The underclass discuss??
Do we have one?
Why?
Who or what is responsible?
When did it all go wrong?
Is this a joke?
OK.
What about a secret word you could casually drop into a conversation in any setting to identify fellow mumsnetters?
Baby group, dinner party, conference,
board meeting?
No probs.
Maybe a word is not discrete enough?
What about a hand arrangement, slight tic, stutter on one word only?
#Radicalised by mumsnet
Yes. I’d love a badge or a t shirt that says
“AIBU?” ??? AIBU
am I being unreasonable?
Back in the day there were mugs etc. It didn't last! am I being unreasonable
I think the MN merch there used to be set up as a way to raise money for SIDS after a mner's DS died of it.
I've got an MN 'naice coffee' mug - it was a prize in a competition.
loiters near @louMumsnet's desk waiting to swipe AIBU note pad
This has definitely got us all thinking
I wouldn't mind the biscuit featuring somewhere..... I'd like a scarf in MN colours with
"When sleeping women wake, mountains move" printed all round the edge
I just want a car sticker.
YABU for parking so close!
Just a YABU one will do.
You are being unreasonable 50:50
Yes please, any of the above. 50:50
You are being unreasonable 50:50
How about a loo brush ! 50:50
#Radicalised by mumsnet
on a t-shirt i would definitely get 5!
AIBU? How do I tackle this?
Tell me about selective mutism ?
Everyone has a voice.
I know. Everyo-one has a voice.
Ok. You are being unreasonable. The motto stuck
My son has many autistic traits but is super sensitive to others and empathetic so I assumed he couldn't be autistic.
He used to run out of the room in the episode when Peppa pig crashed her bike or if someone was getting told off in a film or any emotionally charged film until he was well into his teens (he was much more scared by Inside Out than Marvel films)!
I've recently discovered that hyper-empathy is actually quite common for autistic people.
I have always understood it to be a symptom of anxiety, rather than a problem with speech or language - having attended a workshop by Maggie Johnson, a speech and language therapist and UK expert on selective mutism.
She also did a TV documentary about it years ago. I suggest you, OP try to find any of her work online or in books, to see if she can help you. (DD2 suffered from it at school, but not at home as a child. She grew out of it,
especially as she did customer facing jobs.
AIBU? How do I tackle this?
She still has social anxiety in some situations though. My approach to it has always been ‘you just have to try harder’.
What seems easy for other people requires a lot of effort for me.
We can't all be middle or working class on Mumsnet can we? Come on all you uppers and aristos - reveal yourselves! Tell us what makes you UC rather than MC.
Wondering why you don’t think aristos are discussing their loopy dogs, petulant teens and must haves from Aldi along with everyone else? What do you think the “tells” would be?
My DM would describe herself as UC. Is class inherited or achieved?
UC people talk to each other in RL not on forums, they have very small circles of very close friends. Many of their friends are family friends since multiple generations, they all went to school together etc. They don’t need Mumsnet.
AIBU? How do I tackle this?
I used to work with an "Honourable". They lived in a terraced house in a suburban part of the city. Basically they had the title but no money- so sent their DC to state school and did their shopping in Tesco.
I grew up in Australia where.people are not so class obsessed. According to my sister we are upper MC. I find the whole class obsession funny. It is a quirk of the UK.
My late husband was an honourable (heir apparent to title of baron) and we lived in a little terrace, where I live now. When he became mentally ill he was effectively written out of the family will. They were concerned he'd end his own life and they'd be forced to pay a fuckload of inheritance tax.
I wonder if you are referring to Upper Middle rather than Upper Class. In my view Upper Class is aristocracy and there are very few of them. Those that I do know are unlikely to sit around chatting on MN, but I guess the odd one might venture onto the boarding school threads looking for information. On the whole though, those I know have different lifestyles and have less interest in anything online beyond a few social media posts shared between a limited group of friends (and usually equestrian related).
If anyone is genuinely interested in how the upper class live today, I have just written a book about them which is published in September and available to pre-order now! And I'd say some are on here, for what it's worth, as most are 'normal' people, whatever 'normal' is.
AIBU? How do I tackle this?
#Radicalised by mumsnet
Against Mother Can anyone tell if there is a visible nub please? I can normally only do it if it’s very obvious. Please can anyone help, I am dying to know
cant clearly see a nub. any other pictures?
No idea why, but it's this old classic is a total earwig currently
1 Give me oil in my lamp, keep me burning,
give me oil in my lamp, I pray;
give me oil in my lamp, keep me burning,
keep me burning till the break of day.
Refrain:
Sing hosanna, sing hosanna,
sing hosanna to the King of kings!
Sing hosanna, sing hosanna,
sing hosanna to the King!
