Vipers' nest? Come counter our hissy rep with your stories of Mumsnet Niceness

And Nancy Mitford is an atrocious cunt.

Thank you lovely bof.

Where I mentioend earlier the gifts I was sent when I was ill it was bof who sent them. I was very ill and more than that really worried that I wouldntn get better, it was genuinely one of the lowest ebbs of my life. That meant a huge, huge deal to me.

I also am delighted to be an arrocious cunt. My dd doesn't get it, when I told her we call each other that as a sign of affection she was truly horrified!

And pistey - I love you. What you and the knitters do is truly lovely.

When I need to Properly 'know' the answer to something or just need some advice I've always found it here.

I detest the the pseudo-mnetters that try to put spanners in the works so to speak but they are few and far between and the real cunts amongst us can suss them out for what they really are.

MNHQ these are for you....

And as for the rest of you

That'll be Billie's Party held in the South Pole will it? It certainly bloody looked like it. And, anyway, it was my pleasure. DD3 and I had a blast xx

I am always in awe of posters like AF, getorf and TSC.
The kindness of people like BIWI, fuzz pig, ellenjane, moosemama, star etc
My lovely lovely post natal group...5 years on and going strong! :)
The great and knowledgeable advice from people like cogito and pigletjohn.
I am humbled by the bravery and humour of posters like mrsdv, trazzles, expat, cupoftea...
Simply, my life is richer for having access to these amazing people.

Never, ever, ever would I so be pleased to be called an atrocious cunt. It's a real accolade here

I'd also like to say a massive thank you to MNHQ. Some of you I have met, many of you are just 'names on a screen'. But without exception, you are all part of the lovely fabric that is MN. And we must try your patience many times over!

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Awesome cross post Reality! I love we both declare massive love for 'my' atrocious cunts

Oh good lord, wherever can I start?

First, when I made the decision to return to the UK after my relationship fell apart was the tremendous support form people on here, finishing up with a complete stranger had me, my youngest DD and my mother to stay, in the arse end of nowhere in France, as a break stop in our 1300 mile drive home.

Then, when I was having an awful time trying to get some maintenance from DD3's father and spending a lot of time up at the High Court - just knowing I could rant and sob was an added strength.

When I was diagnosed with cancer late last year the support was mindblowing. I received parcel after parcel with wonderful goodies from a beautiful hand knitted hat to sticky toffee puddings and chocolates to wine, gin and a whole damn load of chocs and flowers. Another bunch clubbed together to give me something to spoil myself with. A case of wine came from elsewhere.

The MN Secret Santa made me cry with generosity of posters to both me and all the other receivers.

Wooly Hugs well, what can I say.

There are other things too, but they were under a name change that I'd rather not link to this name as it was a very sensitive and personal matter. But the overwhelming kindness shown to me by three particular MNers will leave a warm glow for ever and a day.

I fucking love Mumsnet. i can truly say that some of my dearest and most amazing friends, who will hopefully be in my life forever, were met on here.

My atrocious cunts in particular are, quite simply, beyond awesome.

I agree with Reality's lovely post. It is like having a million lovely, shouty, don't fucking mess with me type people. All standing behind you, willing you to succeed.

4 years ago my DD was only 11 and suicidal. She was diagnosed with anxiety and OCD. She got incredibly scary intrusive thoughts about having the urge to cut her wrists or throat.

I was absoulutely devastated. I had friends and family to talk to and they were marvellous but I wanted to talk about it constantly and try to find out as much as I could.

Pixieonaleaf started a couple of threads to talk about OCD in children and adults. It was a lifeline. She was so kind.

I wasn't posting much for a couple of years and missed up what happened with pixie, but I'll always be grateful to her and the others who posted how OCD has affected their life, both as children and adults.

I've gone back to Reality to post this, because it's important.

MN is such a big, important part of my life.

I have made so many real true friends on here who I speak to every day. They make my life better in both tiny everyday ways and big lifechanging ways.

There was a cohort of MNers at my wedding . This is the first place I go to share good news and bad.

The advice and help I've received has been immeasurable. It's often like having a million people on your team. Slightly scary, shouty people, at that.

An MNer gave me a Kindle, because she never used it. That piece of random generosity was overwhelming. But I've also been sent chocolates, blankets, books, a spork, cards, all sorts of lovely things. Each and every one of them is as wonderful as the others (although the spork has a special place in my heart).

You've all seen me through some weird and wonderful times and I wouldn't be without you all.

But I have to say, out of all of you, my atrocious cunts are the most amazing group of women I have EVER had the honour to know and I count myself very blessed to have them as my friends. And that's all thanks to MN.

I can testify that MI is indeed a v nice person. Despite what some posters think of journalists.... There are a load of us on here who joined because we wanted to natter, rather than for nefarious reasons.

Loads of positive stuff on here that has already been mentioned. Lots of people who happen to know about stuff - medical, or financial, or legal, or consumer rights, whatever - give their advice freely and responsibly, pointing people in the direction of RL help. MN can always give you a way to navigate the system, whether it's the NHS or any other form of authority that doesn't always make it straightforward for people to get fair and appropriate treatment. I remember one thread about a very young girl being groomed online where the local copper had basically shrugged his shoulders and told the girl it was her own fault but MN made sure OP got pointed in the right direction (CEOPS).

And abusive relationships. There must be hundreds of MNers who didn't realise how badly they were being treated until a bunch of strangers said, hang on, you deserve better than this.

That was one of my favourite threads, NK2

Not finished reading because I'm sobbing too much into my wine. But just wanted to say only on mn can someone post asking for witnesses to come to her wedding and within hours all had been arranged. Two lovely mn's attended and posted pictures. The rest of cheered from afar. Only on mn

I feel myself on here. I have no real desire to meet anyone on here in RL, but it is enough to know that there are other people out there who feel the way I do about myself, and about the world.

There are many topics I have never posted about, but the advice given to others has supported, informed and educated me - notably domestic violence, ASD, breastfeeding, feminism etc.

Such clever, kind, articulate women.

Reads and reaches for tissues....blub.

mrsdevere I am honored to run for Billie and for whatevertheweathers did Erin :) xxx

Mumsnetters really helped me when I was feeling really shit about my appearance and the pain I was going through.

It was small scale compared to some but didn't make it in any way less. If youget what I mean..

Ferret's full of woe thread

Also the fucking amazing atrocious cunts who i'm honoured to call actual real life friends.

gah, posted too soon!

Essentially, I love this place.

Sure, there are some gits about, but they are outnumbered by the good, funny, clever folk - bit like real life, but always always there. Love it :)

All of the above, the kindnesses and great advice, the community spirit and social conscience which, with a bit of levering here or a chain of goodwill there can result in some great life changing moments of pure lasting good.

The swearing! That's freedom, and invites all comers.

Aside from the big threads (all the wooly hugs, and related posts), I have personally loved the support (and ridiculousness) of both the september '09 and june '12 ante/post natal threads. I've met some fantastic women through both groups, and had a lot of giggles and a lot of support.

Tiktok/EauRouge/TruthSweet and others have helped me go from 'not sure about this breastfeeding malarky' to 'mad extended bfeeding tandem feeding hippy' (thanks also go to StealthPolarBear for just saying she was ebfing her DS on the sep 09 threads - that normalised it for me massively!)

The small sexual assaults thread helped me massively too - made me feel less alone.