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? 😊

"But he's such a good dad though! The children adore him"

😂😂

Using "they" instead of he/she. But then they usually slip up during the post and say he/she at some stage anyways 😂

I am irritates by the 'here' posters who believe they are expert witnesses in whatever is being discussed.

Man here.
Teacher here.
Polar explorer here.

Why not just say what you want to say, then add 'That's been my experience as a polar explorer.'

I can't even properly express why I find it so annoying!

I hate the phrase "give your head a wobble".

I'll wobble your bloody head....

They always say that!!!

While I have the opportunity to say it, for the love of god stop saying "think..." it drives me up the wall.

Ie. We are going to a function, think office christmas party
We are buying stuff for our home, think dining table

Just say what it is!!

Police. Now.
999. Now
A&E. Now

Oh & don't start me on 'log it with 101' 😡

Those OPs who post on AIBU, are clearly unreasonable….

and then admit it, with good grace, a couple of posts later.

The correct response is to hunker down, become more and more unreasonable, and eventually flounce.

A reasonable unreasonable AIBU just isn’t on.

Probably my age but really don't like swearing. Sorry.

I have never read a funnier thread on MN. I'm lying in bed in absolute stitches, trying not to wake DH as I read this. You guys are absolutely hilarious and I totally agree with all of the above. I keep coming back though, so it must be because I secretly enjoy being so irritated by other MNers.

"Pound shop private detectives" and "trauma ghouls" 🤣 and someone who said about prewritten posts waiting for a celebrity to die just so they can be first to announce it 😂😂🤣🤣😂 Absolutely hilarious!

Keep 'em coming!

Because if it appears to be a first post people think it's come from a troll.

And the ones who assume all lawyers offer 30 minutes' free advice.

Because people will often flat out deny what they have said.

The competitive cleanliness threads. Someone asks if it's OK to shower once a day, and sets up a long thread of people vying with each other about the number of showers they have, what they use in the shower, how many gallons of shower gel they use, how they exfoliate their entire skin every hour - and excoriating anyone who does any less as "grim". Ditto with how often they clean their floors/surfaces, how often they wash sheets/towerls/clothes. It's a wonder they have time for anything else in their lives, and god only knows what they are doing to the planet.

The ones where the grief vultures are hovering & competing

'I couldn't sleep last night worrying about the OP'

'The OP was the first thing I thought of this morning'

Get a life!!

I hate the ones where it sounds like a medical emergency and they're on MN asking for advice 🙄

People who respond to another post with 'you seem really angry about this, you should take a break from MN'.... when nothing about the post is angry. People can be passionate about something but not remotely angry and those that respond that way clearly have no idea what anger actually is.

Demands for an op to return

usually after a number of spiteful so called honest posts

Oh yes, the posts about their partner who is cruel and uncaring and then after being told to leave the cunt 'oh I can't break up the family he's a wonderful father'.

Then there's the ones that are finally free of the piece of shit 'should I take him back?' Yeah do it your kids will thank you.

My evil MIL bought my baby (insert a rattle, a christmas outfit etc) and I wanted to get them their first x. She's ruined everything.

And the ones who are apparently environmentally conscious but clean every inch of their house daily, shower every hour and wash every sheet and towel every single day.

This 100%

I hate the ones where you’re making a bit of a whinge about a friend and they tell you that you’re a terrible friend because everybody knows you can never ever criticise your friends.

I’m like what the fuck

This 👆

People who post in AIBU when there isn't an AIBU.

I don't really like the whole DD thing. I also hate the use of 'baby' without a the/your e.g. you will get no sleep when baby is here. I'll throw in boobing as a verb for good measure.

I also find MN incredibly tolerant of what would be seen as antisocial behaviour by most, such as kids playing videos in restaurants and on the train, kicking balls at the fence endlessly etc. I have kids. I tell them not to disturb other people, I don't expect others to put up with their unreasonable noise or behaviour.

The people who reply to posters' threads about miserable relationships with the advice that where children are involved, the only excuse to "break up a family" is abuse. Those poor kids, having an unhappy relationship.model.