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

Here you go positive press right there! This is the February Baby Bus of 2012, and we all have 40 odd new best friends thanks to Mumsnet!

drfay your thread was inspirational.

And agree snice MN has made me a nicer person. I have no knowledge of SN children (for example) in RL and what people have to deal with day to day, MN has been a real eye opener in that regard.

I felt so strongly I said it twice!

Everyone else has linked to lots of other great threads but what I would like to say in addition is that I think MN has made me a nicer,more tolerant person. It gives me unparalleled access to women from all walks of life with all sorts of dilemmas and challenges that wouldn't have crossed my radar otherwise. I think reading about their lives has forced me to face up to the fact that some of my beliefs and opinions were nonsense!

What was that story where a mumsnetter was stuck in Italy (or somewhere) because of the Icelandic dust cloud and she moaned about it on mumsnet, and a mumsnetter put her and her kids up for a week or so?

And even though it was a troll, it is very kind to think that someone put themselves out enough to take some clean knickers to someone who shat themselves in the loo at Waterloo station.

Everyone else has linked to lots of other great threads but what I would like to say in addition is that I think MN has made me a nicer,more tolerant person. It gives me unparalleled access to women from all walks of life with all sorts of dilemmas and challenges that wouldn't have crossed my radar otherwise. I think reading about their lives has forced me to face up to the fact that some of my beliefs and opinions were nonsense!

When my ex left me and I just wanted to die, MN saved me. The wonderful support from women going through the same thing was so helpful. The kindness and advice as well as the laughs.
Give me vipers any day

I've been on the receiving end of so much loveliness from Mumsnet, I hardly know where to begin.

When school first raised that they thought DS had problems and all the way through until he was ultimately diagnosed with Autism, the SEN support boards were absolutely wonderful and gave me so much support, it made what was a heartbreaking situation much easier to deal with.

The atrocious cunt who when my DH lost his job and I was too ill to work, sent me a Sainsburys's shop complete with a wine box. She doesn't even live in the same country as me.

The wonderfull MNers who donate to the xmas appeal. The presents for my children in some small way made what had been an awful year for them end on a brighter note.

The biggest thing was the support I got as I slowly went mad with a total breakdown from a long running thread here that supported me until I went into hospital I'm having a crisis moment to the thread where I was so scared I was going to harm myself, but people talked to me until I got through to the crisis team and the drugs kicked in. Is anyone there

That was a dark time and a very, very dark night. I don't know what I would have done without MNers that night.

I've done forums for years. Never have I found anywhere as supportive, caring and fun as Mumsnet. Never have I made so many friends as I have here. If I lost my MN friends, I'd have to delete half my facebook contacts, but they're not just virtual friends any more. They are living, breathing people who I meet up with and who are part of my life.

MN also brought to me my bezzie mate EverybodyKnows. So for that alone, I love MN.

I think MN is so important especially in this modern world where a lot of people relocate every 5 minutes and can end up somewhere miles away from family and friends at an age where it is so difficult to meet new people.

I am very happy that my finding MN coincided with my moving miles away and going from a couple of close friendships to having nobody to talk to within a 4 hour drive.

I met some great friends through here. We call ourselves the wagoners an have been chatting since 2007! We have met and support each other.

Also the support shown to expat, trazzle and the teaset - the fact that calling a family the teaset garners recognition here.. Its all testimony to the fact that whilst no punches are pulled here, support is here when needed.

Without wanting to sound like a monumental twat, the way MNHQ is part of the community is pretty impressive.

It's a business and yet they generally respond to complaints and concerns about their commercial aspects.

And they manage the really hard task of moderating etc when required with good cheer.

In RL I'm very isolated. I live 400 miles ( I think) from family and dp works looonnnnggg hours. I'd never admit it but I'm very lonely.

I come on mnet and suddenly there is a whole community there to talk to, laugh with and cry with. Suddenly I'm no longer lonely.

In particular for me there are the frequent posters of the sweary thread. I've had pm's with offers of support, both practical and financial as well as emotional an most of all they give me a blooming good laugh!

I realise I sound really soppy but I genuinely would feel utterly alone if it wasn't for you guys!

On another note I want a knitted viper!

Oh gosh I've just read EMIN's thread and am crying - what an amazing story.

I remember so many of these threads and am loving re remembering them again. The kindness and support is why in my darkest times I turn to Mumsnet and why I stick around during the good times to give advice myself.

