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Threads that have stayed with you

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Cinnamonkie · 27/08/2024 22:25

What threads have you seen on here that have lodged themselves into your brain?

For me it's the lady who was gifted a periscope by her dh which was completely random and hilarious.

Also the lady who upset a crow and never came back! Assumed she and her dog were eaten by the crows.

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Shefliesonherownwings · 27/08/2024 22:57

There was one a year or two ago about a MNer on holiday, maybe in France and she’d witnessed an abusive family shouting at their daughter and then driving off without her. They didn’t come back for her for hours, if at all and the OP looked after the girl for a while. The police were called if I remember. I always wondered and hoped the little girl was ok.

Also the one where a big group of friends had kind of been subsiding one of the couples over the years as they never had any money, only to later find out the couple had been living off one salary and saving the rest as house deposits for their children. There was a lot of bad feeling about the couple ‘lying’ about their earnings and sponging off the friends. Curious to know where the land lies now on that one.

momtoboys · 27/08/2024 22:57

PuzzledParrott · 27/08/2024 22:26

The Sistine Chapel screamer.

This one, for certain! 😂

Umpteentimesnow · 27/08/2024 22:55

Another one that remembers Pamela often

HowardTJMoon · 27/08/2024 22:55

PUNCH THE CAKE. PUNCH IT.

LovelyBitOfHam · 27/08/2024 22:55

SillyMooMoos · 27/08/2024 22:33

Lady who was fostering a preemie baby who was born addicted to drugs. Really humbling thread.

Really sad and still shakes me that life can change so quickly. RIP.

Dreamingofthishouse · 27/08/2024 22:53

a thread about a lady who was leaving a DV situation in secret while the husband was out and they were fleeing to a far away location and had a very small window of time to leave - hope all worked out well then, I remember that day thinking are they ok, are they ok etc etc.

also lady who had random strange odd happening at her house in village, out on walks etc . Stalker vibes. Again awful.

sistine chapel gives me a chuckle every time I think of it!

Frogspit · 27/08/2024 22:52

Mypuppyismad · 27/08/2024 22:37

Someone who heard a spooky tune in her garden like an old music box. I remember it just disappeared or I missed what happened for some reason.

This is the one I always think of too. I'm sure the thread was removed in the end. I really wanted an update on that one. It was getting so creepy.
Also the Savernake forest thread 😱

PensivePencil · 27/08/2024 22:51

There was one about slightly odd things your in laws (or relatives!) do, from a woman who was staying at her in laws and going mad. It was funny, nostalgic and touching all at once.

roughride24 · 27/08/2024 22:48

A lady who was being abused still by her ex. She had a daughter (I think) who she was trying to keep safe but she was broken into one night and thought it was to do with her ex. I thought a lot about her but I think the thread was taken down.

Also the poor lady whose daughter suddenly died after having tonsillitis.

On a happier note I really enjoyed the penetration man thread. I was having a really horribly bad time and that was the first thing to make me laugh out loud. And Suzy Quattros fat nan of course.

Enko · 27/08/2024 22:47

Poster who years ago in early December posted asking how to tell her 4 year old dd there would be no Christmas. She and dh had emigrated to Canada and money were a lot tighter than they thought it would be (I think she had been unable to get work) she ended up making a "Christmas tree" out of curled up coloured paper with her dd and their landlord on seeing it had shown with a small light up Christmas tree for the dd. It was such a heart warming thread about someone who just wanted to do the best she could for her dd. I oftem Wonder if they are still in Canada and how they are doing.

Makelikeatreeandleaf · 27/08/2024 22:47

Loads, some highlights include:
Is that you, UCM?
Brian from Hull
The lady who answered her own thread about a pushchair.

Eileen101 · 27/08/2024 22:45

Pamela's thread.

Also A thread by a lady who found her two year old had passed away during the night and she found her in the morning. My eldest was 2 at the time and it was heartbreaking. I think it was her third, so she was trying to be strong for everyone else. I think of her often.

BoredAuditor · 27/08/2024 22:43

SillyMooMoos · 27/08/2024 22:33

Lady who was fostering a preemie baby who was born addicted to drugs. Really humbling thread.

Same.

neilyoungismyhero · 27/08/2024 22:43

I often think of Pamela

TemporaryName123 · 27/08/2024 22:43

Who were David and Caroline?

TemporaryName123 · 27/08/2024 22:43

I remember Pamela. That was heartbreaking.

WTDAC · 27/08/2024 22:42

I recall there was once (10 years ago?) a post where a lady described how her partner had sprayed bleach on her very old cat because it had weed on the floor.
By the end of the thread she had decided to leave her partner, who was nasty in all sorts of other ways.
My memory is shocking post menopause so I may have remembered incorrectly, but at the time I thought it was wonderful that Mumsnet was there to support the poster.
It made me cry at the time.

Seiheiki · 27/08/2024 22:42

David and Caroline. He was an unbelievable predator on here. Lowest of the low.

adviceneeded1990 · 27/08/2024 22:41

PuzzledParrott · 27/08/2024 22:26

The Sistine Chapel screamer.

I still re-read that if I’m feeling down 😅

Goody2ShoesAndTheFilthyBeast · 27/08/2024 22:41

wigwambam's gift of knicker elastic from her mil was a good one. not outrageous or anything. just really - odd.

the poster who claimed their friend was faking a pregnancy. It got to the tenth month I think then they never posted again. almost certainly a troll but bloody well done. I still want closure 😂

SillyMooMoos · 27/08/2024 22:41

JulesJules · 27/08/2024 22:35

I wept buckets reading this one

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Same xxx

DietCokeExtraIce · 27/08/2024 22:40

Pamela, still think about that one especially when having a "bad day" which is never actually that bad in the grand scheme of things.

Unfortunately it nearly derailed towards the end but that aside it was heartbreaking.

Montymorency · 27/08/2024 22:40

the one about advising m & s customers about food pairing - steak & chips

Sheelanogig · 27/08/2024 22:40

CheeseandOnionCrispFan · 27/08/2024 22:37

The one that haunts me & that I think about the most is the thread by Purple Lampshades - such an awful situation for her and her son and how manipulation can so easily affect any of us. I'm so hoping to read some good news ftom her soon. Thinking of Purple often.

Oh yes.

I hope her son is OK (and PLS is fine as well).