What's some --more-- juicy gossip that you can't share irl but can share with nosy strangers on mumsnet?

My neighbour kicked her husband out last summer, they 'tried' again around new year but he was still a dick so she kicked him out again, has asked him for a divorce and is currently in Mexico with him and the kids on a holiday they booked before they split, again.

A close female relative who died recently had an alternative birthday. She always celebrated her birthday in April but it turns out she was actually born in December, the previous year, 4 months prior. This was only revealed when she went into a nursing home and my sister helped her sort out her paperwork. She said it was because she had been told as a young adult by her parents, that no one wants a December birthday. Far easier to celebrate in the Spring. Sis also found her parents marriage certificate from July of the same year…

A close friend of my brother was raised by a man not his father.

His father only learned it was not his son when the son was in his 20s.

The son still does not know the truth.

Friend was going through late father's stuff, found some letters, turned out the dad who traveled a lot had a 2nd family abroad, friend traveled to meet a half brother, hasn't told his own mum about any of it.

Like the plot in a soap!

Bet they don’t use the same blood group. Or if they do now, it’s a new thing

Thank you. Yeah my dad had o neg but DK about my mum. He used to give blood a lot. That's the only reason I know because he said his blood can donate to all others so it's good to donate it.

I DK my own blood type. I don't think it's common to know it in the UK unless you donate or seek out that info? I know I can't donate due to my weight sadly.

This doesn't surprise me at ALL.

The one with the multiple wives - who are SISTERS - is the one I am struggling with!

Thats so sad. Sometimes I wonder if people are better off never knowing x

You mean the business computer and telephone are in the garage or the garage is where it all happens?

My grandma let slip today that my very boring, very dull aunty & uncle (dads side) are swingers and they have no idea if one of my cousins is actually my uncles. This has only come about because one of them has been diagnosed with a disorder that only mother and father can pass on through a shared faulty gene. They have 5 children altogether and only she has the condition. I was absolutely flabbergasted because they're extremely boring & seem so prudish.

All on my (her) side know (or siblings / partners / children) do. On husband’s side he is very short of relatives. Any that there are are way older. So, she might get away with it. Not sure about the actual dad but he has 3 kids of a similar age.

Same with my mum 😂 my aunties MIL has even served my mums steak pie.

Yes that can't be right that it's only from the father. My husband is O- and I'm A+. Our son is A+ like me, dont know about daughter. Husband is definitely their dad!

My dad is A- and I think mum is A+ (possibly O+) but not sure. My sister is also A+ like me.

I've just done one of those online calculators and A+ was the most likely result for the children of both families with those combinations.

She’s in for trouble as soon as any family member gets interested in Ancestry DNA.

It’s terrifying how often you read these sorts of posts on MN. I suspect there is a ‘respectable’ and ‘harmless’ man like this in almost every street.

And how do you know the women are being exploited?

My Mum and Dad never knew and still don't, that the lady I used to babysit for when I was around 17-18 years old worked in a massage parlour and offered extra's i.e. she was a prostitute. Her partner was effectively her pimp as he worked on the door / front desk at the massage parlour and was happy for her to do it, providing he got his cut of the money.

She was friends with my best friend's sister just through their kids going to the same school, and when my best friend wasn't interested in babysitting she told me and I started to do it.

Then one night she came home slightly early normally her partner came home first and he would call me a cab, she had a few drinks and told me.

I never judged her and I think she appreciated that

Her partner tried to get me to do sex chat line's as he said I had a lovely soft voice and I could make a lot of money, I politely turned him down 😀

She was a lovely lady, her two sons were great, I used to love babysitting for them. She left her partner and moved away, I often wonder how she is doing and how her sons are.

I saw my neighbour (a man) looking very posh and dressed up in our local service station (like ready for a date posh). He had a bunch of red roses in his hand that he'd just bought. But his wife is away. He didn't come home that night. He didn't see me.

Someone I know has been to a solicitor behind her husband’s back to put something in place to ensure his kids from a previous relationship don’t inherit his half of the house when they both die. I’m assuming she’s been getting him to sign stuff without him realising what he’s signing.

My sister did this with a fresh fruit roulade that she buys from a posh bakery. She took it round to her in-laws when she fist met them, this was 18 years ago and she’s still buying it and passing it off as her own. She sticks it on a plate and shamelessly takes the glory!!!!!

She did attempt to make one and it was awful. We have to pray this bakery never closes.

Her in-laws rave about it 😆

Assume the SIL is her husband’s sister.

My FiL cheated on (now late) MiL when they were younger, after their children were born. I believe my MiL knew, but my DH doesn't. His mum died last year and we now have some caring responsibilities for his dad. I will take this information to my grave.

I don't think its correct that blood group is carried forward through the father. I have a different blood group to my dad and im 100% sure he's my dad.
Re: blood groups if both parents are O neg then their children will also be O neg.

Oh ok. I've never heard of anyone being tested 'for their blood type' unless they are giving blood products or requiring receipt of them. I also didn't know you have the same blood type as your father?
How can your blood type show who your parents are? Sorry if I'm being dense I'm finding it hard to understand.

Me too - he found out because he had a medical issue and when investigated turned out he had a DSD which results in complete infertility. His 'daughter' was a young adult when he found out and he was completely heartbroken. Now lives as a hermit drinking/taking drugs, getting into fights etc.