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 genuinely never knew there was etiquette surrounding this until now. I’m surprised I’ve not been chinned. I thought the point of having children was to dispatch and secure seating whilst I queued!!!

I pay £60 a month for my phone contract. I upgrade my phone regularly and don’t stick with an old phone till it’s completely done. My entire life is on my phone. I will always pay for it.

I be male.

I’m new to mumsnet & I’ve upset a few people because.

1/ I don’t cook separate meals at dinner time.

2/ I’ve made my child go on holiday

3/ I value you my husbands opinion & contribution to our family.

4/ I don’t think just because your child wants their mom to do bedtime means the dad some kind of wrong un.

I don’t drive, I knowingly allow 16-17 year olds to occasionally drink alcohol under our roof, I let my dog off lead in public places, knowing she has terrible recall.

I let my kids listen to audio books on their £20 Echo Dot, rather than paying over the odds for a Yoto player.

There are lots of great kids books included in my Spotify subscription, and constant Audible free trails, £1 membership deals, etc. I do not understand why people are paying over the odds for a hand-knitted version. It's over £160 for all the Harry Potters! I got them all in a cheap Audible membership. If you use a kindle eReader, it syncs it all up so you can swap between eBook and Audible seamlessly(ish) too.

I really think this is a product for people with more money than sense.

I think the generational buzz words genz,boomers etc are disrespectful.
Young people are not all entitled brats and older people are not selfish and responsible for the shitty state of the country !

I'm from Scotland and where I live, people practically use the term cunt as a term of endearment.

I have 3 courses when I go out for dinner.
And I eat every last bit with no guilt!

I only half heartedly sort my recycling.

I throw some food away as I'm not a fan of frantically freezing leftovers or eating them again.

I formula fed by choice.

I like celebrating my birthday, even at my big age.

I eat UPF.

I communicate with my husband's family, all by myself, and don't believe it is just his job to do so. I actually see them as my family too. Even my MIL who is a real sort at times.

I think there are different extreme camps, not sure which one I fit in but I do iron a lot, even bedding.
I do packed lunches for teen DD and DH.
We have leftovers of roast chicken for tomorrow lunch but it’s only 3 of us so I supposed other skillful mum would get at least a week out of it.
I send and like to receive Christmas cards
I never do Yorkshire puddings, bread sauce and gravy for any sort of roast - Christmas or not. (hiding now)

I have a 55kg guarding breed dog
I have long hair and I'm over 60
I don't drive
I eat carbs
I get along better with men than I do with women
I don't shower every day
I dry the washing outside

I also take my dogs to cafes, shops, cinema when they’re allowed. 😱

Are we not supposed to answer the door?! Wtaf - good job I do! Completely forgot I arranged for a plumber to come and sort out some radiator pipes this morning.

house was a shit tip I was only half dressed and I couldn’t find my door keys. He was not impressed

Oh god where to start😂

I drink too much wine

Regularly eat a bacon or sausage butty for breakfast (instead of the MN go-to of yoghurt and a handful of seeds).

We get a takeaway once a week, usually a Chinese

I adore my DH, look forward to seeing him every day and love having sex with him

Me and DH share towels - we just use whichever is dry on the towel radiator (we also share a toothbrush if we go away and one of us forgets to pack one)

Both our front and back doors are unlocked unless we're in bed.

We let the dogs on the furniture - it's their house too. They also come to the pub and to cafes with us. They're very well trained and make no fuss whatsoever.

I love my PIL massively and get excited when we're due to see them.

One chicken is for a Sunday roast between 2 (and scraps for the dogs)

Also let workmen use the toilet AND the kitchen to make / eat their lunch (and I can't believe there are people who don't allow this!)

I'm not cancelling Netflix / Amazon / Spotify to save myself £8.99 a month.

Have a loo brush in every bathroom!
Have a hot tub
Had my children in my twenties
Don’t work full time
Haven’t divorced my husband even though he once left a sock on the floor
Have been to Dubai (more than once)
Have had a personalised number plate

I also say no to my child and I'm not afraid to not give in to something for fear of it causing a tantrum.

There's so many wet lettuce parents on here. People who seem genuinely terrified of their toddlers so much that they rule the roost. People keep asking for "gentle" way of doing things and have absolutely no boundaries in place for fear of upsetting their child or their them causing a tantrum.

Just say "no" and be done with it. Young children have tantrums, it's how they process and learn about emotions and behaviours. What tiny children can't process are these massive long conversations about "feelings" which some mumsnetters seem to be fond of having with their 18 month old.

Me too my lovely…pair of dirty bitches aren’t we 😂xx

Strict routines from birth here, and sleep trained even earlier than you, I think most aspects of my early parenting would be vilified by mumsnet!

Like your style 😂

😍

I also want to move to Dubai ever since I heard about my friends cousin who moved there and lived in a private apartment complex with their own bar and pool and that most people out there seemed to have a live in maid and nanny.

I'd love to just sit by the pool with a mojito all day while someone else did my housework and looked after my children. Sadly neither me or my husband have careers that will ever make this possible.

I gave up my extremely stressful job to be a stay at home mum. Not all on Mumsnet are negative about that choice but there are a vocal few who absolutely foam at the mouth whenever a woman dares to say they have done this.

I don't limit screen time or sweets for my kids 😱.
If a Pad and a bag of chocolate buttons gives me 30 mins of fucking peace then 🙌🙌🙌🙌

I drink too much wine
Im fat
I actually enjoy sex as a women
I don’t think all men are shits
No I don’t think mum is always better than dad
I don’t drive, no I don’t need a lift
I was a sahm who didn’t do night feeds
I work from home when I feel like it now
I don’t regularly check my teens phones
Have a pool and will use it at 10pm if I want

Don’t like the whole soft parenting crap, have your tantrum I’ll keep walking catch up. No I’m not carrying your backpack or your scooter.

I upgrade my phone every 24 months on contract because I can.

Think that’s everything. 😂🤷🏻‍♀️