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They think we are boring & sedate

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baubles Sat 08-Feb-14 20:01:47

over on the other place

grin

margaretm74 Sun 09-Feb-14 12:50:34

Should we just leave them in peace before they start infiltrating us?

Dragonfly1 Sun 09-Feb-14 12:59:27

Thing is, it seems that it's often the over-fifties on the thread who poke fun. Then go on about how 'young' they are. That quote about protesting too much springs to mind. Funny!

Galen Sun 09-Feb-14 13:22:40

Ok, fess up! Which of you I is Morecatsthankids?

annodomini Sun 09-Feb-14 13:42:27

I guess it's a good place for the kids to let off steam! I wonder what I would have said in my 30s, if I could be sure my mother wasn't reading it. wink

baubles Sun 09-Feb-14 14:04:33

I'm fairly sure that if my DD does post on Mumsnet (I know she reads it) she wouldn't have posted on that thread since I don't fit the profile grin

I would have loved Mumsnet when my children were little. Very useful in many areas. smile

Anne58 Sun 09-Feb-14 16:02:44

Humph! As I may have said before, just because we don't ask questions about willy dunking.....................

Ana Sun 09-Feb-14 16:35:52

notyetpastit is definitely one of us! grin

goldengirl Sun 09-Feb-14 16:59:05

Not only do they think we are boring some of them think we actually don't exist! Perhaps we are invisible after all as per another thread.
As an aside: I have to say I don't like some of the choices of names. Very behind- the-bike sheds hmm

Galen Sun 09-Feb-14 17:13:25

Digestive biscuit dunking is more in our line!

Galen Sun 09-Feb-14 17:13:58

Ana not me!

Ariadne Sun 09-Feb-14 18:21:30

DD is a member of what is now Real Mothers, but used to be Bad Mothers' Club. I have a look now and then, and find it much more down to earth than MN.

lucyinthesky Sun 09-Feb-14 18:29:14

Ana - you've 'outed' me wine

Ana Sun 09-Feb-14 18:33:28

Well done, lucyinthesky! A blow for us all...grin

absent Sun 09-Feb-14 18:39:47

I would guess that the shagging thread is just an example of a generation that thinks it invented sex whereas we know that we did.

lucyinthesky Sun 09-Feb-14 18:43:41

so we did, absent so we did!

Ana don't know whether I have time or inclination to post on Mumsnet regularly though, Would rather be boring on Gransnet wink Must get back to my knitting, baking, gardening, reading etc etc

FlicketyB Mon 10-Feb-14 16:38:51

Philip Larkin said sex was invented in 1963, oh yes, you are right Absent we did invent it.

And Larkin put it in writing, so we can prove it!

margaretm74 Mon 10-Feb-14 16:48:19

But we are the mums and dads of mumsnetters, and what else did Larkin say?
It's all our fault!

Culag Mon 10-Feb-14 17:21:27

Well, I was shocked (blush) . Too many naughty rude words for me!

But it is said that I'm too serious sometimes.

Culag Mon 10-Feb-14 17:23:34

Whoops, well, where are the square brackets on an IPad?

Galen Mon 10-Feb-14 17:28:27

Press 123 then#+= buttons

Galen Mon 10-Feb-14 17:29:07

That's the buttons labelled 123 not the numbers

Culag Mon 10-Feb-14 17:33:02

Duh! Thank you Galen, never seen that before. smile .

absent Mon 10-Feb-14 21:22:58

You know something – I don't care what they think about us.

margaretm74 Mon 10-Feb-14 21:34:04

Nor me absent

Flowerofthewest Mon 10-Feb-14 22:38:37

Me neither!