So, us rotten lot....

[scarredpierced]

How many of us actually meet Shona's little sidekicks criteria?
She states that all of us on Mumsnet are in our 30s, living in London and have a degree. How many people here meet that criteria?
How many are popping prozac depressed at the shit life we now have with kids?
Damn that woman is nasty!

35, Londoner living in the NE, currently doing a degree, no prescription drugs.

40s, out West, do have a degree, work FT, shop in topshop, never worn any Boden, no hobnobs.

I WANT HOBKNOBS

Or maybe hobnobs. But love a knob around the hob too.

Arf

30s, degree - check. I am however very Northen. Still, to quote Meatloaf, two out of three aint bad. she's still speaking a load of shite in general though

So, I'm guessing the DM knows it's got no hope of keeping any readers who .... are graduates, live in the big smoke, frequent Mumsnet, think about life enough to be sometimes depressed by what they see !

So, going more for the un-informed country dweller who can be spoon-fed and never breast-fed their opinion in a handy tabloid is that about it ?

"no prescription drugs" @ Bewildered

@MmeLindor

Yes, Sparkling. Let's have Justine's mum on for a webchat.

Or let's not.

40, nowhere near London, with doctorate, SAHM and v happy. Can't afford Boden due to school fees. Find MN a horrible, cliquey, bullying place and agree with Shona on that score (though disagree with everything else she says).

30s, 2 degrees, sister lives in London, wouldn't be seen dead in Boden, was on Prozac for 9mo a few years ago (pre DCs). Currently breastfeeding and therefore intake of choccy biccies of all types is through the roof.

40's
No degree
No pills just wine

Would she tell us all sorts of embarrassing stories about when you were a toddler Justine?

Go on, bring her in.

Too old for Uggs
Used to live in London - but managed to escape
No degree
No prozac
No hobnobs
Boden - I don't think so
Far too young to read the Daily Fail
and whats all this crossing out business

ancient
1 degree
used to live in london, miss it every day
did buy boden once but too expensive for me now even in the sales
can't buy biscuits as eat the whole packet in one go

Age 40, got a degree,live in Manchester,no pills. Never breastfed or wore Boden, children go to state schools, read the DMail.

35, no degree, not living in London and the nearest I came to pills was years before DS.

Home counties , degree no prozac early 40s

54
Scotland
two degrees

What is this Daily Mail of which you speak .....?

Great response Justine.

I am in my 30s, have a degree and postgrads and live in Bright

40's
West Country
2 degrees
No Boden
Shopping list today contained the item 'naice ham'

What is this 'ironing' everyone keeps talking about?

West Midlands (originally from up North)
Doing second degree now.

I didn't know who she was but I knows who regular posters are on here so go figure that then.

She used the word 'housewife'.

It's ironic she defended herself by retaliating in such a... err nasty manner about the site and certain posters. She has undermined any points about that thread by using her position to do same.

She acknowledges she is controversial then why doesn't she defend articles POV, that were being attacked on thread in the article today.

Did I detect a 'knew it was comming' in some of the phrasing in Jusitnes email.

Sort of. Am in London with post-grad degree, in my 30s, minimal Boden as I can now spot it a mile away. I don't live in Muswell Hill and I work full-time. No pills but I probably could do with some. I post very little on Mumsnet but I do enjoy reading some of the funny threads rather than the ones where the OP is being pulled to pieces.

Oh I did have PND but I used self help strategies.

Can I stay?

That'd be the ironing services of us middlerclassers!

I live in London, in my mid thirties and have a degree

But... WAAAAAH! I never get to drink steaming tea! The tea I end up drinking is, at best, lukewarm, usually tepid. I wanna be the mumsnetter that is being described that drinks steaming tea .