To ask what things you never knew u tilypu joined Mumsnet?

[KimberleyClark]

I’ll start.

That having a one syllable first name and surname is an absolute no no.

The amount of women who let a man move in with them and wonder what they should do when the boyfriend doesn't get on with their kids or is mean to them.

That so many women are so utterly determined to dislike and find fault with their husband's mother.

I wonder if those are the same cohort who had no knowledge of the life cycle of the dandelion?

That the noun adult can be contorted to perform like a verb.

Never to google dragon butter

Also that there are some grown adults will not answer the door unless the caller has asked for permission in writing at least 3 weeks in advance

Well, you learn something every day! 🙂

You must never care about your birthday but if someone gives you a terrible gift you can moan on here but must always thank them in 5 different ways and never question the terrible gift but should also stop giving them gifts

I've been hear some years. So:

Zoflora
Penis cup
Conventions of changing ones name on marriage isn't obligatory.
Learning the signs of abuse, sadly.
People can be very mean when OPs are vulnerable.
Everyone else saves much more money than me.
The bogbrush controversy.
How often I should shower & wash my hair (the debate is decades old)
When I SHOULD go to A&E.

Here!

I'm not the only one then?

I didn't know that Bayliss and Harding smellies and Thortons chocolates were seen as such thoughtless lazy Christmas presents.
I have since upgraded people to L'Occitane and Hotel Chocolate to make up for those years 😂

it’s all a load of tosh!

That so many people get upset/outraged/incandescent with rage over the most trivial of things and how easily offended some people are. Also that so many people think the way things are done now is always right and that there is nothing which can be learned from the past because previous generations are to blame for everything that's wrong in the world.

@Tittat50 no and I still haven't either.
Is she still around?

Another thing I've learned, just how weird some people are about doing anything at all to help someone else! You sound delightful.

There you go, a bun fight in an empty room. Because I don't want to traipse up and down the stairs opening the door to chuggers, I'd step over someone shouting for help on the street.

I think you are allowed to celebrate your birthday until you are about 8...and after that, its very unreasonable to want to celebrate it, or want anyone to remember it.
And almost anything qualifies as an awful gift!🤣

How nice Tunbridge Wells is 😂

@VioletCrawleyForever the difference in children playing outside has always shocked me too.
I was on a thread where the op's children were only allowed to play in the garden, they weren't young, if I remember correctly they were at least 11, The Scottish mums amongst us on the thread were in actual disbelief

Not because of MN but I first tried a mooncup equivalent about 6 years ago. I wish I'd discovered them sooner - a million times better than tampons!

Oh how convinced people are that their accent is the correct one and anyone who pronounces a word differently (due to a regional accent!) is WRONG!!!

MN made me try a mooncup, also period pants. Both a complete disaster. Not suitable for heavy, clotty periods ime.

That the 11+ still exists.

On here it's acceptable to wash your mooncup in a sink in a public toilet. In full view of others, blood all over your hands.