Mumsnet #7 Tinkly little laugh

[PrincessCharming]

I just like lasagne on its own…or with more lasagne!

 

[Pebbleybeach]

To be fair that thread isn’t about the child paying bills/board/contributing to the household.

the kid is earning £400 a month and still expects mum to pay for all her clothes, toiletries, fake tan etc while her earnings go on vapes.

isn't it fairly normal once you start earning and becoming more independent you use your own money to buy personal stuff?

It’s honestly not even the content of the thread that makes me laugh as such, it’s just the way they’re phrased. There are threads on there every day about the same thing and end in horrendous arguments (there’s two today!). But just the way they phrase it makes me laugh because it’s more like they’re talking about a lodger than their own child. One I read a few weeks ago was phrased as ‘I’ve carried the burden for 18 years’…

 

[Serene Serena]

My brother got a packet of ham once in his trick or treat bag... and we lived on a council estate. Alas no drugs or razors for us

I got caught short one Halloween and gave out Babybel cheese and Dairylea triangles. No razor blades in them though. And who would waste good weed on a bunch of trick or treaters?

 

[Sglodion]

I went to grammar school and didn’t have a tutor. My partner also went to a grammar school and didn’t have a tutor. However we’re in our 30s now so perhaps it’s different these days

I went to one without a tutor too (same age as you), but by the time I left the school the number of applicants had more than doubled for the same number of places. It has got more difficult I think. That said, even in my year group there were kids who'd been tutored for literally years to get in, and some of them ended up with real mental health issues because they were getting Bs in their exams and by our school standards that was 'failing'

Grammar schools work really well for the kids they do work for and are a completely miserable experience for the ones they don't suit. If you're having to tutor your kid from age 8 to get in they're probably going to be in the second group.

 

[Millie2023]

Excellent thread written by someone who spent 2.5h cooking and didn’t get a “thank you”
Some pure mumsnet gold in the responses, save for one sane one, who’s probably a Tattler (or will be soon )

 

[ChastityDingle]

Currently a competitive not sitting down thread on the go i.e to get all your jobs done, don’t sit down from the minute you wake up til you go to bed.

Actual quotes:
‘Yeah I don’t really sit down. I remember in the first lockdown, sitting on the sofa in the middle of the day, and thinking …what is this??’

and

‘I rarely sit down!’

I remember doing that too...

 

[BethanyGilbert]

Is Xenia a fantasist like Crumbs? I can never work her out

I can't remember if it was on here or reddit when someone said that Xenia has appeared in the media and they know who she is (Obviously).

 

[Wackie Jeaver]

But on Mumsnet, they aren't convinced there is anything outside of London, other than baron land. Someone was talking about nice coffee shops and got a reply mentioning a chain and said, "I'm not sure you will find them outside of London though" and I think it was Tim Hortons or similar

It's that Hunger Games vibe!!

 

[BlairWaldorf86]

Oh I assumed that one was a troll to get everyone going.

 

[emerald]

On the subject of farts, hands up who has read James Joyce's love letters to his wife Nora?

Don't remind me.

I have found my people. Can't stand "trump" or "pump". I think pump is more crude than fart, tbh.

 

[ChickenLicking]

All children are tutored for grammar school and it isn't because they aren't bright or clever. At least that's the case where I live.

I dont know exact numbers but if the pass mark is 200, anything over that is a pass and gets you into a grammar school. Our local grammar school only offers 60 places to the first 60 highest scorers over the pass mark so say someone gets 300 as the highest, the next 59 below that get a place. If more than one gets the same score they offer it to the closest to the school. The children are being tutored to get into the top 60 to get the highest they can and not tutored just to pass

Same here. My DS has autism and a slight LD so mixed with anxiety, he never sat it. This leaves three non-selective schools which all have issues. Sigh - I *hate* the 11+.

They'll soon only have Seasalt and Boden to source their clothes from

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I am quite sad about Joules because I own one of their ubiquitous yellow raincoats and a stripy harbour top [which is a horrible fit!?]

