Come and celebrate our new [thanks] emoticon by saying Thank You to a Mumsnetter who's made a difference. Spot prizes to be won and all!

I just wanna say to any Mnetter who takes time out ever to answer a genuine plea genuinely and using their considerable wealth of experience. It's that kind of help in a huge variety of situations, often in crises, that makes MN the valuable resource it is. I especially want to send to all the brave gals who have passed through or stayed in the Hut of Gl/doom over the years for continuing to support each other despite immense personal sadness of their own (yes, lissie, I'm particularly looking at you!).

to mrz who consistently dishes out honest advice and practical help over in primary education.

And to flowery for all the help and advice on employment issues.

And to thefirstMrsDeVere for just being you...wisdom personified.

to all those on the carseat advice threads, who promote the use of rear-facing carseats for longer than one year old. Valuable information.

And dittany. I learned a lot from you.

to Carrie and Justine

to all my friends on our 40 Towers thread

to fellatio for letting me embrace my inner ponce

to Amberlight for broadening my view of the world, and letting us into your world.

to the tea room crew for being my mates.

I would like to send to LuluMama as if it wasn't for her encouragement I really don't think I would of gone on to have dd. Dd turns one on Saturday

My goes to kingprawntikka

I saw what you did today in the mental health topic.

to Constance for appreciating my humour. The people who do are on a short, but imortant, list

to the posters on the school appeals threads, admission, prh47 and panelmember in particular. I joined MN after searching for help on a primary school appeal for a friend. Their advice is brilliant and they, like so many others here, give their time and help for free. Thanks to them my friend won her appeal.

Thanks to babyheave to reading my crap like all the time and being forever understanding not to mention untiringly witty. She has so much to deal with herself, so much more than I, but alwAys knows what to say and delivers with great humour.

My thanks also goes to another of my mm commorades who is under cover ATM but she knows who she is

to KBear who came over and chatted to me last weekend at the Westfield MN Spyrokids event. Was nervous of meeting anyone, we are now fb mates and everything.

Chaos for making me
to the SN regliers
Pagwatch for naming me
to anyone who has ever read, listened and responded to my many moans, gripes, whinges and panics ove the years. Too many to name.

Thanks to babyheave to reading my crap l

More for the lovely nobdies been having a bit of a 'mare recently in RL and they have been there and kept me laughing which is what is needed. nobblies!!

And too to MN - I so wish I'd found you six years ago

and to those who thanked me. It's an absolute pleasure to help women with their tricky employment issues, and I always feel great when someone comes back and says their employer is now paying them holiday pay during their maternity leave, or is giving them their childcare vouchers or whatever it is. Updates are great.

(AIBU to also feel a bit as well as when, after I tell someone "er no your employer is absolutely right actually" they frequently slink off never to be seen again..?!)

Employees are in a vulnerable position as often they don't know their rights and/or don't know how to exercise them, and/or can't afford legal advice. So although I don't take on private clients in RL, I'm glad to help on here. Keeps me on my legal toes as well!

I would also like to say to MN. Many many posters have helped me in the past, seeing me through from newborn stage with my PFB to school age, and hundreds of non child-related stuff as well. I've spent a fortune thanks to the S&B threads as well, and learned so so much from all sorts of topics. Although I am so busy I rarely post outside Employment much any more, if I need to know something, the MN search function comes into it's own, and I do a lot of lurking as well.

Thank you herbie

(Have ditched Sancti again, I get sick of saying (BTW you do know I am peachy right?) )

to all on the DueMay09 thread. What a lovely, supportive, strong group some of with whom I am now friends in RL. I don't know where I'd be without you! Though we're not as active now on the Postnatal thread, I will always remember the advice, sympathy, friendship we've shared in pregnancy and the early tough days .

to so many people on here over the last 4 years, but especially chaos, pinot, networkguy, frameymcframe and hully for so many kind words on a recent issue which was causing me pain - you were very helpful and your kindness is and was appreciated.

to Cod because Twitter told me to say it

to Reality for finally giving birth, lest we all think that pregnancies last forever and ever and ever

to scummymummy. She doesn't post here anymore so this is a bit redundant. but she travelled all the way from london to brighton to see me for only i hour that i could get off work at lunchtime. and this would have cost her a bomb on the train. You see this was a few years ago. There was a dv incident and my life just melted into a big puddle of piss. Scumster bought me a bracelet, a blingy bling bracelet. she sat with me whilst i cried in a cafe, she listened to me and then she walked me back to work. She has never made me feel guilty for my subsequent decisions and has remained my friend. She is one of those people that you meet who cannot be mean about another person. she is stunningly beautiful and frustratingly wise and witty. I miss you scummy.

decapitatedgreenteapotlegoman you have made me cry. And it was my real pleasure.

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