'Is this a reverse?'

[itsnotmeitsu]

Am I the only one who doesn't know what that means? For instance, a thread tonight about talking in a theatre > 'Is this a reverse?' Yes, don't chat through a theatre production - but how does 'reverse' come into it? I've followed mumsnet for a long time time but still don't get the 'reverse?' thing. Wnat does it mean? If I say I've got a cat does it mean i don't have one? If I say my dog's a twat, does that mean he isn't (he really is)?

This is a genuine question (not a 'reverse') - can someone tell me what the questioner is implying?

A reverse is when the thread is written from one point of view but the OP is actually the other person.

It's suggesting the person posting is the poster who asked the chatter to shut up.

They reverse it to see if they in fact were unreasonable and rude to ask the person to stop talking.

So, they "reverse " the situation

If you say your dog is a twat, you would be the dog asking if in fact you, the dog, are the twat 😂

I get confused with this sometimes but I think it means the op is pretending to be the other person in the scenario - like role reversing.

E.g. aibu that my sister in law ate the last pie and I told her to f off. But actually I am the one who ate the last pie and the one who said f off is the sister in law.

In the thread you read tonight the OP wrote as if she had been the person talking in the theatre. People suspect a reverse meaning the OP was actually the one seated next to the talking person.

People do often do reverses on here so it is a thing, it’s when they pretend to be the other person

Usually it's to garner a specific view point- so am I unreasonable that I won't let my ex husbands girlfriend be in the house when he has his daughter, because I don't know her. Cue multiple replies saying the poster is batshit and controlling- the original poster then says 'surprise' is the girlfriend and you've all validated the child's mother is crazy based on what I've told you.

Thanks everyone, I think I get it now.

@Myshitisreal "... you would be the dog asking if in fact you, the dog, are the twat 😂". I think he probably does think that 🤔- 'Umm, what's she up to now, that woman is weird' . I'll have to check if he's got a mumsnet profile.

They’re always really easy to spot too because they’re worded like ‘my MIL politely said she prefers beef to chicken so I punched her square in the jaw, AIBU?’

If the OP's behaviour is completely incomprehensible and utterly indefensible then people normally suspect it's a reverse because surely you wouldn't own up to behaving like that.

In fact sometimes posters saying "this must be a reverse!" don't actually believe that, they just mean to imply that the OP's behaviour is off the scale awful.

The twatty dog really made me chuckle 🐶 😂

It's funny with reverses, they're usually obvious! You develop an instinct for them.