To ask about your fav Mumsnet cliches

[HeidiHaughton]

Ltb being mine.

there also seem to be a lot of threads recently about what people find attractive in a man & suddenly everyone on MN has super hot, sexy DH’s that still give them butterflies

They’re also really well-endowed and dynamite in bed.

Haha I knew that’d pique someone interest to respond, like mn bingo

@NuniaBeeswax

You forgot the CRUSTY BREAD and REAL BUTTER.

Yeah but in MN world that's lurpack ugh

The hatred of non drivers. I didn’t realise it was a thing. I can’t drive. I would love to be able to. But I can’t. I would be dangerous on the road as I have awful coordination and hazard perception. In real life I just get the bus or walk most places. DH gives DS and I lifts to events if they are tricky to get to.

Ooh and the fat hating. In real life I have only experienced it once (an elderly lady told me to walk up and down the hill to lose some weight: I found it hilarious and couldn’t stop laughing at how inappropriate she was)

I might be more of a Mumsnet clean freak cliche than I thought (and I really didn't think I was). I'm genuinely surprised and kind of repelled by how many people claim not to wash their hands after every wee at home. At the risk of shaking, becoming incandescent and fumigating my house daily, I honestly think that's really lazy and revolting.

Hmm. This is a bit unsettling, actually. Maybe I need to buy some Boden clothes. I wonder how long I could make this chicken last...

@Sbowiegirl

Ooh and the fat hating. In real life I have only experienced it once (an elderly lady told me to walk up and down the hill to lose some weight: I found it hilarious and couldn’t stop laughing at how inappropriate she was)

Yep! You must keto/low carb or you will die, definitely, of some terrible disease that will simultaneously bankrupt the entire NHS. Sod the planet! Meat, loads of meat, and dairy or death (fuck the animals who are mistreated or die, they were probably fat).

I’m a working class, fat, vegetarian non driver who earns less than 50k. So I’m sure most of mumsnet look down their noses at me.

Still, I love getting in the chat: hearing (well reading) the views of people from different walks of life. The things they wouldn’t say to my face...

All the stuff around booze. We all love a drink and it's a big part of our social life.

Sorry as I know this is a light hearted thread but not 'everyone' loves a drink. We're conditioned to it.

Lots of MNers have been badly affected or have witnessed loved ones die a pitiful death due to alcohol.

Please don't minimise it.

@KarensChoppyBob

All the stuff around booze. We all love a drink and it's a big part of our social life.

Sorry as I know this is a light hearted thread but not 'everyone' loves a drink. We're conditioned to it.

Lots of MNers have been badly affected or have witnessed loved ones die a pitiful death due to alcohol.

Please don't minimise it.

Here, you go, another cliche. A LOT of projecting on here.

@GeordieGreigsButtButtZoom

I've been quite surprised at that as well. The idea that anyone who hand washes after every wee is some sort of germ-phobic freak! I thought it was quite normal?
I certainly dont wash towels/bedding/curtains etc daily and I think it's acceptable to have an ensuite bathroom (and use it !) I dont sniff out febreeze or scented sanitary towels so not obsessive....but I thought everyone washed their hands after the toilet? (when facilities are available)

Speaking of germ phobics, no one on MN has ever met anyone who didn't remove their shoes and zoflora their feet before setting foot on their precious carpeted floors, no one.

Someone keeping their shoes indoors is an anomaly and a filthy mare.

Back in the "real world", it's both and noone is making such drama over the whole thing.

@HeelsHandbagPerfumeCoffee

Mn aversion to maintaining your own money,apparently it’s a flat mate relationship If you dare to have financial autonomy and don’t split every bill you’re in an unstable relationship

Yes this - usually accompanied by the mind-blowingly irritating "we pool everything, because we're a partnership". Just because DH and I don't pool our income and have our own way of organising our finances does not make us any less of a partnership!

Not read the thread but (i got to page 4🤣)

Did you mean to be so rude? 😉

@KarensChoppyBob I was talking about my rl people not 'everyone' People I know in rl don't have half a glass of wine once a year.

Not minimising anything, I've done lots of work with addicts but find the attitude on here to 'normal' enjoying a drink crazy.

On mn people have a thimble of wine only,otherwise they’re intoxicated
They may have a spritzer (if it’s a special do)
No one ever posts they fired into the wine,tanned a big bag of Doritos and had a bastard of a hangover the next day

Exactly @HeelsHandbagPerfumeCoffee no one ever gets the Uber eats man to bring them McDonald's as they're rough as toast

Mere mention of McDonald’s and mn folk are reaching for their kale pomander
I have to say there are times nothing quite hits the spot like a Maccy d

An awful lot of mumsnet seems to get their knickers in a twist because some other mumsnetters don’t drink very much.

I rarely drink. It’s not a moral choice, I just don’t particularly like how it makes me feel awful and affects my stomach or the headache the next morning. One glass of wine is fine, but much more and I feel awful

The constant suggestion of the names Otillie and Florence on the baby name board.

Or Astrid, Astrid or Astrid. Used to be Clara.

Mumsnet is bizarre about alcohol. I have about 6 drinks a year because I take a tonne of medication but I couldn’t give a stuff if everyone else drinks a bottle a night. Equally, if you don’t drink it doesn’t actually make you a freak or a religious fanatic. Some people here are so convinced their way of life is the ONLY way.

@JaimeLeeCurtains

Yeah, no-one ever brightly pipes up with 'Twat here'.

Maybe I will.

Sanctimonious, virtue signalling, angry troll who lies about having a 100k salary here, how can I help?

Do you have a seriously hot husband though?

'Livid!', 'fuming!', 'furious!', 'raging!'...

Usually over something I'd struggle to even raise an eyebrow over.