Chances are, you’ve got someunpopular opinionsthat you usually keep to yourself. Perhaps you love pineapple on pizza, or maybe you find chocolate to be repulsive. When I was incollege, I was terrified to tell my friends that I had absolutely no interest in ever watchingfilmsor reading books aboutHarry Potter… And I was always thrilled when we’d get blessed with a gray and dreary day.We’re not always willing to share these hot takes out loud, but it’s a bit easier to open up to strangers on the internet. Mumsnet users have recently beenadmittingtheir most controversial takes, so we’ve gathered the juiciest ones below. Enjoy scrolling through this list that you might find incredibly frustrating, and be sure to upvote thesecretopinions that you actually agree with!This post may includeaffiliate links.
Chances are, you’ve got someunpopular opinionsthat you usually keep to yourself. Perhaps you love pineapple on pizza, or maybe you find chocolate to be repulsive. When I was incollege, I was terrified to tell my friends that I had absolutely no interest in ever watchingfilmsor reading books aboutHarry Potter… And I was always thrilled when we’d get blessed with a gray and dreary day.
We’re not always willing to share these hot takes out loud, but it’s a bit easier to open up to strangers on the internet. Mumsnet users have recently beenadmittingtheir most controversial takes, so we’ve gathered the juiciest ones below. Enjoy scrolling through this list that you might find incredibly frustrating, and be sure to upvote thesecretopinions that you actually agree with!
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Not all behaviour can be dismissed as mental health issues, asd, adhd etc, some people are just tw*ts.
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I think putting botox and fillers in your face is crazy. And those lips look stupid.
People who climb Everest, do free climbing or base jumping etc. Self-absorbed, selfish tw*ts. The damage it does to Everest. The sheer risk with all of them, putting their loved ones through stress, worry or loss and grief. And the people at risk if rescuing them or recovering their body.
Gender reveal parties are for chavs.
Paying £££££ to get married. I say congratulations, but my word people are sucked in and could do so much more with the money.
Social media [content] creators are mental health issues waiting to happen.
I don’t understand why people are on Twitter / X.It seems like a big toxic, waste of energy to me…
That people who say proudly that they’re not interested in politics and don’t vote shouldn’t be complaining about policies that they don’t like as they did nothing to stop them.
Fashion. It’s purely designed to part the gullible from their money.
That gentle parenting often leads to poorly behaved children. The teachers in schools are having to pick up the pieces of this.
There are too many dogs and some people who have dogs should just not own dogs.
I think veganism is bad for your health. Most of my vegan friends seem to be ill much more than average, and I think they’d be much better if they were at least vegetarian.I don’t say that to them of course. I can see an argument for vegetarianism, but not veganism.
Everyone self diagnosing with ADHD. I know at least 3 people who claim to have it but have never been near even the GP with their concerns. Being a bit daft and scatty now and again isn’t necessarily ADHD. Sometimes it’s just that you’re a bit daft and scatty now and again.
Being in the armed forces doesn’t automatically make you a hero and charities like ‘help for hero’s’ shouldn’t exist, it’s a job people chose to do, nobody these days is conscripted it’s a personal choice.
And anyone who wishes a happy birthday to their snuggly bumpkin on Facebook. I have been married 18 years now. I tell my husband face to face cos we aren’t 12.
Ppl asking for charity donations on social media, sometimes they are doing something like running /walking, other times it’s “it’s my birthday' - really really winds me up. Not anti-charity but hate being guilt tripped into it.
The Royal Family are an expensive waste of space and I find it baffling that anyone would think otherwise.
No, I don’t want to see your holiday photos, or pictures of your child/grandchild.Ever.
I irritate myself with my own instinctive belief that a lot of children are really badly parented and that their shi**y behaviours are the direct result of that bad parenting. Intellectually, I’m far more nuanced, completely believe that there are a lot of complex factors at plat etc etc… but deep down, I think I’m a big fat judgey pants and I don’t like it.Also, I’m terrified that I’m one of those parents and that I’m as delusional as I think so many of them are. I hope I’m not. But… it’s a worry'!
Nearly all plastic surgery, ‘b**b jobs’ and the like are a pointless narcissistic waste of money and medical resources.
The number of people now requiring special and individualised, and often competing arrangements to accommodate things like neurodivergence is going to lead to a fractured and individualistic society where it will be even harder to function with neurodivergence.And I say this as a parent to a child with Asperger’s syndrome. I spend so much effort preparing him for the world to the best of his ability but other parents seem to want the world to bend for their child.
People who complain about people on social media (showing off, bragging, going on too many holidays, etc.). How do you know they are doing all this stuff unless you follow them or are on it? Just unfollow them, get off social media yourself if you think it’s so bad?
People who’s lives revolve around work need to give their heads a wobble.
Leaving dog st on the streets/parks/beaches should be a criminal offence resulting in a heavy fine and the loss of your dog. All dogs should be on a DNA database and licensed. Dog st should be tested, and the resultant fines should be big enough to pay for the system to run. If you lose your dog for fouling, you can never own another one.
Pet owners who spend 1000s on vet bills for seriously ill and dying animals, who should just be put to sleep. Prolonging their life with endless medical treatments and surgeries is cruel in my opinion.
