To think this is a busy site and as such

[strawberrydreamcake]

Show respect for your own privacy and that of other people's?

I am not going to say which one, so don't ask and I'm going to ignore any guessing games as well as they aren't the point of the thread and I find them a bit pathetic. But I am almost positive a 'friend' has been discussing my situation on Mumsnet.

She's obviously meant no harm but I am very recognisable.

If you want to post about someone else, change a few details or similar. It just isn't fair on the person you're posting about!

What do you want to do?how would you like this to resolve

'then you're on a highway to nowhere as I'll just hide it.'

Hahahaha

You're very angry Strawbs.

MN posters talk about what people talk about in RL, and 99.9% of that involves discussing people they know.

If it is her I'm sure she'd be mortified to know you've read what she's written.

Scottishmummy, to be honest I'm not that arsed I'll have a general word with her next time I see her.

But my post isn't confusing. I'm talking about the general, using myself as the specific example if you like. All I'm saying is - think about the privacy of your neighbours, friends, colleagues etc as well as yourself!

I completely get what youre saying,its not contentious,and youre right

Oh ok OP will keep my advice to myself next time.

Agent - oh how well you know me I'm the least angry person I know.

But I wasn't being drawn into a game of 'is it this one? Oh no is it that one? Oh, LOL I bet it's this one' - as, well, I just don't want to. I will probably be accused of being angry again now, and I'm not, but it's just tedious and boring when people do that.

Co you have a petted lip now?

Although you're right about people forgetting this is a public forum, it just feels so cosy sometimes that it's easy to be lulled into a false sense of security.

It's the way you're saying it though that comes across as a bit prickly.

Has she posted a thread titled 'help I think my friend has anger issues...'

I will never understand why people get stroppy when you don't do as they say.

I think you'd have to be pretty me me me to assume someone with a similar story was 100% talking about you or a colleague. I always wonder if there's people who read threads and go on a rage rampage accusing irl people and then nope not you just some other person who knits hamster shoes and chews on lampposts at night.

Well you're promoting whatever this is about quite nicely, aren't you? Nobody would know who you are and whatever thread it is would die a death.

Why not just PM your friend and tell her to stop? There's no need to deliver a chippy lecture to everybody else though really.

Hamster shoes sound cute Sienna

I cant see anything wrong in what op is saying.its simple internet savvy
Theres handwringing and cries of intrusion when dm or papers link a mn story

I've read shit loads of threads that bare more than a passing resemblance to things in my past. I know now body would know that much detail or give a toss about stuff that happened 20 years ago though.

I'm unique, but not that unique. It'd have to be very very unusual to be identifiable as only being about you.

Agent, it probably came across as prickly because I really, REALLY couldn't be bothered with the sort of situation I outlined above.

I've fallen foul to that before, on a child naming thread - didn't want to name the child (not my child) for privacy concerns and the whole thread was derailed by IS IT THIS NAME? IS IT THAT NAME? I KNOW, IT MUST BE THIS NAME, IM RIGHT ARENT I, ITS THIS NAME!' It was extremely bloody annoying if I am to be totally frank, although to my knowledge it hasn't rendered me in need of anger management

So I wanted to explain that at the start and will confess I felt my heart sink when you posted your link but that is fine now - friends?

I if course trust nae fucker,and change details
Im not even scottish

NOT EVEN SCOTTISH?!

WHAAAAAT?!

Life as I know it has just unravelled.

'I will never understand why people get stroppy when you don't do as they say.'

But you're getting stroppy when posters aren't doing as you've instructed!

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Im pure surrey i am,live in hunter wellies and a waxed jacket

A begging wedding poem thread I would imagine.