant he was in a nappy beyond 3

Many men would be quite happy not to have children and only do so because their partner wants to.

Many women regret having children and don't find it enjoyable or fulfilling at all.

Not sure if it's unpopular but I don't like men. They are the root of most of the worlds problems. I work In childcare some kids are just awful because their parents are lazy and don't parent them.
I think ivf is questionable in terms of morals

OK, deep breath...

Farrow and Ball has lovely colours but the paint is shit

It's fine to have a car each and both drive to work if you need to

Cannabis should be legalised

No other government (that was a viable option to the UK) would be doing any better right now.

It's ok - no good - for your children to be bored sometimes

Lidl is horrible

A chicken feeds four people at most, during one sitting.

@FlamedToACrisp

All alcoholic drinks taste vile.

The only things that are 'grim' are fairy tales.

Smoking in your own garden is not a hanging offence.

Not every topic is an excuse to give us your views on trans people.

You need to try strawberry gin and mcdonalds sprite. Heavenly!

That step parents are decent people doing a bloody hard job helping raise children who are not theirs, and that if said child(ren) is living in their house or staying there for however long they do have the right to have a say in the child's life.
Phew - shoot me now