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.

Same. No 11+ round here. No grammar schools.

Just how easy it is to tell people to end decades long relationships on the basis of a single trivial disagreement where you only have one biased perspective to evaluate from.

That there are people who bleach their anus.

That websites exist where creeps share non-consensual videos of their partners.

That some people think that snapping and farting is a thing.

The Script ...

That if your DC don't attend a top 10 university their degree isn't worth the paper it is written on.

Stop gaslighting me!

Oh yes
Toiletries? Chocolate? Wine? All terrible unless the most expensive ones on the market. And then terrible because of their bad skin, weight loss, never touched alcohol except for weddings...

I stand corrected! I can't see men buying it as a guide to being a prick though..that comes quite naturally..

DARVO perhaps? 🤣

I'm now off to Google dragon butter

That it's a lot and not alot 😞

That some people really will believe any amount of nonsense just because someone says it on the Internet.

My search results produced the definition of an act. I'm done with Dragon Butter this eve 🤮😬

Thanks for taking the hit for me. I’d actually have expected many MN threads saying not to Google.

Og ye
Any disagreement is gaslighting and bullying

The dragon butter thing came from a poster named NeverGoogleDragonButter and I'm pleased to say I never have

Ah that is genius, in a very dark and twisted way.

Another thing I had never even heard of and subsequently require a brain bleach.

Everyday is a learning opportunity on MN!

And every adult who says or does something slightly peculiar has early dementia

That I (68) and my husband (75) are despised because we own a house with more than one bedroom and a garden. Apparently we can't have earned it or ever known what it's like to struggle to pay for it.

I'm starting to think I have early dementia based on my MN activity

That there are a lot of inside jokes on here that I do not understand 😆

I didn't know protestant traybakes were a thing.

I only knew that when I got married. I was amazed at how much my Irish relatives gave me.

really @Floatlikeafeather2 ? now that does actually surprise me that this has been your experience 😞

Never heard the expression grey rock. Or disney dad. Both very descriptive. Did not know there were so many witty women posting on MN.

Did not know family shouldn't expect to meet a new baby until at least a week after it's born (this applies to new grandparents, aunts, uncles, but most especially MILs).

Did not know when audience with new mum and baby is finally granted the proud grandparents should have no expectation of actually touching or holding said infant. This may transgress boundaries.

Did not know so many people needed to set (rather draconian) boundaries for family and friends.

Also the unwillingness to answer the door - why? What do you think is going to happen?

Did not realise so many people are apparently ND and this seems to be offered up as a potential excuse reason for every form of poor behaviour posted about on MN.