Does your DH/DP feel insecure when you use mumsnet?

[mrsruffallo]

I have noticed that everytime I am on mumsnet, Mr Ruffallo gets a little paranoid and asks me what I am discussing or whether I am discussing him. Does this happen to anyone else?

Maybe the answer is to turn it off and give him all my attention when he gets home. It does make Mr Ruffallo cross when I am on here. He shouts across the room
oooh, mumsnetting again are we?
Maybe he needs more attantion, poor lamb

my Dh is convinced that everyone on here waits with baited breath for my comments! I try telling him my name is not COD!!!!!!! Im sure he is jealous BUT it doesnt stop him reading over my shoulder and making comments!!

As much time as he spends on Guardian Talk politics, I should hope not!

i think he feels lonely when I use MN

then he tries to read over my shoulder which is very annoying

Do any of you get your DH's to read threads or discuss threads with them?

I got my DH to read the porn thread as he does induldge in porn sometimes much to my distaste and he replied "bloody sad feminists with nothing better to do" .

he did give me a look when I told him all excitedly that I had a post nominated for quote of the week once.

I don't think he understood

bonkerz, i think that is very sweet.
I find it endearing that a lot of men feel a little bit threatened by MN.
Aren't they sweet sensitive souls?

I discuss threads with mine -- especially the more humourous ones or the ones about sex.

There hsn't been a lot of sex lately has there?

no, there hasn't but that was only because the computer was bust for ages, so I've been catching up on here.

oh! you meant on here, right, not in our house?

oh mine used to hate it

he is now an exh

Well, lou, I hope MN was not to blame

well i owe mn big time if it was!

A new lease of life?
Such a good feeling to get destructive people out of your life-once you are over the anger it's plain sailing.

Mr Ruffallo has just come in from work. I had better go and make a fuss of him. Goodbye for now, mumsnetters.

No not at all, he knows i love it here

Mr Ruffallo has just gone to bed. Is there anybody out there?

Yes. My DH gets very prickly indeed when I?m on Mumsnet so I try to avoid this site when he?s around.
He listens with great interest to funny stories and sometimes I email him links at work if I?ve read something that tickles me.
However, if I want to tell him about something serious I?ve read i.e. Relationships he gets dead defensive, ?What you saying?am I like that then?? When I say, ?No, I?m just mentioning it because it?s interesting/shocking/amazing?. ?Yeah, well you don?t tell me these things without a reason or ulterior motive?, will be the favoured response.
So now I only tell him the funny stories.
Also, I have had a lot of really useful advise re the kids on this site but he always knocks the opinion of ?strangers who cannot be trusted?.

Oh treadmill mum, I know what you mean. If I give Mr Ruffallo advice that he doesn't agree with he snarls' where did you hear that- on mumsnet'

DH "caught" me once having a good moan about him on here. To be fair to him though, he admitted that he was being a bit unreasonable and we sorted it all out, so I suppose I owe MN for bringing it all out into the open!
He can't complain about the computer time though - there's only one laptop in the house and when DH suggested that we switch off the TV last night (re: our agreement to watch less TV as it's a waste of time) I pointed out that all that would happen was that we would both rush upstairs, climbing over each other, in order to get to the computer first. Mind you, that's a good arguement for both of us to get a life!

dh always says whats going on, on mn

and wonder what the mumsnet crew would think about such and such

he tells me to make threads as jokes such as is my baby gifted as she rolled at 4 weeks [she did roll at 4 weeks although we dont think shes gifted]

but the worst thing he did was post a very rude message on mn under my user name
we actually had a dissagrement over that

I'm married to a geek so he sees MN for what it is. Equally I'm not put out when he's on his own sites - which is just as well as he's currently working on this project, an online speed-dating site, which he tests by chatting to lots of young American female students.

He used to, especially when in a bad mood. I think he too now realises the benefits as he can watch sport uninterrupted. Also he sees I have been coming on her for 4 years and haven't turned into a complete geek, or joined the moonies yet.