Too much negativity on here.. I’m bloody leaving

[Bush100]

Well what a disgrace is all I can say. Racists, negativity, disrespect and not to mention the know it all regulars on here 👍 Some of you really need to have a word with yourself

MN definitely can be a cesspit at times. But it’s also full of wise, funny, supportive women. I often think if I’d been on MN many years ago I wouldn’t have put up with my abusive ex for as long as I did.

Anyway I think the reason people are taking the piss op is that you dislike the site so much but have made a point of announcing your departure…for what purpose?

I don’t see what’s wrong with saying that you’re finding MN so negative that you’re leaving but it always gets the same smart Alec predictable responses. It’s a mix between amusing and downright nasty on here but very addictive. I wouldn’t ask for real advice or support on here but occasionally I’m surprised and see a very supportive thread.

AIBU has always been a nest of vipers. Plenty of other, more mellow forums to choose from.

YANBU to leave.
YABU to think the rest of us need a special announcement about it 😂

I remember someone on Mumsnet describing a “flounce cape” once.
I really want one of those so when I decide to flounce, I’ll do it in style!

Always remember this is not a charity or support group for struggling (for whatever reason) parents or women.

It’s a business. That’s all. A business, out to get advertising and to be sold to the highest bidder.

Nothing more than that.

For somebody protesting against negativity your post is pretty negative.

No one cares or will notice. However I think if you start a thread the least you should do is state which boards or threads or issues specifically are a problem and why.

Slightly hoping I might strike a chord with some of the regulars (you know who you are) who are so full of self righteousness, believe they know absolutely everything and have to have the last word. Some of these posters will argue about when your next cycle is. They just love to argue.

I know. But don't leave. We still need to get the normal people numbers up lol

Probably in need of having Prosecco in your life!

Learn to take it with a pinch of salt... lime and tequila.

Life is just too short to be shaken, not stirred.

If you think adult women are going to suddenly become sweet as sugar because they were scolded by an internet stranger, you have a lot to learn about human nature.

But…name changing renders your flounce message pointless as nobody knows who is leaving! Bye bye anyway, hope you feel better soon.

What makes you think any of the people you’re talking about care??
There is one straightforward and surefire way to solve your problem- get off mumsnet! It’s not compulsory or a legal requirement. Just go and find something else to do that makes you feel happier.
Sticking around, out of choice, on a website that is negatively affecting your mental health is bonkers behaviour.

Sip happens!

You don’t need to make an announcement

Struggling to see what about your posts would ‘strike a chord’ here

So much negativity about the negativity! Ok, leave it with me while I ponder your reasonableness rating over a nice cuppa 😁

I’ve been around on here since 2010 and occasionally take longish breaks for my wellbeing. I’ve recently returned and am genuinely shocked at the online bullying, smart-assery and outright aggression & hostility of so many responses / posters. I’m really saddened people now feel they can talk to others in this caustic and heartless way.

I know I can be a bit frustrated and blunt sometimes but the nastiness and casual aggression I see / have been subject to is wild, compared to how people on here used to interact with each other.

It can make the difference between just about coping, and not coping.

I even feel nervous about posting this tbh, as I’m genuinely prepared for some nasty, hurtful and aggressive responses such as the OP has received on this thread. I’m feeling very traumatised from work tonight, and vulnerable in my own severe MH challenges, and aware that opening myself up for the really awful, snide, sarcastic “you do you” and “go away” and “bore off” and “whatever” and nasty emojis will probably make the difference to me tonight between going to bed feeling head and going to bed feeling woeful.

This is just my own experience / thoughts tho, please don’t shoot me down for sharing them 🙏🏻

I think the constant name changing makes this forum a lot worse than it could be. No one has to stick around and be accounted for what they say, they just go on different threads and change their username.

Having said that, I have been on several threads where the OP seems genuinely in need of help, and the majority of posters who have replied, offering help and advice, has been good to see.

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You will always get people on forums like this. I often wonder how people have the time to sit on here all day. I had one poster follow me from thread to thread, every time I posted they’d quote me, be quite nasty and they were a well known poster on here. I never responded to them. Not engaging and starving them of the attention they crave works for me, I don’t have my notifications enabled so I don’t see whose quoted me unless I go back to read a thread I’m on. I do think some people haven’t grown up from being the mean girls at school and can only assume they must live a pretty shit life. As I said before if the internet is affecting you it’s probably best to take a break.

But there are 20 years worth of people still waiting there for somebody to notice they’re in the process of leaving.

These flouncing off posts only get you the same negative statements aimed directly instead of choosing, you know.... Not to engage

If the boot fits PigWig

Have u had enough attention yet?