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What's your Mumsnet History?

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BikerWife · 02/07/2020 20:32

Just being nosey really Grin

I came across MN in about 2006 when I was searching for info on childminders vs after school clubs. DC are now 25 & 19!

I've hung around active convos and at times posted quite a bit in the doghouse & chicken keepers (I Remember both those areas being created) as well as teenagers and step parening.

Had a break for a few years and came back during covid. I think I've had about 12 usernames.. I had a 'forever name' but lost it after some security problem with the site a few years ago.

I like it here Smile it presents me with different viewpoints and challenges my thinking about subjects. I reckon I've been spending maybe an hour a week on here the last few months. Think this is about the 5th thread I have ever started!

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ElizabethMainwaring · 02/07/2020 21:29

@Clawdy

HavelockVetinari what is FWR?
@Clawdy Feminism and Women's Rights
gamerchick · 02/07/2020 21:31

This is weird. First we get asked how long we've been on here and now what our history is?

GlottalStrop · 02/07/2020 21:35

Miscarriages brought me here and I stayed for the wit and intelligent discussion.

Interested in this thread?

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username4058382 · 02/07/2020 21:36

Joined 3 years ago after I had my first DD as I was always googling for baby advice. I regularly change my name as I often start threads normally worrying over something Grin. I think if people remembered me and saw all the threads together they would think I was bonkers. Blush

username4058382 · 02/07/2020 21:36

Joined 3 years ago after I had my first DD as I was always googling for baby advice. I regularly change my name as I often start threads normally worrying over something Grin. I think if people remembered me and saw all the threads together they would think I was bonkers. Blush

Llamazoom · 02/07/2020 21:37

2012 whilst on holiday in Devon, goggled something or other and Mumsnet popped up, stayed up half the night reading posts, didn’t join for a long time, the aggression on AIBU put me off, now I’m peri menopausal and aggressive myself I don’t care. Love Mumsnet.

Kettlingur · 02/07/2020 21:37

Came here for FWR and then started browsing the other forums.

gamerchick · 02/07/2020 21:39

ifeellikeanidiot

You've been here 10 years but only registered in 2017?

TracyBeakerSoYeah · 02/07/2020 21:39

I joined back in 2007 after my midwife told me about MN.

gamerchick · 02/07/2020 21:41

And you OP? You're a new reg or a name change to be asking such personal for a forum questions?

ranoutofquinoaandprosecco · 02/07/2020 21:45

In-law issues which made me discover Mumsnet and realise I needed to set boundaries. All good on that front now.
Then I've had some great support from the cancer group once I was diagnosed in 2018.
Like the words of wisdom and have taken a lot on board.

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BikerWife · 02/07/2020 21:47

Interesting reading! I wish I'd known about MN when I was pregnant and had babies/toddlers. Youngest was about 5 when I joined.

I've recruited a few friends over the years too, one of my closest friends has a ds with autism and I suggested MN to her and it has been a big source of info and support.

I've never really been 'flamed' but did post something on a thread I should have avoided (after a few glasses of wine!) that ruffled a few feathers so that inspired another name change! Blush

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AudTheDeepMinded · 02/07/2020 21:47

My sister showed it to me in 2011 when we both had new babies. Have been here on and off ever since, mostly under this user name. I usually loiter around chat and relationships. I once started a thread in AIBU and got my arse (unfairly) handed to me on a plate, repeatedly over several pages, so I don't tend to post there much! I love the quick wit of some of the responses, has me roaring!

mineofuselessinformation · 02/07/2020 21:47

I first came to Mumsnet (under another name), seeking help and advice for my multiple prolapses. The support I got was amazing, so I hung around.
I've loved the chat 'my yoni says noni' etc, and the incredible support that people offer to each other - that's why I've stayed.

ifeellikeanidiot · 02/07/2020 21:48

@gamerchick

ifeellikeanidiot

You've been here 10 years but only registered in 2017?

Blush typo. I joined in 2007. I wrote more accurately 13 years ago.
mineofuselessinformation · 02/07/2020 21:48

I first came to Mumsnet (under another name), seeking help and advice for my multiple prolapses. The support I got was amazing, so I hung around.
I've loved the chat 'my yoni says noni' etc, and the incredible support that people offer to each other - that's why I've stayed.

mineofuselessinformation · 02/07/2020 21:48

Sort for duplicated post - WiFi playing up!

