Statements of the bleeding obvious on MN

[WomanStanleyWoman]

I know we’ve had plenty of ‘only on MN’ threads, but this one is reserved for when people state something so blindingly obvious that an amoeba would roll its eyes and say ‘Well duh’.

My vote goes to any thread where the OP is upset that a hairdresser (or grandparent) has cut their child’s hair too short. There will be at least ten replies saying, ‘It’s hair. Hair grows back’. Do they all think the OP is under the illusion that they gave birth to a Girls World rather than a human child? They KNOW hair grows back - it doesn’t stop them being upset that their child looks like the village idiot!

What’s your most hated Mumsnet statement of the bleeding obvious?

"There are blah blah problems in the world; if that's all you've got to worry about consider yourself lucky "

Not exclusive to MN, but it annoys me every time I read it.

I get what you’re saying but sometimes people complain too much and about ridiculous things. Any excuse to whinge. It’s tiresome.

'It is what it is'

Course it is now March the fuck off!

“Why did you have a child with this man in the first place?”

Helpful.

It’s an invite not a summons. Yes we know invites aren’t compulsory, but most people live in the real world where they inhabit a complex society of other people, with expectations of seeing them

When posting about a friend or family argument

"You don't like them much do you?"

I imagine it said in a phoney voice with a head tilt.

If I liked them at this moment would I be fucking posting would I?

Also :

You knew he had kids before you married him.

Its so smug.

Based on this forum Step Parenting Is A Thankless Fresh Hell Knowing He Had Kids Cannot Prepare You For

LtB.. surely if it was so simple and black and white, they would?

@FelicityBeedle

It’s an invite not a summons. Yes we know invites aren’t compulsory, but most people live in the real world where they inhabit a complex society of other people, with expectations of seeing them

It's an invitation not an invite. Invite is a verb, not a noun.

I thought that was bleeding obvious. Runs away 😁

If I liked them at this moment would I be fucking posting would I?

Oh yes - I’ve been on the receiving end of this one. The title of my thread was literally ‘AIBU to wonder if I even like this friend?’ That still didn’t tip them off

@WomanStanleyWoman

Mine was a couple of paragraphs about my suddenly realising that my friend was not the person I thought she was and that looking back the signs were always there. To do this I had to describe stuff that she'd done.

I just didn't like her, apparently.

My Best Friend Of 15 years 

@AliceinBorderland
It’s a common informal use of the word, not strictly grammatical but perfectly understandable

I see this from both sides tbh. There are some threads started that seem really ridiculous, to the point of being plain stupid. If someone posts that kind of thread it's hardly surprising people state the obvious many, many times over.
These threads get even better when the OP of the thread starts to argue the toss and effectively argues themselves out of the original gripe. 😂

Stepmothers should look after the stepchildren, keep the stepchildrens bedroom as their bedroom even when the children are into their 20s because the stepchildren need to know they have a place in their fathers house, give them money, buy them everything they ask for, go to every event and get slated by the mother for it, feed them, wash their clothes, take abuse from them, take abuse from their mother, spend their own money, use their annual leave and ferry them around to numerous activities all the time, in every circumstance no matter if she is ill, has other plans, is due to give birth, has a work commitments, a dying family member and her DC are to be overlooked for years and refused days out or days out changed because of the stepchildrens (mother's) demands yet she must take all the above and smile and bake cookies all the while make sure she doesn't dare discipline the children or have any say in the children's upbringing or behaviour in her own own.

*own home

it doesn’t stop them being upset that their child looks like the village idiot!

Not quite the same, but when people reframe things to make it sounds like it's a yes/no when actually it's the opposite.

For example: there's a thread at the moment asking if people lock their front door.
One poster said "No I don't lock my door, but when it's closed it can't be accessed from outside without a key". So it is locked then

Tories are scum/wankers/cunts insert perjorative of your choice.

