Things you do/have done that most mumsnetters would frown upon!

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Just for fun.

What are some things that you have done in the past or do now that you know most MN’s would find you unreasonable for?

I’ll go first:

• I’m so unbothered if you choose to have a child free wedding and my children aren’t invited. Even close family weddings. It’s your day I’m not going to kick up a fuss that you haven’t invited to my children. You’ve probably given me at least 6 months to a year notice, I’ll just arrange childcare. If I can’t - then I can’t come and you can’t be mad at me!
• Chose to have 2 elective c sections for no medical need.
• Given my children chocolate occasionally before the age of 2.
• Son slept in a cot until almost 3!

DH and I have shared all our money since we first lived together.

I don’t stress about my pension or investments.

I love buying my kids loads at Christmas- even now they’re older teens.

loo brushes obviously- we have one next to each loo!! Ditto washing bedding/towels. 😬🤣

Fine. Folks are different! Some of the toilet brush threads have got a bit insane on here !
I have been seriously slagged off for my toilet brush usage 😂😂😂

Of all the controversial topics that have arisen on this thread, I did NOT think it would be toilet brushes that derailed it. Peak Mumsnet.

Did everyone miss the ‘piles of presents’ thread?! Buying your children lots of presents at Christmas is peak MN. Anything less than a mountain of gifts - which they may even lose interest in unwrapping before they get to the end - is “joyless”.

I used the now defunct laughing emoji to take the piss out of people making stupid comments on MN. Before it got banned, that is.

I think you're right.

I earn more than DH and mortgage, nursery fees etc are all 50/50 but anything left over is ours and another unpopular MN thing is believing if he wants more 'fun money' after all bills are paid, he can earn it like I do.

I see quite the opposite, anything more than a “thoughtful” gift and a satsuma is viewed as profligate and your child will grow up to be an ungrateful ratbag.

I don’t own my own home.

I occasionally enjoy a modest amount of cannabis.

It seems to me like there's two camps

• the competitive overbuyers who buy mountains of gifts. Tend to be very concerned about the magic of Christmas and do jolly and festive things like threatening violence against children who might clue in their 12 year old that the Santa story isn't completely accurate.
• the competitive underbuyers who like to show the first lot how superior they are and demonstrate their sustainability credentials by hanging up a paper chain their Aunt made at Primary School in 1964 and is still perfectly good, reusing wrapping paper and buying each child only one small hand carved, locally made wooden item and a second hand book. Very angry about Christmas Eve boxes, elf breakfasts and the like.

Of course, the vast majority of Mumsnetters do what everyone else does and buys their children as much of what they want as they can comfortably afford provided it isn't likely to cause death or serious injury and can be fitted into the house without building an extension, and even most of the people professing to be in the above mentioned camps are exaggerating for effect.

It’s your fault it’s gone 🤦🏻‍♀️ 😂

I mean we are all grown ups can’t believe people got so butt hurt over someone laugh emoji them.

I'll sometimes have a drink even if it's just me and the kids in the house. I'm perfectly happy pooing elsewhere than in my own home, and especially at work. I hardly ever lock my doors. I very often just let everyday annoyances and minor impositions slide, preferring to give people the benefit of the doubt. So long as somebody is competent I don't give a flying fuck about them being 'professional'.

My kids always bathed twice a week, hair once a week.

I’ve never said I’ve found my crew/ posse on a post
i let my cats eat off of my plates
my husband doesn’t compete in a secret hobby that I can’t mention as it’s seriously outing
I have a loo brush
i tumble dry everything
I’ll change my sheets when I can be arsed but was my towels after every use

I work in social work and it's local authority social work departments that fund carer support and in my opinion they deserve far more than they get.

I don't log things with 111

I never drink 2l of waters. I only drink coffee and wine.

I have never had an issue with kids wanting boys toys, boys colours etc.

I don't think playing with Barbie dolls will make little girls anorexic.

I sometimes watched The Real Housewives of Orange County when I was on mat leave.

I let my children use their devices at the table sometimes.

I don't indulge people cooing over dogs and calling them 'their baby'. They are not a baby, they are a dog. I love dogs, but they are not children.

I don't feel any need to remove my bra for comfort. If I'm pottering around the house, I'm more comfortable physically if I'm wearing one.

I don't care in the slightest if some total stranger owns a loo brush, wears pyjamas around the house, sleeps with or without knickers on or keeps their curtains closed all day. I also don't care how often other people change their bedsheets, how they pronounce 'scone' or what they choose to eat for their Christmas dinner. It affects me in precisely zero ways and I have no idea how people can be bothered to get worked up about this shit.

I use the word 'cunt' quite often, in both insulting and non-insulting contexts. In the bedroom, it's my preferred term for the body part.

I've lived with my DP for almost 23 years and I don't feel the need to get married to 'protect' my legal/financial situation in any way whatsoever.

I cannot stand the name 'Ottilie'.

I watch porn sometimes. I also follow loads of models/actors etc who I find attractive on Instagram for the sole purpose of ogling them. don't mind if my partner does these things either. I think it's perfectly normal and healthy and I wouldn't want to be in a relationship where it was considered OK to police each other's viewing/masturbatory habits.

I really like seeing my friends' holiday photos, updates, kids' first days at school etc on social media.

I've ghosted at least one friend.

I really love football and I shout and swear at the television when it's own.

I think it's fine to have friends of the opposite sex.

I liked mine she wasn't an easy woman sometimes but I liked and miss her, she was a fantastic grandmother as well.

I have no interest in anyones kids their boring.
I pick the phone up when it rings i open the door if theres a knock.
I dont need to make an appointment to call or see family or friends.
I dont care about public loos.
I dont believe men are always wrong.
If i get hit, ill hit back twice instead of running to call the police first.
i wish world war 3 would start.

I prefer dogs to kids.

I’ve literally never seen that on MN. I think it’s a joke about what MNetters ought to be doing at Xmas but don’t. Because the reality is MNetters are proudly buying lots and lots of presents for their children. On that thread, I spotted posters who I always see on ‘peak MN’ threads proudly discussing the joy of the ‘big pile’ of presents.

I got married abroad and didn’t care whether most people came or didn’t.

My dog sleeps on my bed.

I wash everything together, if a tea towel needs washing I chuck it in the machine and it gets washed with whatever goes in next.

I’ve done drugs in the past, I’ll happily drink a whole bottle of wine to myself and not be even vaguely hungover the next day.

Carers are woefully undervalued. Anything they can get which helps them in any way is a plus, imo.

You are so right 👍.
Peak MN 😂

Claim benefits and have a motability car

I own a loo brush.
I piss in the shower.
I don't change my bedding weekly.
My dog is my furbaby and sleeps on my bed. She also goes to cafes with me.
I leave my washing out overnight.
I'm on benefits, and have Netflix. And Prime.
In cafes, I sit at the table whilst DP queues for our food/drinks.
The toilet/bathroom in my house is a downstairs one attached to my kitchen.