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

Oh I love this!

Someone I know has raised their child all their life believing they are the biological father, found out when child was 16 that the wife had had an affair abroad at the time of conception and he isn't the father... Aside from obviously being very sad, there is a man out there who she didn't even get the name of that has a 16 year old child they know nothing about 😮

You really can't imagine a situation where she (for example) works out that her Dad can't be her Dad through e.g. blood types? It really doesn't require sophisticated insight into the medical records of a parent for this to come to light, especially when older parents lean on medical children for medical support, and disclose their own medical information.

My mind is blown too!

We can be dismissed for accessing medical information for non-medical reasons so I would say it's highly unlikely that she would find out through her work.

People over the road run a prostitution racket for the over 65s from their garage.

That sounds like the basis for a TV drama about forbidden love.

Late brothers child is not his, but a relatives.
Should I tell?

I’ll just leave this here and be back later

Agree, maybe actually the women are using the man to have children then he stays at home doing all the chores for everyone and looking after all the kids! Maybe it works out well for the women :-)

My DSis had my wonderful DN 23 years ago with donor sperm. Both she & BIL have no intention of telling DNiece at all, as 'Her dad is her dad & it won't change that'. Well, yes, but i think she should know. She's training to be a doctor, so I wonder if she'll work it out somehow via medical information as BIL gets older. They're super close & it bothers me she doesn't know.

Perhaps he’s a pet? Be good to think the balance of power in that house wasn’t one man controlling 4 women.

I work in a dagis (Swedish nursery). One of the married Dad's made a pass at my friend when she temped for him. He was quite persistent and constantly inviting her on dates. Next week my friend begins work in the same as his section his 18 month old daughter. Dad does drop offs, mum does picks up. My friends will be shadowing the morning handovers as they are keen on new staff getting to know the parents.

Same for the child, when he inevitably finds out through ancestry DNA testing or whatever. Shameful behaviour on the part of the cheating spouse.

what i can never fathom is how some people that they have affairs eg mil, or sil etc its like why when there family, yes not blood but still its like what makes it seem like temptation

Nope, not religious at all 🤷🏽‍♀️

We were talking about this this weekend - a friends uncle has died and had 4 children (adults now) 3 to his wife and one to her sister.
i then remembered a couple I knew who were raising her sisters two children - the husband had fathered one of them during their marriage.
it’s not common but all of us knew of an example where the father of the child was either the brother of his SIL’s kid or the mothers were sisters.
I guess sibling rivalry doesn’t always end at childhood.

Oh you’ve just reminded me. A horrible company I used to work for, most of the competent staff have left because of how toxic it is. current (patronising narcissist) managing director has no clue what he’s doing.

One of the only 2 people who are keeping the company afloat is currently on the sick (full pay for 6 months 💃🏻) with no intention of going back and the woman who is literally the one holding the company together has accepted a new job starting in August and will also be gone. No one knows and due to her role, the information she knows and has access to she will need to be put in gardening leave as soon as the hands her notice in

like you said, the owner and current MD deserve everything they have coming to them

Is it religion related? If so, what religion?

He must have, but I can't imagine how.
I met him once when he picked her up from work, and he was just a little, beige middle aged man.
Must have oozed charisma when he turned it on....🤔

That’s some seriously impressive grooming skills that bloke has.

I can't even imagine!
The womam I'd worked with (no. 3) was such a quiet, sweet woman who wouldn't say boo to a goose.
Thats partly why I was so shocked I think?

my mums famous home made steak pie that she’s often asked to bring to extended family gatherings is actually from the local butchers. She buys it and very carefully transfers it to her own pie dishes 😂

Oh and I know someone who went off on extended sick leave for ‘mental health’ just because they hate the job. They’re currently travelling and relaxing, on full pay. They plan to exhaust the 12 weeks of paid medical leave, return for a couple of weeks around the July 4th holiday when it’s pretty quiet, take 2 weeks of annual leave then hand their notice in and not do any work in their 2 month notice period. So basically get paid for doing nothing for a total of 6 months. All planned out.

I normally don’t support this kind of piss-taking but this workplace DESERVES it. 🙂

how in the pickle did they all arrange that ?

I’m an expat on a non-transferable visa (tied to my specific job, if I quit I have to leave the country) which has led to being treated like a second class citizen at work in some respects. Little do they know that I am due to get married to a citizen this summer and I will be applying for permanent residency straight away and will have the right to FUCK THIS JOB OFF and work anywhere.

But for now I am smiling and keeping quiet. 🙂