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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

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TheProblemIsMe · 01/02/2023 13:34

Hopefully it's a vibrator that can load the dishwasher and take the bins out too.

Blossomtoes · 01/02/2023 13:35

TheProblemIsMe · 01/02/2023 13:34

Hopefully it's a vibrator that can load the dishwasher and take the bins out too.

That’s called a man.

Littlemountainhum · 01/02/2023 13:36

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.

I’d buy that 😂

RealBecca · 01/02/2023 13:38

Probably comes in lovely neutral beige colours.

listsandbudgets · 01/02/2023 13:38

RobertsRadio · 01/02/2023 13:26

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

@DietCroak you could be on to something there.

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Pop the iggle piggle shaped vibrator into your gaping hole and yell "Uppsy Daisy here we come"

Really Mumsnet what are you thinking? If I wanted a sex toy I'd not want it branded for "mums"

Darkskybrightmind · 01/02/2023 13:39

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
This made me laugh and laugh! Well said! Exactly!

elQuintoConyo · 01/02/2023 13:40

Does it work like Monster`s Inc - powered by the screams of children?

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DarkShade · 01/02/2023 13:40

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.

Agree with all of this! It's like they don't understand that being a mum doesn't mean that you want every single facet of your identity and personality to be mum-themed. It reminds me of when I came back from mat leave and my silly, single, male colleagues suddenly started behaving really weirdly and faux 'proper' towards me, like they would apologise for swearing or for talking about getting drunk on nights out. These men were the same age as me, but it's like they thought that me becoming a mum meant that I had become their mum.

@HiccupHorrendousHaddock Oh the horror! You were just brushing your teeth, right? Right??

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NeverDropYourMooncup · 01/02/2023 13:41

It has to be equipped with a cloaking device so that no bugger can find it when in search of batteries for their remote control/car/other item and nick the Duracells in favour of nothing or, worse, still, leaving crappy NiCads from the Pound Shop so that it withers and dies like my soul just at a critical moment.

figmaofmyimagination · 01/02/2023 13:42

It’s a ridiculous ad!

AllOfThemWitches · 01/02/2023 13:44

I think you mean mumgasms

takealettermsjones · 01/02/2023 13:45

Maybe it continuously recharges itself to avoid that lovely moment when you realise that you're out of batteries but all the new ones were commandeered at Christmas, so you have to nick the ones out of the light-up hot wheels car ejector and tell your kid it's broken until you can get to the shops at the weekend.
Or so I heard. Read it in a book somewhere.

Darkskybrightmind · 01/02/2023 13:45

You should tag this post in the site stuff section, OP. It’s useful feedback for Mumsnet!

londonmummy1966 · 01/02/2023 13:47

Pop the iggle piggle shaped vibrator into your gaping hole and yell "Uppsy Daisy here we come"

Just spat my coffee all over my keyboard........

ValerieDoonican · 01/02/2023 13:49

elQuintoConyo · 01/02/2023 13:40

Does it work like Monster`s Inc - powered by the screams of children?

🤣🤣

BaronessBomburst · 01/02/2023 13:50

I'm currently regretting my ad-blocker. Grin

Crabbyboot · 01/02/2023 13:50

DietCroak · 01/02/2023 13:13

Shaped like Iggle Piggle.

Grin I nearly just spat my coke out in McDonald's

xogossipgirlxo · 01/02/2023 13:52

It makes as much sense as all "mum" products. Mum calendar, mum travel mug etc. Almost as normal products weren't fit for purpose once you're mum.

ArrrMeHearties · 01/02/2023 13:54

@Chickenly I properly laughed at your post 😂 its a bit much plastering a big sex toy on the homepage tbf

60smusic · 01/02/2023 13:55

Chickenly · 01/02/2023 13:05

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

OMG I literally laughed out loud 😂😂😂

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DarkShade · 01/02/2023 13:55

These replies are killing me. The hot wheel car battery robbery, I've definitely read the same book as you @takealettermsjones. The mum vibrator is probably too mumsy to run on looted toy batteries, you'd have to steal them from the blender that you use to make organic homemade soup instead.

I think you mean mumgasms

😂Amazing, their marketing team are kicking themselves for not thinking of that one!

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FlameGrilledSquirrel · 01/02/2023 14:04

DietCroak · 01/02/2023 13:13

Shaped like Iggle Piggle.

I will never ever be able to watch in the night garden in the same innocent light again.

Yes my name is iggle piggle...

HumphreyCobblers · 01/02/2023 14:07

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.

Exactly this! Turned my stomach, really found it yucky.

Original poster
DarkShade · 01/02/2023 14:07

Oh my God I'd totally forgotten what Iggle Piggle looked like, I cannot unsee this. Maybe they can do an entire range to, ahem, stick up yer night garden.

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Whatwouldscullydo · 01/02/2023 14:11

Is it extra effective and waterproof? So u can use it in the 30 seconds you have of your bath thats not interrupted?