Mumsnet #7 Tinkly little laugh

[klarakluckbag]

Although...

I shared a house with a guy whose mother was like that.

She never stopped from the moment she got out of bed until she fell back into it exhausted.

Her son told me that there were times the rest of the family went on holiday without her as she had "too much to do."

And, when she hit retirement age and her place of work said "Thanks for everything, bye now" she offered to come in and work for free.

The family tried to get her to channel her energy in to voluntary work but she refused and just cleaned the house from top to bottom every single day instead.

However, I'm with you and think the competitive "Busiest Ever!" types on MN are all bullshitters.

My colleague is like that, she spends all day cleaning her house, and when she goes away with her family, she'll moan about how "filthy" the caravan/chalet/hotel room was, and how she had to clean it "from top to bottom"...every single time.

We were all talking one day about how it's difficult to have a lie-in at the weekend when you automatically wake up at (say) 6.30am, as you do every morning for work. My colleague said that she gets up and cleans her skirting boards every Saturday morning. The rest of us just fell about laughing, I only clean my skirting boards if I'm about to paint them, or if I'm planning on selling my house!

 

[Crabbypatty00]

Every post involving children or young adults references the fact the have ASD or ADHD. EVERY SINGLE FUCKING ONE!

I'm not sure you are allowed to post on MN unless you have a child with a condition, formally diagnosed or more commonly diagnosed by the mum via a quiz online.

 

[Serene Serena]

This is my take on the howling, sobbing, shaking posters. They are lonely. They lack normal social interaction. A lot of them seem to be stay at home mums, so they have limited contact with other human beings. They've stopped understanding the usual reaction to something a little bit funny is a wry smile, to something a little bit sad is a sigh, maybe a shrug. They mimic other posters and their overblown reactions, and feel part of the community.

As for the 'I never sit down' gang - how come they are some of the most prolific posters on Mumsnet? Have they learnt to type on their phones with one hand, whilst bleaching the skirting boards with the other? I bet my (not 6 figure) salary that most of the busy busy busy lot are slumped on the sofa, idly working their way through a party bag of M&Ms. whilst they scroll through Mumsnet looking for a thread to post on.

 

[maytoseptember]

WHY DO PEOPLE DO THIS?

She isn’t saying she’s destitute or too poor to eat (and therefore putting the heating on would be unthinkable) she’s just not putting the heating on because she’s scared she’ll get a £10k bill or something.

Just be sensible! Be a normal person and use the heating less than you would have last year. Nine degrees indoors FFS!

 

[ChastityDingle]

Just in case of what? Are hand towels the latest recreational drug?

'I need to speak to the Head of the Policing Department NOW'...

 

[EasterEggs]

Fucking hell, they really can argue about anything I didn’t see it, what was it about?

The OPs child had a 4 year old hamster which had to be put down around a year ago and the vet charged her £30.

Shortly after she got another hamster for the child which had to be put down today. That hamster was 11 months old and had ovarian cancer (I’m not sure how you know a hammy has ovarian cancer but fine). This time the vet charged her £101.67 !!!! for the pleasure because it included the cremation of the poor thing. Daughters school has mysteriously closed for undisclosed reasons and won’t be reopening so she can’t dispose of the dead hamster herself.

OP was furious with this because now she can’t afford Christmas and wants her money back!! She used to earn over £60k (of course) but now can’t work and is on benefits. She got the hamster after an accident which killed her husband and made her disabled.

Chaos ensued, everyone arguing, why didn’t she ask the price if she’s got no money, telling her to ask for the hamster back. Then they all turned on OP and she made out everyone was against her because she was a “scummy single mother on benefits”, but actually nobody ever said that.

It was a really good one. 10/10 Monday night entertainment!

 

[mdizzl3]

They all think their children are “extremely bright” yet they all needed 2 years of tutoring to get into grammar school. If you’re genuinely bright you don’t need any tutoring!
Oh and they’re also all tall and slim and sporty. No fat, short kids who sit on Minecraft all day, even though statistically that will be most kids….

 

[PrincessCharming]

I can spend whole days, especially Sundays, sitting down. Having a lazy day is one of life’s great pleasures.

 

[maytoseptember]

I may be the one completely out of sync here, but does anyone else find a complete over-egging of the effect of lockdowns on people on mumsnet? There’s a massive thread about the effects on children and so many people saying their children (who were babies in the pandemic) have speech and language issues, that they themselves are traumatised, that their children are irreparably damaged…

I accept I may well be biased as I lost a parent to Covid in lockdown 1, and wish we had gone harder faster so they wouldn’t have caught it. But all of this hand wringing over how horrendous the trauma of lockdown was and how they’ll never get over it seems ridiculous. Yes it was tough, but the way it gets talked about on mumsnet feels very overblown. I work with kids and it’s true there are learning gaps, and some year groups are noticeably less mature than they otherwise would have been, but most kids seem fairly normal. We’ve hardly got cohorts of kids sat at home rocking with parents needing therapy because they had to stay at home for a few months. It’s like competitive lockdown trauma comes out to play on those threads.

