To Have a Secret Crush on UnQuietDad?

[secretcrush]

Cant help it
The thought that there are intelligent, funny, non-sleazy men out there who have masses in common with me....

It just gives me hope

And he's a regular poster on MN too.

We are their deities, and their willies draw us down on them, so they are kind of conducting rods.

So the pope had to sit in a chair with a hole cut into it so that his genitals can be felt by the "youngest deacon". And they expected everyone to believe that this was to guard against female imposters...

looks like you're talking to me now, too

i always was

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rofl at Popish tadger-fondling

don't particularly mind the men on here. But it is interesting how distinct their voices are against the predominantly female culture ofmumsnet. They tend to be very good at putting their own opinions across, but not so good at recognising that their opinions are not necessarily facts. And are often unusually hopeless when it comes to entering a genuine discussion where people are hoping to learn from each other.

Really??

It has certainly been my experience, sexydomesticateddad - I'm sure it's not always the case of course. And I very much appreciate that your last post contained absolutely no opinions disguised as fact and was in fact thoroughly entertaining.

ahornic
a - meaning 'without'
'ic' - meaning 'pertaining to'
'horn' - sex appeal

Thus - ahornic = something/someone lacking in sex appeal.

(ahornic almost def not a real word though !)

BTW - I am not secretcrush.

I like most of the people on here but I do not harbour romantic feelings about any of them.

I'm really surprised at the way this thread has gone.
I sincerely am amazed that anyone is bothered by the sex of the poster. Most of the time I don't even look at the name let alone wonder if they are man or not.
Nannynick is very obvious, as the CN&AP board is small and those of us who have spent a lot of time on there have benefited from his wealth of knowledge on ofsted and all things technical. That board would definitely be a poorer place without him.

Realistically the majority on MN will be women as that reflects how our society currently works (or doesn't depending on your opinion).

I'm a bit at how women seem to be so judgemental of each other and put loads of pressure on themselves to act / appear a certain way. Its interesting that often women blame the media about how they portray women and yet many of the photo type trash mags are edited by women who sensationalise celebrities and openly comment on looks and behaviour (the laddette type behaviour is just bad).

Just having a bit of fun posting as its taking my mind off my 2nd interview coming up.

"But isn't it just FANTASTIC to have a place on the internet that is almost exclusively female"

urrgghhh - my worst nightmare.

did unquietdad post in this thread yet?

But if that is your worst nightmare why are you here?

I would like MN to remain as almost exclusively female, regardless of trends in parenting. For me, the fact that it is a parenting website is (for the most part) incidental. The parenting focus created the preponderance of women and that is what I value.

I think that most of the posts commenting on certain male posters' bad dress sense, small tadgers etc were made in a flippant spirit from the position of not actually knowing anything about individual posters' physical appearance - and mine were certainly not meant to hurt anyone.

'I'm a bit at how women seem to be so judgemental of each other and put loads of pressure on themselves to act / appear a certain way. Its interesting that often women blame the media about how they portray women and yet many of the photo type trash mags are edited by women who sensationalise celebrities and openly comment on looks and behaviour (the laddette type behaviour is just bad)'

Is this supposed to be a comment on MN? Because i don't see MN like this at all. I think it is a bit of a myth that women judge each other/put pressure on each other re looks and men don't.

Agree ruty. I wonder whether the whole cliche about women being judgemental of one another more than men are stems from a tendency to lump all women into the single catagory of 'women' and to perceive thm above all as people who support or fail to support their own sex. Whereas men are allowed to be perceived first and formost as butchers, bakers, newspaper editors, etc., whose sexual solidarity is only one aspect of their being.

Of course women who edit trashy newspapers have interests that run counter to those of the anorexic who aspires hopelessly to look like a skinny model. Because they are trash-mag editors, not because they are women-who bitch-against-women.

In fact, as testified on MN, women are hugely supportive of one another.

yeah wot threadie said.
[as usual you are able to clarify my own thoughts on a subject]

"....stems from a tendency to lump all women into the single catagory of 'women' "

In perhaps the same way as some people do for men?

"I don't particularly mind the men on here. But it is interesting how distinct their voices are against the predominantly female culture of mumsnet. They tend to be .... etc etc"

We are all indivuals and surely the fact that you cannot tell which sex most MNers are means that it therefore doesn't matter. If a parent has a contribution to make or needs help, does it matter what sex they are??

BR

Bitch.

To be a tiny minority among the opposite sex and to be defined by their gender is probably a fairly novel experience for many of the MN men. Might give them an insight into how things are for a lot of women in workplaces and similar.

HIYA.