Mumsnet #48 Cherchez la spunk splatter

[Serene Serena]

The Japanese take a proper shower before they have a bath because otherwise you're just stewing in your own dirt.

The DJapanese have the right idea.
Even my Nan, who is incredibly old fashioned and still thinks showers are a new bathroom accessory, prefers to shower now that we have persuaded her to update her bathroom, and bought her a walk in one with a seat.

 

[Wackie Jeaver]

No sorry who tf thinks steak tatare is steak served with tartar sauce

In DFrance they do, and I can confirm it is Ddelicious!
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I am enjoying the hospitality one, especially the poster who's kicking off about a Dbee landing in her Dwine while eating al fresco and thinks she should automatically get another free glass. What on earth would she do at a picnic?

 

[cat_follower]

If anyone’s stuck for ideas on what to wear in the festive season, Natasha has suggested this. It’s giving ‘present no one wants to open’

 

[Serene Serena]

I've just scrolled the trending topics, and I am delighted to confirm an almost
full Bingo card.

Chest pain - what to do
So glad I have a DD and not a DS
Prolapse worries (no photo)
Infected toenail (photo)
Do you hate your dog?
MIL and Christmas x 200 threads
Mounjaro concerns x 200 threads
How much do you earn?
How much do you save?
How much do you spend?

 

[Zara zara]

I've just scrolled the trending topics, and I am delighted to confirm an almost
full Bingo card.

Chest pain - what to do
So glad I have a DD and not a DS
Prolapse worries (no photo)
Infected toenail (photo)
Do you hate your dog?
MIL and Christmas x 200 threads
Mounjaro concerns x 200 threads
How much do you earn?
How much do you save?
How much do you spend?

They really Hate little boys don't they

 

[Serene Serena]

They really Hate little boys don't they

They hate all men, even ones that haven't grown up yet.
The only acceptable men are their hollow legged, athletic, academically gifted, polite and courteous teenagers.

 

[Iamthebosun]

They really Hate little boys don't they

It’s just that they’re argumentative arseholes. If you start a thread saying you’re glad/sad you only have boys you’ll hear the opposite from most posters about girls. Either ‘well I’m glad I have girls they’re so well behaved and boys are naughty’ or ‘well I always wanted a boy I only have girls and they’re only interested in makeup and they’re so bitchy’.

Basically they just want everyone to feel miserable with their life, whatever you say they’ll argue the opposite. And then posters will argue the opposite to them. They can’t understand anyone else’s point of view or accept anyone might have circumstances or wants or needs that make their life choices different from their own.

 

[CatCafe234]

No sorry who tf thinks steak tatare is steak served with tartar sauce

My parents owned a restaurant back in the 70s when DFrench DFood was all the rage. Mum still talks about the customer that sent their steak tartare back because it wasn’t cooked … (And yes, the kitchen did cook it and the customer got a très, très expensive DBurger).

 

[FeloniousMonk]

They are SO rude and patronising.

It's like nobody has ever told them that you can think a thought in the privacy of your own head WITHOUT having to say it or type it out loud

 

[ShopTilYouSlop]

One page into the "tea at the Ritz and ROH" thread and it's glorious (hi, Natasha, we've been expecting you) and I have a feeling it's going to get even better.

 

[ThatsNotMyKitten]

They really Hate little boys don't they

That thread is actually a MiL one, because of course it is.

Edit: that eye roll is at MNers!

 

[notanotherusername92]

One page into the "tea at the Ritz and ROH" thread and it's glorious (hi, Natasha, we've been expecting you) and I have a feeling it's going to get even better.

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One Gin?

Are we horrified that she’s drinking an entire shot of spirits herself, or appalled that she’s only having the one *tinkly laugh* *cheers* *hic*

 

[doctordoctor]

Just managed to shoehorn in the mikimoto pearl earrings! That’ll be nice for when they supper in Marylebone…Onegin is the ballet. Eugene Onegin has written it, I think…

 

[bread-pitt]

Toddler gave 12 week old a spoonful of jam. Someone advised to phone 111 if they’re worried

No wonder the DNHS is in its knees with this level of sugar consumption.
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How do they get through life? There’s a thread where someone is asking for help with buying a teapot.

 

[Serene Serena]

How do they get through life? There’s a thread where someone is asking for help with buying a teapot.

Is it the same person who asked for help in buying a mug for work?

 

[Florentine]

I only managed the 1st couple of posts before it went. What was the story?

Iirc, the married OP had started a relationship with a married work colleague. Both have children. Relationship had been over 4 months and they'd been officially "together" for 1 month. New chap was her soul mate. Naturally. So she left her husband and 4 children and they had plans to move in together.
However, he's now spending nights with his not-ex-yet wife and posting happy family pictures on FB but says it's just to see his children.
Obviously everyone was telling her he hadn't left his wife, but then a work colleague of theirs popped up to tell her how ridiculously she was behaving...
Shark jumped.
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One page into the "tea at the Ritz and ROH" thread and it's glorious (hi, Natasha, we've been expecting you) and I have a feeling it's going to get even better.

Oh God, yes!
And Nats wouldn't dream of buying a new outfit for any of this - she has plenty of suitable sacks dresses.

 

[bread-pitt]

Is it the same person who asked for help in buying a mug for work?

That’s possible! What next? Help needed to buy a spoon?

 

[Iamthebosun]

Is it the same person who asked for help in buying a mug for work?

… what kind of help?!

 

[Serene Serena]

… what kind of help?!

To choose what kind of mug would accurately reflect her zany, bohemian, arty, intellectual, academic style, of course

My last work mug said “I can make Prosecco disappear, what’s your super power?” This accurately reflects my lower class borderline alcoholic personality, I feel.

 

[Poochie]

Honestly, with the levels of hyper criticism on mumsnet, it’s no wonder many of them struggle to buy things without the approval of the ‘hive mind’.