Tiny37373 · 02/07/2020 21:49

Been here for about three years.

Change usernames almost weekly as I'm always paranoid about being recognised. Must have had hundreds!

Posted incredibly personal things about my health, sex life, anxieties, relationship worries alongside lots of mundane things like podcast and recipe recommendations.

Overall I think it's a valuable resource for really balanced advice and support but at times there are the superior trolly types who make me remember to take everything you read online with a pinch of salt.

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BikerWife · 02/07/2020 21:50

@gamerchick I've explained in my post that I've been registered since about 2006 and that this is my second account and about 12th name!

And as for 'personal questions' please feel free to only share what you wish?! Confused I'm pretty sure I've seen a lot more 'personal' things discussed on here!

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Zoflorabore · 02/07/2020 21:50

Mine was at a really shitty time in my life in 2014. Ds was in year 6 and had received his secondary school allocation on his 11th birthday and it was for an awful school and required him to get 2 buses each way, he has ASD ( high functioning) and I decided to appeal.

To cut a long story short, I ended up obsessed with the appeal and stumbled across MN one night when googling. I also found the “other place” but couldn’t stand all the tickers and yes I’ve been here since.

Ds officially finishes his first year of A levels tomorrow and has predictions of B’s for now which I’m more than happy with, he’s not and said he will do better.

We never did win our appeal and my MH was shattered and I’m still picking up the pieces of it all but my lovely boy had an amazing 5 years in a closer school that didn’t have the best reputation at the time but turned itself around and he won so many awards at GCSE prize giving he hardly sat down. All is good.

I bloody love Mumsnet Blush

happypotamus · 02/07/2020 22:02

I can't remember what I was googling when I first came across MN. I started reading and posting in about 2009/10 when I had been TTC for a couple of years, got there in the end (DC1 is now 9) and stayed around for information and entertainment through the baby years, breast feeding, non-sleeping DC2, etc.

Zoflorabore · 02/07/2020 22:08

Just to add that I would have loved to have been on here when pregnant with ds or dd who is 9. I often wonder how I coped without MN until I was 36!

RaspberryToupee · 02/07/2020 22:12

No children Shock so not children or pregnancy that brought me here. I’d heard MN be referenced a lot in various outlets but didn’t realise you could read without registering until about 2 years ago. Then I mostly lurked and read with interest. I signed up about a year ago when poking around on the feminism board and a man started a thread about wanting to genuinely understand everyday sexism and the patriarchy. Except he didn’t want to genuinely understand if it meant he had to adjust his behaviour. Hmm

Anyway, I still lurk a lot more than I post and I lurk in lots of different topics. I like seeing different opinions and looking at things from a different point of view. Plus I’m a nosey bitch but an anonymous internet forum lets me appear normal and polite to the outside world. I probably watch more threads than I comment on because I’m interested in the outcome. I’ve name changed once and won’t go back to that name. I also have an ‘outing name’ though, this is where I post details that could identify me but never on threads that are going to get particularly hairy and I don’t declare an opinion under this name, other than an innocent ‘I live near x and think it’s pretty’. It’s a safe outing because if someone does link it back to me, I look like the most boring poster ever.

Fanthorpe · 02/07/2020 22:13

Late night wandering round the Internet, over ten years ago. Came across a thread about a woman who was concerned about her parents moving closer, pages and pages later it transpired that her father had abused her and she found the strength to actually report him and I’m fairly sure he went to prison. The support and help she got was incredible. I was here for a few years, then upset someone by posting what I thought was a funny comment. I lost my confidence and left.

Came back last year for stately homes.

OntheWaves40 · 02/07/2020 22:15

I joined around 2005 When DS was born, probably googling about weaning etc because he was a nightmare.

I have been a regular ever since, a few name changes due to posts being outed by ex etc.

MN posters helped me escape an abusive relationship. Helped me when I started dating again to work out what was real and what wasn’t. Held my hand through birth of DD and hysterectomy. Told me AIBU on more occasions than I can remember!
I’m a woolly hugs hooker and remember lots of people gone too soon. I miss Zombie, her threads were ace.