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.

Many people have answered that mumsnet is brought up on many many Google searche
Yea that's how I found it. I think it was breastfeeding advice originally which I just googled. Equally I guess someone googling skirting boards of dogs might also find it. It's a great site for information!

@Keepingitreal14

It wasn’t a question of why they are here, it was how they found them self on what is described as a parenting forum, like what made them think / look on a site aimed at mums / parenting. Many people have answered that mumsnet is brought up on many many Google searches. That answered my question pretty well.

@Keepingitreal14

And this is news to you? That when people Google things and mumsnet comes up that they click regardless and aren’t scared off by a domain name... I think it’s more more random if people ended up on mumsnet like how you apparently did... so you somehow knew about mumsnet (how?) but as you never had children never dared click on or enter the website (weird) to see what was on it until you got pregnant then straight away gave yourself membership by going onto the website and registering and then started going on mumsnet and apparently in all those years of use never even noticed there were like a million topics aimed not at parents that might attract non parents and despite saying you go on AIBU never noticed the dozens of other threads identical to this one. How odd

I'm just terrified for the future of the country as those so stupid as to keep asking this question every fortnight have almost certainly been home educating their progeny during the last year and passing on their idiocy.

Did you find the Sex Topic? Did the sexperts sort you out?

She's probably still there chatting with the blokes 😆

@Cravendale

Why is it any of your business?

Do you think only people who have young children can give advice?

You are very judgemental Karen !

I come here because usually there is less misogyny than in other forums but then there is always some

Came for the pregnancy forum. Ended up on the very supportive infertility forum after my miscarriages. Hope this answers your question, OP.

It gets worse, I am American on a parenting site aimed to UK Mums.

I originally joined in 2003 (different name and account) when my youngest child was two years old and my other kids were 11 and 6. AND I happened to be on my 8th year of living in the UK with my English husband.

I'm been in the US since 2004 but seeing as I'm returning to the UK in a few years, so a whole bunch of topics actually still do apply to me besides those that are child-centered and besides, I'm a grandmother now, too.

This question gets asked every couple weeks. If you think about it though, everyone is a child of someone and/or knows some children so the site relates to all kinds of people/families really. I am childfree by choice btw, been on MN years.

Judging by some of the answers on here it's because they have pent up rage. Exactly the same as anyone with DC joins MN. I mean be fair it is somewhat well known for telling it as it is. The nest of vipers description is accurate and one to be proud of. There's actually a real attraction to forthright responses when some of the other parenting forums are a tad fluffy

I did come here when I was expecting DS1 but I rarely post much parenting related. I like the debate , I like the different perspectives, I actually very much enjoy the political debates even when I disagree. I find the outside world quite sanitised and I don't actually like that a lot. I grew up in a household that was not neurotypical and MN helps me to see the world through a different lense (I mean sometimes it's a batshit lense but that's even more fun).

So I have DC but I don't come here for the parenting information at all.

I joined for the parking threads

I googled something and it brought me to AIBU. Bloody harsh at times that AIBU!

"Just feels a bit random to me" = "You can't sit with us".

Im not a parent

Im an auntie to 5.

I was in childcare for 12 years

I worked with children with Special Educational needs and their families.

I was a childcare trainer

A first aid trainer

I have the highest childcare qualifications

I have a management degree

I have been a birth partner to my sister, and was with her for the whole of her induction
I looked after my newborn nephew for the first 5 days of his life, helping his mum and dad with everything they needed to know

I have tons of life experience as well as medical knowledge

Do you think just because you are a parent you know everything? And non parents dont know anything?

Am i not suppose to be here??
Who knew???

It's all about the diagrams for me.

Also im a non-parent sent here to spy on parents to report back to Non-Breeder Island so we can stay abreast of all your doings, just waiting for the moment when we will over throw the earth...

@M4J4 exactly

I found AIBU one day when I was 17 or so through googling a very specific issue/thought I had and thought it was fascinating

@RosaBudDrood

Oh my life, surely not this again?

Because they can. The talk topics are not limited to discussions around children - look them up.

🙄

^^

I can't wait for all the travel restrictions to be over and people can freely go on holiday. Then, we might stand a chance of a 'Why should I pay to reserve seats for the DC?' thread, you know, just for a change.

@ViciousJackdaw

I can't wait for all the travel restrictions to be over and people can freely go on holiday. Then, we might stand a chance of a 'Why should I pay to reserve seats for the DC?' thread, you know, just for a change.

Or a reclining seats on the aeroplane ones? Remember those?

I came here when I knew I wanted to TTC. Unfortunately it hasn't happened for me and I'm still child free. Thanks for the reminder.

How many times will this question be asked?!

Mumsnet is the only pretty much women-only space on the internet. I don’t like men poking their dicks in threads on Reddit. On Mumsnet, people also seem to be pretty intelligent and able to write properly (as opposed to Netmums/ weird Facebook groups).

I am a young American woman with no kids or interest in them and I'm here because finding a majority female forum is rare and special and the community makes me feel like I have gone down to a friends house to gossip and rabble rouse and swap stories. and have fierce feminist discussions.