Mumsnet #4

[ElectricDreams]

I was obviously a bit late to the party and only started using Mumsnet a few months ago. I found some of the content amusing but then you just see more and more people being nasty, argumentative and rude just for the sake of it. I cannot fathom why anyone would get enjoyment from that. One day I just decided to stop using it and delete the app. I have to say, my mental health increased massively and I didn't realise how negatively it was starting to affect me. A horrible place and I'll never be back on it. And to think tattle gets a bad rep, I find here (most) people are honest without being nasty on purpose, and I properly laugh out loud from lots of it.

I felt exactly the same way, and although I didn't often post, I started to think in a mumsnet mentality which I didn't like! I came off when they absolutely slated somebody who happened to be having a very similar problem to me and I realised just how cruel and nasty they are.

I've been back over the last few months but don't post, I changed my password to something random so I can't log in anyway. I treat it now as entertainment, try to spot the clichés and amuse myself at how ridiculously petty they all are!

 

[JarvisCockerSpaniel]

Latest is the teeny tinies bewailing the huge fish and chip shop portions.
Wish I could have put this on the thread but I’m banned

probably some of them would still claim they could get two meals out of it.

 

[Chunkeylaydee]

I was on this post and went to screenshot it but it got deleted. OP misses Bluntness100, everyone else says no they don’t miss her

 

[Blond3g1rl]

Has anyone else read the thread about someone’s DD being tracked by an air tag. People are suggesting it’s in a CD case, someone in their early 20s probs has no idea what a CD case is

 

[sixdinnersid83]

Thats why are they are all so nasty! They are just hungry!!!

Hangry

Fasting threads and low carb threads are bloody dangerous. Dare anyone suggest that actually you can lose weight whilst eating carbs and The Queen Of Low Carbs bites their head off

She really pushes meat too and misrepresents vegetarian/vegan options. Funny how these people get promoted as absolute experts on mumsnet.

To be fair I couldn’t put the hours in.

 

[Pinkii]

There is a thread atm the op is asking about potential benefits as she isnt left with enough after working..

She has stated she can’t work more hours due to her conditions etc

There is some helpful Advice but you get the fucking useless posts and an actual classic of ‘can you take in ironing or baking?’

and another classic- can you get a better paying job- such wonderful advice, i don’t think thay would have ever crossed the op’s mind!

 

[Gloria Rostron]

ha! I can't imagine anyone buys the act. How bizarre.
Not a forum as such but there's lots of crazy going on in FB groups for parents: https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2021/02/10254737/nugget-after-dark-tiktok
I do think Mumsnet is a unique entity in many ways!

Mais oui! I know someone else who pretends to be French, but I don't think he's a high enough earner for Mumsnet ladies, or has a niche job that can't be mentioned....

 

[Cerase]

OP asked about meal deals, this person makes theirs last 2 lunches?? A wrap, a smoothie and a snack bar it’s practically begging for attention

That's someone from here, trolling, surely

 

[SpindleWhorl]

Are you seriously telling me you eat CARBS?!

No but my strapping 6 foot 4 teen son and his rugby mates can wolf down a couple of loaves along with the contents of the fridge within about 5 mins. I despair!

 

[YoungHollywood]

There’s currently hundreds of mumsnetters having a breakdown because they’ve found out schools don’t peel the carrots they give to the children. The children are all going to die from e-coli and pesticides.

I read the start of that thread and found it hilarious; those carrots that the op is so worried about will be sat in a communal bowl with all the other fruit and veg that gets sneezed on, coughed on, touched, licked and even bitten in to before being rejected and put back in ready for the op’s child to choose! I work in a school and would love to give them the low down of how gross kids are, the unpeeled carrots should be the least of their worries

 

[DCICassieStuart]

….or alternatively, ‘Ambulance NOW!’

Username checks out

 

[Kaylon8083]

Has anyone read the cheeky tips to save money thread? A couple on that thread bragging about shoplifting/scanning Krispy Kreme doughnuts as regular jam doughnuts.

 

[Slothgang]

Those who said they would choose heat made me laugh. They have obviously never gone hungry

Yes! I'm sure it was the person who started the thread that actually posted 'my husband said he would rather have the heating on because if the house gets damp/mould it will be really difficult to sell'

 

[PrincessCharming]

Any more than a small glass now and again and you’re a raging alcoholic according to Mumsnet.

 

[witchofwestbyfleet]

Has anyone else noticed there has been a lot of ‘fading looks’ threads lately? All of which are expressing dismay that they are no longer 18 and the target of leering blokes anymore.

Not dressing from Boden, Mint Velvet, Sea Salt Cornwall et al might be a start. Most of the ones posting this are well to do anyway and can afford Botox etc, you can still be attractive to men at any age even if you no longer have builders whistling at you

 

[PumpkinKing]

Just been reading this gem of a thread. 950 calories in a pizza! Dear me, hope they don’t ever look at how many there are in a large dominos as that’s somewhere closer to 3,000! They simply cannot let go and allow the occasional indulgence can they?

Who the fuck has egg on a pizza?!Christ I thought tuna and pineapple were bad enough

 

[PrincessCharming]

I have a friend who had her “FFS I thought I was in the menopause” baby at 50.

 

[Becclo44]

They’re all just so weird. On that (absolutely bizarre) thread about meal deals somebody has put ‘do people still buy lunch?’. Err… yeah. The faux shock about tiny little things is so boring!

 

[Millie2023]

It does depend on which threads you visit, yes, but I wouldn’t start a thread anywhere on mumsnet, especially if feeling vulnerable. For fear of being jumped on and the thread descending into a bun fight, yet I wouldn’t hesitate to start one on here.

 

[EmilyChambers]

It's not really, it's just that there's a lot of different posters with different views and experiences. There's no 'they', Just like on Tattle or any other forum.

Well there is.

You only need to check the posting history of those who claiming to have turned their heating off, are going to be eating twice a week to save food bill money, are going to only have cold showers or one hot shower a week and cancelling all their tv packages to then see them criticising others for not having adequate savings, high value pensions and not aiming higher in life.

You wouldn't need to take such extreme money saving measures if your savings are that substantial.

They treat everything as a competition and god forbid anyone who genuinely is struggling in respect of money because they rarely get helpful advice, only berated for not saving harder.

And as someone else said a couple of posts below mine, all suddenly claiming to be walking a fine line between heating and eating after showing off their wealth yet treating a trip to Aldi or Lidl as an opportunity to ogle at the poor working class.

Yes, on a recent ‘what will you cut back on’ thread, a poster bravely stated that she would buy an Aldi candle in place of her usual Jo Malone. Apparently it is ‘almost as good’. What a brave, resourceful soul.

One of them has turned their heating off, has cancelled their childs extra curricular activities, has stopped all takeaways, days out, takeaways and only buying food that is requires for their meal plan meals and only spending on essentials.

But they are refusing to give up their 2 3 week holidays abroad