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Forgive me mumsnet, for I have sinned...

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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:
Gymnopedie · 14/08/2022 00:00

I let workmen use my loo.

Pass me the MN hair shirt.

Pinkespressomachine · 14/08/2022 00:00

LydiaBennetsUglyBonnet · 13/08/2022 22:58

Lol OP!

I like a Wetherspoons too.

I park in parent and child, when I have my kids with me. They ARE young enough - 5 and 9 - but according to the Mumsnet Commandments, you must NEVER park in P&C, even if you have 2 sets of triplets all in car seats and need the room. You must keep those spaces free (otherwise you’re ‘entitled’) in case someone with an invisible disability comes along. Even if it’s a 22yo bloke in a Porsche 911 with no children, who sprints into Asda like Linford Christie and comes out carrying 4 weeks of shopping on his biceps, he’s probably got a unidentifiable sore foot and needs it more than the triplet mum

Genuinely very funny, thanks for the giggle

NotMushroomInEre · 14/08/2022 00:02

I negatively judge people who buy animals from breeders. I don't understand how anyone, with an ounce of intelligence, could perpetuate such an awful way for people to profit.

vodkaredbullgirl · 14/08/2022 00:02

I bought a new loo brush to go with my new bathroom, will be christening it tomorrow.

Amybelle88 · 14/08/2022 00:03

Also, I don't adore my DSS in the same way I do my own kids, nor do I treat him EXACTLY THE SAME WAY. I don't give myself shit for not loving him unconditionally the way I do my own SHOCKER!

He does however have a nice little life with us when he's here and that's enough.

Cue the stepmum hater brigade coming at me with pitchforks because I don't make my full time resident kids sleep under the stairs with a kinetic torch as a light, whilst I give my DSS run of the bedrooms for the half a week he's here.

VyeBrator · 14/08/2022 00:05

I can't shake the opinion that in the history of the entire world no-one has ever looked good in linen trousers.

In fact I'll go as far as to say they look weirdly 'middle aged mumsy' on just about everyone.

<< Grabs rosary beads >>

Want2beme · 14/08/2022 00:07

LydiaBennetsUglyBonnet · 13/08/2022 23:25

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???

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Or go and spend the afternoon & night in a hotelGrin

LydiaBennetsUglyBonnet · 14/08/2022 00:08

InChocolateWeTrust · 13/08/2022 23:58

Have a secret respect for all you able woman that seem to sucessfully juggle a career, child rearing and a hubbie with several hobbies (how do you manage it?)

  1. Our source/buy in help
  2. Lower expectations.
  3. Accept some temporary personal sacrifices (I had very little time for myself in the worst years, but its paying off now as I have both the time and the money to spend on myself).
  1. Slow cooker
LydiaBennetsUglyBonnet · 14/08/2022 00:10

Want2beme · 14/08/2022 00:07

Or go and spend the afternoon & night in a hotelGrin

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🤣🤣🤣🤣 even if it’s really expensive and massively inconvenient and a total waste as you have work at 6pm, you gotta SHOW your DH you mean business!

Antarcticant · 14/08/2022 00:10

MissConductUS · 13/08/2022 23:54

I'm an American.

Oh, goodness. You win the thread. According to Mumsnet Lore, you invented everything that's a Mumsnet Sin! Grin

RhubarbFairy · 14/08/2022 00:10

maddiemookins16mum · 13/08/2022 22:58

I smoke.
Earn under 21K a year FT - have never earned over 25K and I’m 58.
Need to lose 4 stone.
Don’t eat fruit.
Have a loo brush.
Put milk in a mug, add teabag then water.
There’s lots more (I also have strong views on wains in nappies past 3 (SN aside) - I really don’t belong on MN really.

Milk + teabag? You MONSTER!

My guilty pleasure is RuPaul's Drag Race. Most of MN does not approve of Drag Queens.

Squiff70 · 14/08/2022 00:10

Thank goodness you only went to Wetherspoons (twice)! I feared you were going to tell us your roast chicken had only fed nine people for eleven days or you were only eating small salads! Phew!

BlondieFox · 14/08/2022 00:11

I'm a nymphomaniac and no one knows apart from my husband...oh and I report people to the council who park on double yellow lines or across the pavement 😁...I love watching them get a ticket which always happens...

LydiaBennetsUglyBonnet · 14/08/2022 00:11

One MN sin I learned today - I don’t share my takeaways or tapas. I’ll have what I ordered and you have yours. I also don’t offer to share sweets when I open a packet.

I have ‘poor kids’ apparently 😂

BlondieFox · 14/08/2022 00:12

And I don't like Wetherspoons..I like a crappy Harvester 😂

Jiminycricket10 · 14/08/2022 00:13

Ok here goes...
I’ve never told - nor do I plan to tell - anyone to LTB.
Dunno why I bothered joining MN really...
Will b out of action for a while catching up on Hail Marys...

IcakethereforeIam · 14/08/2022 00:15

Cantgetausername87 · 13/08/2022 23:37

I have never bleached a skirting board nor washed a wall.
I find clothes from Toast disgusting.
I formula fed my baby.

You can make clothes from toast!? Tbh that does sound pretty disgusting....and itchyConfused

Forgive me MN

Some parts of MN culture go right over my head, but not this time...oh no...not this time.

Drbrowns · 14/08/2022 00:15

I like baby showers.

Jiminycricket10 · 14/08/2022 00:16

Add a few more Hail Marys for the fact I’m using this thread for ideas (dry washing quicker by getting darked on... 🤔)

LadyVictoriaSponge · 14/08/2022 00:17

I actually sit on my sofa.

user1471595474 · 14/08/2022 00:17

I believe that ‘old fashioned manners’ should be taught to children and it will make a difference in their lives.
say please and thank you, use cutlery properly, chew with mouth closed, stay at the table until excused, participate in conversation and be respectful to adults.

MyDogStoodOnABee · 14/08/2022 00:18

Catholic guilt?

BenCooperSuperTrouper · 14/08/2022 00:18

Drbrowns · 14/08/2022 00:15

I like baby showers.

I like baby showers and weddings!

badbaduncle · 14/08/2022 00:19

Iflyaway · 13/08/2022 22:38

I smoke weed.

A sin if ever there was one on Mumsnet.

Luckily, it's all legal here.

Oh god I not only smoke endless spliffs I also only go on holiday where it's legal. I have arthritis and won't use the shitty pain meds because they make me feel like shit so everyone can fuck off 😂😂😂😂

weshouldeatcake · 14/08/2022 00:21

MaisyMoo2022 · 13/08/2022 23:42

I judge people who smoke inside in front of their kids.

Ditto

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