Forgive me mumsnet, for I have sinned...

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Lighthearted!

My sin: I went to a Wetherspoons whilst on holiday in England. Not once, but twice The food was great and I have 3 children with very restricted tastes in food. I'm the same so the menu suited us all. I feel bad about going there knowing the mumsnet consensus on the guy who runs Wetherspoons but it met our needs. I am a Catholic and feel like I need to say a few Hail Marys as a result.

What are your mumsnet sins?

—We are a shoes off house.
—We only have hard floors we don’t even have carpet on the stairs.
—I am the higher earner and yet we don’t have fully shared finances.
—Each loo has a loo brush
and
The other night 15 yo DS2 and I slobbed in front of TV watching a Marvel movie, eating Pot Noodles as I couldn’t be arsed to cook.

My house is sometimes not clean
I use a toilet brush
If someone upsets me I tell them directly in as nice a way as possible and try to move past it
I've never gone NC with anyone, ever
I've never questioned whether I should go NC with someone
I like camping
I like going on holiday with friends and family
My DH is moderately useful in all ways
My adult children call me and I call them regularly. If we aren't free we don't pick up the phone, but call back at a more convenient time
I have met and get on with my children's partner's parents and extended families. It wasn't weird and we have lots in common.
I look after my DGC but I am able to remember that they are not my actual children
I love my MIL
I have a strong suspicion my DIL really likes me

To those who don't have toilet brushes
How do you clean the loo? I've never heard of someone not having one

I don’t make my own pasta sauce - ready made every time.
I like my MIL - she came to stay for six weeks when DT’s were born
I put the pets bowls in the dishwasher
DT’s were weaned on pouches

I only made the chicken last three days instead of the regulation five.

Blimey, that's very economical!

What an insightful and worthwhile contribution

What was it that upset you? Was it the milk before tea?

I hate Lego.

I don't answer my door or my phone to unknown knockers/callers.

I like my MIL. She's very lovely!

I LOVE weddings! Especially if there's some travelling involved. Even more so if it's abroad.

I like to see peoples holiday and the 'first day of school' pics on Facebook.

And like many I also have no cleaning routine and do as little as possible. I have a toilet brush and grey walls in my living room. Even worse I have a different colour FEATURE WALL! 😱

My husband is a lazy, selfish man baby, who can't separate lights/darks/whites, doesn't know how to Hoover or change bed sheets, tells me I'm mental several times a week (I am, I have ASD) we argue a fair bit, we swear at each other. I have no plans to leave him.

And although the owner is a twat,I love Wetherspoons! It's cheap and cheerful and the breakfast is pretty decent actually.

I think MN policy is that you’re ALWAYS the OW and broke up the marriage if you’re a step parent. Even if you met your DH 14 years after he split with his first wife, and he married and divorced someone else in between, and his kids are adults, it’s still somehow all your fault 😂

@vodkaredbullgirl no as you are not putting your kids health in danger. Unless you are intoxicated and in sole charge of minors.

I don't often get 'fuming' over stuff.

Oh and I don't see my DGC from my DD as my 'real grandchildren' and they don't see me as their 'real granny'.

My DD loves her MIL and so do I.

Is anyone else planning a visit to ‘Spoons now after reading this thread? 🤣

When I had babies, I'd leave them in the car while I paid for petrol. (And in plenty of other situations too, but that one's already enough to get me crucified here.)

My MIL would sniff and say 'well!! She's no better than she ought to be!!' 😂

She apparently said that about me because I didn't bring the peg basket indoors after bringing in the washing 😳

Love her tho; she is funny.

Mine:
Have pedigree cats that sleep everywhere they want and poo in neighbours garden (we have tried everything to stop this tho but they still do it)
Wash bedding fortnightly along with towels, if they honk a bit.
Changed my DDs nappy in the back garden of friends house, no change mat.
Happily split the bill with friends, even if I've not had alcohol/expensive food
Never made a chicken last more than 2 meals
Don't get affronted when retail or hospitality staff are chatty or make suggestions...its them having to toe the corporate line...not trying to make life awkward
Accept my DH is a pain sometimes and LET HIM GO OUT AND GET PISSED 😱 without the need for a spa day
Joint bank accounts are fine
😁

She'd still call you flighty! I think wearing red shoes was also deemed flighty! She'd led a very sheltered life 😂

It's currently so hot and I'm so menopausal that my washing has been on the line three days and two nights and might yet stay there another day and night. At least its dry.

I have been a vegetarian for over 40 years, I don't drive, I recycle and grow veg
but I think climate change is exaggerated but I h

I’m a boomer.

I can't bear the thought of "getting cozy under a blanket" with my family to watch a film. Seriously, the wriggling, flailing limbs, "he's got more blanket than me"- where's the fun???

And I don't understand the idea of "having a hot chocolate" as a winter activity. It's a drink, not an event.

• Every bathroom has a loobrush (the permanent kind that are drilled into the tile on the wall! 😱)
• I think Norfolk sounds like a rubbish holiday. We tend to opt for killing the environment and go long haul.
• I love it when my mum comes to visit.
• A chicken only lasts 2 meals in our house.
• We own cats instead of dogs.
• I prefer my Nespresso machine to a Moka pot.

Sometimes I go to the GP even before I'm concerned I might actually die.

I usually get straight through and am seen that day

I haven’t “given” my child a sibling. My child sometimes eats tea in front of the telly. Didn’t breastfeed. Am I even a real parent?

I have had a wee in the shower, I don’t like Boden or seasalt… Zara and river island are fine for my nearly 50 yo body. Love weddings and hen do’s … if abroad even better. Dh and I didn’t have much childcare and used to go out separately and the other parent would sort kids the day after. Just had a holiday where I sat on a beach/ by pool and did bugger all. Loved my mil and was happy she wanted alone time with kids and didn’t care what she fed them. I am chavtastic!