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To ask if anyone has ever seen a thread about themself on here?

99 replies

ListObsessed · 30/10/2014 09:51

Haven't been on here for all that long and was wondering whether there have ever been any cases of people recognising themselves in a thread and announcing their presence. It would make excellent entertainment for the rest of us. I live in fear of an AIBU about me mainly because I'm a teacher. Wink

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TripTrapTripTrapOverTheBridge · 30/10/2014 12:44

Not on here but elsewhere. Written by the wench the ex ran off with.The typical rubbish spouted along with a few even more ridiculous additions and constant story changes.It would've been funny had I had not just had my heart ripped out,my sons dad refusing to see him anymore and she wasn't all out trying to libel me (was done on various forums,including ones I'd never been on-I had complete strangers contacting me online telling me...)

She ended up with a nice letter from my solicitor Grin and done a few 'apology' threads. Before signing up with new accounts and notching about me without the identifying and such obviousness.Sad cow.Hmm

LumpenproletariatAndProud · 30/10/2014 12:50

rosderg you were the person the Lemon Drizzle thread was about?

StarlingMurmuration · 30/10/2014 12:58

I have recently recognised a new friend on here - I knew she posted on MN anyway, then I realised what her username is. Nothing controversial though... I did wonder what the netiquette is in cases like this, should I mention it or not? And if I should, online by private message or next time I see her?

rosdearg · 30/10/2014 13:00

Lumpen, not really :)
As I watched that whole saga unfold, it was so detailed that various moments it seemed impossible that Lemon Drizzle Atrocious Cunt could somehow miss this whole thread, and I expected her to pile on, with mates, at any moment. A part of me is still disappointed that this never happened in fact... so I was just joking about it

TwoAndTwoEqualsChaos · 30/10/2014 13:04

Wasn't that what the subject called the Head in question, rosdearg?

LumpenproletariatAndProud · 30/10/2014 13:07

I loved the lemon drizzle cake saga. I was absolutely hooked.

Babiecakes11 · 30/10/2014 13:23

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shakinstevenslovechild · 30/10/2014 13:26

A family member outed my very secret pregnancy online. It wasn't just a 'my family member is pregnant and I cant tell anyone' scenario, it was a 'my family member has been through x y and z and is secretly pregnant again'.

Loads of people I know saw it and I wasn't ready to tell anyone yet. I was not happy at all.

dixiechick1975 · 30/10/2014 13:31

Not about me but about SIL. I didn't tell her as it was someone in AIBU linking to a local press article including nasty criticism of my nieces names.

rosdearg · 30/10/2014 13:37

TwoAndTwo - I thought that the OP referred to the PTA lady as Lemon Drizzle Atrocious Cunt? Maybe I misremember - was it in Chat, or can I go and read the whole thing again?

TwoAndTwoEqualsChaos · 30/10/2014 13:44

Couldn't recall ... Goodness, if you are she that MUST have been odd! Did you work out who Marmalade was?

rosdearg · 30/10/2014 13:52

Sorry for any confusion - I am not her at all and was only joking....

lurkingfromhome · 30/10/2014 13:56

A few months ago someone posted a long and troubled saga of marital unhappiness. Quite a lot of details sounded familiar so I clicked on her profile and saw from the many public photos that it was someone I used to work with and still have lots of acquaintances in common with. Eurk. Made me feel quite uncomfortable so I stopped reading the thread.

TrendStopper · 30/10/2014 14:29

I don't post much so don't think anyone would really recognise me.

However I like to check the step parent section to seeif I can spot my exhs new wife. She is a drama seeking cow who likes to twist the truth. But then again she does like to pretend that my dd doesn't exist so she probably wouldn't post.

AmIDoingThisRight · 30/10/2014 14:53

yes - i have read a not very favourable thread (to say the least) about me by somebody I thought was a friend who essentially denounced me as a Stepford Wife to all and sundry. Was speechless to read through, and too shocked to reply. Though these days I would have no qualms.

The long and the short of it was that the crazy woman who started it was roundly rebuffed and told she was being very unresonable. I should be so lucky these days or any other to have the time and energy to be a Stepford Wife in any case.

She spent the next few months complely blanking me/withering looks etc. Had just given birth and had a toddler at the time, so not much time to dwell on her nonsense. Then, mercifully, she moved and I no longer have any contact with the wretched woman again. Though, if you are reading this Crazy Woman, you were long for a long time in my house and family as Nutcase Nancy. though we didn't use Nancy. And Nutcase is the polite version.

OiGiveItBack · 30/10/2014 15:19

Sometimes I hope my SIL is on MN when I see threads about people not paying back loans to family members it's called stealing in my books BIL and SIL owe my DH and I thousands but have 'forgotten' even though they have money to do other things.

I've never seen a thread about me but I'm a bit boring I suppose.

TooExtraImmatureCheddar · 30/10/2014 15:19

I once worked out that a poster was the sister of someone I know. The person I know had been telling us all that her sister had breast cancer. The sister, to judge by her MN posts, didn't. Two options there: no 1, the person I know is a complete fantasist (I believe this) or no 2, the sister had posted for a year in a completely false persona (I don't believe this as her life sounded normal whereas the person I know is all about the drama).

Zilverblue · 30/10/2014 15:21

As long as you weren't that woman on a flight from Malaga to Edinburgh, OP, I wouldn't worry!

BabeRuthless · 30/10/2014 20:00

Not about me but once I was reading a thread about a poster who'd had life long issues with her mother. When I was reading it I could have sworn it was my sister talking about our mum but as it went on I realised it couldn't have been her. It did open my eyes to a lot of my mums behaviour and the realisation that she is a complete narcissist. Scary thing is that if she posted about me on here I bet she'd get a lot of sympathy.

Shakey1500 · 30/10/2014 20:25

Sigh. I would love to ask for some advice about work dilemma involving colleagues but there really is no way I'd get the correct advice without it being recognisable. Can't run the risk of said colleagues reading it Sad

Never read one about me Smile

RickyDinkPanther · 30/10/2014 20:31

I think I must have missed the lemon drizzle thread. I've tried searching for it, but I'm not sure what I'm looking for really. Any chance someone could do a link?

Boysclothes · 30/10/2014 20:34

ME! Quite a recent thread and v complimentary. Didn't alert the person as it was someone who'd encountered me in my job, not a friend. Nice to read though.

mummypig14 · 30/10/2014 20:35

I posted in AIBu, as well as posting on Facebook I was that mad about a situation.

I later realised in coversation with a group of breastfeeding group mums were ALL mumsnetters. At least one of them must have noticed my thread/status link. So embarassing - especially as I got a flaming for being vvvvunreasonable (I still think I'm right though Grin)

LottieMumofWilfJenkins · 30/10/2014 20:49

Someone has posted threads a couple of times about when Wilf/Bumble/I have been on Radio 2. The most prominent one was when Bumble did a twelve hour round train trip to college to see Wilf. Chris Evans reading my breaking news text and we got text of the day and three Noah cheers!! Grin

LuisSuarezFangs · 30/10/2014 20:51

I can't understand why you would start a thread about me List

I've done nuthink to you Sad

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