has actually friendships come from mumsnet?

[KirstyT79]

hello. i was thinking about this. has anyone posted for advice on here and actually made a good friend or soulmate?. we are all using made up names with no photo, for me i decided to have a johnny cash moment. i am a man actually, but i have always said if i had a daughter i would call her kirsty as i liked the name. so i chose it as a user name for MN. but who hs broke away from mn world and actually met up together in the real world? i am curous.

Yes, lots.

One group of friends of 10+ years standing...we all met on a thread about our favourite actor and are still in touch via FB and meet up in various groups when we can according to logistics and location. Our teeny primary school kids are all making uni choices and having driving lessons now .

Another group of about 5 years standing...met on a divorce thread when we were all in the early stages of ending our marriages. We've only managed to meet up once but are in touch at least weekly and some of us more often.

Currently on a thread where another poster is fairly local to me so we're planning to meet up for a coffee at some point.

Have met a couple of men on here too...

Yes, we were on an "OTBT" thread & went to a workshop at MN Towers. One of us then set up a website, from which we organised Meet Ups. I would say one is now a good friend (waves in case she happens to be reading this) & the woman who set up the website would be if we lived closer.

I have a friend who I met on an online forum and we still talk 15 years on. Wasn’t on Mumsnet though, but I can see it happening here too.

Oh yes. I have a few Facebook and real life friends through mumsnet. Mostly through infertility threads

Waves to BumsNet friends

No. I've met a couple of people from other online forums but they were weird so I won't be doing it again and to be honest it's not something I'm interested in anymore.

Yes. Antenatal group started on here and went to FB - met several of them irl many times over the years 😁

I used to go on netmums before I discovered mumsnet. I met up with someone on the local meet a mums board on there, we’ve been best friends for around 14 years now

On the whole, these days people on here tend to like the anonymity and there's a lot of fear of being 'outed' which doesn't really sit well with meeting up any more.

I mean we'd be horrified if our kids wanted to meet up with some random they met on the internet and OLD isn't without it's pitfalls as far as personal security goes.

I've made some friends through FWR. It's been a wonderful experience.

Waves at @HettySunshine

Best group ever!

@Londono

I've made friends with people I've met on Twitter who I know are Mumsnetters too if that counts? We were all radicalised by Mumsnet and attended a Women's Place UK meeting and met a fab group of local women there.

Yeah same. FWR mumsnetters are ace.

Yes, I have a close group of Weird Internet Friends who met on a long- running thread about a TV show here. We've met up as a group several times, and also twos and threes etc have met up depending on geographic location. We talk online every day.

On the whole, these days people on here tend to like the anonymity and there's a lot of fear of being 'outed' which doesn't really sit well with meeting up any more.

That, and there’s a lot of animosity in some circles towards some of the more prominent posters on the feminism boards - to the extent of them trying to get threads deleted or posters banned. I’d want to be extremely certain who I was dealing with.

Also waves at @HettySunshine !
I was diagnosed with cancer in 2013, just after DC3 was born and my antenatal group got me through it!

I've met 3 lovely ladies in real life (through our baby group). My DH and I hosted a meal for one of the three and her husband too. It was great 😊

Yes. No idea what they are called on here now but we speak in real life.

Yes, from my first pregnancy for dd back in 2010. We are not close but do stay in touch.

Yes. From a long running thread on the gardening board some time ago. We set up a private FB group and still chat on there, and share photos and gardening questions.

When one lady was having health problems and couldn’t manage her garden, those of us near enough to get to hers met up there one day to blitz her garden. It was lovely. I also went a Monty Don talk with one of them, and met up with others to swap plants when I have happened to be in the area.

Yes, lots of them. I have met quite a few and talk to others daily/weekly.

Yes, but again via a Facebook group. Facebook is a good half way step between the anonymity of mn and actual real life.

I have a very dear and close friend whom I met on a Trip Advisor forum.

Yes, saw one of them on Sunday

Yes. Very close to my birth group that started on here 5 years ago!

I've made several friends IRL via MN. You just start PMing and it goes from there.