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

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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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Frikadellen · 28/04/2015 22:21

I am another one who wonder about Spider's nieces and hope they are well and happy.

One I bring up every time one of these threads come up is the lady who had emigrated to Canada and thought they would not be able to have Christmas. The support from everyone and the way she updated telling us of them making a Christmas tree on the wall from paper balls and how a neighbour gave them a small tree for their dd.

I often wonder how they are doing? Are they still in Canada? and are they happy?

ItsaTenfromDen · 28/04/2015 22:37

Last year there was a lady who was eight months pregnant when her husband died. She had a toddler as well. I think of them often and wonder how they're getting on

CactusAnnie · 28/04/2015 22:48

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GnocchiGnocchiWhosThere · 28/04/2015 22:51

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BlackeyedSusan · 28/04/2015 22:57

not emigrating to australia just holidaying... did she go, did she come home if she did go.

penguin bollards

stolen jumper parcel and the mad neighbour

the clicky light switch in the bathroom of a flat...

Pollyswall · 28/04/2015 23:05

MermaidAvenue Lou is still around elsewhere, her gorgeous little boy is now 2.

AliceLidl · 28/04/2015 23:19

The one where the OP's husband had been invited out by another woman (because the same thing happened to my DH at about the same time) and we were all waiting for an update that I don't think ever came.

The other woman had theatre tickets or concert tickets, and said they ought to make a night of it.

I'd like to know if he went, and what happened on the night out if he did.

Pipbin · 28/04/2015 23:38

I was thinking today of the one where the op's son was off to America to meet up with someone he met online.

The one I really want an update on was the one where a woman wanted to extend her kitchen into the passage way between her and her neighbour. It was the neighbour's right of way and the op couldn't see why it was an issue.

Blu · 29/04/2015 00:47

I wonder about the poster who went to Australia on a holiday, when her DH was determined to emigrate . I hope she is OK.

IrmaGuard · 29/04/2015 00:53

Did the sheep harasser track down the farmer and demand an apology? (OK, I know it was fake but was hoping for op to update with details of tearful begging for forgiveness from newly chastened farmer.)

Songlark · 29/04/2015 04:24

The one from ages ago about the family on holiday where the dad shouted at the little boy and made him give the balloon dinosaur back because the boy was being silly like the entertainer was. That was a horrible thread if real.. I don't remember reading this but that's so awful and upsetting to think about. If it's true what a nasty cruel bastard that father was.

diggerdigsdogs · 29/04/2015 04:52

i worry about the australian holiday/visa lady and the poor disabled woman who couldn't escape her controlling partner.

Another woman who was living in London and had a foreign p. He went to his home country and started making noises about them all visiting him. He was talking to the dd's in his native language and the OP couldn't understand what was being said. In the end she planned to leave to the south west to live near her folks. I do hope she and the dc are ok and have escaped her ex for good.

Blueandwhitelover · 29/04/2015 07:39

yes, LostJennyWren, heartbreaking, I hope she did print off the thread for her little boy in future years. Has she posted at all recently?

Sparklingbrook · 29/04/2015 07:40

How does anyone remember threads? I can't think of a thing. I have lots of topics hidden, maybe that's it-there seem to be a lot of Relationship ones.

That said, I am the person that puts a thread on 'Watch this thread' then forgets all about it. Grin

BathshebaDarkstone · 29/04/2015 07:48

I'm really stupid, what's a cocklodger? ShockBlush

LaLaLaaaa · 29/04/2015 07:56

I think I've seen an update from the lady whose husband died. She'd had baby and was doing ok but obviously very sad and having to adjust. I think it was on active threads once and I came across it so no idea where it was.

May not be same lady but it sounds v similar. My heart went out to her, she was very brave.

hackmum · 29/04/2015 08:05

Oh, I remember the balloon dinosaur. That was sad.

Also wonder about the ill woman on the train, and the husband who was offered the football coaching job in Benin.

There was one a couple of years ago that really stuck in my mind - OP's daughter was the same age as mine (about 14 at the time, I think) and was playing truant, living on junk food and her sole ambition was to have a baby at 16. There was a bit of a bunfight because the daughter said she wanted a "brown" baby and the OP was accused of racism. For some reason I was fascinated by the whole thing and have often wondered what happened.

hashbrownnofilter · 29/04/2015 08:09

The thread where the poster was on the laptop and her husbands messages to another woman popped up. He was an arsehole all round and she was such an amazing poster, she came across as such a strong woman. I hope she is ok.

There was one last year where the poster had a boyfriend who had been convicted of child sex offences but she was letting him around her daughters, decorating their room and worming his way in. She couldn't seem to see much wrong with him. I hope those girls are ok too.

hashbrownnofilter · 29/04/2015 08:11

Baths it is a man who doesn't work but lives with a woman or family leeching money and stuff off them for very little in return. Usually they are cheating on or abusing an op.

FruChristerOla · 29/04/2015 08:12

One from a few years ago where the OP's DS was in China on a gap year (or something like that), he had a Chinese girlfriend and he sent the OP an email to say that GF was pregnant. OP was beside herself, but I don't know what happened in the end.

ajandjjmum · 29/04/2015 08:27

A number of these.

And the girl (Milk?) who found herself pregnant after a brief get together, but told the father and they agreed to keep the baby, and he would be involved, although they were not. But they seemed to be building a relationship, which was lovely.

Yorkiegirl (?) whose DH died very suddenly on holiday.

And the girl on the train - a PP poster said she'd been turned away from hospital - has there been an update thread?

GnocchiGnocchiWhosThere · 29/04/2015 08:33

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FryOneFatManic · 29/04/2015 08:46

The woman who had the colleague who demanded hugs every morning, no matter how much she tried to avoid it.
I need to know if shes still having morning hugs.

I do think about this one sometimes, as morning hugs would be my idea of hell. Wonder if the OP managed to get it sorted.

HippyPottyMouth · 29/04/2015 08:46

When I started lurking back in about 2007 there was a lady called AlwaysLookingForAnswers, who was having a difficult time with a DP with mental health problems and small children. From details she gave, it sounded as though she lived in my home town. I often wonder how she's getting on and hope she's ok.

HellKitty · 29/04/2015 08:47

Totally forgot about the morning hug woman, I need to know too!

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