what's this PO stuff all about? I have just read some really vile stuff on here....

[Portofino]

Women presumably who don't have a certain sense of humour, or don't agree with certain (long standing) posters being described as beige admin workers who nag their ugly husbands, who were friendless at school, wear cheap clothes, have no fun in their sad little joyless lives etc etc Literally paragraphs and paragraphs of nastiness.

This is some of the most vile and misogynistic stuff I have ever read on MN from other women. These kind of comments normally come from trolls and MRA invasions. Is this really what MN has become? Does everyone think that this sort of shit should stand? What happened to the fucking sisterhood?

I am astounded to be quite honest.

depths of personal attack land.

I'm not sure where i belong after this. I don't like all this bad feeling. It feels horrible.

That's not an

I also agree with Belle. I have avoided coming here for a while because RL has been hard, and the times when I've had a quick look it seems like there's lots of nastiness, bickering and fighting going on.

It doesn't feel the same here as it used to. That's why I 'removed' myself, because I could feel myself getting upset and stressed about things that people were posting, which may seem daft to some, as some people would say, "they're just posting on a forum, no-one really gives a fuck" but, you see, I felt/feel that actually, most people who come here do give a fuck, and we're not just 'messages on a screen' 'faceless nobodies'.

original idea but

it's not a

bad one.

I'll have a too. I've spent the day mopping up wee as DD seems to have forgotten what the potty is for. On the bright side, my sofa cushions have never before been cleaned so often as they have done in the last few weeks.

DD isn't a bully though. She's just pissing about. [buwink]

Everything MrsVamos said too...

Did she piss on your chips? (bleuuurgh)

Pag, when I see your name, the only thing that springs to mind is your lovely house [buenvy]. How shallow am I?

Ha ha ha ha [bugrin]

I like it [bugrin]

I was laughing at babyheave - God I am slow today...

and genuinely scared to bits about offending anyone.

Though I also have a mental memory picture of Pag and Hully propping up a pub bar.....

Haha.
I'm worse Porto. When DD was tiny she had a beautiful jacket made by portofino

[bugrin] Good to make you laugh.

I wouldn't worry about offending folk though. This thread has kind of been there, done that.

Aw shit. I don't know what to think really. I was on that that and was just having a chat with people I 'know'. Not a clique or a bunch of bullies IMO, just people I recognise and like after speaking to them for years.

I don't want people to think I am some arsey loudmouth bullying wanker as I certainly don't want to come across like that - like any of us I can be a wanker on mumsnet at times but mostly want to come on here and talk nonsense and have some fun most of the time.

There is a lot of po faced stuff at the moment and it is a bit tiresome. I don't think though that prolific mnes no have been here for years have some kind of superior claim to the site - far from it.

I don't even know what I am trying to articulate actually. But I don't think tere is a swathe of bullying sneering ,umps netted and feel a bit glum about it tbh.

,umps netted is supposed to be mumsnetters. But umps. That word could grow on me.

You should vaccinate against that. Or should you?

I am quite like "sneering umps"

Liking...

Porto in your post where you said about VB - did you mean Victoria Beckham. Because I remember getting flamed (and upset by it) once when I said I thought VB was a national treasure.

Of course you probably mean something completely different and I am talking bollocks again

How the fuck do peop,e type on these iPads with fat fucking fingers.

I keep coming back to the original question though [dog with a bone].

Why would anyone have reported Hully's spoon thread? I'm really, really baffled about that.

I can quite see why some people wouldn't find it funny. It would be very odd if we all found the same things funny. But if you didn't think it was funny, then surely all you do is close the thread and move on?

I always think of Michael Winner when i see the word Portofino as he always banged on about the Splendido in his column.