MN phrases that you would ban

[Malahide]

I’ll go first..

Potty shot. 🤢
Makes me squirm. Nobody needs to be sharing their scan photos for strangers on the internet to (probably wrongly) guess their baby’s gender. The whole thing is ridiculous

@ExhaustedHousewife Thank you. I see it now 😀

‘That doesn’t work for me.’ Daft, and only ever seen on MN.

Just say you can’t, too busy, or something else forthright.

Paddington bear stare
tinkly laugh/head tilt
nesting
spidey senses

I hate the response "This."

Also some abbreviations get confusing for me as there isn’t always any conformity. I was once shocked that a woman was shagging her ‘darling father’, although quickly realised it was ‘fiance’ (or is it dear, I don’t know), I’d rather everyone just typed the whole word, with predictive text it’s really not that much effort.

This thread has made me reflect on the use of D and I’m now just going to write husband, daughter, etc.

Fight the machine!!!

"Floored" - nobody can be ill, they have to be floored.

I also hate when people say "must be the school holidays" in a post they don't find believable

I've never understood people who say this. Do they really believe that school kids post fake scenarios on mumsnet for kicks.

People who post multiple times on a thread. One after the other. I keep thinking of things, in my defence!

Adding the ridiculous 'D' to words that they then type out in full. You do not need to add D to the beginning of the word nephew ffs.

That's a very common expression IRL where I live, it has been for as long as I can recall.

The difference between "that doesn't work for me" and "I can't / don't want to" is that with the latter, the speaker is making themselves the reason for saying no, rather than making the subject the issue.

Thus, it becomes easier for the other person to get in a strop / try to challenge / try to change the other person's mind, when someone is saying they are the reason, rather than the subject.

‘No skin in the game’ someone used it once, suddenly, everyone has ‘no skin in the game’

oh yes. I hate this.

Also “‘‘twas ever thus” and “you poor thing” (I know it’s meant well but it’s just so damn patronising)

"LTB he's a narcissist" for the most ridiculous things!

"We had an argument, I threw a boulder at him and he when I left the room I heard him cussing under his breath"

MN: "LTB, he is a narcissist who is verbally and emotionally abusing you. Get your ducks in a row and leave this toxic relationship"

And then when you start complaining on mumsnet (that you're not happy in your marriage,) you get a chorus of LTB! You've got kids together, you've got pets together, you've got 2 extended families together, you've got a home and a mortgage or joint tenancy, and you've got enmeshed finances. And probably two thirds of women would not be able to survive on their own financially. Especially if they have kids

Thing is if you make a post making your partner sound like a deadbeat at best or abusive at worst those are the responses you’ll get. I mean what are you supposed to say?

@DinnaeFashYersel

You've used it twice in that list and now I'm just plain ragin'!

This is the most bonkers thing I've ever heard in my life.

I disagree with the read and run thing- if a poster is upset and seems to need a friendly word or validation of some sort and you’ve just seen the thread but don’t have time to come up with anything that you e put a lot of/ enough thought into, I think it’s helpful!

And then when you start complaining on mumsnet (that you're not happy in your marriage,) you get a chorus of LTB! You've got kids together, you've got pets together, you've got 2 extended families together, you've got a home and a mortgage or joint tenancy, and you've got enmeshed finances. And probably two thirds of women would not be able to survive on their own financially. Especially if they have kids

But if you are really unhappy in your marriage there’s always a way out. It depends what is most important.

And what is the point posting about it if you’re not prepared to hear the possibility that your marriage is beyond salvage. What do you think people want to hear? “You need to sit down and talk it out.” With a drunken, abusive arsehole. Sometimes people need to be told.

I actually find it more irritating when people complain about LTB. If anything it’s under-used.

Not so much a phrase, but the idea that absolutely everyone in the entire world is either an abusive narcissist or a nice blameless reasonable mumsnetter, is pretty weird to me and seems to be getting more common on here.

Anyone who is mildly annoying is a narcissist. No exceptions 🙃

I agree with this. What else are people supposed to say then?

Talk to him- I am sure the OP has already tried that since its pretty obvious
Counselling- he probably refuses to go if he's an arsehole
Cheating- what if he wont stop?

What else is left apart from leaving if the OP is utterly miserable?

Where do you live? I have never read it, or heard it, anywhere but on MN!

DMOTH?! 😆

Agree with this. ^

I am Guilty of that

Sorry