I think I'm turning into a Mumsnet snob

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My best friend was telling me about a really good book she had bought the other day to help her with her DD, she told me it was a NetMums guide to parenting, I pretended to listen but straight away I switched off as she was telling me what it said.

Today at baby group another mum complimented me on my wide knowledge regarding baby rearing and asked me what book I was reading, I said I learned everything I knew from a parenting website. She politely asked me if it was it was Babyworld, and I actually snorted at her and said no it's Mumsnet like that should explain it all, and what a stupid question to ask

The other day a friend asked if DS wanted a fruitshoot (hes only 10 months by the way) and I said in a snobby voice no we don't touch fruitshoots!

There are many more examples like this.
I don't know where this attitude has come from but I'm becoming aware that I am far more judgemental of other peoples parenting (if it's un mumsent like) and very judging of their parenting forum choices and actually try to convert them. Is this a bad thing? I know for a fact I wasn't like this before I joined mumsnet many moons ago, I feel like it has changed my whole mindset.

Webdude - don't get me wrong. I'm pro swearing myself.

(Although when someone says ffs at me, I do bristle a bit)

I don't think I'd ever class myself as pro-swearing - it sounds as if one cannot write or speak a sentence without swearing.

Something to do with the people around you can have an effect, however, so if one spends a few months or more in the company of people who continually swear, I think it might "rub off".

I don't go round randomly swearing at people, and to be honest, for 80% of my life, rarely swore at all. I'm still trying to work out whose company I was in that seems to have affected me, since I seem more likely to swear these days...

Was being flippant. I meant that a bit of swearing on MN can be amusing at times.

I don't swear a lot in real life, except to myself

Like porcamiseria, I also like the honesty, but find the bitching and cliqueyness dullsville. But then, there are always those in life that need to feel like they fit in by excluding others, and need to group together and judge others, more for the feeling of superiority it give them than for the fact that the thing being in judged is shit. You don't need to be on mumsnet to find that. Any school/workplace/NCT group etc will throw up loads of examples of the above. Online, it's probably more prevalent because you can't see who's doing it.

Oblomov - what bad press ?

I know there may be the odd remark from someone on TV, but only yesterday night on Radio 4 was something about politicians and the need for votes from women, and Justine was asked her views at least a couple of times during it.

Must admit I am a bit turned off about politics anyway (until they get to proportional representation, rather than the punch and judy situation where whichever of the big two is in spends the first 3 years dismantling projects their main rival has put into place - they waste so much time getting in a strop and not making progress, and as for the delays and overspending on most IT projects, well... [I could go off on a long tangent about that!])

anonymous online forum has changed your behaviour?log off now you suggestible loser

(oh and give me all your bank details hun)