Things Mumsnet really helped you with a gratitude thread

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Last year when my mum died I had sone really stellar advice to appoint a solicitor to deal with the estate and to contact the local ones see if they had her will. I did appoint one and she has been amazing and really got me organised. I wouldn't have done this otherwise as it's not been advice I got anywhere else.

Just want to say a huge thank you and ask for your mn positive stories xx

Keep thinking of more 😊 I am a survivor of abuse and MN is really great at reminding me to have stronger boundaries and higher expectations of other people's behaviour than I might otherwise have.

I've just cleaned my stairs properly for the first time in four years, thanks to the MN 'use a rubber glove' tip.

And everyone told me that my relationship with my XP was wasting my time. I protested and procrastinated, but knowing that it wasn't just me who thought some of his behaviours were downright odd helped me to leave in the end.

Oh, and I log in to the Christmas thread every year around October, my daughter's partner and I spend hours trading ideas and I get most of mine from there!

Helped me realise that I wasn't a bigot just because I thought people couldn't change sex, and has given me extra ammunition irl to discuss it.

Christmas present ideas for teens, cleaning tips, gadgets.

Mostly just knowing that most situations I was in were normal and I wasn't alone, and giving me facts to back up my opinions (and occasionally to change my opinions). Also realising even more than I did before how lucky I am compared to many. And given me an outlet to just chat about inane things when my family don't want to!

I was scheduled for a hysterescopy, thought it was not much different from a smear test going by info from the hospital. Looked it up on Mumsnet and I'm very glad I was able to go in informed and prepared to ask for a GA.

So many!

one fab person sent my daughter a scarf for her university.

so much good advice on menopause health - I was so clueless before

loads of travel advice

i often learn from the relationships boards about what is and isn’t positive behaviours which has informed my life

It’s a great place with some amazing people

Remembered another thing: the Tesco Christmas slot thread every year! Great for companionship at 5.30am & advice/reassurance about what the heck's going on.

I received some excellent advice when DD was being bullied at school.

What???? Rubber glove?????

The thread was all about how do you get the nasty bits of grey fluff out of the corners and very edges of your carpet, where the hoover (even with the nozzle bit) can't reach.

I have quite inaccessible stairs and I'd been sort-of hoovering them but it didn't get right to the back and in the corners, plus I have a dog who sheds hair like she wants to be bald tomorrow. Damp rubber glove, you can rub the fingertips into the grooves of the corners and edges, and the whole gloved hand over the treads gets the hair off.

Was lovely.

Amen to this

Total eye opener

From a very dangerous ex

To an ex friend I did favours for for years and who never even asked how I was when he was taken to court for my injuries

Trashy people

My skin was burnt from roseacea, literally on fire full time and I’d tried everything out there. Went on the skincare section and they saved my life! Also a lot of life hacks, cleaning tips and generally made me realise I was doing a better job than I thought. The support on here sometimes is phenomenal!!

I joined Mumsnet because I was looking for advice on treating severe ingrown toenails and a lot of the sites on Google were American when I wanted to know what the NHS treatment was. There were a lot of useful old threads on here which were particularly good when I had an infection and the GP wouldn't see me due to lockdown. I was close to needing both big toenails removed due to recurring infections, but thanks to Mumsnet and being able to stay at home, my toenails look normal and will celebrate their 4th birthday this year

I met a mumsnet as they posted on here about a rough time they were having and break up etc and said they were going to an event and no one to go with - so I went - we had a lovely lovely time. We kept in touch and both meet up regularly and call each other every few weeks - lovely lady. I also posted on here about my crack pot family and I was told it was abusive before it all came crashing down. Certain poster I don’t know in real life saved my sanity x

Posters on MN were lovely when my husband died.

Members of the Staffroom were so supportive of each other in the shitstorm of teacher-bashing during lockdown.

Everyone one on the Gardening threads is delightful.

Oh, and the Archers thread. How could I forget?

Incredible emotional and practical support for repeat miscarriage. This place was the only place that I found where you could be told what happens physically when you miscarriage, and what stuff you need to have at hand.

Also found that i was not the only one who thought that thinking men could become actual women was a seriously warped version of Be Kind, flogged by bearded lefty bros and the patriarchy 3.0. Let me break it down for you took me over a week to read, and it changed my life.