What do you want to thank Mumsnet for?

[PoohBearsHole]

So doing the large amount of stacked up ironing I realised I had mumsnet to thank.

10 years ago I applied to be a “tester” and ended up heading to London to find out how to iron “properly” -I won’t lie I learnt LOADS- and as a result met some lovely mnetters and received a Phillips steam iron. 10 years later it still does a fab job and I’d replace it in a heart beat. I also loathe ironing so this is quite a big deal for me!

What have you learnt, tested or can be grateful to mn for?

I want to thank them for allowing women to have a safe space where they can come and discuss issues of concern to them without being shutdown.

Good point! I was focusing on myself 😳

Hyperemesis support thread

I learned that my DD1 might qualify for extra time for her GCSEs. I asked, they tested her, she qualified. It helped her pass everything she took. I am very thankful to MN for that.

The wit, the intelligence, the brexit discussions, women's space discussions being allowed, being able to maybe help someone else hopefully.

I want to thank them for the music.

Support on the pregnancy boards whilst wondering if I was, and subsequently in, labour.

Christmas bargain threads, diet threads, dating threads, good advice on property and housework.

Most importantly a space where we are generally not censored and allowed to discuss women's rights.

It's brought home to me how much of a 'face' people have online, I take everything said with a pinch of salt now. I know a few people on here in real life, and the persona they present on here is completely false.

Penis beaker

I was under a different username then, but Lucinda and the ongoing hyperemesis support threads. Was a lifeline to me at a tough time. Thank you.

Lucinda on hypermesis support many years ago.

Also to an old TV thread which ran forever where I met a lovely lady who has become a RL friend

Thanks MN

Oh the classic threads - the Mexican house thief was very amusing (although not for the mnetter) and cutted up pear

I am forever grateful for coming to MN for advice on itching in pregnancy - it was suggested I ask for a liver function test as I might have ICP- I did have it, the consultant said my bile acids were some of the worst she!d ever seem so I was medicated and tested every 2 days until they decided baby was better out than in at 36 weeks.

I was fully expecting posters to tell me to put some moisturiser on or something!

Being allowed to swear when the occasion fits. Being able to change my user name when I need too, because I've disclosed too much personal information or need to talk about something deeply personal, and having the space to do that and be supported.

Got me through a lot of nasty health and life issues, and made me feel like however lonely I am as a woman and a mum, I am never alone in that.

For making me appreciate DH. He can be a dick & we've been through some tough times, but when I read about some of the manipulative, controlling & abusive partners some people have, it makes me appreciate being with someone who always supports me, no matter what.

The special needs boards. Learned a lot from the posters there over the last 10 years.

Ooh yes to realising dh isn’t the prat I sometimes think he is. And although she’s a pain in the arse on occasions my MIL is not as bad as many on here!

Thank you for finding one of our favourite colleagues ... a random conversation led to a great member of staff!

Thank you for allowing me to be a witness at a wedding for a Mumsnetter that I didn’t know - one of the best mornings ever!

Thank you for Woolly Hugs and the wonderful nutcases that run it. That is truly a magical amazing thing

Thank you for allowing us a space to talk, learn and have a bloody good laugh

I live MumsNet

MN successfully diagnosed my gallbladder problem a few years ago.

I also really appreciate my amazing, hard working and unselfish DH thanks to the utter wankers most women appear to live with.

My Babyliss Big Hair

FUCK... I LOVE Mumsnet

(But I do NOT love that we can’t edit!!!!!)

Learning to say no and feel okay about it.

So much amazing support with miscarriages.

Storing linen in a pillow case.

The best ever daal recipe.

Good support on step parenting, before the board got overrun by people waiting to pounce and slag any step parent off for anything at all

For the support in the days up to confirming by STBXH was indeed cheating, and for somewhere to escape in the last year during all the aftermath, sat alone each night while my DD sleeps.

Whether it's supporting someone else in the same boat or just reading stories of amazing CFery there's always something to fit my mood.

For supporting free speech