to think other mums forums are mostly poop?

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Mumsnet seems to be the only one where people are witty with banter.
I've not found another where you can talk as you do in real life.
They often are full of things which just aren't like true conversation.
Or maybe it's ME

Oi! So with you! If i can not say what i want here, WHERE??? Be nice to your dear husband, be nice to your dear kid, neighbours and fucking midwife. Enough of the fluff, i say!

im liking mumsnet because its honest, and its unmodded

i still post on raising kids and its ok but very fluffy and descent in the ranks is quickly squished which really pisses me off (usually cos im the descent-erer!)

im liking MN so far have to say.

Total agreement. Feel so inadequate when I go on babycentre. I have posted a couple of times on 'trying after miscarriage', a few of the posters were ok, but the majority where very cliquey and ignored everyone who wasn't in the gang. One poster on there is so dominant I feel like Im living with her, she shares everything . Such a shame for those new posters who are looking for a bit of understanding only to be ignored in favour of someone talking about what they're cooking for tea that night!!

I recently left another forum and came here instead. I haven't posted much here yet, but I do enjoy the lack of pink sparkly font, text speak and tickers.

There are other forums?! This is the only one Matthew Wright refers to, and I only ever listen to him....

I signed up to another forum when I was pregnant, it was full of 16 year olds posting in txt spk and I couldn't understand what any of them were saying. Some of the tickers made my eyes hurt as well. That or they just made me piss myself laughing.

i used to use babycentre a lot and most of them are very nice but a bit too safe and godly for my liking. you can't swear and they hound people off the boards if they feel their posts are a bit full on or argumentative. and the 'hun's and tickers are enough to make you want to vom.
however i now need a fresh new screen name for mn as i feel this is a nicer, more argumentative and much funnier home for me

I go on Nethuns quite a bit. It can be funny but no where near as sharp as Mumsnet. You also get told off if you are mean to anyone. Even when they definately deserve it.

There is an awful lot of passive agression on there which can be very waring. The post that summed this up for me most was,

I am going to kill myself (again}.

I mean if you were that serious would you take the time to use brackets to remind others that you had posted about killing yourself before?

Loads of flouncing.

But I do think it has its place. There are posters on there who would be anihalated (sp?) on Mumnet. Totally destroyed without a doubt. They have to have somewhere to go dont they?

And there are some brilliant punchups on there. Thats the best bit. I am nearly always making things worse calming things down when it kicks off.

Mumsnet is really clever and intelligent. I like the banter and often laugh out loud. The downside is that it can be fucking horrible.

Havnt really tried any other parenting forums though. I dont like parent and toddler groups either

I love mumsnet, but have made some excellent friends on Another Website as well.

I find Mumsnet is much better for uniting people with different experiences - the other board I use is specifically for people with children of a certain age and so there are fewer people to interact with.

I made some good friends on another website -I found that if you stick with a board long enough so that everyone who is likely to flounce has done, only the mostly reasonable ones are left.
I flounced in the end myself, although I did it quietly and with dignity

I left BMC after daring to say that I wasn't part of the right clique but felt the need to post anyway...
I was torn to shreds and actually had a few people email me saying that I was right in what I said but I shouldn't have said it!

At least here I would have been told quite firmly to fuck off and get over myself...rather than a complete denial of clique...

(only just realised this thread is over a year old).

I used to go to SilentGrief after a mc. It was very American Christian, but really supportive and lovely which was great at the time. There were a few pictures of sb babes, I was a bit taken aback but never offended.

I got here after reading an ad for netmums and misspelling. Never been happier to have got a spelling wrong. I wandered on to circle of moms on facebook a few days ago OMG very scary.
'my doctor told me to wean at 2 months'
'try putting cereal in his bottle to help him sleep'
'the advice now is that babies weaned at 3 months have fewer allegies'
'The sooner babies are in their own rooms the better, preferably from day one'
'breastfeeding in public is fine as long as you are discreet and put a blanket over the baby'

and you can't be anonymous. I wrote some informatitive posts and ran away.

I didn't notice the date either! Not like me!!!!

Oh yeah, May 08 to June 09 how does that happen? Strange.

I use a forum that a few friends set up - so its more like us just gossiping and also SANDS which I love, its amazing.

The rest are either extreemly dull - one person posts something then 6 pages of "lol" or a animated smilie of a yellow man laughing.

Or are incredibly sarcy/bitchy but its done via PMs and is all very fake. At least on here people say it like it is.

Hi giraffes! Bet I know where you are talking about

You do...because I remember you from there

I post on a lone parents forum or used to.
The guy who owns it is a complete lunatic and he has a harem of moderators who he guards jealously. Single dads get a pretty hard time on there unless they genuflect satisfactorily.
I don't fit in because I don't hun or (((hugs))) but I go back on and post every once in a while just to piss the twunt off - he edits all my posts of course.

I have been told to leave, I don't post offensively so he has yet to ban me but I exercise free will and that is not acceptable apparently.

I have never tried netmums or the like - they didn't appeal.

I tried a few pregnancy fora and almost chocked on my own vomit. Text-speak a go-go, and sickeningly liberal use of the word 'hun' and 'hunny'.

I felt soiled. I can't remember how I found mumsnet - I think I'd typed a search in google for 'enorged genitalia' (I'm pregnant)

I love the fact that hardly anyone on here uses text-speak and in general people are intelligent. Oh, and the fact there are no avatars or pictures of babies and the fact that posters don't define themselve by their usernames, eg. 'mummytobump'.

Ghaah.

God you'd ahve to be rbave to google engorged genitalia !!!!!

I dfound MN back from the launch article, am very old, but when I have strayed to other fora have left sharpish, evil things.

I joined another forum, isn't a parenting one but linked to dh's work.
The idea is good, gives forces families a chance to speak to others in a similar situation but it is full of huns and text speak.
Just can't bring myself to post on it, although I do log in every few days to see if someone has said something interesting

i quite likes raising kids and they gave me tons of helpful advice.