Mumsnet posts which drive me mad

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Anyone hate these posts?

• really really really long posts
• long posts with NO paragraphs
• posts which start ‘ I have a friend, let’s call her Jane; her DH, let’s call him Sam… you can’t bloody well follow the post. Much easier just to say Friend and DH.

Any others? 😊

More of a niggle than driving me mad, but posters reacting to genders very differently ie being sexist. There have been a couple of threads recently where the (female) OP was quite vile to her OH (male) and there was a majority reaction of total understanding for the OP and chastisement of the OH (for mild or non existent behaviours) where if it was the opposite way around and the OP was discussing her OH treating her in that way there would be absolute outrage shown and many "LTBs". Just be fair. It's only a niggle because of the avalanche of posts I have read over the years of extremely sh*tty behaviour from men towards women (and their families sometimes) which isn't really fair of me either.

I’ll get shot down for this but the ones that frustrate me are the ‘I still bf my 3 year old to sleep every night and lie with him for an hour stroking his head, I’m 8 months pregnant with DD2 and DS1 won’t settle for DH or anyone else’.

Oh and the ‘DS is 4 and isn’t toilet trained yet, we’re waiting for him to be ready and show signs’…..what feckin signs are they then fgs. Just start toilet training and stop filling landfill with nappies that take years to break down.

There is that poster who creates "OMG I think my DP is cheating on me" threads, with live updates of the ridiculous drama for a few days, before she runs out of imagination, disappears, then comes back under a new name to post another fake thread with the same script a few days later.

People who post something completely unreasonable (on AIBU) that their child has done:

“AIBU for taking my child to a restaurant and letting them do a shit on someone’s dinner plate”

And then waiting until everyone tells them they are a dick before whipping out the “BUT MY KID HAS ADDITIONAL NEEDS” card and proceeding to act level 10 butt-hurt.

Look, I’m not saying that we should judge your child’s every action based upon their additional needs, because that would be ableist and most of us are trying to be level headed, empathetic people. But, when they have inexplicably shit on someone’s dinner and that is the specific thing you have come to ask about, it might be pertinent information. You get that, right? You’re baiting us.

Nb. I may have exaggerated the dinner shitting thing. Although who knows? AIBU is a fucking Wild West.

You are not a real woman unless you have children
You can't know what love is unless you have children
Etc,..
Go to MN Without Children forum immediately as you have no place here!!!!

🤣 just reminded me of that woman who checked it was OK to do a poo in front of your partner if your giving birth during it 'for a friend'

Posters who ask questions such as ‘should I change my baby’s name as I’ve discovered it means something negative in another language’ but refuse to state the name or the other language in question!

You forgot ‘you don’t know what tired is until you’ve had children’ 😁

I actually like the threads with names, especially when lots of people are mentioned in the original post. DSS, DD2 and all that sound like droids from Star Wars.

I hate the Suffering Olympics posts. OP says something like, “I’ve been feeling so down since my knee replacement,” and then someone else says, “Be grateful for what you have. My sister had to have her leg amputated, and she wishes she could complain about her knee replacement.” Yeah, okay, I bet that really helped OP. 🙄

Anything that maintains that women should be okay with no support during childbirth, with newborns, breastfeeding, et cetera, because “I did it and I just got on with it.”

@saltinesandcoffeecups why the silly little emoji? Plenty of other posters have said the same thing. No need for quoting an original post. 🤷‍♀️

A thousand times this.

Apparently, @Citrusandginger , according to another poster, this post was mean, so you may be tarred with the same brush!

I think quoting a post and simply posting 🙄is really rude. But I'd be lying if I said that I've never done it myself when I've got annoyed.

On threads that mention celebrities 'I have NO idea WHO that is'

Just Google it, don't make a performance over how highbrow you (think you) are

i also get annoyed with ambiguous acronyms. Is GF girlfriend, grandfather, godfather or something else? Because it sure changes the context.

I hate Mumsnet acronyms anyway. It’s as bad as the NHS for that. Those “in the know” don’t stop for one minute to think it might be confusing to those new to the game. It’s as if you’re part of a “secret club” that others have to work to decode or they’re not allowed in. And dont get me started on Ddog which take longer to write than fecking dog does!

Special mention to the posters that say things like “I thought I was tired when I only had one child…”

Have a fucking medal, mate.

The ones who are 46 but insist they're constantly mistaken for 21, don't have a single line on their face and their nan had beautiful smooth skin at 110 years old despite smoking 200 fags a day and only putting bin juice on her face.

My family don’t like the potential name I’ve chosen for my child.

What is it?

Can’t say it might be outing.

🙄

@FuzzyManul I must be doing autism wrong then as I bloody love a trip the pub 🤣 (mind you on MN that probably also makes me an alcoholic)

@iwiporangi I had this experience under a previous username where I was told to go and post on ‘… without children’ instead - so I did and the same posters followed me to harangue me further! 🤦🏼‍♀️

That one always baffles me. I cant imagine MN is even on the radar of most teens let alone something they'd waste time trolling

Or the ones who have been living with deadbeat Dave for 20 years but miraculously within 30 mins of posting on MN suddenly decide to leave him/chuck him out. Cue the live updates 🙄

@Ratherstandonacliffandsetfiretomyself Oh, dear god! There's no escape....!

Posts you read and contribute to, maybe getting a bit swayed by the response narrative, that with reflection and in hindsight are 99% likely to be hugely one sided, manipulative and wanting to affirm posters opinion.

Like should I go NC with MIL as she's a massive cow with examples, but refusing to answer questions on own behaviour or whether other family relationships are OK or NC is a pattern.

.. and it always seems to be the 2nd or 3rd respondant.
Why?? Have I forgotten- 3 seconds ago - the original 10 minutes it took to read the OP'S first lengthy tome?
It drives me absolutely mad and puts me in a bad mood for a while 🤬

Posters who reply to a thread with “first poster nailed it”. It’s happening every fucking day now. Not only is it a pointless comment, but it suggests there in point in discussing said thread. It’s infuriating.