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Forgive me mumsnet, for I have sinned...

794 replies

AlternativelyWired · 13/08/2022 22:30

Lighthearted!

My sin: I went to a Wetherspoons whilst on holiday in England. Not once, but twiceBlush 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?

OP posts:
A580Hojas · 13/08/2022 23:14

I never make my bed. I don't have any kind of cleaning routine and do the bare minimum. I only drink about half a glass of water per day (at bedtime and during the night if I wake up). I detest leather sofas and don't think anyone should feel hurt if I say so.

vodkaredbullgirl · 13/08/2022 23:15

birdfeeders · 13/08/2022 23:13

Well, that's plain dangerous, poor kids

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My kids are 22 and 25.

LydiaBennetsUglyBonnet · 13/08/2022 23:15

I agree with a PP that those blue and white china pattern (but plastic!) Wetherspoon plates are horrible and make the food look shit. But it tastes grand!

LydiaBennetsUglyBonnet · 13/08/2022 23:16

vodkaredbullgirl · 13/08/2022 23:15

My kids are 22 and 25.

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😂😂😂😂

I love this thread.

Raera · 13/08/2022 23:16

I am a grandma and it's my house my rules, so I overrule parents and give my grandchildren ice cream.
In my defence, they make their beds and set and clear the table at ours without asking which they never do at home

YesItsMeIDontCare · 13/08/2022 23:16

I have wind chimes.

I am surrounded by barking/yapping/whining/shrieking dogs and children so no I'm not that bothered what the neighbours think.

bert3400 · 13/08/2022 23:18

I cooked a roast chicken and it fed 3 of us one meal, I didn't boil the bones, I threw the carcus in the food bin .

TheDogsMother · 13/08/2022 23:19

I'm on Mumsnet and don't have kids.

Ithinkthatisenoughnowthanks · 13/08/2022 23:20

3 kids. Single. Teacher. Overweight.

PlentyMorePebbles · 13/08/2022 23:21

Georgeskitchen · 13/08/2022 23:08

I voted brexit
I read the Daily mail

Well that’s just disgraceful 😱

BellePeppa · 13/08/2022 23:21

vodkaredbullgirl · 13/08/2022 22:45

Smoke in the house, in front of my kids.

You really shouldn’t 😕

MargotChateau · 13/08/2022 23:21

I’m pregnant and had a Diet Coke when I was about to faint with the pain of sciatica. Sue me 😅

Cakecakecheese · 13/08/2022 23:21

I had a baby shower.

knackeredagain · 13/08/2022 23:21

I let my cat out to pee and poo wherever he feels fit. I think he goes behind the bushes, but I can’t be sure.

LydiaBennetsUglyBonnet · 13/08/2022 23:23

I forgot another one - when DD was a newborn, I was in a cafe . I was knackered, my boobs were huge and leaky, I’d been eating cold food since she was born, I had had no sleep and just as a delicious looking full English breakfast food was put in front of me, DD started to fuss. Lifted her out her pram and a lady of about 65 at the next table gasped, reached her arms out and said “Oh my I LOVE babies, she’s gorgeous, shall I hold her while you eat your breakfast my love?”.

I did not do any of the following:

  • Call 101
  • Say no and school her on appropriate boundaries.
  • run screaming from the cafe while I reported her to the manager
  • Told her to fuck off
  • Karate kick her in the face and flee from the cafe, leaving the pram and my handbag behind as I went into hiding for a year.
Reader, I handed my baby over. And for the first time in weeks enjoyed a hot meal. DD was fine - the woman was with her friend and their husbands and her DH was very ‘FGS here she goes again, always wanting to cuddle babies, our sons live abroad you see and we rarely see our grandchildren.’ She told me I’d made her day, and I felt so happy for the rest of the day.
Violinist64 · 13/08/2022 23:24

I haven’t given a tinkly laughing or given my head a wobble. I, too, often leave washing on the line overnight.

vodkaredbullgirl · 13/08/2022 23:24

BellePeppa · 13/08/2022 23:21

You really shouldn’t 😕

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They not kids no more

okjay · 13/08/2022 23:24

I bedshare with my littles ones.

Franca123 · 13/08/2022 23:24

My husband was a bit shit today because he was hungover so I had a bit more work to do with the kids. I didn't the leave the bastard.

Clearthinking · 13/08/2022 23:25

I dont really get ABSOLUTELY FUMING or ABSOLUTELY LIVID. And last week a car parked over the drive way by a little bit and I did not rise to it or draw a picture let alone post it on mumsnet

Jumpstark · 13/08/2022 23:25

I was a SAHM for 16 years.
I wear shoes in the house.
I do all the cooking.
I let my kids eat a whole pack of haribo in one sitting.

LydiaBennetsUglyBonnet · 13/08/2022 23:25

Franca123 · 13/08/2022 23:24

My husband was a bit shit today because he was hungover so I had a bit more work to do with the kids. I didn't the leave the bastard.

Hang on - you didn’t just leave the kids in the bedroom with him and immediately run out the house to go for a spa day?!

This is MN you realise???

CredibilityProblem · 13/08/2022 23:26

I have net curtains. And UPVC double glazing. My sitting room and dining room colour schemes were decided during the heyday of Changing Rooms and I've never updated them. On the upside, they're not grey.

midgetastic · 13/08/2022 23:26

North facing garden
Semi detached

BellePeppa · 13/08/2022 23:27

vodkaredbullgirl · 13/08/2022 23:15

My kids are 22 and 25.

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Well that’s a bit different I guess. Smoking in the house is still yuck though. Not sure that’s redeemable with a few Hail Marys 😁

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