Old threads you followed that you would love to know what happened afterwards

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I remember an old thread where a group of friends basically denied themselves treats on holidays and days out for years because one couple in the group were supposedly hard up and they didn’t want the other couple to struggle. It turned out that they actually had saved a substantial amount to put their son through Uni . I wonder what happened next as the OP and friends were absolutely outraged and were going to confront hard up couple, but the thread had reached maximum posts so never knew what happened next . What is the thread that you remember and would love an update on ?

Was this the one where OP dumped her whole family off for Xmas and booked a Disney cruise for her and her daughter?

That thread was amazing and I absolutely wanted a hundred more updates.

No. On this the SIL came and eyed all the gifts and food. She would try and get people to give her their gifts and would try to limit what people ate so she could bag it up to take home. Oi, don't touch that turkey. Had been escalating over a few years and the op was fed up of it

Oh that’s brilliant. I have often thought of you over the years and wondered how you got on. So happy you are settled and Adam is thriving. That’s made my day x

Yes 😂😂😂

I’m so pleased to hear you’re ok and it sounds like DS is doing fabulously!

I can’t believe Chutney Wanker has never seen him, that’s terrible, but perhaps also a godsend given what he did. I hope he chokes on his chutney.

I remember your threads so well, and you had a massive MN support network.

A few years ago a woman posted that she wasn't allowed to do anything by herself. She had to sit while her husband worked from home and wasn't allowed to even read a book. She also had to work in the garden when he told her to. I always wonder if she managed to get away from him.

@Jimmyneutronsforehead I think this might have been me under a different name. Was it about 3 or 4 years ago?

If it was me, it was sand, and it was leaking from the base of a lamp. Very boring, I'm sorry - but did have me completely flummoxed for a while.

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/4423985-Something-strange-is-happening-in-my-bedroom-and-I-can-t-work-out-why?utm_campaign=thread&utm_medium=share

@Jimmyneutronsforehead I found it (if this is what you meant!)

Another one I remember that's never really left me was a woman who was suddenly attacked by her partner one night. She posted a photo of her bruised face and the support she has from the MN army was mind-blowing.

This was back in the days when chat threads were deleted after three months (I think) so they'd be no trace of it now but I still remember her name. On the off chance she's reading this (it was nearly ten years ago and her UN began with a V) then I hope life has been kind to you and your children in the years since.

Red toothbrush woman. Escaping severe abuse and bought herself a red toothbrush as wasn't allowed one before. Id love to know she was ok

There was a poster who I think may have been a young adult and she lived apart from her mum and brother. She was worried that her brother was abusing her mum and was trying to encourage her mum to get away from him. The brother was very controlling and would insist that the mum made herself available at all hours to drive him around, cook for him, go to the shops for anything he had a whim for etc. I think she was concerned that he was physically dominating her etc - maybe not hitting her, but pushing her out of the way etc. The mum seemed to be minimising it but also wanted the daughter to sympathise with her. It sounded frustrating and dangerous.

I've seen her post on another thread within the last week, under the same user name. She seemed (as much as you can be sure online) to be OK.

Not the same as a poster I previously mentioned - whose situation was distressing.

The poster whose SIL threw a massive tantrum over her brother joining a mothers day lunch, after his wife ditched him for her mother - who only wanted her own kids and gc there.

This kind of poster pisses me off a bit. They seek opinions and then never really follow through with outcome.

Yes, nobody owes us a thing, and some might be trolling, but in her shoes I would have come back to the thread. I would really like to have known (if real) how the SIL defended herself after such an unreasonable outburst.

I quite often think about a lady from about 3 years ago, who came on here complaining about some male friend of hers who was making her cook for him every evening in his grubby kitchen, and something about him having 2 slow cookers...
Then it morphed into her wanting to cut contact with him, but she can't POSSIBLY because she still has a key to a stables that his now-deceased parents used to own, and where she used to keep a horse that died yonks ago, and there's still some of said horses old blankets and feed buckets there.
Then she had some deranged young female neighbour who kept knocking for her all the time, and persuaded her to be god mother to her new baby.

I suspect there were some mental health issues, but she was obviously intelligently and wrote very well, so her posts were interesting.

I haven't seen her on here in a long time, but I hope she's okay.

@TheMerryWidow1 Softzilla was a work of fiction

@Buxusmortus It was a different poster from Somerville who ended up with the gardener can’t remember her name but it began with an N

Name changed. And I’m doing well.
it’s nearly six years and the first couple were tough, especially with all the medical issues I suffered after the abuse.
But I’m happy working, living in my little home and now completely used to being alone.
couldn't of completed that day without the support I received here. X

I remember this one - she updated it to say the friend returned it on her doorstep without an explanation 🤣

Several years ago there was a lady who was distraught she was letting her family down. She struggled with alcohol addiction and depression and she would hide leaning against her washing machine when it all got too much.

Her writing was so moving and emotions so raw, she wanted to write a novel and i often wonder if she got the help she needed and realised her dream and wrote that book.

I think a lot about the op whose teenage daughter had epilepsy and was 20+ weeks pregnant.
OP was exasperated that social services didn’t seem too worried. Whereas OP had huge concerns over how to keep the baby safe during the times when the daughter is having an epileptic fit. As the fits came on suddenly and could last for a prolonged period.
I assume the baby will be here now and I hope they managed to find a solution.

You know there's a reason people get their previous threads deleted and try to be more covert in subsequent threads?

Do you mean the lady who wanted to take her daughter to Disneyland for Christmas because her family had been taking the mick financially for years & we’re so ungrateful? I swear she updated and did in actual fact take her daughter to Disneyland and have an amazing time as I was hooked on that one too 😅

Can you link please? I’ve been watching her last thread and there has been no update for a while.

That’s a relief. Thanks for the update, Betty. I missed the OP’s update and was worried about them.