People who say “that’s just me” to excuse tw*tish behaviour. Like behaviour isn’t something you can change.Drama, drama, drama all the time people. Don’t understand why they can’t just put on their adulting hat and crack on in a nice orderly fashion. That said, I think everyone has the right to have a meltdown every so often, get it all out, shake it off, move on. But like, once in a blue moon yeah?
That a foreign holiday is not a human right. Especially if you go into debt for it.
Having a mum (usually stay at home but with no shared finances) who puts up with a sh*t father who does nothing, negatively impacts a child’s upbringing and ensures that this ridiculous cycle continues, where the mum is labelled a martyr and has no respect, and the father seems to get away with everything both financially and emotionally. Both are to blame. Be equals and share the work/love/housework/childcare etc.
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That many charities exist only to contine being in existence and providing nice safe jobs for the senior management and a brag position for the trustees and not solve the problems they were originally set up to tackle.Worked for several, only one I knew of ever completed their aims and closed. Wouldn’t give most of them the snot out of my nose.
I don’t think it’s cheaper or particularly more convenient to eat unhealthily. Living off plain, healthy, simple food is much cheaper and as convenient as unhealthy food. The bulk of my diet is wholegrain rice, steamed vegetables (from the frozen section) and some protein. It’s extremely cheap and fast and simple. When I buy frozen pizzas etc my bill per meal is always way more expensive.I think the link between obesity and poverty is largely cultural.
I think most people look for partners because they know rents and mortgages are near impossible as a single person.The same reason people stay together too.
Posting picture of DC online. Everyone knows the risks, why are some willing to take the risk for the sake of a like. Or those that cover the faces but post a picture of their DC online in a swimming costume with them facing away. Surely they know that is dangerous too?
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People spending money to have their nails done. I don’t mind it. Do what you want but I don’t understand why colours on the tips of fingers are a thing.
Remembrance Day is now overblown, more-patriotic-than-thou twaddle that goes on far too long. We call it War Christmas in our house. Poppy-patterned dog beds, FFS.
Mine is about marathon running (and any other physical “challenge”, climbing 8 mountains in a row, swimming the channel, cycling the length of the country….)I say “oh well done, what an achievement”.I think “what a pointless waste of energy, you could have done something useful with all those training hours”.
I think you should be able to get married for 10 years then get the option to stick or twist without any financial burden. Too many people stay together for money.
I see too many people lying and milking the benefit system day in day out yet those who need it are denied.
People who hate London. If you can’t find even a little bit of joy or fun in a city that literally has something for everyone, then it just goes to show only boring people get bored.
Proposals are mostly cr*p, just talk to each other and agree to get married.
Tattoos.I don’t understand why you’d want a design permanently on your body. How do you know your future self will like it being there?What if your tastes change or fashion moves on?A person’s hairstyle, hair colour and clothes normally change over time according to an individual’s tastes and the current fashion.Why have permanent tattoos? Wouldn’t it be better to have something that peeled off and could be changed every few weeks or so?
As women, we need to take greater responsibility for ourselves and our choices. And it’s not ‘victim blaming‘ to say that. We can’t control what others do, only what we do.Post after post about women marrying and having children with useless men who were always useless complaining about it. I don’t feel a drop of sympathy.
Weight loss injections are cheating.
I don’t think humans were designed for lifelong monogamy and I can’t understand why it’s such a celebrated thing.
Extra benefits for obesity or substance/alcohol abuse. That’s just giving them extra money to use on the habit that got them here in the first place.
Things I think but wouldn’t say.Fed is best mantra…Breastfeeding is better. If you can’t or don’t want to, fine. But breastfeeding is best.Full time nursery, poor children must be shattered, why even have children if someone else looks after them 9-5, Mon-Fri.
Things like anxiety are being pathologized when actually it’s quite normal to feel a bit anxious on occasion. Get a grip.
Olives are vile. People can’t actually like them, so they must be pretending for some reason.The same goes for other foods that are ‘an acquired taste’.
I believe thin people are all a bit unhappy (because they are probably hungry!)
Our politicians need to tighten up access to public funds. Our benefit bill is ridiculous.
Sex is a biological fact.It can’t be changed.It’s impossible to be ‘born in to the wrong body’.
People who let their dogs sleep on or in their beds are minging.
I don’t agree with abortion despite being a left-leaning type.
I don’t like ‘proudly working class’ people. Never have. What’s there to be proud of? Generations of limited achievement?
Marrying outside the religion you were brought up in is a recipe for disaster.Blended families don’t work.
Homeless people have ended up that way through their own bad choices and the ones who walk down the train asking for money for “a night in a shelter and a hot meal” are lying and will spend it on drugs and alcohol- hostels are free aren’t they?
I can’t stand pathetic women. Women who are scared when their husbands are away from the home. Women who refuse to walk anywhere at night. Women who don’t travel alone and need a man to accompany them. Get a grip and stop trying to drag us all back to the 1950s with your needy perpetual victimhood.
That people who have been “working from home” need to get back to work. Covid is over.
Poor people are disgusting and only have themselves to blame. They shouldn’t have children, pets, or takeaways.
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