@Strangevipers

Stepmothers should look after the stepchildren, keep the stepchildrens bedroom as their bedroom even when the children are into their 20s because the stepchildren need to know they have a place in their fathers house, give them money, buy them everything they ask for, go to every event and get slated by the mother for it, feed them, wash their clothes, take abuse from them, take abuse from their mother, spend their own money, use their annual leave and ferry them around to numerous activities all the time, in every circumstance no matter if she is ill, has other plans, is due to give birth, has a work commitments, a dying family member and her DC are to be overlooked for years and refused days out or days out changed because of the stepchildrens (mother's) demands yet she must take all the above and smile and bake cookies all the while make sure she doesn't dare discipline the children or have any say in the children's upbringing or behaviour in her own own.

Did that hit a nerve for you? Defo time for more wine! 🌻🌻🌻

@FelicityBeedle

It’s an invite not a summons. Yes we know invites aren’t compulsory, but most people live in the real world where they inhabit a complex society of other people, with expectations of seeing them

Yes exactly! And whilst some expecting you to go to the Carribean in term time for a destination wedding with 3 kids under 3 sounds like a total nightmare, when it's a close sibling or parent it's not so easy to say "I shan't be summoned!"

Similarly I hate "No is a complete sentence". Unless you actually like sounding like a total fuckwit, no one in their right mind just says "No." without context. when I read this I picture the following conversation:

Friend: "Fancy going to the pictures on Saturday?" (Or whatever they're asking that the OP doesn't want to do)
OP: "No"
Friend: "Oh OK, are you busy on Saturday?"
OP:
Friend: "Um, are you ok?"
OP:

@PerseverancePays
Yes, most definitely 😂🤣
Why do 20 somethings still need their bedroom in their fathers house when they haven't slept their in years and to be picked up at 4am from nightclubs. Come on kid , you finished uni 5 years ago, your in full time work, you have flat and girlfriend, please let me change your bedroom into something that doesn't have a bed with a football duvet but let's me sure Mumsnet tees will say ' stepchildren shouldn't be pushed aside' ' they should have a room in their fathers house'

@VeniVidiWeeWee

Tories are scum/wankers/cunts insert perjorative of your choice.

But it's true!

@YourFinestPantaloons

it doesn’t stop them being upset that their child looks like the village idiot!

Not quite the same, but when people reframe things to make it sounds like it's a yes/no when actually it's the opposite.

For example: there's a thread at the moment asking if people lock their front door.
One poster said "No I don't lock my door, but when it's closed it can't be accessed from outside without a key". So it is locked then

to be fair my door needs a key to get back in after it's shut, but it's not really "locked". Apparently really easy to open if you know how!

@truthsayer35

Mine is " The NHS is overstretched" , whats fucking new?

This

OP any inconvenience/fight with DH asking for advice on how to handle it

"You should just leave him"

Ahh grand that's helpful in terms of getting a perspective on a situation.

Another vote for

"Why did you get into a relationship with him if you knew he had kids"

And "I would never date a man with kids because you know what your signed you signed up for"

In next breath "I'm never gonna date/talk to a man until my children are adults and have moved out (and even then shudder) so I'm gonna die alone with bats coming out my lady cave and die with crest of sainthood of perfect mothers on my tome stone unlike my selfish ex who got married 10 years later"

Its the mum version of "I'm not a normal mum, I'm a cool mum" mean girls quote there. Ick

"Where you the other women OP" when op has stated clearly she wasn't, and the partner and ex have been divorced for 100 years on stepparenting board and the ex has gone mental as little Jimmy is missing a sock. Yes that's why there's friction Karen it's nothing to do with the sock or MH issues.

"we don't know the real story here it's only one sided" 🙄 like somehow MN isn't one person perspective on a situation it's becomes three way place for all people involved to present and defend and MN are the jury and must have all the facts. If they don't then somethings up.
Extra ick points added if commentor trawls through OP previous posts and says when 5 years ago you said something different didn't you "the story isn't adding up"

"Covid somocovid, some people may die but heck what you gonna do (in not at risk) and no I definitely will not being getting vaccinated or wear mask it's again my rights as a human"

When someone asks advice about what to wear or how much makeup to wear. Particularly in the context of being too old for things. Someone helpfully suggests that you should wear what you like. Surely everyone knows that but just trying to get opinions on what looks nice?