Mumsnet is full of funsuckers?

[BigDahliaFan]

People who don’t like day trips, weddings, going out with work, watching the football, answering the door?

im introverted and quite shy but I like all of the above and am delighted if a friend rings to organise something or says yes to coming round.

Life would be boring if we all liked the same things.

Weddings and football are both dire.

For some people, moaning and whining on the internet IS their main source of fun.

You’re annoyed that people are different to you?
I like some of those things, and some of them I don’t. Specific circumstances would also depend on whether I would enjoy any of those activities.
Don’t worry about what other people enjoy. It doesn’t make you superior because you like hanging out with colleagues in your spare time.

Football and going out with work are both shit IMO but I love a nice wedding as long as it’s not a buffet in working men’s club. Do I qualify for being a semi fun sucker?

Try the sex board - they put stuff up their bums for fun.

We are all different, boring if we all were the same.

You could tell people you'd been whisked away to an other-worldly paradise, deities floating on clouds, cherubs gently strumming harps, nothing but peace, love and tranquility.. and there'd be 200 people queuing up here to tell you you're a moron.

Don't forget celebrating your birthday. Nobody over the age of 12 needs to do that 😀

We’re all different.
My BIL’s best friend, having just met me, advised me that going on a cruise would be something that I (someone who, unbeknown to him, avoids package holidays like the plague) would absolutely love.

He wasn’t to know that a cruise is my idea of hell. I smiled and said “it’s definitely not for me”, only to have him describe everything that he thinks is wonderful about a cruise - all of which I would hate, to try to persuade me to change my mind!
IMO, and gently, please don’t assume that just because you like something, everyone else is also obliged to like it too.
People come to these forums to see if they are the odd one out, or if others hold the same opinions, is all.

It's the numbers game. Loads of people don't like what you like, but in real life you gravitate towards people like you.

DS's work all left early for the football. Our neighbours congregated for the football. We went out for a meal and asked the server if he'd rather be watching the football- not at all, he'd prefer to be earning!

So people cluster and assume everyone agrees with them.

Most of these are just fairly common, run-of-the-mill preferences that some people have, not specific to Mumsnet. There IS a really odd running shtick on here about posters insisting that "Mumsnet" won't answer the door when people show up unexpectedly. Here's an old thread explaining in some detail some of the reasons some people sometimes don't like to answer the door when someone arrives unexpectedly. I don't think you find many people here saying they don't answer the door when they've invited someone around or know that a friend is planning to stop by, do you?

Weddings, football and gross expensive cream teas served at luxury hotels. Ugh. All of these things suck my fun.

I think that's quite offensive OP.

You want every one to be a sheep and just enjoy what you enjoy?

What gives you the right to say other people's lifestyle choices are the only correct ones and anyone who doesn't conform to your choices is to be treated with contempt?

Errr good for you? You win at life?

I like other stuff. Just because my fun isn't your fun doesn't make it any less valid.

@MangoJojo "It doesn’t make you superior because you like hanging out with colleagues in your spare time."

That really made me laugh. There is a definite tendency on Mumsnet to look down on the "mundanes"......

I don’t really enjoy weddings (they’re too long and there’s never enough food) and I don’t like football either.
But I’m guessing you also don’t spend every Wednesday and Sunday night singing and dancing on stage? Because I do, that’s what I do for fun. I enjoy going to the pub afterwards and chatting with friends.
I doubt you play Boardgames every Thursday and Friday. I do with other friends. And we have fun playing them.
Not everyone can enjoy the same things and that’s ok.

But some buzzkill types think because they don't like something, it is objectively rubbish, and anyone who does like it is stupid.

My dad was like this. I remember with alcohol he only liked sweet drinks such as rum and coke and sweet wine. He thought anyone who liked beer or dry wine didn't genuinely like it and were just pretending to like it to fit in.

Some people also take a great pride in automatically disliking anyone or anything popular in a desperate need to prove they are different.

Day trips, weddings, going out with work and watching the football aren't really the same as having a friend ring up or come round 🤔

I find i enjoy 'big' stuff less and less as i get older. There's the expense and the organisation - i've been there and done it so many times the shine's worn off.

However i like a mate round for a while for a chin wag, or pop to theirs.

I love all of those except football

shearwater2 - ''but some buzzkill types think because they don't like something, it is objectively rubbish, and anyone who does like it is stupid.''

But the OP of the thread has labelled anyone who doesn't like what they like ''funsuckers''.

But some buzzkill types think because they don't like something, it is objectively rubbish, and anyone who does like it is stupid.

This is the problem really. There are a fair few posters who actively look down on hobbies/interests that they don't like and deem them unworthy. I give them extra points in my head if they've never even tried the thing- it's a very toddler-like attitude to have, I think. Fair enough to acknowledge that you're reasonably sure you wouldn't enjoy something, but to dismiss it as unworthy makes you look like a twat, really.

Football is a massive buzzkill for me because it dominates everything and you're expected to like it

Eh? I find watching football and going out with work colleagues tedious AF. Doesnt mean I dont do other fun things I like.

This is silly isnt it- just because people dont like the exact same things as you doesnt mean they cant have "fun" in other ways.

You do get that everyone is different surely?.........

People who don’t like day trips, weddings, going out with work, watching the football, answering the door?

Day trips: love them - though they are limited by the dog these days
Weddings: not for me - too expensive and I feel self conscious dressed up these days
Going out with work: I work from home, but do enjoy the yearly get together we do. I used to work in a swanky London office and enjoyed those nights out, back when I was young enough to be out until the wee hours, get home, shower, get two hours sleep and then get up and go back into work
Watching the footie: I can take or leave it, I tend to hang around the TV towards the end of big tournements, if we make it that far
Answering the door: about half a dozen times a day - too many deliveries not to

That's the thing - some people will like all those things, some only some and some none. That's variety for you.