To not understand why people name change

[5Foot5]

Straight off let me say that I am not getting at anyone or any thread in particular. Quite often thought there seem to be threads where the OP says "I am name-changing for this one because...." and I just don't get it really.

Maybe I am being dense and if I am someone will no doubt point it out. But as I see it we all name change when we come on here in the first place and choose a mumsnet name for ourselves. I don't know who any of you are in RL just as you don't know me.

If I was going to post about an event where I thought the details might identify me in RL to someone who happened to know me in RL and also be on mumsnet, then doing it as 5foot5 or doing it as some completely different new name invented for that post wouldn't really prootect me IYSWIM. The RL person might still say "Hang on this 5foot5 person must really be Mabel Henshaw and the snooty bitch she is talking about is my friend Anthea! What a cow wait till I see her at work tomorrow!"

So what I am trying to say is, if you have a made up name and noone knows who you are anyway then why get a different made up name for something especially private and sensitive. Surely the people who don't know you anyway are the least of your worries.

Oh dear I have read this back and I haven't yet been drinking honest! But it sort of makes sense to me and I am just curious to understand the reasons.

So, Maryz if I see a thread about bumsex, where the OP has namechanged and then mentions cod and moldies, then we will know it's you, right?

I think you're being a bit dim if you don't get it, especially since people have explained why.
Say poster A is a well known poster, people know lots about them. They may well have RL friends/family who know their mn name, or could spot them easily. They then want to talk about something private, that can't be connected to them by a simple search on their posting name. So they namechange.

Whats not to get?

I've namechanged to post on some threads because some details are so very specific and personal I could be spotted. This way I can keep my present name for my usual contributions.

I always have to nc to talk about work.

I also nc when I had a m/c because I didn't want to upset the others on my ante-natal thread, but I really needed to talk.

The one time I bought something from another mner I n/c as I didn't want her to know my usual posting name (and then hence my address etc). That is maybe a little more dubious.

but she was a pramhun...