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[Chipstiz]

Tbf there's some very end is nigh talk on the tattle corona virus thread too. You get piled on for having any opinion that isn't that we should have martial law and anyone found doing too much outdoor exercise will be shot on sight.

 

[Phoenix Lazarus]

Penetration man ended up in classics, someone had went out with him and he whispered "Penetration" in their ear as an act of foreplay.

I'm hearing the song Roy Castle sung at the end of Record Breakers in my head - but with a different lyric...

 

[Tui]

I’ve only ever been on mumnset after hours of late night googling led me to things like ‘could I be pregnant’ and read peoples pregnancy symptoms as vague as mine (only ever had scares, never actually been pregnant haha) but I’d be fascinated to know the psychology of sites like that and this one! Like WHY people especially women use them, the things discussed etc, I think it’s fascinating

I used it furiously for about 2 weeks when I had bleeding in pregnancy and hospital wouldn’t see me due to lockdown (ended in m/c)
I found the pregnancy forums fairly nice and supportive but some of the other forums people are totally vicious!! I can be blunt and have to check myself sometimes but these people have no debate or conversation, just replying with things like “get over it”. Oh and every thread about marital issues culminated in dozens of people saying he’s having an affair

 

[Niamhm]

Yes mumsnet is awful! I got abuse and then banned for being 'disableist' because I agreed with a someone who told a woman she shouldn't park in parent & child without a child but the woman said she has a hidden disability but no blue badge. Also as someone else mentioned the Baby centre app is just as bad! Stopped looking on there when my lb was 4 months old as its shocking

 

[RedMagnolia]

That was him, although I thought he'd been in foster care. I'm not sure but I think he turned out to be a troll, there was some controversy anyway.
Penetration man ended up in classics, someone had went out with him and he whispered "Penetration" in their ear as an act of foreplay.

Oh my Christ. I missed that.

Most of Mumsnet Classics are troll threads, from what I can see. Mexican House Thief, Elderly Korean Lady et al.

 

[Inforapenny]

They do hate men or/and they're in horrendous relationships but refuse to take any responsibility for being in that situation.
Or they get overly invested in a man with a beard

Links to some sites auto removed

There's a couple of sites where links are automatically removed on tattle, explained for each one below. Hidden links - redirection links are removed as it needs to be clear where a user is being sent. Facebook story links - as they doxx the person that shared it. Try to post the photo or...

tattle.life

I just find it really immature and silly.

 

[Gym&Tonic]

YABU! Sorry , I just couldn’t help it . They are a bunch of attention seeking old crows.

They’re all so neurotic and slightly unhinged.

 

[Hi there chuck]

Me and I kept getting banned because I stuck up for myself. Very lame site mumsnet.

I also go on lipstick alley but that is more an American site.

 

[Walnutss]

I’m hoping this is an OK place to post this, i tried looking for a thread suitable and figured this could be a good place to ask. I’m putting together a hamper for my sister in law’s baby shower who is due in August full of bits for the baby and for her! I really wanna make sure she can feel pampered too in a way because I know she’s not felt so good about herself and people often focus on the baby more (naturally) - could any of you tell me anything good like little bits I could get for her specifically? Anything you found useful in pregnancy towards the end of it or in that first period after giving birth? Same could apply for little key bits for a baby. So far for her I’ve got her some face masks and then my little coco hydrating sheet masks.
Much appreciated for any advice/ideas you can give sincerely, someone whose not yet had a baby xx

Spray witch hazel for her tears if shes giving birth naturally!
What about gift voucher for her nails
I've been using the palmers coco butters oils and creams for stretch marks and I highly recommend!

For the baby as many plain vests as you can buy for when they are not going out and baby is constantly needing changed

 

[50sGirl]

DIAGRAM???!!!!!!!!

JK

I’m not on Mumsnet, is the protocol to provide a diagram too?

 

[Gym&Tonic]

I didn’t realise idiotic was a slur

Me neither! Nor ‘cretin’.

 

[PrincessCharming]

I always side eye those posts and think they’re actually posting pictures of people they know that they don’t like, in order to attract hopefully “mean” guesses and comments

Yep, I’ve thought that too.

 

[PinkFigs]

You must have a serious lack of self awareness if you think boasting about losing a Mercedes is ok, when there are people out there struggling to feed and clothe their kids.

I’d be very interested to know if her children really are as hyper intelligent as she claimed, too.

 

[ChubClubThug]

Also the:

1) He earns more than me so therefore has more disposable income= all money is family money, he's financially abusing you
2) I earn more than him = he's a cocklodger (a term I had never heard before MN but apparently means he's a kept man and is abusing you)

1) I only see him once a week on the same day and I'm OK with that but... = he obviously has a whole second family you don't know about
2) I see him every day and I'm OK with that but... = he's smothering you and has something to hide. LTB

It's a whole other world over there

A Cocklodger

 

[Pegsypog]

Yeah, there’s a thread on there at the minute that’s something like ‘is a combined income of £60,000 enough to live on?’ and there are loads of posters aghast at how they couldn’t manage on such a low wage Obviously, people can pretend to be something they’re not on an anonymous forum but everyone on MN either seems to earn £250,000 a year and are still struggling to make ends meet or they live on the bones of their arse claiming 5p a week on benefits. There’s no in between.

well 60k combined in London really isn’t much.
In the company I work for starting salaries for junior roles are no more than 25/30k and believe me after rent there is not much to spare.

 

[Lechat]

Or swears or dares to play some music.

*clutches pearls*

 

[Roxanna]

The only time I've heard of doxxing happening is, there was one poster who would constantly post bragging about her fabulous lifestyle and perfect family and it was suspected trolling - on a thread where posters were asked to post a photo of their bedroom, she posted a photo of a hotel room some 5* place in Paris After this, she still insisted that everything she said was true and I saw some posters looking at exif data on other photos she'd posted etc

Then when some started the Reddit MNTrolls this continued over there.

Gosh yes, however they still posted her real name and her son’s name there. You can’t claim the higher ground after doing that. The trouble is that some mods are scared of the bully girls and won’t put their foot down.
Shocking.

 

[Gym&Tonic]

‘Going to aldi/Lidl for the first time, what shall I buy’, what do they think it sells ?????

Funny how you never see an ‘I’m going to Iceland/Farmfoods/Home Bargain’s for the first time’ thread though isn’t?

 

[Vanillaco]

And the snobbery about schools is off the scale. If you don’t go private then you obviously don’t care about your kids

I found the opposite on there. If you go private youre stupid to spend the money. Their kids all go to a great comprehensive in Hackney where they share 3 pencils to a class. Except they dont. They have paid through the nose for a house 2cm from an outstanding school in a poor area.

 

[Tilly]

Hey! I posted on Mumsnet (under various usernames) for years and years (and years) . Until they got hacked, everyone had to log back in & I couldn’t remember my password or the original email address I’d set up with. So I just gave up And was in “forum wilderness” , where I’ve remained for about 3 years - lurking
I lurked on Reddit (didn’t get it) , I lurked on the other Mum sites (my kids are older now so I’m over the breastfeeding chat )
Then THEN a miraculous thing happened... Brummy mummy off Insta sent me over, after her tearful Stories about mean cows on here slagging her. That’s the VERY PLACE for me I said to myself & and here I am , with a log in and everything So happy!
Any other ex-mumsnetters here? It all got a bit doom & gloom on there didn’t it