Anyone else here been on MN since it started?

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Am not trying to be Clichy, So forgive the reminiscing.... but my eldest is now 22 and I remember MN becoming a thing about the time she was born, and today she left home good and proper...so it feels over, the whole being a clueless mum thing. The questions on here are on repeat and yet the answers are both the same and yet different as mumsnet was the ONLY social media out there at the time!!.

I Do remember being at work and keeping on clicking on the MN website, where the chats wouldn’t change all day! And then there was an amazing first meet up of all the mums, and I couldn’t make it and felt a bit jealous!

Justine et co must feel so proud of what they have created now, and their babies must also be grown up too, as is this website. Who could have guessed this is where it would be?

@Ihopeyourcakeisshit

It is much better now the Queen bee thing isn't as much of an issue. The fawning and constant 'who are your favourite posters, who do you miss?' threads were tedious.

Very.

I joined when pregnant with DS2. He'll be 20 this year

Been here since 2004, on and off. I remember all the drama with strapping she-who-shall-not-be-named to a rocket 🚀 to be fired into the sun or something

There was also a bit of drama between Mumsnet users and bounty debate chat board users at that time. Oh, and ivillage (that I got banned from, for saying fuck)

I’ve been mostly lurking since 2006 ☺️

Can’t locate membership number but I recall it was 800 something , been here 22 years as my 1st post was when DS was a couple of months old & not sleeping.

Wasn’t cool enough to be part of the moldie gang.

I joined when I was first pregnant, so 13 ish years ago. Still come on most days!

I was on Handbag when I had my first 15 years ago and then moved with the mass exodus to Damsels.

I think I joined Mumsnet when Damsels became inactive.

Just checked my number is in the 5100s

Joined in 2002 and lurked for years before plucking up the courage to post.

Baby lasts anyone ? 😬

Bugger I mean baby pasta

I joined around 2000 I think. Spent long periods on Mumsnet and long periods off it. Met one of my best friends through it.

Number 173029 from 2009. Many names later and still here.

Around 2005 for me! Went on a wee mini local meet up too.
Gone from the ttc chats to the menopause

Found MN in about 2003 / 2004
Not the foggiest about registration number though !
Only name changed a couple of times

I'm showing my lack of mumsnet knowledge... what was the mouldies Christmas situation of 2008?

Eldest is 21, this year so 2001 whilst pregnant not on this profile and been on and off over the years,

2011. Left for a bit when the android app dropped out and then came back.

@I0NA

The Mouldies petered out after a while and some of them snuck back in here.

Thanks for the info *@IONA*!

@Ihopeyourcakeisshit

It is much better now the Queen bee thing isn't as much of an issue. The fawning and constant 'who are your favourite posters, who do you miss?' threads were tedious.

I have to agree with this.

I used digital spy before mumsnet

I’ve no idea when I joined. One of the names I had was significant to 2010 though so it may have been a year or two before that and lurked even before that.

I did de-reg for a wee while so my number will mean diddly.

I didn’t get to any of the meet ups (work commitments and distance) but I reckon my face would have scared them all anyway!

I can't remember exactly when I joined but from the issue I think I was first looking for info on it would have been 2004/5 I suppose. My number is in the high triple digits though, which if they were issued sequentially seems a bit low.

I've been here since 2004. I'm on a mobile so can't check my number.

I've always had the same name too.

I remember the Mouldies being 2008 because I'd been to the Christmas Meet up that year.

I was also on BMC as well as Mumsnet, they served different needs at the time. BMC is still around on Facebook though but I sometimes struggle to remember people's old user names.

My membership number is 56490 and I joined some time in early 2006 I think.