AIBU to think some Mumsnet posters take things too seriously?

[AurielleBaies]

Took some time off Mumsnet and recently came back to have a look at what’s going on.

I can’t quite get my head around some of the topics and responses (it’s mainly the responses - think along the lines of someone being ‘utterly disgusted’ over a non issue). I know it’s a chat forum open to for all topics but oh my god some people need to take a chill pill and realise nothing is that serious. People get so ridiculously irate and angry over seemingly minor issues. I’m not saying I haven’t either in the past but I have come to realise not much is worth stressing and getting angry and upset over.

AIBU to think some of MN takes it all a bit too seriously?

Yet here you are.

What’s that supposed to mean?

Reading Mumsnet and thinking some people take it too seriously aren’t mutually exclusive

I like to read mumsnet to see what extremes the mumsnetters will take.

Yes it’s stupid. Thank you for reminding me to delete this app.

Shoes on va shoes off is classic one.

MIL vs DIL

What age did you give birth. People get extremely defensive and feel the need to prove their life choice was the right one.

How often do you shower, always good to know sink washing is alive and well.

Dogs in public spaces

And honourable mention to how did you birth your baby, and did you feed your baby

Some definitely take minor issues too seriously, but then some people are the same in real life. So many people, both on and offline seemed stressed nowadays.

The amount of pushovers on here is astonishing. They complain about things in their life that are totally within their control but they won't do anything about it.

People giving lifts they don't want to, looking after other people's children when they don't want to, paying for others when they don't want to.

I think, jeez, just speak up for yourself and all this drama will be over.

The irony of being annoyed enough about this to start a thread about people getting annoyed

I do agree with you, but reading some of it is part of the fun here sometimes.

I’m actually not annoyed, because like some people here, I actually enjoy reading some of the bonkers responses. Genuinely amusing.

I just wish everyone wouldn’t take things so seriously (on Mumsnet and in real life). Everyone’s so wound up. But I’m not annoyed about it.

People take the op, create a version of it in their head and run with it. It usually relates to something that has happened to them.

I found this site when I was off sick. It’s hilarious. I didn’t realise there were so many unhinged people out there!

Did you feed your baby?

😂😂

I mean I'm shocked that you could ask such a thing. I did feed my baby thank you. Chips, in a service station, but she chucked them...

Oh bollocks.

I just can't!

I did performative feeding... Only when someone was looking.
I liked the comments...
Ooh good appetite...

Yessss. Do you think she's fat for a 3 month old?

I love having a good laugh at the “discussions” about shoes indoors, workmen shitting in your toilet, pearl clutching about children being “indoctrinated” by being given a Noah’s Ark toy.

Yes, Mumsnet is crazy for many of these things.

Sometimes you just have to close a thread down and stop reading. Did it this morning. I always wondered how the divorce rate could be so high, until I came on here and saw all the pathetic reasons people end their relationships.

I feel sorry for the kids. Especially when they're then forced into some "blended" family which is hell for them.

Yes but what ive noticed about these people is- theyre quite happy to be really bloody rude to people suggesting they impose some boundaries and tell someone no! Its bizarre.

They cant do anything but simper and people please to the people taking advantage of them in real life and yet the moment anyone suggests growing a backbone and actually saying no they get rude as hell. Perhaps it really is the drama they are after

Definitely! The ones that annoy me are the people that hijack an interesting thread and start an argument with another poster and refuse to stop. It’s so bloody tedious and immature. They have to try and have the last word and they must be right!

Actually, I think some Mumsnetters don’t take some things seriously enough!

There’s a thread ongoing which has really made me question whether coming here for advice and insight is counterproductive, as responses are so full of vitriol and most importantly, are not representative at all of what actually happens in real life. It’s a small, insignificant issue that pales into insignificance compared to some of the very serious situations facing some Mumsnetters but it’s been taken incredibly seriously.

There’s been a thread going on for literal days about a father being on his own to look after his two young children on a plane while mum was seated somewhere else. The flight was 2.5 hours. The thread has been going on many times that. It’s kind of fascinating in a way.

The real weirdos are ones that remember what certain posters say! Nutter alert. I find that really sinister. “Well x poster always takes y stance”. Go away you psycho stalker!!!

I know - I love it for the entertainment value. Where would you find people like this in real life. 😂

How could you trust advice from a random individual on the internet though. They know nothing about you and vice versa.

We haven't had a "whingeing about mumsnet whilst simultaneously posting on Mumsnet " thread for at least a week
well spotted op

You should have been here 20 years ago. God it could be hilarious. Genuinely funny threads, some really witty posters. I would cry laughing sometimes.

It wasn't perfect, there was fawning over some posters (not much name changing so you got to know people) and some mean girls who were quite cliquey but nothing like the cesspit MN can be now.

Im only here because I'm pathetically addicted ...

I dislike people deciding others are taking a subject "too seriously" because all that means is they are taking it more serious thab you feel it needs to be.

So your view is "this is not that serious" another person may feel it is.

Neither are a wrong posistion they are just different.

I recently got tols I was taking a song to serious. I dislike the song it doesn't mean I am taking it too serious it means I dislike it and the poster who was talking to me likes it. We wont ever agree it doesnt mean I am too serious..

To me "too serious" has become the new form for "its just a joke"