That’s exactly what they are likeWow I’ve never really delved into Mumsnet before but I just checked out that AIBU thread and Jesus some of them are vile. Some poor woman is asking if it’s unreasonable to want her husband to check in with her and her 4 kids whilst he’s away abroad for the long weekend; the responses are essentially ‘yes you are being unreasonable, why should he be glued to his phone all the time?’
Just imagine loads of bitter old women sat at home not getting any and taking it out on a forum
it’s either your fault and he should leave you or his fault and you should chuck him outI posted on there once, many years ago about an argument I had with my husband, and they said I was completely unreasonable, and should be lucky my husband didn't leave me. They all piled onto me to tell me how awful I was.It was just a silly argument.
am new to this site after reading about the alter ego scandal, i only joined so i could read it and be nosey.
I wasn't going to post, but after seeing so many awful messages from grown women attacking other women i just had to.
In no way do i condone what mother of daughters did, she really did go the wrong way about things. But can you not all see that you are equally as bad. I have skip read through a few threads and it is all so disheartening to see such vicious comments about your fellow community.
Not every poster here is guilty of this, bit there are quite a few who repeatedly are acting exactly the same thing clemmie hooper did, through her alias. You are all being so hypocritical.
Be kind to one another. And the old saying, if you haven't got anything nice to say, say nothing.....or in this case, write nothing at all.
Hopefully several of these posters will look at what mod has done and look a bit closer at their own behaviour. Just think would you want someone to be talking about you children this way and for them to see.......we live in a world of social media and so called 'influencers', so think how your words can 'influence others'
JustineMumsnet (MNHQ) Wed 08-Apr-20 13:17:05
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Fuck. That.Mumsnet are already pleading going broke and asking users for £4.99 a month or £49.99 a year.
It's just a fucking message board, hardly that expensive to run like a newspaper with quality journalism. They've been coining in an absolute fortune for years after years. Just Lidl alone they had a 6 figure deal with to sell user data to and use their message board for adverts. Even with the ad rate falls just the ad's alone on the site will be making them a fortune, but not as much of a vast fortune as before. They're fucking cheeky.
Quite.Fuck. That.
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