The blethering goes on...thread 2

[ElephantOfRisk]

Still plenty to chat about. Remember this isn't fight club. Nice chatting required.....

Hopefully more than just the two of us when the rest of the regulars check in for the back shift

Hopefully. I think I will come off Mumsnet soon. All the other parts just seem toxic and I always get drawn in- think I'd be happier without.

Nice idea!

I use Mumsnet mostly for chatting about TV nonsense. It is definitely more angry than when I joined 8 years ago.

Glad you're well, ssd. Some of the admin are a little banhammer happy. Seems weird to suspend you for questioning a post.

DH has taken the children to swimming (and birthday shopping for me, hip hip hooray) so I'm now enjoying a quiet, clean and tidy lounge. Dog is quite put out that she couldn't go too so is sulking in the dining room.

@shouldistop

Hopefully. I think I will come off Mumsnet soon. All the other parts just seem toxic and I always get drawn in- think I'd be happier without.

Yes, I agree. I do venture out occasionally but I'm finding I either get drawn in, or I post and then don't really care what the other answers are so just don't go back, or I get annoyed when the OP asks something and then fucks off. I find I'm becoming in some ways less tolerant and in others (mainly real life) more tolerant. Apart from ranting at the car in front of me for faffing and cutting into my lane as well today on the way back from sainsburys - it was very undignified. :o

I’m in 😊

@WouldBeGood

I’m in 😊

I was wondering if you'd find it or need a personal invite!

I post and then don't really care what the other answers are so just don't go back

I do that quite often. Then it keeps updating on 'threads I'm on' and I really don't care.

Oh no, don't all go and take your blethering with you! I love just reading and posting very infrequently. I don't use facebook.

@LizzieMacQueen

Oh no, don't all go and take your blethering with you! I love just reading and posting very infrequently. I don't use facebook.

I'll probably struggle to stay off mn 🙈 I've deleted the app several times in the past.

I quit smoking more easily

I'll still be here.

Took the dog out for her walk and met a bunch of teenaged boys along the way. I'm always unsure about whether they're going to leave me alone (have had comments in the past) but it's amazing how a giant, fluffy dogs makes them all lovely. They came up for a good cuddle and told me all about their dogs. Was very sweet.

Can’t believe you’re out cuddling teenage boys @GrouchyKiwi 🤣🤣

@Haudyourwheesht I now hide loads of threads I’ve commented on as I get bored

Haha WouldBeGood.

I'm always amazed how lovely teenage and pre teen boys can be. The ones I bump into round here are always very sweet with my kids. Gives me hope for when my boys are older

Boys are great @shouldistop 😊

@LizzieMacQueen

Oh no, don't all go and take your blethering with you! I love just reading and posting very infrequently. I don't use facebook.

We talk a good game about giving it up but it's like crack cocaine on here. I used to be on a similar site years and years ago and I gave that one up but still have some of the members on my FB and can't remember anymore what their user names were. That site was pretty brutal in the end, there were lots of folk with multiple user names stirring up trouble and one person was reported to their employer anonymously for being on the site during working hours!

My 5yo can certainly be an absolute sweetheart I am glad I had another boy. Everyone thought I'd want a girl but 2 boys will be lovely growing up together.

They (though I don't let on) frequently astound me with their kindness and emotional intelligence. Girls amaze me too for the same and other qualities.

We could learn much from them.

I think the teen boy thing really depends on the group and the mood on the day. I've mostly had more good than bad encounters and DSs and their friends have always been lovely.

When my two were toddlers, i took them to a local park where the older kids had wrapped all the swings. A couple of lads were still there. I'd seen them be involved in doing the swings as I walked down the road. Anyway, invariably my little boys wanted on the swings so I just walked up and smiled at the lads and asked if they'd mind sorting the swings out as some people (not them obviously....) had wrapped them and the little ones wanted to play on them. I had no idea what response I'd get, but they were then really lovely, sorted out the swings and were chatty to the toddlers.

I saw one of them a few months later in the park and he came over and made sure that my boys got a swing by telling his pals to vacate them.

As a secondary teacher (but mother of girls) I'm a big fan of teenage boys. For the most part they're big daft softies. I feel really sorry for folk that find them intimidating - normally a mild 'oi' has them scarpering (or mumbling apologies).

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I'm in... only use FB for private groups these days, it seems...

DS is at the start of the teen years - he had a group of pals over recently - while they were all gangly and seemed to take up more space than younger children or fully grown adults, they were all very sweet and polite. And DS gives the best cuddles (even if they are less frequent these days).