Mumsnet is the place you can rant, cry, scream and shout with out fear of judgement. With out a doubt there will be someone at the end of a computer who has felt the same, has gone through similar and can be a listening ear to say, there is a light and I am it, I have been through it and am still living.

I've met some of my best friends on Mumsnet and hope to continue using Mumsnet for many many years to come.

I LOVE Mumsnet and its wonderful, kind and caring members.

I think MN in invaluable in many ways - it's so big that there's always someone who's been through what you are. When I had a molar pregnancy and was feeling very low, having lost dd1 a couple of years before, I had a fantastic cheerleading squad throughout my follow up, who did lots to allay the indignity of sticking my piss in a postbox on a regular basis... Also remember aitch MNing from hospital when wee dd2 arrived very early. YY to spookycharlotte, and the house cleaning thread. And funnymummy(?)'s "radical feminist visitors" when in a psychiatric hospital.

And i had a lovely PM from an MNer who was offering support now that my dd has alopecia - it's just invaluable.

I don't come on the site very often and this is only my second post as I'm very good at putting my foot in it and have learnt to hold back or I will stress about offending anyone, but I love the news roundup I get by email - it really does genuinely make me LOL (and I'm far too old to be using that phrase). It makes me feel I'm in a sisterhood of seriously witty, clever, genuine and friendly mothers and even if I don't agree with everything I read I think this is a fab place to come and is certainly making my day more pleasant as I sit in waiting for British Gas to turn up - although the reruns of Top Gear on Dave ja Vu this morning were the day's highlight!

oopswww.mumsnet.com/Talk/mumsnet_classics/1635701-Today-I-Am-Packing-A-Bag-And-Leaving

we are a lovely nest of vipers. This is one of my favourite cleanups

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/mumsnet_classics/1635701-Today-I-Am-Packing-A-Bag-And-Leaving donewithit]]

Also, the thread where TrinityRhino was at her wits end and a bunch of MNers went to her house to help her. And the thread where there was bed tag all through the country to get a bed for her DD.

All the relationship threads where the best advice is given - not always LTB.

SilveryMoon spot on

The lovely things of Mumsnet.
I have personally been touched and overwhelmed byt he Christmas appeal. The kindness and thought from utter strangers is amazing. I've received in this appeal twice and both times it brought me to tears.
The thought, not to mention the money, that went into gifts that me and my family received was truly amazing.
The advice and support I've had on here over the years enabled me to get through times where I thought I just couldn't cope.
The friends I have made on here are some of the most special I have. They know me better than my RL friends and I feel I can talk about anything here.
The way that many posters just pull together when it's needed, the threads I've seen, th effort I've seen people go to on here for near strangers.

Poisonous bitches don't do that kind of thing. Poisonous bitches don't send Christmas Presents to strangers, just because they can. They don't knit blankets for families who have lost someone far too soon, they don't organise getting together and clearing out someone else's house because she's struggling. They don't make sure they return to threads when someone is going through a bad time to let them know they are there. They don't welcome people onto threads and new topics without question. These are not the actions of a bunch of vipers. These are just some of the actions of warm, kind, caring people who all know that everyone needs a shoulder or a helping hand every now and again.

Expat. [broken heart emoticon]
The support and compassion shown to me throughout my diagnosis with serious birth injuries and the operations I've had to repair these. Without the kindness of these wonderful women, I would have fallen apart. MN has been my lifeline. Thank you to all of you X

YY Wilson re chickenpox.

My postnatal group have kept me sane the last few months during some tough times.

The Bloggers' Network have also been a great source of support and entertainment.

Mumsnet generally gives you what you need at any given time: debate, strength, support, a laugh or a slap. And as of this week we all know where to go if we have a lonely yoni.

What more could one expect from just one website?

Worried55555 where her DP ha gone missing and feared he had done something stupid. The support and help with posting his picture in Facebook etc. I was glued to the thread willing for him to come home and praying for them. Happy ending but they have a tough road ahead.

When I had ds2 and was struggling to bf the very first night in hospital, and was crying and not understanding what was going on - I didn't get the best support from my midwives, I got it by starting a thread on MN and almost immediately having lovely supportive advice from others who had been there too. I've started many other threads for help, but I always remember how "not alone" I felt that day, especially as compared to my pre-mumsnet days with ds1.