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!

I once overheard a colleague say something that someone sensitive, somewhere in the world, might possibly have found offensive and I didn't report it to HR.

I am sometimes anxious/dis-organised/distracted and have not sought a diagnosis

I use the overnight delay on my washing machine, have done for 20 years, and have no worries about the house catching fire whilst I'm asleep. I also put the dishwasher on overnight.

There was a recent thread where the OP had spent most of her £250 budget for her teenage daughter and was saying that her gifts didn’t look like much. Cue lots of posters proclaiming £250 was an extortionate budget and their kids got half that amount and were grateful. Once you’re in the realms of teen years £250 doesn’t go far.

Me too. Exactly the same.

I met the man who would become my husband when I was 18 and he was gasp 25. He wasn't a pervert or a man-child and we are still happily together over 30 years later.

So put that on your needles and knit it, MN!

My husband left someone else for me
We got married with no guests and let my parents pay for the honeymoon
I had a C section
We sleeptrained our babies (total success, took 2 nights, perfect sleepers & happy people now)
I smoke weed in the evenings when they are in bed
I gossip like crazy
I really like my husband and trust him with other women.

I cannot make a chicken last longer than a fortnight.
I don’t simmer the aforementioned carcass to make stock.
I enjoy blowing off and find it amusing even though my partner doesn’t agree.
Started weaning my children before the recommended age.

I do things for my husband because I like him.

If someone knocks on the door I answer it rather than hiding and shaking in fear.

I dont believe that every problem a woman has is the fault of menopasue or peri.
Some jobs are best left to the men.
Women banging on about womens rights dose my head in got the 50/50, but now most moan about it.
Your kids are not toys or your best friends.
Older mums 45 pluse with toddlers, you dont know it all so pull your nose in, if you see someone in their 20s and 30 with a kid.

Shower once every two to three days, wash my hands only a couple of times a day, use the same bed sheets for more than a week… and still have perfectly fine personal hygiene (and an immune system of steel).

I can’t drive and have no desire to learn, ever

I’m not and never again will be married

I don’t change clothes to go inside or put towels on the bed before sex

I pay for private school

I have been known to use towels last seen on the bathroom floor

I let my cats walk on kitchen worktops and sometimes even on the table

I share my DP with his wife, she doesn’t know. Part-time relationship suits me far better than marriage.

I love my DC and my dogs but not interested in other people’s.

i get no satisfaction from volunteering, i expect to be paid (does not apply to DP, DC or dogs, just the rest of the world including friends).

I like my neighbours and I happily do favours for them (and ask for favours from them sometimes).

I don't own an iron.

I enjoy drugs on occasion.

I don't drive.

I like seeing dogs in cafes and out and about.

I support Palestinian liberation from Israeli occupation and apartheid.

I deeply value my relationships with my friends.

'I share my DP with his wife, she doesn’t know'

You don't 'share him' if she doesn't know! You're his bit on the side, fine if you're happy with that of course.

I don't think your views on Palestine make you an outlier on MN. Always heated on CITME, of course.

I love a new build.

I read this as you hoover your towels once a week 🤣

Perimenopause seems to be the reason for all problems here, even if you are a 25 year old male.

And yes to some jobs better left to men. I'm quite happy for them to do any of the heavy lifting jobs for me!

I celebrate my birthday! 🎁
I don’t earn a 6 figure salary.
I don’t live within walking distance of all shops, theatres, restaurants, the cinema blah blah. I have to DRIVE because public transport is shite.

Imagine not wanting to celebrate your birthday or be annoyed that any other grown adult does. I swear some people just enjoy being miserable!

Oh, I’ve thought of some more!

I think plenty of men really do, in fact, have a ‘crazy ex’ and should be perfectly entitled to talk about that experience just like women are.

I can’t drive and have no intention of learning.

I’m not a gamer but I think gaming is perfectly good hobby.

I’m 49 and presumably in perimenopause as my periods are really irregular, but I have no discernible symptoms and no decline in my sex drive.

I find mooncups and period pants really gross.

I don’t think kids should have to do clubs and activities of any kind if they don’t want to.

I’d happily date a bisexual man.

My parents were 23 and 30 when they got married, which people today seem to think is too big an age gap 🤷‍♀️

Oh me too! I love celebrating. There was a woman on another thread claiming that adults shouldn't give or receive Christmas presents, because no one likes that - only children do! What a misery.

I have no rules. Especially now I live alone but even when the kids were here they didn’t have to do chores, could eat in their rooms, could stay in bed all day as teens (school holidays) and they’ve turned out great (because they were loved and home was their safe place). They now live independently and can cook and clean and live like the civilised adults they are.

I couldn’t care less whether my wealthy parents or wealthy in-laws leave me an inheritance.