re debate over computer addiction - cd MN be anti-social too then??

[MissChief]

pondering this as i listen to radio 2's debate on computer game addiction, wondering if MN addiction can be similarly anti-social. I know at the moment i'm spending way too much time on here (at home with baby and online anyway for work/admin reasons so too easy currently to get drawn to MN). Must admit i have lost track of time on here, been late for RL appointments, not kept tracked enough of rl friends but worried about people on here! Maybe it's just me, but i think not. any thoughts?

Absolutely!

Seriously, then, does it worry you or is it just in hte back of yr mind?

thought this wd kick off. Maybe no-one else is addicted then!

it's probably anti-social to the people who live with you - it's payback time imo for all the time my dp spent on the playstation

but it's a very social activity as we're all talking to each other

im spending way to much time on here and dont even post that often just spend ages reading the last threads and only do the last hour stuff - goodness knows how long i would be on if i looked further! keep arguing with dd 4 1/2 over who is using laptop

i sometimes think, do i ring my rl friends enough as opposed to coming on here?

but i must say i would not usually ring a rl friend and say 'oh God ds is driving me mad why am i such a completely rubbish parent?' usually because most of my friends are a) childless and always out or working with mobiles switched off b) childless and miserable about it so not really wanting to hear bad stuff, c)childless and likely to say (I quote) 'well you really wanted a child what did you think it would be like', or b) childed and visibly competent c) childed and have 3 children or children with special needs so clearly think any moans of mine are pretty ridiculous.

Now, not that MN doesn't have the same reactions collectively but having got the whinges off my chest I can sometimes ring my rl friends and talk about other things!

that's true - tbh my MN persona is rather a whingey, arguementative soul! Still, hopefully get issues off my chest so that i'm a bit nicer/more fit to be sociable with rl friends.

a soul who also can't spell

its clearly an addiction when it interferes with impact negatively on your life.

my husband likes pretend wizards and have both agreed to each others internet ignorance or the other. therefore we are now in a place where we are for the most part quite happy.

a comprimise.

i wouldnt sit at mumsnet instead of......whatever - cokking tea, going out, etc on a regular basis.

its a nice neat little part of my life. not the whole.

i thank you

hah, you're quoting the prof who was on R2, aren't you?
agree - prefer too when it's a part, just it's growing a bit at the moment
Go on, kick me off my own thread! Need to do something..

Very social for me n Psychomum... we have gone from reading books/magazines seperately together (iyswim) to posting together

MN is way too addictive. Its gonna get me the sack in the end if I dont get off and start doing some work

well at least wd get you away from nhs-speak!