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What was your teenage MSN/chatroom username

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OohKittens · 04/05/2021 06:47

Thinking back to when I first used the internet in the times of a/s/l on msn and lycos chat I was 14 and mine was lennonlover

* [Title edited by MNHQ for clarity] * **

OP posts:
paralysedbyinertia · 04/05/2021 09:09

No email address.

Both boys and girls did computer studies at my school...without any computers though!Grin

MrsDThomas · 04/05/2021 09:09

😂email address 😂

merryhouse · 04/05/2021 09:09

(gah there should have been THREE stars there...)

ceeveebee · 04/05/2021 09:12

The first time I sent an email I was 20! And my email address was boringly the typical full name plus year of setting up email ie ceeveebee2005@yahoo

Wtfdidwedo · 04/05/2021 09:17

If you're over 35ish then this question probably isn't relevant to you so why would you open the thread and say you didn't have one instead of just ignoring it?

I was born late 80s/early 90s and really grateful that I was a sensible child so used my full name! Most of my friends used something with groovy, angel or "sexi" in though.

Sparklingbrook · 04/05/2021 09:19

@Wtfdidwedo

If you're over 35ish then this question probably isn't relevant to you so why would you open the thread and say you didn't have one instead of just ignoring it?

I was born late 80s/early 90s and really grateful that I was a sensible child so used my full name! Most of my friends used something with groovy, angel or "sexi" in though.

Bit ageist. Thought this was MN Chat, we're just erm, chatting.
QueenPaw · 04/05/2021 09:20

Still have it Grin
rude when nude Grin

hennybeans · 04/05/2021 09:21

I just remembered, when I was bored of my Hotmail address I wanted a yahoo.com address. Except all the good variations of my name were taken so I very cleverly choose [email protected]
I'm definitely not French, but I thought that was very exciting and everyone always asked me why I had a French email address. I was about 19 and thought this was very sophisticated.

NicolaDunsire · 04/05/2021 09:26

I was clearly a very straight laced teen because mine was just my name at hotmail. Now it’s just my name at gmail, how life changes...

I remember seeing a list of email addresses for the PTA & being v surprised at the number of people still using email addresses like sexyangie69 despite being old enough to have kids in school Grin

itbemay1 · 04/05/2021 09:29

My first ever email address was my full name @hotmail.com. Had it now for years! My name is quite common/popular so I get quite a few emails meant for others.

Maggiesgirl · 04/05/2021 09:34

Email didn't exists when I was a teenager. In fact the Internet didn't exist. Not sure computers existed outside of NASA.

I got my first email address at 40. It was a Hotmail.com address still have the same one over 20 years later.

I do have another Gmail adress I use for when asked by junk mail and shops for an address. Cant remember the last time I looked at it tho.

SpaceRaiders · 04/05/2021 09:35

Mine is initial,surname21@.... I always look at it and wish I hadn’t put my age on the end, although I do now have four other email addresses.

My brother who’s now 40+ uses latexseanpaul followed by what was his age at the time. I can confirm he still uses it!

LubaLuca · 04/05/2021 09:37

@Wtfdidwedo

If you're over 35ish then this question probably isn't relevant to you so why would you open the thread and say you didn't have one instead of just ignoring it?

I was born late 80s/early 90s and really grateful that I was a sensible child so used my full name! Most of my friends used something with groovy, angel or "sexi" in though.

Because it's interesting for older people to read about the experiences of younger people. Possibly vice versa as well, so we tell our tales of days of yore...

There's no need to put a lid on harmless chat.

BlackAmericanoNoSugar · 04/05/2021 09:38

My first one was in my mid 20s, firstname.lastname.@hotmail.com. So dull. The one that I currently use is [email protected]. Somebody (young) was very surprised that I had that with no numbers after the name or anything, but I got it when they were beta testing and you had to have an invite from someone who already had a gmail address.

ClashCityRocker · 04/05/2021 09:41

HoodlumPrincessY2K Iirc...

I was neither a hoodlum nor a princess. I was in fact a slightly awkward, pudgy thirteen year old growing up in a rural Yorkshire Market town.

Of course, when asked a/s/l I was an eighteen year old female from London. Which used to lead to issues as I'd been to London approximately three times in my life to visit an elderly aunt who lived near Heathrow so my knowledge was rather limited...

MrsTophamHat · 04/05/2021 09:44

Mine was nickname2k2@hotmail

Until recently it was a more sensible fullnamebirthyear@hotmail but i've since changed to a more mature firstname.lastname@outlook

ChrissyHynde · 04/05/2021 09:47

Concept didn't exist in the 70's !

Sparklingbrook · 04/05/2021 09:48

@ChrissyHynde

Concept didn't exist in the 70's !
We aren't allowed to say it wasn't around when we were young, we should not comment on the thread apparently...
sashh · 04/05/2021 09:48

If you're over 35ish then this question probably isn't relevant to you so why would you open the thread and say you didn't have one instead of just ignoring it?

Wow.

I might not have had an email address but in VI form I was using a network of computers, knew about ARPANET and JANET.

In my first proper job in 1985/6ish I didn't have an e-mail address but we did have a fore runner and could message other branches.

Ladies the cringe teenage emails are still a thing, part of my 'applying to UCAS' talk includes using your college email not 'sexysussielikes...' even if you never check it, start checking it and using it.

Some of my friends had access to CB radio envy they had 'handles', it all seemed very exciting.I imagine they were talking to truck drivers.

Nope we were mostly talking to other teens, the truck drivers would occasionally ask us to go meet them but we were more concerned with school, make up, arranging to go out etc.

Email didn't exists when I was a teenager. In fact the Internet didn't exist. Not sure computers existed outside of NASA.

Babbage described the ' Analytical Engine' and 'Difference' engine in the 1800s, Ada Lovelace wrote the first program in 1843, I doubt you are that old.

MrsTophamHat · 04/05/2021 09:48

@ClashCityRocker

HoodlumPrincessY2K Iirc...

I was neither a hoodlum nor a princess. I was in fact a slightly awkward, pudgy thirteen year old growing up in a rural Yorkshire Market town.

Of course, when asked a/s/l I was an eighteen year old female from London. Which used to lead to issues as I'd been to London approximately three times in my life to visit an elderly aunt who lived near Heathrow so my knowledge was rather limited...

Oh God.... A/S//L !

We used to spend our entire IT lessons with chat rooms on in the background chatting to "lads"

Dollywilde · 04/05/2021 09:49

butterflyanarchist@...

Would you guess I was an emo Grin

MobyDicksTinyCanoe · 04/05/2021 09:51

MyFriendGoo (( sonic youth))

Homehelpneeded · 04/05/2021 09:51

Baby_shaaydee@

Blush

.....was still using it up until a few years ago double BlushBlush

Sparklingbrook · 04/05/2021 09:51

Nope we were mostly talking to other teens, the truck drivers would occasionally ask us to go meet them but we were more concerned with school, make up, arranging to go out etc

I didn't know that, I wasn't in the in crowd and probably imagined what it all involved and wished to be part of it and have a 'handle' of my own.

Pheebs2021 · 04/05/2021 09:56

Probably something about fairys or something I had quite a few like I don't know summertimefairy1997xxxxxx or something equally as cringe.