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Original poster

to ask what on earth a vibrator "for mums" is?

104 replies

DarkShade · 01/02/2023 13:02

Annoyingly MN frontpage is displaying a vibrator advert the size of my entire phonescreen, so secret mumsnetting while at work is out. Damn, guess I have to actually be productive. Then I see it's advertised as a vibrator for mums. What on earth does this mean? I gather the idea is to get back into it after childbirth - fine - but why does that need a specific vibrator? Is there massive tabboo around mums having sex (or not having sex??) after having a baby? Is this tabboo resolved by having a certain sort of targeted vibrator? I can't imagine sitting down and going ah yes, here is my mum vibrator, going to go and enjoy my mum orgasms now. I'd say that the time I spend with my vibrator is one of the only times that I am not in mum mode.

But maybe I'm being unreasonable. Does this make more sense to you than it does to me?

YABU - a mum vibrator makes perfect sense, good for them, I know exactly what gift to bring to the next baby shower I attend
YANBU - wtf is a mum vibrator, just a marketing gimmick

OP posts:
Chickenly · 01/02/2023 13:05

Clearly and obviously, it means a really fucking big one for our big saggy holes 🙄YANBU

Pleasebeafleabite · 01/02/2023 13:09

Maybe it’s ergonomically designed to be more gentle on our flaps

W0tnow · 01/02/2023 13:11

I thought it was a bottle of wine and a night in?

Alone.

RobertsRadio · 01/02/2023 13:11

I'd expect it to be able to load the washing machine and switch it on, empty the dishwasher, run a hoover round, mop the floors, prep the evening meal, whilst at the same time giving me an almighty knee trembling orgasm and lightning my cigarette afterwards.

MissWings · 01/02/2023 13:12

@Chickenly

😂😂😂😂😂

DietCroak · 01/02/2023 13:13

Shaped like Iggle Piggle.

colourblock · 01/02/2023 13:13

Chickenly · 01/02/2023 13:05

Clearly and obviously, it means a really fucking big one for our big saggy holes 🙄YANBU

🤣🤣🤣🤣

Maroon85 · 01/02/2023 13:13

Maybe it's extra quiet so it doesn't wake the kids up?

ShandaLear · 01/02/2023 13:14

Maybe it throws in a laundry and makes you a cup of tea while it’s jiggling you about. I for one would pay a hefty sum for that contraption.

ShandaLear · 01/02/2023 13:15

I think if we can get enough creative responses to this it could actually inform the design of a supreme being.

EzzieM · 01/02/2023 13:15

YANBU.

The word ‘mum’ is not a sexy word (except to some very creepy men). When I hear or read the word ‘mum’ I think about my kids.

When I’m thinking about sex I do NOT want to have my kids at the back of my mind in any way.

Mumsnet’s ad sales team have never grasped that when they try to sell us sexy stuff, they need to speak to us as women, not as “mums”.

Wanna sell me a buggy or a jumperoo? Fine to call me mum.

Wanna talk to me about vibrators? NO MUM CHAT.

CrazyCorgi · 01/02/2023 13:15

Is it quieter than normal?

crackofdoom · 01/02/2023 13:17

Mumgasm 😆

No, it's got to be a super quiet one.

HiccupHorrendousHaddock · 01/02/2023 13:17

I would guess it's a particularly quiet model, maybe?

(tries unsuccessfully to block out hideous memory of small child yelling "what's that sound, Mummy?" when I thought he'd fallen asleep in his own room hours ago)

RicherThanYews · 01/02/2023 13:18

Does it double as an auto pen and fill important dates in my diary every January? I could be down for that.

JenniferBarkley · 01/02/2023 13:18

Ah yes, just what I want to think about - motherhood and my kids.

It's a match made in heaven. Hmm

WendyAndCIyde · 01/02/2023 13:18

Grim.

Laserbird16 · 01/02/2023 13:19

Very awkward mother's day gift, I usually just get a card and flowers

Mumoftwoinprimary · 01/02/2023 13:20

RobertsRadio · 01/02/2023 13:11

I'd expect it to be able to load the washing machine and switch it on, empty the dishwasher, run a hoover round, mop the floors, prep the evening meal, whilst at the same time giving me an almighty knee trembling orgasm and lightning my cigarette afterwards.

Now that would work for me….

Original poster
DarkShade · 01/02/2023 13:20

Chickenly · 01/02/2023 13:05

Clearly and obviously, it means a really fucking big one for our big saggy holes 🙄YANBU

😂Yes exactly, I was trying to work out why I felt vaguely offended - obviously forgot that everything south of my neck is too saggy and floppy for my pre-mum vibrators!

@RobertsRadio Now that I would buy, make sure it's a mum cigarette though, not sure that we're still allowed the regular type.

OP posts:
AlisonDonut · 01/02/2023 13:20

I didi wonder this and then forced myself not to ask the question. Damn you.

RobertsRadio · 01/02/2023 13:26

DietCroak · 01/02/2023 13:13

Shaped like Iggle Piggle.

"Igglepiggle is physical and energetic .... always jumping and bouncing around."

@DietCroak you could be on to something there.

BertieBotts · 01/02/2023 13:30

Extra quiet so as not to wake the kids.

Disguises itself as something innocent and boring so your teenager doesn't need mind bleach when rummaging through drawers for batteries, or your toddler doesn't hold it up announcing "What's this?"

Really fast so you can get on with it and go to sleep in the precious 10 minute window of me time.

GinClassHeroes · 01/02/2023 13:30

W0tnow · 01/02/2023 13:11

I thought it was a bottle of wine and a night in?

Alone.

Depends what you do with the wine bottle.

But I do think a “mum vibrator” is a hilarious baby shower present and I’m definitely doing that, so thanks for the idea.

(and yes, the whole premise of a vibrator for mums is strange. My normal one works just fine)

Claretmum · 01/02/2023 13:32

Unless it can iron and make a brew I'm not interested! 😂