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How did I recognise a fellow Mumsnetter while in Spain?

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UrsulasHerbBag · 11/05/2026 15:13

I met a mumsnetter in Spain... How did I recognise her? (Just for fun, but I did meet one of us in the wild and there was a recognising factor).

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InterestingDuck · 13/05/2026 08:23

JulietteHasAGun · 12/05/2026 22:56

She started the thread about me after she got off the train. I saw it and realised from the title it was about me and posted on it.

Title was just something like “I saw a mumsnetter on the Sheffield train with fabulous trousers”. My trousers were indeed fabulous so I knew it was me. The actual post even said which post I’d been reading iirc as she’d been so close behind me as getting off at her station.

I once saw someone Mumsnetting on a train at Birmingham New Street, but I couldn't see what trousers she was wearing 😆

AnneKipankitoo · 13/05/2026 08:34

UrsulasHerbBag · 11/05/2026 15:59

I literally just went to Aldi (not mumsnetty) and you all got on board. She was utterly lovely and she was wearing the B word!!! 😂

The OP came back once with her answer. She did not say what the B was.

PeachyPeachTrees · 13/05/2026 08:40

What's the B word?

Paganpentacle · 13/05/2026 09:06

OutwiththeOutCrowd · 11/05/2026 17:58

You were minding your own business when a woman hove into view and she was doing the secret MN sign; one hand raised holding a rubber chicken and the other hand splayed out to indicate 'five days'?

😂😂😂

JulietteHasAGun · 13/05/2026 09:08

InterestingDuck · 13/05/2026 08:23

I once saw someone Mumsnetting on a train at Birmingham New Street, but I couldn't see what trousers she was wearing 😆

I have been to Birmingham on a train but don’t think I was wearing my fabulous trousers 😂

Hmm1234 · 13/05/2026 11:20

UrsulasHerbBag · 11/05/2026 15:13

I met a mumsnetter in Spain... How did I recognise her? (Just for fun, but I did meet one of us in the wild and there was a recognising factor).

Talking about the same topics/ recent highlights just a guess that’s all

CaptainMyCaptain · 13/05/2026 11:21

PeachyPeachTrees · 13/05/2026 08:40

What's the B word?

I thought it was accepted to be Boden

AbsolutelySirius · 13/05/2026 12:23

She was drawing an exact diagram of the parking situation at her rental home...?!

Stoicandhappy · 13/05/2026 12:38

Ursula, how much of the herb have you had?

Witknit · 13/05/2026 12:43

purplecorkheart · 11/05/2026 16:07

I am lost!

I bet you're in the middle aisle!

Sorry. Couldn't resist. Gold star for most entertaining post of the day goes to OP and all the contributors

Nofeckingway · 13/05/2026 12:47

Just eat the fucking quiche and tell us .

Rosesarere · 13/05/2026 13:17

JustPlainStanfreyPock · 11/05/2026 15:54

Comfy but stylish sandals?

😂

SpaDaysForAll · 13/05/2026 13:50

She was wearing a fun coat but no knickers

Allseeingallknowing · 13/05/2026 14:00

SpaDaysForAll · 13/05/2026 13:50

She was wearing a fun coat but no knickers

Love the fun coat! Was it see through?

MiaKulper · 13/05/2026 14:02

She accused her DP of gaslighting her when he said he'd put suncream on and said he was a narcissist when he put on his sunglasses.

Moonlightdust · 13/05/2026 15:30

Birdy Badge is my guess 😁

NotMeAtAll · 13/05/2026 15:50

She was walking funny because her vagina had clamped shut.

MrsMitford3 · 13/05/2026 15:52

Would be much easier to guess if you were at the Sistine Chapel.

Did her DH have t-rex arms????

(makes me want to laugh just thinking about it)

OutwiththeOutCrowd · 13/05/2026 16:18

UrsulasHerbBag · 11/05/2026 15:59

I literally just went to Aldi (not mumsnetty) and you all got on board. She was utterly lovely and she was wearing the B word!!! 😂

Wait a minute, is this like a cryptic crossword clue? Was she in Aldi wearing Bonmarché? In Spain? Is that the new MN demographic?

(Or am I overthinking this?)

TaffyandTeenyTaffy · 13/05/2026 16:24

She got excited about finding a shopping list in the trolley

gingersnapdrop · 13/05/2026 17:21

Walking her dog in a Dry Robe?

Dontlletmedownbruce · 13/05/2026 17:37

Was she accompanied by her mother who refused to engage with her children because she doesn't do childcare?

Was she berating other tourists for spending money because she doesn't have the same budget and therefore finds their behaviour insensitive.

AnneKipankitoo · 13/05/2026 19:06

PeachyPeachTrees · 13/05/2026 08:40

What's the B word?

(LT)B ? Boswell? Balonz? Boden?
Perhaps there are others?

Blarn · 13/05/2026 19:53

PeachyPeachTrees · 13/05/2026 08:40

What's the B word?

I'm picturing her wearing a gold necklace with the word BASTARDS on it. Classic mn

GargoylesofBeelzebub · 13/05/2026 21:16

Boden?