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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

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Original poster

You know you're a true mumsnetter when...

62 replies

LolaTheShowgirl · 26/04/2009 09:24

...you wince at seeing a girl give her 9 month old daughter a bottle of fruitshoot on the bus (to self-feed too)!

OP posts:

LadyGlencoraPalliser · 26/04/2009 23:48

I also realised that whenever I can't think what to do next, my first reaction is to ask Mumsnet.
I worry that I am unhealthily dependent on the collective wisdom of a random bunch of strangers.

thisisyesterday · 26/04/2009 23:50

when you walk out of the house wearing a boden mac and climb into your volvo.

i'm not even 30 FFS!!!!!

Scrumplet · 27/04/2009 00:27

Oh dear. Guilty as charged for lots of these.

But I do occasionally buy sugar-free Fruit Shoots - but from Waitrose. The bottles are the best I've found for re-using when out and about, without caring too much if they get lost.

Jackaroo · 27/04/2009 01:28

..you wake up in the morning and think "I wonder how x is getting on" and go online to check-in before going to loo/feeding children etc. etc.

..and when DH asks you "what's happening in the real world today then", and he means MN

2sugarsandapuppy · 27/04/2009 01:32

You can ask if anyone knows their ex-boyfriend, give them their name, dob and last known job!

kickassangel · 27/04/2009 01:35

when you actually think of yourself by your mn name.

the next stages would be

using it in real life
getting 'personalised' clothing with it on
getting a tattoo of it.

anyone done any of these?

Jacksmama · 27/04/2009 01:41

So for us Colonials foreigners, what are Fruitshoots???

I've done the and DH/ DS thing.

Numberfour · 27/04/2009 05:59

i've done the telling a story to someone, and that story is one I have read on MN......

greatwhiteshark · 27/04/2009 07:41

I hate to break it to some of you, but DH, DD, MIL etc. are common usage on the internet and are not in anyway exclusive to MN! So now you know there are probably far fewer MNers around than you previously thought .

I find myself writing when IMing my friends, for instance 'I can't find my keys' and then adding

lalalonglegs · 27/04/2009 07:53

Found myself putting ^^ around a word I wanted to italicise in an email yesterday...

Starbear · 27/04/2009 09:09

HolyGuacamole. I agree MN is my secret club. If DH is standing over my shoulder while I'm on MN I wipe it all out and turn the machine off. He thinks it's funny. People think I read a very exclusive magazine sometimes
Fruitshoots bottles. My mum cleans them out and fills it with water. I don't I use a mineral water bottle I know your all watching me
Don't have one in the house to explain what it is. I suppose it's a very sugary drink pretending to be healthy!

TrillianAstra · 27/04/2009 09:22

I do the 'friend of a friend...' 'know someone who...' 'heard about this...' thing too

You know you're a MNer when you get all vague when people ask if you're not bored at home all day with no-one to talk to. Actually I have loads of people to talk to.

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