How many times you can repeat your experiences/opinions on MN before becoming a frightful bore?

[AgentZigzag]

I hate it when you have, say, a bit of great news and excitedly tell someone, only for them to tell you you've already said.

Or worse, when you tell someone and they're all suprised and excited for you, and you remember later you'd already told them and they'd been pretending to save you the embarrassment

Obviously some general advice on MN on things like physical abuse are pretty universal, and it can be helpful to post something that's happened to you lots of times if it helped an OP out of a difficult situation.

But I saw an OP a bit back being told by a poster that she (the OP) had asked a similar kind of question about 4 years previously

The OP was a bit taken aback, but the other person had some kind of freaky photographic memory rather than being a rampant stalker.

Even though most posters don't notice MN names (which I don't believe ) and there are squillions of us on here (disregarding the MNHQ personas ), it's not the first time I've seen somebody being picked up for repeating themselves.

So how many times can you post the same experience/opinion before you're considered banging on?

I was thinking the same the other day - do you keep repeating your opinions or not? For exampe it is 10 years since I did controlled crying - everytime there is a thread on CC I am tempted to explain what I did (and then get the usual flaming ) or do I just shut up about it and look for new topics to get involved in?

Yet again today there was a thread about SAHMs with school age children (must be the tenth this year!) - I did comment (again) but the topic gets a bit weary - so I am fed up with my own banging on about some topics !!

We do it a lot up in the SN penthouse. usually to someone new who is asking if they are alone.
It's a bit unkind to say 'You are a boring old fart' though, so civil people shouldn't let on.

I've noticed that the Feminist board are very nice about each other when they do it. Posters have a particular take on things and that's almost like having a conversation with friends. You know what they are likely to say, and that's quite comforting and pleasant sometimes.

On a board as big as mumsnet I'd say it's fine to repeat - it moves so fast and there are so many posters that only a tiny minority would notice, and your experience might actually benefit someone who hasn't seen it before!

On other, smaller boards I wouldn't.

Not sure ZigZag. It doesn't bother me if people are using their own personal experience to relate to the OP (and certain topics/questions do crop up regularly).

Although if I find myself typing "I have 9 months between my youngest two children" I may kick myself in the throat!

Oh balls!

OVEN PRIDE

Not that old chestnut again SPB

When you find the limit, let me know.

I got ever such a nice gentle PM a while back from someone pointing out that I probably didn't need to go around saying 'I'm a newbie, me, you won't remember me but I remember your thread'.

I took it I was not only a blabbermouth but also perpetually here.

Both true.

They still let you talk about paint drying though, LeQ?

Goodness LeQueen, I have only ever lost a Peugeot 206! (No wonder I did not feel compelled to post about it.)

And it was in France, non the less. In Caen.

oh well.

Not going to take a car to France again, I will only lose it.

there are new people here all the time. some people have not yet heard about lost bmw's

Shall I mention the time I lost my mooncup at Wembley Stadium?

I would so love that to be true.

'Message painted out by Mumsnet in a tasteful shade of henhouse whitewash'.

... Actually, I'm sure you know the real name of whatever Farrow and Ball do that's nearest to whitewash, so I'm just showing me lack of class now ...

Team! I've not heard that one!

I havent heard about the lost BMW, Lequeen. It sounds interesting....

I don't think people take that much notice of who's saying what, where, when etc, (I know I don't) but if I had to put a figure on it I'd say 5 times?

I do like the phrase 'SN penthouse'.

On topic - if it's relevant then say it.

You're under an obligation to spill now you've mentioned it teamlemon

You'd obviously turned into a MN viper without realising RedDragon

I usually put a disclaimer "I've posted this before, but..." or "As I mentioned on another thread..."

LeQ I quite like your kitchen stairs!

And I always notice names.