 

[Sw4]

So having a tumble drier is working class?????
The poster sounds like a grade A twat, instead of getting on with her work, she's looking down her nose at her sugary tea drinking lower class colleagues. She sounds insufferable.

No I think SHE is the one saying she has sugar in her tea and uses a tumble drier (i.e. she is the working class one) and therefore struggles with middle class colleagues about putting a foot wrong or having etiquette that is frowned upon. I think. It's quite badly worded though. And I really don't understand the tumble drier thing.

 

[Axatogrind]

They love a good lift thread there. I genuinely don't know why anyone wouldn't open their mouth early on and say, right will we drive every second turn or whatever.

I seldom believe anything on MN anyway.

Agree. IF that thread was true, the friend/neighbour was taking the piss but the OP needs to shoulder some of the blame for not having spoken up in 5 years FFS!

 

[Blond3g1rl]

I am on the 'fuck autism' thread at the moment as I totally get why the OP has lost her rag with parenting an ASD child. There are a couple of bellends moaning about it and trying to get it deleted. FFS.

That was reported to the nights watch last night. Completely out of order, the OP is clearly struggling

 

[EasterEggs]

It is so infuriating when people don’t read the full thread. Someone’s given an update on a work grievance to say it’s all finalised and people are still commenting with their advice

 

[rainbowlemon]

gosh she sounds so sensible, cultured and progressive, I bet she is literally covered in vair expensive cashmere dog hair and has 800K in savings amassed through the pandemic alone

Only 800k? A bit on the poor side no?

 

[sistersofpercy]

Someone posted a photo of their arsehole?

Actually I remember a woman posting a photo of her manky fanny, asking if this red swollen pustule was a Bartholin's cyst - but it was in Sporner's Corner to be fair to her.

They did. In chat. Happily there is now an added warning.

 

[Notredamn]

Hahaha I’m so glad I’m not alone in cringing myself inside out and back again at the S&B thread. A couple of posters in particular try to emulate the one contributor (who is usually the OP) who always does look good. Or try and get her to validate their tragic choices. Then there’s the headbanger who regularly buys outfits, wears at her leisure and then sends back for refunds and sees no problem with that at all . She also moralised about Sézane’s brush with cultural appropriation and encouraged boycotting, only to carry on buying from them herself weirdoooooo

 

[Blurp]

I'm so glad that you have noticed it too. Now I personally love Docs and they make a ladies' 9 to fit my huge feet but yep, Solovair can feck right off.


I am off to look ...

I couldn't find it but I fell down a "my direct report is on Only Fans" rabbit hole.

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It's that gnarly old £55 pppn B&B carpet again.

A lot of the houses don't fit with their purported income and status - just standard housing estate. They also seem to spend a lot of money on stuff like Boden, Sezanne, and £800 leather skirts (as well as 50 or so pairs of jeans) but have no decent jewellery; they're always asking where to go for very ordinary jewellery. I'd rather wear supermarket clothing with good jewellery and footwear.

As for Docs, I adore mine and have some from 30 years ago that I still wear. I had to have a joint fusion in my foot thanks to osteoarthritis and the only footwear I can wear comfortably has to have a very giving and padded sole so I live in Docs and FitFlop slides/shoes/trainers/boots. I decided that, if I had to wear granny shoes in my 50s (I'm in my 60s now), then they would be bliddy funky granny shoes! I love the bright colours and floral ones especially. Doc Martens used to do really good ones in their youth sizes - I have a pair of black boots with neon green glow-in-the-dark skeleton feet on them - but they're really boring now. When I worked and went to one particular office, the canteen ladies always wanted to see which boots I was wearing that day .

 

[Serene Serena]

Who's going to start the new thread? I don't know how to. I'd suggest Mumsnet: Give Your Head a Wobble for a title unless we've already had that one or Mumsnet: Give us a diagram, you CF.