Not to put too fine a point on it but mumsnet represents all the best faults of what I call Middle England Mums. They think they are better than everyone and the best parents in the world.
Mumsnet. It's like the bastard child of Loose Women and the Daily Mail. A truly awful site.
Both of these are excellent descriptives of mumsnet. Admittedly I only looked on the site a few times and this was long ago but it's amazing when more than one post still sums up the same feeling I had about it back then.
I think I joined a Gingerbread site or a spin off of it, and whilst it was nice at first in terms of initial support, it got very bitchier towards the end (when I left it). The support tended to be more given to a selected majority which I tested by starting a thread about a problem and one newby made the mistake by being honest that the reason she was now a single parent was down to her married lover not leaving his wife.... boy that sparked some nastier fireworks!
Them sites are not my cup of tea, they tend to be a bit bias, not liking new ways of doing things and can get over-mushy too.
I'm not a member of Mumsnet but had a quick look yesterday after reading this thread. The AIBU sectioncan get pretty heated by the looksof it, with parents being allsanctimonious and holier than thou, but then I went to the teens section adn the forum was very supportive and helpful from what I saw.
Me neither. If I had a baby/child I would stay as far away from that sort of thing as possible. I think they can hurt people far more than they can help them, sometimes.
Just read that list... OMG :eek: Nearly put me off my lunch.
Why? They are fairly innocuous and tailored to the people that need to use the site. Jesus, do they not teach you about the human body in school?
I don't care for Mumsnet at all, but it does have its uses. If like me, you have a parent that lives thousands of miles away, it can be very helpful to go to a site like Mumsnet and get some advice rather that pop whatever it is into google and then think your kid has cancer/rabies/St Vitus' Dance/autism or is a sociopath in the making.
I've actually gained some pretty good advice on DS and was helped out greatly thanks to a couple of people who talked about a specific cream they used to treat eczema.
I don't go onto sites that don't hold my interest so why would you go on Mumsnet if there is nothing for you there?
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I think I joined a Gingerbread site or a spin off of it, and whilst it was nice at first in terms of initial support, it got very bitchier towards the end (when I left it). The support tended to be more given to a selected majority which I tested by starting a thread about a problem and one newby made the mistake by being honest that the reason she was now a single parent was down to her married lover not leaving his wife.... boy that sparked some nastier fireworks!
Them sites are not my cup of tea, they tend to be a bit bias, not liking new ways of doing things and can get over-mushy too.
Spot on.
YH? ...
Agreed.
Careful now!
I found the forum by Googling and joined and posted. The answers were really helpful.
I couldn't think of anything worse.
Just read that list... OMG :eek: Nearly put me off my lunch.
And i was just about to eat my sandwich
Me neither. If I had a baby/child I would stay as far away from that sort of thing as possible. I think they can hurt people far more than they can help them, sometimes.
What does that one mean?
Just F**king Google It. I agree - it's a brilliant one, a gem in a sea of rather cringeworthy ones.
Ironically....
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=mumsnet+JFGI
I prefer the balance of female/male POVs like DS, plus the forum layout itself on Mumsnet is so shite
A useful one. The rest are just awful though.
Why? They are fairly innocuous and tailored to the people that need to use the site. Jesus, do they not teach you about the human body in school?
I don't care for Mumsnet at all, but it does have its uses. If like me, you have a parent that lives thousands of miles away, it can be very helpful to go to a site like Mumsnet and get some advice rather that pop whatever it is into google and then think your kid has cancer/rabies/St Vitus' Dance/autism or is a sociopath in the making.
I've actually gained some pretty good advice on DS and was helped out greatly thanks to a couple of people who talked about a specific cream they used to treat eczema.
I don't go onto sites that don't hold my interest so why would you go on Mumsnet if there is nothing for you there?
I hope it wasn't an egg sandwich?
(EWCM = egg-white cervical mucus)