AIBU to wonder how so many non parents end up on Mumsnet?

[Keepingitreal14]

I see loads of posts from people without kids, older people with grown up adult kids etc and always wonder how they ended up as a poster on a mumsnet forum? Just feels a bit random to me.

Gosh, it’s been at LEAST a fortnight since we had one of these!

So many ‘confused’ posters starting these threads every day 🙄 it’s a shame you’ve only ever seen posts about squeezing out a kid and wiping arses, OP. There’s so many more interesting topics, why not try to navigate the site?

Oh not this crap again! YABU for lacking imagination.

Not many forums are still active as most died off with rise of Facebook & other SM. I still prefer a forum format and Mumsnet's broad topic range often come up in searches.

@RosaBudDrood

older people with grown up adult kids

And are they no longer parents or something?

Now is there an age bracket for being a 'real' parent? Someone is in for a surprise .

I often wish they'd change the name of the forum from Mumsnet to something else just to stop this stupid question popping up every few days 😤

@Carbara

So many ‘confused’ posters starting these threads every day 🙄 it’s a shame you’ve only ever seen posts about squeezing out a kid and wiping arses, OP. There’s so many more interesting topics, why not try to navigate the site?

Yep. Can't stand the faux-concerned, wide-eyed ' I just don't get it?' approach these posters take.

It's bloody rude to question single out groups of people to question why they're here, imo.

Ignore question

Ooh, jolly good, the weekly thread on this! Pulls up armchair and reaches for the popcorn...

You'll get shouted at for posting this as it's the question that never dies.

As you will already know, childless people don't have relationships, houses, gardens, cats, dogs, opinions, clothes, fertility problems, step children, health issues or holidays, so there is nothing for them to discuss here . They CERTAINLY couldn't have an opinion on or experience of any child related matters.

I imagine most people end up here via Google.

Aibu to wonder why this thread is repeated every week?

Apologies for not actually seeing this thread before!

Doesn't bother me at all, just wondered how / why people who were not even trying to conceive would come across mumsnet.

I joined when I was trying to conceive. It never happened and I needed a hysterectomy in my early 30s to save my life.

Sorry, I'm here as a non parent. Should I leave?

So many Google searches lead to a Mumsnet post or ten. Can't remember what search led me here but it wasn't child related.

@Keepingitreal14

I see loads of posts from people without kids, older people with grown up adult kids etc and always wonder how they ended up as a poster on a mumsnet forum? Just feels a bit random to me.

Do you only ever post about parenting then?

As for "older parents with grown up kids" you know they were once little kids, right? My eldest was 3 when I joined. Should I leave now he is 22?

I ended up here because I googled something and found aibu so hilarious/nuts/fascinating that I stayed. That OK with you?

Mumsnet comes up in Google searches and lots of the posts aren't really to do with kids anyway. (Ido have kids myself though).

Scroll down active threwds and count how many are actually about parenting.

There's your answer.

Mumsnet comes up in lots of searches about product recommendations etc and so I expect people stumble across it and get drawn in.

Presume you have only joined today or you would have seen the numerous previous topics on this. Mumsnet is a brand name. There are more non parenting threads than parenting.
Also, before you ask, dad's also come on the site and men who are not parents. All adding to the site.

I don't have biological kids but came here to try and get some advice about being a stepparent. Turns out mumsnet hates stepparents.

But to be honest, there are so many discussions on here, you really don't have to be a parent to enjoy them.

Plus I do want to have my own kids someday so it's interesting reading through some threads getting advice etc!

@Keepingitreal14

Apologies for not actually seeing this thread before!

Doesn't bother me at all, just wondered how / why people who were not even trying to conceive would come across mumsnet.

Why does someone have to be actively trying to conceive to read Mumsnet? Seriously, do you not know Mumsnet? Are you just looking at the name of it and thinking it's all just mums chatting about mumsy stuff because they have literally nothing else going on in their mumsy lives? No dickhead neighbours or parking issues, no crazy exes, no unreasonable friends or family? You honestly think Mumsnet is just about trying to conceive and kids? Seriously, that is pathetic. And literally nobody gives a shit that it 'doesn't bother' you or that you find it a bit 'random'.

I was looking for reviews on a beauty product, ended up in Style and Beauty, then never left.

As a childless woman, not by choice, these threads always make me feel so welcome. I think it has been about two weeks since the last one.

Mumsnet went beyond the "mums" part years and years ago.

@DonkeysNotDisney

What an original and thought provoking question. See also 'why can't we have a like button '

Why can't we have a like button

OP its easy to sign up to and there are lots of threads that Google pulls through when searching other topics. Reddit is similar. To some people its just another forum

@SoupDragon

Mumsnet went beyond the "mums" part years and years ago.

Yes, it did. It has quite a different feel now.