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Has anyone on this forum met in real life?

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Breastfeedingworries · 08/05/2019 07:59

I’m curious as I was part of a forum many years ago and after talking for years loads of us met up. Some traveled from Sweden, America, and accross Europe.

It was a planned meet up and we’ve stayed in contact for years. I’m not a (Geek) and have plenty of friends in real life.

Just wondering as a lot of posters seem close, and take comfort in their mumsnet friends if any of you have met up?

Found out where each other are based and been to visit? I bet some posters could live next door and not know.

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troppibambini · 08/05/2019 08:08

I was an anti natal group for my fourth child and there were a lot who lived in and around Manchester so we had a meet up.
Everyone was lovely but mainly first time mums and I had three at home with me so I didn't have a huge amount in common but it was a nice way to spend a couple of hours.
I still see one of them around occasionally (baby's are four now) and we say hi and have a quick chat.

LittleG69 · 08/05/2019 08:15

I was in the mumsnet pen pal group and have met my pen pal a couple of times. The last time my DH and I met her and her DH and DS. It was lovely Smile

juneybean · 08/05/2019 08:18

Yep the Durham mumsnetters met up fairly frequently back in the day :)

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BewitchedBotheredandBewildered · 08/05/2019 08:21

There's a board here called Mumsnet Meet Ups.

Usually a couple each year in London and lots of local ones arranged too.

The first one is a bit weird for most people but they're really good fun.

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Breastfeedingworries · 08/05/2019 08:23

Sorry I should of looked for that board first 🙈 I was just curious.

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foreverhanging · 08/05/2019 08:24

@BewitchedBotheredandBewildered I just tried to search that board but couldn't find it

foreverhanging · 08/05/2019 08:24

Ah wait I found it !!

englishdictionary · 08/05/2019 08:25

Not Mumsnet, and I never would because the idea that you can't 'out' yourself makes Mumsnet a very private place. Not easy to judge who you may be meeting. Someone might rock up and use the name of a well known and you would have no idea if they really were that person. I like to have something to go on when deciding whether to meet people or not. While I know anyone can present something they are not, it is much easier to make the judgement with information.

Other forums are much more transparent. I met with groups from 2 forums about 10 years back. One of them was a one off and we never met again, still have a few of them on FB that I keep up with. The other had regular meet ups for about 5 years then they fizzled out. I made one very good friend who I see annually (due to distance and general life) but talk to much more often. Still have all of those ladies on FB.

BewitchedBotheredandBewildered · 08/05/2019 09:00

It's true that there is a risk involved but the events I've been to have been pretty carefully arranged and the venue is not announced on the thread, everyone who has signed up gets a PM.

Daytimesleeper · 08/05/2019 09:04

I've not done it on MN, but I'd be interested to. I did once do it with a website that gave me a hell of a lot of support with some problems and they were lovely, kind and generous people online and in person. It was a great couple of days, and so unlike me to do it but I loved it.

nowshesaturtle · 08/05/2019 09:33

I've met up with several members of a very longstanding thread from a while back. It was lovely, we all went for lunch in London and then for a walk around. It was like we'd known each other for ages as we had, in a way. It didn't happen again because we were from all over the country and it was hard to organise, but we stayed in touch on and off board for ages.

underneaththeash · 08/05/2019 10:56

I used a post on a website called babyworld when I was expected my first (so 13 years ago), we met up several times in the first 3 years.

I inadvertently spoke to one of the mums at school about an au pair problem she was having and realised that she'd started a thread about the same issue the day before (and I'd replied to it). She was being completely unreasonable too, so that was a tricky one.

mogloveseggs · 08/05/2019 10:58

Yes quite a few.

Footle · 08/05/2019 13:19

I recognised the nickname of someone I knew slightly , but I knew her close relative very well. I already knew about the situation she was asking for help with. I was very surprised at her take on her own situation.

mogtheexcellent · 08/05/2019 13:24

Yep. Nowt better than having internet weirdly friends. Grin

I know several people through the baby month groups and via another forum who defected to here. Plus have met loads at womens place meetings. Cant remember or don't know their usernames though so their secret identity is safe with me.

AintNobodyHereButUsReindeer · 08/05/2019 13:54

I have met MNers twice, and they're both really close friends now. One I met through The Doghouse talking about Greyhounds, she was super helpful and I ended up adopting her Greyhounds half brother and we stayed in touch, I went to stay with her a couple of times and she came to my wedding!

The other one I posted a thread asking about texts from school and she responded to my thread saying "I got that text too!" And after a few back and forth questions it turned out we both had a child not only in the same school, but in the same class!

horizontalis · 08/05/2019 13:59

I know two - niche hobby Grin

TrySinging · 08/05/2019 14:07

I went to Germany with a group of MNetters as part of a product test. Was great fun!

Rufusthebewilderedreindeer · 08/05/2019 15:18

I met two mumsnetters in a coffee shop local to me in the south

We had a lovely chat and they seemed very nice...it was supposed to be part of a bigger meet up but it was just the three of us

Nothing since though...and i don't remember their names

Real or mumsnet names!

GarlicGrace · 08/05/2019 15:30

Yes! There's only one I haven't stayed in touch with - she was lovely, it's just that we had little in common apart from Mumsnet and a location.

If you've become MN-friends through a shared interest or issue, or were supporting one another through a difficult time, you're almost guaranteed to feel great about meeting irl.

donajimena · 08/05/2019 15:37

No, but I have a few mumsnetters on Facebook. One of whom sadly passed away. I would have loved to meet her Sad

isseywithcats · 08/05/2019 16:14

quite by accident yes, i work in a charity shop and i was at the counter taliking to the other lass working that day, a lady heard her call me issey and she said are you isseywith cats on mumsnet said yes she intrduced herself by her name on here that was it but it was nice to breifly meet another mumsnetter, not so nice was someone who recognised me on a post and tore me to shreds over something i had said no idea who this person is or how they knew who i was but it wasnt comfortable

GarlicGrace · 09/05/2019 18:47

Urgh. Sorry to hear that, issey. Nice story about the charity shop lady, though!

NewAndImprovedNorks · 09/05/2019 18:53

Yes!

I attended a Mumsnetter’s wedding as a witness (didn’t know her...have now lost touch, that’s what she wanted)
Was delighted to meet a couple of local mumsnetters who came to see me at work, one of whom I see quite regularly and am always delighted to see.
Knotty and Pistey (Woollyhugs) dropped in for tea in the garden...celebrities walk amongst us!

But so many other really lovely connections. One of my faves was making about a mile of bunting for someone’s wedding...to which I was then invited (had to decline...just toooo far away)

I love MumsNet

SrSteveOskowski · 09/05/2019 19:04

Not on here, but a few years back I was on a (now defunct) cooking forum and became quite friendly with one of the ladies there who lived in the UK (I'm in Ireland)
Even though she was 30 years older than me, we really hit it off, and she invited me over to stay for a few days.
That was about 5 or 6 years ago now and we've been back and forth so many times at this stage that I've lost count.
Herself and DH get on like a house on fire too.

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