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

433 replies

JandamiHash · 08/05/2025 23:35

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.

OP posts:
Tessiebear2023 · 14/05/2025 17:03

Bobbyewingshowerscene · 12/05/2025 21:33

Extreme responses like this are also very common on MN ….

Well that's to be expected when you have 1,000s of people posting their unique experiences from all over the world. If someone has a unique or extreme experience it makes sense that they'd share on a forum that literally solicits them to do so. What does this seem to surprise you?

With responses like this it's no surprise to me that people are less forthcoming to share their experiences IRL.

Bobbyewingshowerscene · 14/05/2025 17:22

Tessiebear2023 · 14/05/2025 17:03

Well that's to be expected when you have 1,000s of people posting their unique experiences from all over the world. If someone has a unique or extreme experience it makes sense that they'd share on a forum that literally solicits them to do so. What does this seem to surprise you?

With responses like this it's no surprise to me that people are less forthcoming to share their experiences IRL.

I’m not referring to what’s shared in an OP. Its the way the OP’s drip feed/ responses to those who don’t agree gets more and more extreme in order to try and persuade the posters of the OPs own view on AIBU

I think that’s a bit of a standing joke on here - I didn’t just make it up lol! X

Tessiebear2023 · 14/05/2025 17:35

Bobbyewingshowerscene · 14/05/2025 17:22

I’m not referring to what’s shared in an OP. Its the way the OP’s drip feed/ responses to those who don’t agree gets more and more extreme in order to try and persuade the posters of the OPs own view on AIBU

I think that’s a bit of a standing joke on here - I didn’t just make it up lol! X

Ok, fine. Perhaps make that point in general then, rather than seeming to pick on an individual?

AmyRuby · 14/05/2025 17:36

Every other adult being in a high flying six figure role!

MusicMakesItAllBetter · 18/05/2025 17:57

BlondiePortz · 08/05/2025 23:39

I don't remeber anyone in real life sucking every bit of drama out of situations and putting themselves at the centre of things as much as I see on here

if overthinking was an Olympic sport

I'd be gold every time 🤣🫣

MusicMakesItAllBetter · 18/05/2025 18:10

Children ARE NOT SEXY!!!!
DD keeps saying, I'm hot; in looks and in temperature. She's 7. I tell her no darling. Children are not and aren't meant to be sexy.

I've seen benchers.

I've never seen someone cajole their child into the aisle at a wedding.

I've never known someone who earns 6 figures

Judiezones · 18/05/2025 18:13

gannett · 09/05/2025 05:48

I've never seen any dog leap up at random strangers in a park and slobber over them. From the dog-hating threads you'd think this was an everyday occurrence. I've regularly run and walked in parks up and down the UK, I love dogs so I notice every time I see one, and 95% of them are way too fixated on their own business and all the exciting smells around to pay humans who aren't their owner any heed. Sometimes you get an extra friendly one, which is lovely, but they're the minority.

I have lived with 18 different men in my life across family, houseshares and my partner, and none of them ever left piss around the toilet. (Apart from one in the student houseshare as a one-off drunken accident - the piss was the least of it - and he was mortified.)

I was in a park with my son, we were eating a picnic and an off lead dog stole a sandwich from my son.
My friend was in a different park and an off lead dog ran up to her, jumped up and left muddy marks on her jeans and coat.
It does happen.

Fimofriend · 18/05/2025 18:17

BlondiePortz · 08/05/2025 23:39

I don't remeber anyone in real life sucking every bit of drama out of situations and putting themselves at the centre of things as much as I see on here

if overthinking was an Olympic sport

You have obviously never met any of my SILs. I am so happy that we don't see them much because they always try to drag other people into their homemade dramas.

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