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so a year of mumsnet subscription from the end of the year my thoughts.

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adam7485 · 30/08/2021 17:25

ok hmmm. i didn't make a great start to the mn forums. i'm a guy who decided to make a username with a female name and post a thread asking about who had made friendships in real life from the group. ok not the brightest idea i had ever had as many people here thought i was using the forum to catfish. tbh in hindsight a totally understandable conclusion really, but as it is a forum where everyone is annonymous i never gave the username a thought and i said at the time i chose my old username based on the fact i would like the name if i ever had a dd. also the thread was perfectly innocent hindsight again. but to talk of the group in general, seen some great posts and some very supportive people use it something i think is testament to the admin that they are using this forum to help and be almost like a family. i know if i do have a family of my own this is a good forum to come to, ok yes bad eggs exist but they exist in every walk of life. keep doing what your doing and i look forwards to posting more with you. take care.

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Miraloma · 30/08/2021 19:15

Oh mate.

PickAChew · 30/08/2021 19:15

Crikey.

TerrificTeapot · 30/08/2021 19:20

I have zero idea why it was necessary for you to say you were a man posting.
Lord knows how many posts in and I still don't know if you have premium.
Finally I can't figure out if you've posted once and then lurked for a year or have been active for a year. I'm not sure I care. But you have dick so that adds more weight to your analysis? So maybe i should?

If i didn't know you were a man I'd ask: Do you want a welcome mat for the next year?

But you are a man (and I have to believe that because you said so and no-one ever lies on the Internet) : so I bow down in reverence as mumsnet has not been found wanting by the judgement of dick.
And then i ask if you want a welcome mat for next year.

Hard eye roll.

Interested in this thread?

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AhCheeses · 30/08/2021 19:22

@adam7485

ok cool to the pp who said just post and crack on. i think i wanted to so called set the record straight and make a new start on the forums because i have seen so many of the same posters on my previous threads and other threads that to an extent all be it virtually, you get to know each other. nothing more or less lol .don't do an evlis with a suspicious mind lol.
But... what makes you think anyone needs a record 'set straight' a year after you posted under a different username...?

Just move on, post/don't post, comment on thread/don't comment on threads under your new username, no one cares who you were/are... it's an anonymous forum.

I can guarantee in the last year no one has wondered what that guy is up to that posted under a female username and what his opinion of Mumsnet is a year down the line 🤷🏼

Member589500 · 30/08/2021 19:27

Yep. Sorry OP but we just don’t care.
It’s not you. It’s not because you’re a man.

It’s because it’s an Internet forum with millions of posts. Have you got something to say beyond your big reveal that you’re one of a million subscribers and…um…you are allowing mumsnet to continue with your blessing Hmm

PallasStrand · 30/08/2021 19:27

Are you like this at the AGM of the Village Bowls Club, too? Honestly, you get that you’re not addressing the UN, right?

BIWI · 30/08/2021 19:29

You don't have to announce what you're here for - you just crack on and post on the boards.

HTH

00100001 · 30/08/2021 19:33

Man here.

Good work women 👍

adam7485 · 30/08/2021 19:34

i'm me and only me and i rather a few beers and a good club then a game of bowls thank you nice assumptions. sheesh i made this to try and to an extent make connections and use the forum if i needed to not for all this rediculous abuse

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SmidgenofaPigeon · 30/08/2021 19:36

Sheesh 😂

Are you drunk? You sound drunk.,

JaneJeffer · 30/08/2021 19:36

Go in peace and do not sin again.

Wishingwell75 · 30/08/2021 19:36

I bet you were panicking were you, you know incase one of us worked out that you were actually a man. Bloody hell, you certainly like the riskier side of life. Did you create a persona to go with the name?
When will your annual report be ready then? What conclusions have you drawn during your covert operation - what exactly is this forum trying to achieve?

00100001 · 30/08/2021 19:37

Man here. You all definitely know who I am in a forum of thousands of subscribers and you need my opinion on your forums, I also must explain the purpose of those forums to you.

MountainAshley · 30/08/2021 19:40

What are you waffling on about Adam? It makes no sense.

PallasStrand · 30/08/2021 19:40

@adam7485

i'm me and only me and i rather a few beers and a good club then a game of bowls thank you nice assumptions. sheesh i made this to try and to an extent make connections and use the forum if i needed to not for all this rediculous abuse
You seem to have fundamentally misunderstood the forum after a year, though. You don’t need to announce yourself. If you have a problem, post on the appropriate board. If you want to start a bunfight, post on AIBU. If you want to feel sad and angry, read the Relationships board. And so on.

Grandstanding about your own misapprehensions, cat fishing, ‘the admin’ and ‘bag eggs’ isn’t necessary.

PallasStrand · 30/08/2021 19:41

Bad eggs.

Preg19 · 30/08/2021 19:43

Ah i actually clicked on this thinking it was a review on mumsnet premium 🙄😂

DifficultPifcultLemonDifficult · 30/08/2021 19:46

I just want to let everyone know that I'm not actually a difficult lemon, and I have a vagina.

I can't offer an opinion on the forum or its users, as my vagina keeps getting in the way, but I just wanted to clear any confusion up.

adam7485 · 30/08/2021 19:48

hmmm ok this has gone wrong which was beyond my intentions. i wont hide but maybe leave it now lol. its a closed family forum that's all hense why i felt i had to say a few things about the past but basicly i was saying what a great forum mumsnet is and how i have read many threads with some really good and practical advise.

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JaneJeffer · 30/08/2021 19:50

Why the sudden guilt though @adam7485? You could have carried on posting without a big announcement. I'm just curious not condemning you.

TwooThirty · 30/08/2021 19:51

i made this to try and to an extent make connections
In the kindest way; no one here owes you a connection.

If you’re looking to build connections try joining in some of the niche chat areas for things you have an interest in. I’m not saying you’re guaranteed any friendship but you‘ll have more luck rather than randomly starting a self absorbed sounding thread in chat. (But then as you ‘understand’ the forum you’ll know that already?)

CheckYourMalePrivilege · 30/08/2021 19:58

🤣🤣 This isn't going to go well for ya, OP.

LittleBrenda · 30/08/2021 19:59

its a closed family forum that's all
There are seven million registered members on Mumsnet, from all over the world.

Miniroofbox · 30/08/2021 19:59

Oh dear.

00100001 · 30/08/2021 20:00

I'm not actually a binary number.