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I HATE MUMSNET: Why one mum thinks the parenting website is smug, patronising and vicious

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morningpaper · 26/11/2009 22:51

night night

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paisleyleaf · 26/11/2009 23:07

Oh that pram article! How funny!

Bleatblurt · 26/11/2009 23:09

"I could not help wondering where they got the time to share such banality."

WTF does she think a cupboard under the stairs is for? I shove my DC's in there (with some fruit shoots and quavers, natch) and MN all day.

StewieGriffinsMom · 26/11/2009 23:09

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nappyaddict · 26/11/2009 23:10

None of us even use the term BD!

Tortington · 26/11/2009 23:10

its a great article.

VinegarTits · 26/11/2009 23:10

9 pages of acronyms

here's another one to add to it DFOD (do fuckoff dear)

CristinaTheAstonishing · 26/11/2009 23:11

"she [...] over-analyses every single parenting action she takes." C'mon, you know this rings true. Some other bits as well.

TurkeyLurkey · 26/11/2009 23:11
Bleatblurt · 26/11/2009 23:14

I'm sure there are plenty of middle class, smug, over analysing mums on here but I honestly don't see them as the majority. Perhaps those ones are just the more memorable.

Airetauriel · 26/11/2009 23:14

Oooh I'd take that as a compliment actually - 'warning bells sounding to anyone seeking to enter a debate with the MNers'

dearprudence · 26/11/2009 23:14

"Cliquey and elitist"? Jolly good. Would hate to think we were letting DM journalists in!

BitOfFun · 26/11/2009 23:14

She's got the hump about something, that's for sure...do you think it was her who wrote the blog about living with her sister as a polyamorist and got pissed off that we didn't believe her?

Dalrymps · 26/11/2009 23:14
Biscuit
Iggipepperedfillet · 26/11/2009 23:14

Glad to know I'm a perfectionist over-achiever.
Had always thought I was MNing because I was just a bit anxious and alone!

WilfSell · 26/11/2009 23:15

I haven't Smugly Smirked as much for a long time as when I read that drivel. Not famed for their research these DM journos then?

nevergoogledragonbutter · 26/11/2009 23:17

Has 'Off you piss' been anacronym-ised yet?

Who ripped her knitting?

frakkinaround · 26/11/2009 23:17

She does realise that there are lots and lots of people on here, right? And that it's not just 3 people posting the same thing.... You can always find someone to answer whatever question you ask, which is more than I can say for RL!

"In the interests of research" - I bet she loved it really and she's writing that because she can't admit it in RL not being middle-class enough.

[aside]NoBiggy I do actually! Would you like it? 'Cos my non-existent little Tarquin didn't and that's why he won't eat it.

Lizzylou · 26/11/2009 23:17

What a bunch of arse.

RumourOfAHurricane · 26/11/2009 23:17

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ZephirineDrouhin · 26/11/2009 23:17

Are we at war with the DM now? I hope so. It's certainly an improvement on the whole "This Week On Mumsnet" situation.

It's a shame she didn't namecheck PaulDacresCrackWhore when she was criticising our nicknames.

Ronaldinhio · 26/11/2009 23:18

ha ha how hilarious
her wisdom knows no bounds

BitOfFun · 26/11/2009 23:18

Oh her?

RumourOfAHurricane · 26/11/2009 23:19

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shockers · 26/11/2009 23:19

" kiddy obsessed".... I should hope so, I'm responsible for the health and emotional wellbeing of 3 of them.

fruitshootsandheaves · 26/11/2009 23:19

"Typical members are women in their 30s with university degrees."

really? I'd quite like to be either of those!

"I know people who won't make a decision on anything - not even what to cook their children for lunch - without first consulting Mumsnet."

so everyone...which newspaper should I read tomorrow?

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