What has Mumsnet taught you you've been doing wrong all of your adult life without realising?!

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Inspired by a recent thread, in which I read multiple posters saying you shouldn't wear mascara on your bottom lashes (which I have been doing for the last 30 years 😂) what has Mumsnet told or taught you you've been doing wrong?

The irritating thing is then I made one eye up as usual and made one up without mascara on the bottom lashes and DH preferred the without eye! Don't even get me started on my inability to make a chicken last a week...

@OlderGlaswegianLivingInDevon what does the packet say these days?

I'm supposed to wear makeup and dye my hair.

See, I've seen a lot of the opposite on here: we should embrace the grey and eschew makeup because the male gaze. And not wear heels because the male gaze. Oh, and most importantly, shroud ourselves in baggy Toast dresses at least a size too large because the male gaze...

p.s. as it has been at least a decade and a half since I have used tampons ( too much info there ) I have no reason / need to be reading the packaging or instructions.

That you can spout any old shite as long as you include the phrase "everyone knows it" it's true facts and can be left up on threads, when its actually nonsense.

I did not know that you shouldn't clink glasses when you say 'cheers !'with friends. Other than a formal toast ,I have never seen it where people don't clink.

Don't know if this has already been mentioned .. I learned how to fit my king size duvet in the cover the right way round by paying attention to the vertical lines
Never knew this until I saw it here 😂

I call friends/ family for a chat without pre booking via text and I answer the door!

@bringincrazyback I'm wondering why you came on to a clearly lighthearted thread to find something to be offended by. Life admin is up there with picky bits, holybobs, naice, hot choccy, and other wanky ways to say things. Everything involved in it is just life. It's doing the same as everyone else does.

We don't have to agree on anything. I'm not sure why you needed an explanation.

I was having a good today, then you came along

I sent too early
whereas in real life you have to be able to back up what your saying or accept you are wrong.

Oh and you should never tip waiting staff as a political gesture because that'll teach the restaurant to pay their staff the same wages as bankers and nurses don't get tips

Expecting my parents to care and want to help me as a parent. MN taught me I should never expect my parents to help me mentally, financially or physically. But I should also have a village but in no way ever expect my village to help me

Of you are spouting garbage adding Fact and End of at the end validates anything and everything.

You need to 'meal plan' rather than just throw lots of stuff in the trolley, freeze some it then decide each day what you'll have for dinner.

Only for 'proper' family though. As a why-are-you-even-here childfree woman I apparently don't have family and especially don't at Christmas which is For The Children.
My own fault for being selfish I guess, along with 'never knowing real love'!

You're supposed to think about the effect on the climate before booking flights. I'm afraid my only thoughts are "can I afford it" and "have I got enough annual leave left".

I still don’t actually know what deep cleaning means tbh!

Until I read MN I didn’t realise how easy it was to get therapy for every tiny little mishap happening in your life. Missing your dc who’s just gone to uni, get therapy. Crying because you hate your new haircut, get therapy. Upset because no one liked the dinner you cooked, get therapy. It seems the police are just as easy to access for every tiny misdemeanour as well.

All ills can be cured by; a) a spa day, b) a cup of tea and 5 minutes to yourself or c) a hot chocolate (for children).

Therapy is extremely easy to access. You don't need a 'reason', just to be able to pay, or have healthcare cover that covers sessions. Paid-for therapy is a different matter, obviously.

@AnonymousBleep re drying washing, I have a line in the garden and one under cover on the deck. I also use an a-frame drying rack on the deck. I've certainly used the covered deck lines a lot more this summer than in previous years.

I WFH and my desk looks out over the garden. When its warm and windy washing can dry quickly and if it looks like rain I run out and bring it in.

Arping and autumn when the heating isn't on is the worst - I'm in the SE and it can be quite humid and also cool - so washing doesn't dry unless there is a good breeze.

When I am forced to dry inside I use either a dehumidifuer and drying rack (perfect for one load at a time with the heating on) or if I'm going nuclear and drying several loads at once I use a heated drying rack plus the dehumidifier.

Ha yes. It’s funny how it’s ok if you help out your parents but it’s an absolute no no for them to help you. I never understand why that is.

Also I do Christmas Day wrong because I stay indoors. I never go for a walk on Christmas Day.

I wasn’t really thinking of the paying type (obviously not wealthy enough to be on MN lol).

MN taught me that despite going to uni, having a successful career and hiring many, many people - mostly graduates - in that career, that without going to a Russell Group uni you are doomed to failure. It also taught me that Russell Group unis exist, as I'd never heard of them.
I still don't know which universities are in the group and which aren't, or what makes them better, so have clearly been hiring all wrong for 15 odd years.

Of course it’s good to live within your means, but personally I think that denying yourself simple everyday pleasures so you can boast about how many gazillions you have in savings is a pretty depressing way to live. You can’t take it with you. And your house going up in value isn’t a function of your financial virtue - in the last 50 years, pretty much every house in the country has gone up in value. Unless you bought a house on the edge of a rapidly eroding cliff, your house is likely to have gone up in value significantly since the 1980s. But congratulations on having lots of money I guess.