to think this blogger & netmums user is wrong about MN?

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Not sure if any of you have seen this blogpost here?

Commenting on Justine at the cybermummy event and also more generally about how Mumsnet it as a collective. As a young (ish) parent I like the fact MN don't feel the need to have a special section for younger mothers, I don't think there are many parenting dilemmas that are age specific!

Just think of the hits she's getting on her blog because of this thread.........we are are feeding her precious ego.

Hunni

it is ucklng itchy though

What a load of bollocks. I read some, got to the bit of the stats of a typical MNetter and pressed that red X. I don't have a degree, I'm not in my 30's. I wish we earnt that sort of money! The only 'criteria' that I fit is I'm married.

I used to go on NM, don't bother anymore. I do find there are a lot of younger women on there and the way they post some messages bugs me. MN all the way for me. Not that I would do a whole bloody blog on who crap NM is. Who cares, each to their own. This person needs to get a life.

I used to post on Netmums, but now post here instead. Netmums did really help me in the aftermath of my miscarriage, but then I never tried here for support.

I check back at NM for Money Saving, Budgeting and Bargains as they tend to shop in Netto rather than Waitrose

I don't think that's a particularly bitchy blog post - it seems a fairly honest and straight-forward account of her feelings at the time of her pregnancy to me, and it does seem that perhaps Justine put her foot in it at the conference she attended.

Come on, if that's bitchy, then what's life on AIBU like?

I stopped reading the blog once I got to the spelling mistake in the first sentence!

I use netmums sometimes, as I am free to do so, can't see the problem with being on both? I mainly go on NM for the local ads and come on here for real chat as I find NM's slightly too sugary sweet for me!

Each to their own.

Being on mumsnet is like being on that film with mel gibson where he can hear what womenm are thinking - people speak their minds and i like that. i think you do need to have a thick skin to post here.

It's good though, I think for developing a thick skin. All the different ways you are judged as a parent are here on display, and in a way it makes it easier to not care how people are judging you - because you get judged whatever you do, so why worry any more?

I guess I had best troddle off to netmums then I am 22 no degree (dp has two though) We earn less than 30,000 I have never even seen a boden item of clothing.

Only problem is I have looked over there before and I can't find the talk boards anywhere.

Weirdly her blog says she never even bothered to look at Mumsnet, just 'clicked the big red X' so I wonder why she writes that she wasn't welcomed with open arms. Did she even ever post?

though to be fair if you read the whole thing she is just stating a preference. When I started thinking about TTC I know I looked at all sorts of forums and dismissed many as 'not for me' - I could probably blog about that too.

slushy the talk boards are called the coffee house.........top of main page. I used to use NM because i didn't know MN existed until I stumbled accross it by accident. I still look at NM sometimes, but don't post there as I find MN much more interesting tbh! Plus all the glittery tickers and such like really grate on me for some reason!

I can see how a poorly educated teenage mum with no partner could find this site intimidating.......especially if she wandered into AIBU by mistake

I don't have a degree. I have one Boden item (bought in sales) nd most of my clothes come from charity shops. I am not rich, never have been.
I have, however, been on MN for something like 6 years and never been bullied.
I have had disagreements, I have felt so angry wih a poster that i have had to walk away from the pc and hit a cushion breathe deeply....
But mostly I have encountered fab advice, empathy, common sense, support, humour, friendship and the kindness of strangers.
horses for courses sure, but what's not to like?

Ugh. I had my first child at 21. I am not married. I have been a single mother, though no longer. I do not have a degree. Our household income is £17k a year. However, I own my own house, bar the mortgage, was happily away from parents with a partner of five years by the time my first was born - we had troubles but are together again now for good. Don't fancy marriage at all. I'm working towards a degree part time and hope to complete next year.

I detest netmums and find a majority of it ill informed, cliquey, and all the terms of endearment vomit-inducing

Ughh The endearments and glitter and misinformation, ugh enough to make your teeth rot.

You ladies will have to put up with my uneducated uncouth manners and words . I am afraid to say, oh and my primark clothes .

I ventured over to have a look once. full of chavs. No thanks.

I don't think the blog is bitchy - I think we are.

I'm 25 years old. Have a 4.5 month old son.

I'm married.

Don't have a degree yet, but I'm going back to uni next semester.

DH has 2 degrees and earns a fair amount. I don't earn anything.

I wouldn't know a piece of Boden clothing if it bit me on the bum, never owned such a thing.

I like the varying ages of the people on MN, each person has different life experiences and knowledge.... plus I like the AIBU bunfights

I'm 28, married, have a postgrad qualification, shop at waitrose, live in the suburbs and have a 9 month DS.

MN is my home!

I did try NMs and other forums but never understood the crazy flashing tickers or hun speak.

Mn mums are smart though. I don't know how qualified they all are on average, but they're witty, spiky, smart and to the point. They don't sprinkle everything in sugar.

If that's not how you take your virtual cup of tea, then it's not going to be for you. There are gentler forums, but I like mn because it's sort of minimal, plain and unfussy.

Great I ended up having to post a comment too. I can't stand NM at all, its the amount of chat speak in the boards. Grr!

We don't fit the demographic in even one way either

I don't care what she thinks.

Load of bollocks!

TBH I would have thought the average age would be a bit higher!

I use both - the local boards on Netmums for my area are a very valuable resource and I have bought/sold/got great recommendations for services etc... from the noticeboard.

I find the MN vs NM snobbery rivalry very tiresome.

I wonder how they get their statistics? I don't remember telling mumsnet that I don't have a degree.

There are things I don't like about Mumsnet, it can be quite sanctimonious at times, and people are inclined to agree with the Alphas MNers. But you take the bad with the good.

First of all, since she is actually publicising herself (she actually has a page called "About me, PR and Contacts) she should learn to spell. Separate means to take ApArt, simples

Secondly, I am 40, no degree (although I hope to go to uni soon) I have 4 kids, had my first when I was 20 my last when I was 32. I am also, now, a single mother on benefits.

So, according to her I'm not suited/welcome here and should feck off.

Nope didn't think so.

Me too. 40, single parent, on benefits. Considering there are only 4% of us we seem to comprise about 15% of mn!