You won't find sisters on the net, Amanda Holden
WHY is Amanda Holden surprised that Mumsnetters are negative and critical?
Has she forgotten how harrowing it is simply to brave the gaggle of mums at the school gates?
If you’re at the heart of the clique, bosom buddies with the Queen Bee who sports the tiniest size zero jeans in the playground and knows where the bodies are buried at the PTA, you’re home and dry.
If, however, you’re on the fringes, sometimes included in the gossip, sometimes exiled to the outer circle, sometimes laughed at and ridiculed in your own ear-shot, you’ll know that women can be cruel and merciless to one another.
Other mums can be so cattily rude to your face it’s hardly surprising they reach despicable levels of spite under the protective internet forum cloak of anonymity.
If Amanda wants solidarity and sisterly support, she should look to her intimate friends and family.
If she’s searching for unconditional love, warmth, kindness or compassion from strangers fuelled by boredom, envy and the knowledge that there’ll be no consequences whatever bile they spew, she’s doomed to disappointment.