What were the first mumsnet threads you remember reading?

[Bluefinger]

The first ones that stand out for me were one which was a huge bun fight about piercing babies ears.

The other one was by an obviously depressed mum whose house was a tip and the social worker was coming to visit soon (there was no sympathy to be had)

I still wonder about "TwittleBee Woods"
and enjoyed the fat balls incident, and still wonder what happened to Softzilla.
The Mexican House thief was something too as was the Sistine Chapel, too many to count 🤣

Can't remember the first, but 'Penis beaker' will always be remembered as a classic thread...

I can’t remember order of threads but the ones that stick in my memory(ish)

Penis beaker
Party with water soakers
Yoni massage

Wolef coats
Naice ham

I also remember high drama when a poster's toddler DC had his ride on tractor/fire engine/truck stolen by a shitty neighbour.

The first game of Mornington Crescent. And of course no-one would ever forget the penis beaker thread.

back when there was a topic where you could post about yourself(can't remember what it was called) and Cod was having a massive go at someone on it.

@RufustheBadgeringReindeer

The one I remember and eventually joined mumsnet for was the woman who was taking her son to an outdoor party and he wanted to take a massive water gun but he wasn’t going to use it on people

She even said he was a bit of a handful!

Thread full of people going ‘no 😱’ and her going ‘but....’

I think you mean a Supersoaker

I joined shortly before the Moldies saga

I think her name was cupoftea

It was about her Dd Bea who had a life limiting illness.

A lengthy one about whether you should ask people to remove their shoes in your house or not.

I first found the Christmas forum though so remember feeling stressed because I did not have a poncetastic Christmas at all . Discovered the dreaded elf on the shelf thanks to that forum too, a good 9 years ago now so way before it became mainstream.

One of the first threads I remember being completely obsessed with was GEG. Where the OP had a crush on the gardener and they went on a date, it was such fun

I was very bored and very heavily pregnant and there was an AIBU about gender reveal parties which was very funny.
It was some point before Penis Beaker, but after Yoni as there were a lot of Yoni usernames and references.

I joined when it was all a bit Mean Girls and cliquey. Then Mouldies happened and I was rivitted .
I hated TRexing in the supermarket and penis beaker.

StateofConfusion and the people living in the car
MarmaladeTwatkins and Lemon Drizzle PTA

Pirate noises in the bedroom

There were so many amazing threads, Mumsnet is not like it used to be.

CopingVeryQuietly's multiple threads. Turned out to be a massive troll.

Not sure if this has been mentioned. The lady who lived in rural area. Strange things were happening. Think the title of thread was 'weird or not'
Scared the crap out of me.

[quote Animum2]@hen2018 - I didn't see your thread till after I posted mine, I've since reread that thread and it still gets to me[/quote]
I read this recently. I spent hours in tears. That lady was a wonderful, one of the earths beautiful souls.

Poo pouffe

Knives Forks Spoons

An AIBU about a woman who worked in a school. I think she'd eaten eight sandwiches from a share plate in a break room prior to the lunch break. A colleague had asked her not to 'piggy' all the sandwiches before everyone else had a chance to take one and she was upset at being called out.

She was mostly told she was being unreasonable and everyone shared stories of people hogging shared food at work.

It was a delightfully petty and silly thread. I don't even know I came to be on it, or Mumsnet at all, but I've been hooked on AIBU since.

I wish I could find it again, I don't remember what it was called.

2010 it was a thread about the sexiness of Justin Fletcher!

@Bluefinger

Luckymcducky did you not get baby centre boards recommended? They were my training grounds for mumsnet lol

same here circa 2004. All got a bit hunnish though, and soon found my spiritual home

I remember mine distinctly.

I was on FB and I had a suggested post from The Pool, it was something to do with feminism. I read the comments and someone posted a link to Feminism Chat and the thread was about facilitated men. I read every single post before falling down the MN rabbit hole. Then I lurked for about 18 months.

I still don't post on Feminism Chat but it's my favourite mumsnet board and I'm not exaggerating when I say it changed my whole outlook and worldview.
Thank you to the woman that shared the facilitated men thread.

Here's the thread for those interested...

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3082251-Men-whose-lives-are-facilitated-by-women-how-did-this-happen

There was a lady on the pregnancy boards at the same time as I joined (Dec 2016/jan 2017) who had given up on the idea of having children and was mid to late forties (I think). Her and her partner had tried but it never happened so they gave up and built a life without. She started feeling off and took a pregnancy test that was well out of date that she found in her cupboard and it was positive which was later confirmed by Dr's. She was in a state of shock I think. I loved reading that thread and was so, so happy for her. I always wonder what happened to her

I think it was Gina Ford