Speaking as a mother of a speech-delayed autistic child, I don't even understand why Covid is being blamed for speech delays. Babies and toddlers learn to talk at home, right? By being spoken to throughout the day by parents and caregivers? So why should being at home during lockdown be a cause of speech delay, as long as their parents didn't neglect them?

By all means blame neglectful, shitty parenting for speech delays (I have no doubt this is the case sometimes) but I genuinely can't see how anyone can blame lockdowns.

 

[GirlWithThePearlEarhole]

Style & Beauty again! Someone asking how to dress in a more ‘artsy’ way due to a new job. Typically they’re all giving suggestions that will make her look like the lovechild of Coco the Clown and Peggy from Hi-de-hi.

 

[EffingDust]

Had to laugh at this from the what are you wearing thread. The dog is thinking “clean the bloody mirror”.

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That top reminds me of the old Kappa tracksuits with the poppers up the legs

 

[Cinnabun]

I just read a thread where someone used the phrase 'chunky of thigh' and it reminded me how much I hate this particular Mumsnetism. 'Large of boob' 'small of arse'. NOBODY REAL TALKS LIKE THIS.

 

[Serene Serena]

There’s usually a crossover with the cleanliness threads and the class ones. There’s a class one running atm which is hilarious. All the hard-up aristos in their battered jeeps lending a hand at the church bring and buy while the nouveau riche swan by in their BMWs and are rude to Allan’s sundry.

Loving your autocorrect

Who is Allan and what’s his sundry?

 

[Gym&Tonic]

For some reason I envision them all either looking like Miriam Margolyes or Liz Truss in terms of fashion. Maybe I’m wrong?

 

[Pebbleybeach]

It’s probably quicker to tie your hair back and jump in the shower for 2 minutes than to Fanny around with a flannel in the sink.

You don’t fanny round with a flannel, you flannel round your fanny

 

[NN22]

It disappeared but there was a thread about a pregnant woman being disparaged for having half a glass of Prosecco at 30 odd weeks pregnant, one comment said they had no problem resisting alcohol during pregnancy - only having a few sips of their husbands wine here and there!!! I went to reply to say you clearly had a problem resisting then but the thread was gone

 

[maytoseptember]

Oh yeah there’s a bunch of fantasists on Tattle as well. There’s someone on here claiming to be a doctor and it’s a blatant lie.

 

[melonpane]

There's a S&B thread at the moment called how much would you spend on a jumper. I will translate this as "I have seen a very expensive item that I am hoping to spend my husband's money on, please enable me?"
Imagine the horrors in there. Best not to look. But i will predict a few replies:
1. Just buy what you want OP no one cares.
2. I will only wear knitted items from a special island where the residents are living in a socialist utopia and fixing climate change, even though I would always vote against this politically in real life.
3. Urrg, all that ugly acrylic knitwear, shudders.
4. I always buy my cashmere SECOND HAND, as new on ebay for £2, most of which used to belong to very rich people in Harrogate.
5. I don't wear clothes, I am preparing for economic collapse.
6. Knit your own jumpers out of chicken feathers, OP.

And prepare for the tinkly laugh Halloween threads where they begin salivating over true ghost stories even though I am a rational adult and dont believe in any of that stuff, honest, i promise!
Here's a thought Mumsnet, no one gives a crap if you are open minded about the unseen. Own your spooky experiences and grow a spine.

I remember saying my IBS had eased since returning to eating carbs (healthy ones). I was shown the door very quickly.

They'll argue viscously over any small thing claiming to be experts, yet rarely exhibit any evidence of constructive thought or intellectual depth.

Ladies with pitchforks. My new book title cos me, I am deeep in the intellects.

 

[justheretoread99]

OP looking for outfit inspo for a first date.

I despair. BOOTCUT JEANS? And high heels are DATED? How are all these Mumsnet users married?!

 

[NannyOgg]

What on earth is wrong with the posters on Mumsnet recently (I know, I’m preaching to the choir…)?

They have always been an argumentative bunch, but seem to be getting worse. I foolishly read an AIBU thread this morning where someone was trying to find some positives about the cost of living crisis and she was torn to shreds. Mumsnetters can’t seem to disagree with someone without being self righteous pricks!

I used to really enjoy mumsnet, but having lurked on tattle for a few months now, I’ve started to see just how personal and nasty the discourse on mumsnet is vs here. It prompted me to finally register a TL account and join this much friendlier site.