Mumsnet #5 Cancel the cheque

[Sickofthissh1t]

Did anyone see the one where a woman was away, got covid, and came home to find her husband had set up the spare room with snacks, a desk, a computer, etc for her to isolate... Concensus is her husband is controlling

 

[ForeverMakingJibesWicked]

I really want to know what AnyFucker is like in real life.

god, is she still going? She’s a fucking moron who thinks she’s some kind of truth machine and plays it for getting “cool” points.

 

[Sglodion]

Yes why not ring 111 and get advice from actual hcp

Mate half of them hide under the kitchen table whenever someone knocks on the door, you can hardly expect them to make a phone call!

 

[Kurrikawari]

Thread of the day...

 

[BethanyGilbert]

OP was writing about their £40 ring and did it look tacky.
This reply...
Lol no one asked how much yours cost, love

 

[Gym&Tonic]

A whole chicken and a massive salad can last you six months don’t you know.

 

[ToxicPony]

I just spotted a classic exchange:

AIBU to be devastated that my luggage full of irreplaceable items for a wedding has been lost by the airline?

Reply: hmmm, devastated? I don't think my friend with terminal cancer would think that was devastating.

 

[BethanyGilbert]

Imagine thinking you could dictate how people mourn the murder of an 8 year old child.

 

[Gym&Tonic]

Most of them have no concept of life outside London and the South East. Who could forget the poster who was told that she should ’just get on the tube’ when she posted saying she was struggling to get to work-she lived in Yorkshire. Last time I checked the tube didn’t go that far

 

[MrsPiggleWiggle]

There's a woman getting her knickers in a twist right now because her husband made his own lunch instead of eating yesterday's leftovers.

Cue a poster who made a "spatchcock chicken" - not just any chicken! - on Sunday which should last until Wednesday.

Loads of them coming on and saying how it's always the women who end up eating food because they don't want to just so they don't waste it. Surely they must realise that no one is forcing them.

Some nutter also popped up and gasped that she would never eat leftovers from a BBQ. And that you must IMMEDIATELY remove from the grill and place in the fridge.

These bitches would die if they saw the things I leave out and eat.

 

[BethanyGilbert]

...with a crusty loaf.
Six figure salary
Outing
Think cycling

 

[aymef]

I truly hate mumsnet- the posters on there will be so rude in a way they wouldn’t dare to be in real life. I also find that if you comment people will react as if they know better than you, even if your commenting about something that happened to you. For example, there was a thread about toddlers lying and I said I don’t think toddlers lie, they just don’t have a reliable memory, so will often mix up things that happened, putting together two or three different scenarios. I gave the example of my daughter who told her teachers that my husband locked me in the bathroom, it didn’t happen, the lock on the door actually broke and I was stuck, so my husband had to knock the door down. I had posters say “I believe your daughter” and tried to make out as if my husband is abusive, like they knew my life better than me. After that I deleted my profile and never went back on.

 

[Little Miss]

Ffs it’s gets better

 

[Gym&Tonic]

I used to work in a supermarket in my late teens and OMG, the people who used to plonk their basket on your conveyor belt and expect you to unpack it for them were the absolute worst.

Also remember a customer having a go at me because we’d run out of mince pies. It was about an hour until closing time on Christmas Eve

That reminds me of when I worked in Argos and so many people had clearly left all of their present shopping until about 5pm on Xmas eve. They’d then scream and shout at us because we didn‘t have what they needed and we’d ruined their kids Xmas. Well no actually you’ve ruined it by leaving it till the last minute.

 

[Goosegamer]

A child is murdered in daylight on the street and all Mumsnet can do is complain about floral tributes under the guise of the environment. Possibly the most spiteful thread I've ever read.

 

[Magwitch]

Reading an interesting thread about the cost of appliance usage and someone pops on to say they’ve told their daughter there will be no hair dryer in winter! And apparently the daughter’s hair is really long.
One of the tightest things I’ve read on there!

It's not as bad as the woman who gives her children frozen cucumbers instead of ice lollies. My mind is still boggling over that one.

 

[BethanyGilbert]

I never get all the fuss about being asked to attend a wedding! Someone was HYSTERICAL on there the other day because there was a wedding on her husband's side and he had left her to "organise everything". What is there to organise? She's being asked to attend it. Not plan it!

 

[Lurker527]

It always makes me laugh when theres a debate on housework division on there. And they always add in 'I do all the life admin, paying the bills, doctors, dentists etc..' does anyone in the real world actually use the term life admin, I mean how many times a year does one have to call the dentist or doctor, hardly a huge task and paying the bills.. we are in 2022 it's called direct debit

 

[BethanyGilbert]

OP, have you thought of taking in ironing? Or do you have anything you can sell on Facebook? * unmumsnet hug *

 

[Kaylon8083]

I’ve been thinking about this over the last few days and I’ve come to the decision not to lurk on Mumsnet again. The place is toxic, full of miserable bitter people and it’s making me feel miserable. And seeing as it keeps crashing on my phone (only website to do so), it’s a clear sign that I need to.