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To think we need a Dadsnet?

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mumtoateen · 29/07/2014 08:56

So dads cannot be single parents? There's a nansnet and mums net but no Dadsnet. Yes there's a single topic for it, but surely dads should be able to have their own site?

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17leftfeet · 29/07/2014 08:57

So start one

but you might want to think of a different name

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gertiegusset · 29/07/2014 08:58
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JennyOnTheBlocks · 29/07/2014 08:58

Why should MN have to provide that though?

Are men not capable of setting themselves up?

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gertiegusset · 29/07/2014 08:59

Ah, I see what you mean, start your own or do you think MNHQ should do it for them?

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mumtoateen · 29/07/2014 09:01

MNHQ should. It's a very gender orientated service they offer. Is this was a site mainly for males women would hit the roof. Why is it not like that the other way round?

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shakethetree · 29/07/2014 09:03

If men wanted a parenting site I'm sure they'd be one out there, but I doubt that enough do tbh - look at the dadsnet section on here, you have to fight your way through the cobwebs & tumbleweed to find it.

YABU.

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CuttedUpPear · 29/07/2014 09:03

As gertie said,there is one. Not much traffic on it though, so the dads come over here, and either self identify as chaps or not, whatever is their personal choice, and join in with the convos and advice.

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JennyOnTheBlocks · 29/07/2014 09:04

Yes, what about the menz?

Hmm

Oh please, why should MNHQ do this?

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gertiegusset · 29/07/2014 09:04

MNHQ already offer a Dadsnet topic, it is very underused.
There are loads of male oriented sites.
MN isn't a social service, men are quite able to make a site for themselves if they think it would pay.

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firesidechat · 29/07/2014 09:06

Really? Men post on here fairly often and they seem quite happy. The nice ones anyway.

I also don't have a problem with sites biased towards men.

If men want to talk about their "issues" then they can start one too, just like everyone else.

Confused

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Szeli · 29/07/2014 09:07

Because having a target audience isn't a crime? It was set up by mums, although all genders and shock even non parents post on here, Dads aren't confined to the dadsnet thread like grans aren't confined to the grans net thread. Look past the name

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CatKisser · 29/07/2014 09:09

What has prompted this thought, OP?

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mumtoateen · 29/07/2014 09:09

But men would be put of by the mum in mums net? It's horrible sexist, like it or not.

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OTheHugeManatee · 29/07/2014 09:09

There is a Dadsnet. It's called Pistonheads.

HTH Grin

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Bifauxnen · 29/07/2014 09:11

There is a dadsnet already. Didn't you think to Google before you started this thread?

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SlightlyJadedJack · 29/07/2014 09:11

I have to agree, the internet is completely controlled by women and men need to get a fair crack of the whip. Those poor men when they do use the internet get trolled and harassed and threatened with rape if they state an opinion etc. It's women's jobs to set them up a safe haven to discuss their issues without women shouting them down all the time.

Oh wait.......

Hmm

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NotNewButNameChanged · 29/07/2014 09:12

The whole reason the Dadsnet area is so quiet is..... because it is so quiet. It is self-defeating. So the men (of which I am one) frequent the normal boards. And actually, there are quite a lot of us. Some of us are even decent, normal people!

Does make me laugh when you get threads like one I saw yesterday where women were complaining about car parking spaces at supermarkets, especially if they were marked "mother and baby" or "mother and child" because "they should say parent and child". On a site called Mumsnet.... Smile

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StillStayingClassySanDiego · 29/07/2014 09:12

Oh please, women would hit the roof if this was a male dominated site? Hmm

You've got this information from where exactly?

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pippitysqueakity · 29/07/2014 09:12

Off you trot and set one up then. Put your money where your mouth is. Please let us know how you get on.

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JennyOnTheBlocks · 29/07/2014 09:12

why don't YOU start a parenting site for dads then, OP?

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CatKisser · 29/07/2014 09:12

Well I'm not a mum and I'm not offended by it. Seems like you're trying to pick a fight but have picked a total non issue!

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gertiegusset · 29/07/2014 09:12

Anyway, in your OP you say 'So Dad's cannot be single parents?'

MN isn't for single Mothers either.

And YY to Pistonheads and PieandBovril or whatever it's called.

When did the word mum become sexist?

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firesidechat · 29/07/2014 09:13

Yes, but it's not our job to supply this. Men are perfectly capable of starting a Dadsnet if they want one. I don't understand this thread at all.

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HauntedNoddyCar · 29/07/2014 09:14

There certainly was a dadsnet site. It was a dark and lonely place when I went there investigating.

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SquattingNeville · 29/07/2014 09:14

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