To ask for things that happen on MN that you’ve never seen happen IRL

[JandamiHash]

I’ve never seen or heard a parent refer to their child as “sexy”

I’ve never seen anyone having a nap on a public bench.

I’ve never seen someone cajole their daughter into the aisle at a wedding so they can be a stealth bridesmaid

All the above is what I’ve read about on MN recently that people do and have seen before done, regularly.

I've never know anyone to get a lodger or take ironing in because they are skint.

Actually never really known anyone who works at Heron foods retrain in coding and become a six figure earner.

All solutions to money problems on Mumsnet.

Never seen a teacher organise a gigantic party in their garden while their kids hang around and doing drugs and openly talking about it to anyone who listens.

I’m so sorry. I meant other people in real life don’t seem to react at all when they hear of an affair, whereas on here it is treated as a terrible thing and everyone openly says how awful it it.

I'm surprised you've never seen anyone asleep on a park bench! In the town near where I live,I've even occasionally seen someone asleep on the pavement! I haven't ever heard anyone calling their child 'sexy' though. That would be plain weird.

Not true, it’s used in Scots a lot verbally. Very common word where I am.

Same here. I ended up sectioned and spent a long time in hospital.

I was at the births of all 8 of my grandchildren. It started with my daughter and she said it was so good to have me there that my other daughter and my daughters in law all asked me to be there as well. In one of the births it was me and my co granny which made it very special and to this day we have a wonderful relationship. And with the other births the babies fathers were all there or there aboot as we say in Scotland for most of the labors as well. But none of the dads were in jobs where being there on the day could be guaranteed so we did what we could at all was well.

I’d even go as far as to say it’s a word that’s used daily by many.

Just to send the best of wishes to both of you for the heartbreak and devastation caused to your mental health by what happened in your life. I truly, truly do understand what it has done to you, what you have been through and continue to go through and though things will get better as time passes I wish you were better now, and that your life had never taken this turn.

My friend is currently going through this and I'm so amazed at her strength and reaction to her husband completely blowing up their lives from one day to the next. Married 20 years with two teenage kids and businesses together - completely out of the blue he leaves her for a younger girlfriend he's been cheating with and steals all their joint money, completely cuts her off financially and leaves her with two kids and a house she can't afford to keep. She has been an absolute pillar of strength, filed for divorce, moved house, found a new job and the idiotic husband has now broken up with the girlfriend a few months into the "relationship", but she's not interested at all in taking him back. Honestly, awesome woman and I don't think I could be so strong-headed in such a situation.

On MN, they scream in your face!

I wore a cream shift style dress at my nieces wedding…no-one thought I was the bride.

Me….‘are you putting your name down for the Christmas night out?’

’No.’

This is a good one.. I’ve never seen it being a problem either.

As in ‘it wid gie ye the boak’

If nothing else, this thread has confirmed that a LOT of MNers must live really sheltered lives, and must only ever mix with - and even only be aware of - a very small group of people "just like them".

Women talk about their mental load - never heard that expression in my life other than on MN

Boak is used frequently in Northern Ireland.

No I’ve lived in different cities, towns, villages.. I mix in working class, middle class and know a lot of people through work, travelling etc and still have only heard some things on MN.

And Scotland.

Pure gies me the dry/wet boke/boak.

I don’t know anyone that cleans their homes as much as people do on MN

I don’t know anyone who refuses to eat home made cakes unless they examine the bakers kitchen first

I do that :) and then just stare until the other person gets uncomfortable.

I don’t eat other people’s home baking, inspection or no.

Very much depends who has made it…my friend is an excellent baker and spotlessly clean, I’d eat her baking.