to believe that most people who regularly use the Talk section of Mumsnet know, or have met, at least some of the others in RL

[SlightlyJaded]

I don't know anyone on MN in RL.

I get the impression that many people who regularly post in talk either know one or two (sometimes many more) posters in RL, or have at least met them at MN events/get-togethers.

I think it's lovely but for some stupid reason it makes me feel a bit . This is utterly ridiculous as I have lovely friends in RL.

Am I right though? I'm curious - do most people 'know' other MNers?

Unless it goes on very late...?

oh noooooooooo mary- howawful

I have met lots of my fellow Belgian MNetters in real life. We have a meet up planned for Xmas and a few of us are off to the cinema on Tuesday. And I had a MN Ash crisis refugee to stay once!

I am not at all anonymous on here. Anyone that knew me in RL would spot me easily. I have a few other MNetters as FB friends.

Oooh hello lolli

That is a shame SJ... btw, I stuck up for you on a thread the other day and said I heart you

and ((((((hugs)))))

anyway, Jaded, everyone wants to meet you. I think you and dp should have a meet up round your house

Not moi....like the anonymity.

you know who I was talking about dontcha with the coffees...

I have never met any MNers except my SIL and cousin who rarely post. Mainly beacause I am in Ireland but also I am a bit self-conscious and therefore nervous about meeting up!

But I have been here for almost 6 years now and feel like I am familiar with lots of posters and that I know as much detail about some as I would about some RL friends. I am also friends with some MNErs on FB so have gotten to know what they look like etc without having met them.

I do sometimes feel a little of some who have met up in the way I used to feel about the "popular" girls in school, even though I wouldn't have swapped my friendship with my two best friends for a friendship with them, IYKWIM.

darn your all so flipping nice. See I feel all loved now :)

I have met two (but I knew them in rl anyway, the Mumsnet connection became apparent later) but they don't post here any more. I have never been on a meetup or anything like that, although have been here for 4+ years.

And this question is in AIBU because ... ?

bella - I missed your coffee post , but just now read it

Yes, I know who you mean

Agree with the fb thing chipmonkey, I have lots of mner's on mine.

southeastastra - where is Rhubarb these days? Does she still post?

Thank you to those who have kindly waved to me - feeling very popular now .

I 've never knowingly met another MNer and don't know of anyone in RL who uses MN

namechange it's in AIBU because I had made an assumption that most people knew at least one or two MN in RL, and I didn't know if this was a reasonable assumption to make. Or an unreasonable one, hence AIBU

Our local group meets up quite regularly but apart from our local thread we don't seek each other out on the boards and definitely don't act in a clique-ish way if we do come across each other on the boards.

Awful it was indeed!! She was VERY cross with me! :(

I don't know anyone and I like it that way!

some MNers have met each other IRL, some twitter, facebook and MSN each other in addition to MN, som ehave been on here for donkeys and therefore 'know' quite a bit about each other, some are relatively new but very pally anyway...

i keep on thinking of other mums i know 'I'm sure she must Mn......'

but they never do.

I have never met any Mumsnetters in RL but I would like to ( I think )I have some as friends on FB..