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To ask what threads you wish you'd had an update for

328 replies

Fairy13 · 28/04/2015 13:00

For me it was the woman who's DH used to withdraw food from her as punishment and she had to eat pizza out of the bin.
I often think of her and whether she managed to leave him. Marvinishungry I think her name was. If you are reading this, I hope you are safe and happy now.

What have been the threads that stayed with you that you wish you had updates for?

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WhatchaMaCalllit · 28/04/2015 13:40

I'd love to find out what Lemon Drizzle Cake lady did next....

WoollyHooligan · 28/04/2015 13:42

I was thinking about that thread today, too, cheesy

Polyethyl · 28/04/2015 13:44

A while ago there were desperate pleas for a lawyer to represent a mumsneter at an imminent court hearing where the father was accused of fiddling with his son in the bath and the court guardian was hopelessly biased.

ImperialBlether · 28/04/2015 13:45

I always wondered what happened to TunnocksTeacake and her poor husband. Does anyone know how they are?

EdSheeransGString · 28/04/2015 13:46

NeedAScarf - that was me who posted about the ps4 and yes I did eventually leave him and I'm dealing with the fall out now because it has taken him months to accept it really is over and now he is being difficult

One day at a time

GraysAnalogy · 28/04/2015 13:48

Watching!

dougierose · 28/04/2015 13:49

It has to be the thread about the woman who has put her DD into a private school and is funding it by increasing her offset mortgage each term. She wants to put her son into private school as well but he wasn't offered a big enough bursary. She then went on to boast about the amazing boy who talks to her DD about his £50m yacht and how his Dad set up BT. We were all Hmm and Shock and Confused and Angry about some of her delusional comments.

dougierose · 28/04/2015 13:50

Oh yes, because she didn't want to get a job to fund the private school as her husband thought she should protect her CV.

jeee · 28/04/2015 13:51

One on Education where a child was offered a grammar school place despite being a long way off the qualifying score. Place was accepted, an earlier offer was declined.... then family was told whole thing was a mistake. By this point the place in the original school was gone, meaning child was now onto their third or fourth choice school.

Appeal accepted error, but said despite this, child wouldn't get grammar place - a situation a lot of the appeal experts said was completely wrong.

By this point the thread, started by an understandably upset and confused mother had deteriorated into a slanging match.

Mother was going to a final adjudication.... I think she was fairly sanguine about her chances. I was curious about the eventual outcome, it was such a mess (and none of it was the OP's making).

MTBMummy · 28/04/2015 13:56

For me it was one where a woman was finding shoe prints and pubes in her bathroom, and it wasn't her or her son.

She also had a man lying underneath her car on the drive one night

I was terrified for her, and often wonder if she's ok

NeedAScarfForMyGiraffe · 28/04/2015 14:28

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SmartAlecMetalGit · 28/04/2015 14:32

Was there ever a resolution to the thread where the OP found a bag of clothes (might have been underwear?) plus a printed out map with directions to a random house in her attic?

MistyMeena · 28/04/2015 14:36

Definitely the one whose husband wouldn't let her in the garage, ever. I was (am) desperate to know what is in there!

Mrsmorton · 28/04/2015 14:40

The baby rabbit that the cat brought in.

DinosaursRoar · 28/04/2015 14:43

Oh another education one, there was a mum who's DD1 had been put in for the entrence exam of an expensive private school and failed it, so had been sent to a lovely local comp. The mum had changed job/reduced hours so now was around more and the DCs got more time with her/she could ferry them around to extra-curricular stuff. All good.

Then they put DD2 in for the same enterence exam and DD2 passed. She was trying to work out if it was fair to send DD2 to the private school but not DD1, particularly as to send DD2 would mean massive drop in standard of living for the family finanically/her working full time again to pay for it.

She said she put DD2 in for the exam in the first place to give them "the same chance" - reading between the lines, it seemed they fully expected DD2 to fail as well, so they could say they both had the same chance, when in reality they didn't have the same chance as decisions made since (about the OP's work) would mean DD2 couldn't really go.

I just wondered how they sorted it in the end - it sort of felt like they now whatever they did, one child would be missing out on getting the best for them - either the DD1 missing out on the extra curricular stuff by mum having to work full time, or DD2 as missing out on the amazing private school. Talk about lining them up to think the other was the favorite in the future!

MrsTrentReznor · 28/04/2015 14:44

Mrsmorton That story didn't have a happy ending. Sad

Germgirl · 28/04/2015 14:44

The baby rabbit died I think :(

TheTravellingLemon · 28/04/2015 14:46

Sorry to say Mrsmorton that little rabbit died Sad.

I've also been thinking about the lady on the train. She updated frequently, then disappeared. I really hope she is ok.

49again · 28/04/2015 14:48

There was a relatively recent one on relationships where she had moved in with her partner in the middle of nowhere and he was becoming really controlling and wouldn't take her anywhere or let her learn to drive. It got creepier by the day but she wouldn't leave because of the cat.

shewept · 28/04/2015 14:51

Definitely the shed and then years ago, there was one where the OP was distraught because her boyfriend had gone out for the evening leaving her at home with a poorly cat.

The4Cs · 28/04/2015 14:52

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ItsADinosaur · 28/04/2015 14:54

The thread where the OP's DH was having an affair and he was refusing to give up contact with the OW, and the OP kept tolerating it and tolerating it. She kept changing what her bottom line was and never left, never threw him out. He was continually lying to her, she kept finding more and more evidence of him being in contact and yet continued to just put up with it. It was so sad, she got some great advice but disappeared. I wonder what happened.

The food caddy one is my other. I hope you get out soon Kettle.

Oh the music teacher one! What happened there?

WaltzingWithHeiferlumps · 28/04/2015 14:55

GettingBig / GettingStrong - I hope she and her children are ok these days.

BuzzardBird · 28/04/2015 14:55

So many sad ones on here :(

ItsADinosaur · 28/04/2015 14:55

49again I think the OP did leave in the end. That was a horrible read, he was so controlling and creepy.