To be annoyed when the OP

[hollyisalovelyname]

Doesn't come back and tell us how they got on / what happened/ the outcome.
We've invested time and thought in our replies and they just waltz off never giving us closure.

any particular thread in mind?

it's not the one about my cat is it?

I haven't gone back to that to update? even after a whopping 16 responses.

my reason. I bore myself

Perhaps they figure things out for themselves eventually.

I assume this is a bit of a joke judging by the smiley.

Yanbu, I still wonder about baby Blanche who should be a toddler now I suppose.
I think MN should make MNers sign a contract that means we are legally obliged to update the fucking thread.

It's the ones that start: "I ate a prawn that was 7months old with a green sausage. Will I be really ill?" And never let you know if they survived.

I am also still wondering about AppleCrumble and if she's ok.(not food related except for her name).

But maybe those pancake don't come back as they are not OK and can't get off the toilet ?

Oh good point, I presume people sit on loos with mobile gadgets typing updates... But they probably don't.

They bloody well should though.

But if its coming from both ends that might make it trickey you would need your toilet to be next to your sink!

I thought this was going to be

.......never puts the topic of their post in the title, so you lose 5 minutes of your life clicking into a thread that's of no interest to you......

That doesn't seem unreasonable. Of course they might not have had time or just forgot but it would be nice for everyone who contributed to find out what happened in the situation they discussed.

Ditto, Comforting!

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