To have an MN name which doesn't show that I'm a dad not a mum?

[Cleggy36]

I assume that most people's working assumption (if they think about it) would be that posters on MN are mums not dads. Sometimes I feel that it's slightly cheating to have a name which doesn't clarify things, so I always end up trying to make it clear in anything I post that my point of view is that of a 46 year old bloke not a 23 year old woman.

After reading your oral sex thread the other day I had no problems identifying you as a man.

I may be chaotic but I'm no angel

I suppose one could always start a thread to tell the whole of MN that they are a man. But you wouldn't do that - as the ambiguity is important to you, right?

well, FWIW, cleggy to me is an octogenarian yorkshireman in a flat cap and i assumed 36 was the year of your birth

However I am indeed a sanctimonious arse.

I wouldnt think it matters whether youa re a man or woman tbh, learning not to make assumptions based on knwoledge of gender / age / race etc is one of the positives on the internet.

No, if you are Nick Clegg you can stay right on!

[fancy a direct line to the pollies]

I'm single, but I've never even taken a Valium, not once actually! I would like to I think

I am neither a boy nor a dawg

nor BALD I'm betting.

{panics} why are number names a bit shit? That's to BOF, by the way. Think I need a better name...

i am not a 19th century writer.

did anyone think i was?

hopeful

Nyumber names are like ones with Mum in, traditionally regarded on MN as a bit drab and tbh tehy sound like youa re awaiting your palce in a nice queue of juicys.

The worst ones come in the guise of happymumsytojackandchloe238 mind.

Numbers are no shit at all. Numbers are cool.

And yes, I did think Edgarallinpink was a 19th Century writer, Karastarbuckthrice flew a viper and cheesesarnie would make a lovely snack.

But maybe I'm a bit weird...

cleggy36 - I used to have Dad in my name because I thougt it was polite to let people know but each to their own.

Now I dont have Dad in my name most older posters know me as a bloke anyway but some new ones dont and the "OMG! I didnt know you were a man" reaction was funny the other day.

I sometimes use another name for sensitive posts which is definitley reacted to as a woman by other posters. That could prove tricky one day.

My assumption would be that your first name is Nick.

I don't think people assume I'm permanently hassled. And we all could be hairy truckers - no one really has any idea who they're talking to.

I confess that I´m not diddl

is this the right place to confess that I am red and round and a little bit Dutch? (By marriage, anyway - the Dutch bit, not the red and round bits. Although thinking about it, dh's cooking is responsible for some of the angles having disappeared under a layer of lard.

I'm a man with a mallet.

Look I don't care about Cleggy221421 whatever. Man. Blah. Irrelevant. Words on a screen etcetcetc.

The important thing is that nobody told me that Kara Thrace was on MUMSNET. I mean how the heck did that one get past me?

Yes this is me <a class="break-all" href="http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=www.dailystab.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/cat-in-the-hat.jpg&imgrefurl=www.dailystab.com/happy-birthday-dr-seuss/&usg=__u6sI_mlgdhEB7baD6TZl6vYBycQ=&h=476&w=345&sz=40&hl=en&start=0&sig2=G64lZFRunvjSS-bnfewH-w&zoom=1&tbnid=9w2ic5pf8d8__M:&tbnh=151&tbnw=109&ei=LWmOTIrVA4SPswbk78nUAQ&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcati%2Bin%2Bthe%2Bhat%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1532%26bih%3D772%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=609&oei=LWmOTIrVA4SPswbk78nUAQ&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=38&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0&tx=41&ty=83" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">in real life by the way

Would anyone else like to have a webchat with Kara "Starbuck" Thrace?

Or is it just me that has a girl crush?

I thought you were Nick Clegg.

But then, I have never made a coffee out of breastmilk....

i have no idea who she is cat [clueless]

I don't care, tbqh

My names not Manda and i am not 25 - who cares

Saggaretc read this and weep

Or just look at the picture if you can't be bothered with the rest.