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

DNA tests revealed nearly all 12 of my Mum's brothers and sisters had different fathers.
Mum finally told us why when she was in her 70s.
Turns out Nan was a sex worker in the 1940s/50s.
No idea who our grandad was.

FANY was First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, naturally they became known as Fannies!

My DH’s company hired a British CEO from an Australian company—he and his family were wanting to move back to the UK. Despite having an assistant already in the role in the UK, he insisted on the company arranging a work permit for his Australian citizen “right hand man” from his previous company. This Australian assistant was a woman in her 30s who didn’t really have a role to do once she arrived in the UK, but was given a fab private office in the workplace.

My DH worked closely with the CEO, and they both realised that they lived in the same town—the CEO said that he was renting the penthouse of a newly refurbished luxury apartment block on the high street whilst his wife and kids were tying up loose ends back in Australia.

One Saturday morning my DH was taking our DS to a hair appointment at 9am, and they were hurriedly rushing down the pavement. DH and DS came face-to-face with the CEO and his assistant, nearly knocking them over. On the street where the penthouse was. At 9am on a Saturday. When the wife and kids were still abroad. An awkward conversation ensued, and DH hurried off to the hair appointment. #awkward

One of my colleagues has an only fans page!!

A couple of years ago I was hosting a couple of friends for New Year's Eve, pretty informal, a meal then managing to stay awake until midnight, we're all 70 plus! I saw in Tesco they had Finest Boeuf Bourguignon at £8, enough for 2, but they also had a 3 packs for £10 offer that seemed to include these. I took 3 packs, expecting them not to be in the offer, but they were so I served a couple of them on NYE, a few added bit, tiny mushrooms and onions, smoked bacon pieces and a bit more wine, very well received by the guests!

This family have two boys and one girl, so not the same.

That does remind me though of another family though (relative of a friend). The man married a woman who had a baby by a previous relationship. He took the baby on as his own and the child always thought him to be the biological father. They went on to have another two children. The marriage failed and the woman wanted child support for all three children. The man refused to pay for the eldest child because he wasn't his, so then the whole story was revealed. Not sure of the outcome, but it obviously must have been very traumatic for the eldest child.

Yes, I realised after I posted that it was DW2 and not DW3. But still….how did she manage to hide a pregnancy from the work colleagues that she was worried about knowing that the pregnancy was the result of an affair? How did she secretly adopt the baby out without colleagues ever knowing she was pregnant?

Not sly at all to keep your personal finances private.

😱😱😱😱

Brilliantly explained. Thank you.

How close are you to the bride/groom? They must know the setup, as they were the ones who extended 3 invitations.

Ok everybody, a quick lesson in blood groups:

Each of the four blood groups are made up of 2 of 3 possible characters. 0 (zero), which has no antigens, A (A antigens) and B (B antigen).

This gives us

• blood group 0 (00)
• blood group A (0A or AA)
• blood group B (0B or BB)
• blood group AB (AB)

00 + 00 =00
0A + 0A = 00, 0A or AA
0A + 0B = 00, 0A, 0B or AB
AA + BB = AA, BB or AB
00 + AA = 0A or AA or 00
00 + BB = 0B, BB or 00
00+ AB = 0A or 0B

It‘s possible to have a different blood group from one or both parents, but there are certain combinations that just aren’t possible, like you being blood group B and both parents being A, or being AB with a 0 parent.

Then you have the Rhesus Factor which gives you a + or - on your blood group. Most people are positive as - is recessive. But 2 - parents can’t produce a + child.

So blood groups is another way different parentage can come out.

Follow the money trail…..it will usually be the answer to your questions.

I knew 3 girls with very names beginning and ending with A was the middle one and the eldest had no idea her dad was not her biological dad

could be the same !

I posted on your last thread, about a much loved and admired 80s band member who has been having an affair with my friend for years. He's been married for decades and is publicly the epitome of wholesome family man.

Anyway they're still at it, his wife still doesn't know and I've distanced myself from the pair of them.

You need to spill… please

We might, if you told us 🙂

Are his clients female or male?

A friend worked for the Royal Family back in the day, and you wouldn't believe what they saw .....

A friend of mine (male) has decided to do sex work as a side-hustle and he loves it, says he's genuinely having fun doing this. I'm listening to his stories like 😲

This is obviously grim on many counts but would the fallout be worse if everything came out?

Thankfully, no.

Honestly, some of the things that happen in workplaces ...

Me too! It's a well known saying, I thought.

Already not speaking to her. I am not blowing up the life of a child in primary school. I found out about half siblings due to Dad’s 2nd family in my late teens and it was awful. But much more awful for my younger siblings. Her child might lose his home, his ‘Dad’ and his security. My sister has a low paid job and would probably end up pretty poor. I don’t care about her but I do want her child to be OK for as long as possible. I don’t know - maybe husband does know by now - I am very low contact so not in the loop for this reason. Maybe he has chosen to stay because he loves his ‘son’ and might lose access in a divorce.