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To start the TENTH thread that nobody responds to

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MyDressIsInferiorBlue · 25/08/2016 20:39

Vanilla has given me the great honour of starting the TENTH thread that absolutely no-one responds to. No-one at all. We have not racked up 9,000 previous posts talking about absolutely nothing.

Along the way we've become great friends. Newcomers are always welcome. So pull up a chair and join us in our mn version of Central Perk Café. We share jokes and memes, random facts and thoughts, our highs and lows, we are the card carrying lifelong members of The Union of different kinds.

So whether your life is perfection or;
Your job's a joke, you're broke, your love life's D.O.A.
(If) it's like you're always stuck in second gear
(Whether) it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year,

We'll be here for you.

There's
Vanilla who brought us altogether
Toad & Jet who are our meme champions
Better who is advisory
Portia who has a famous boyf Wink
AGL who is young
Jess who likes to flounce
Red who has red hair
Being who's always there
Noone who is on holiday
Legz who makes purple cakes and Mouse who makes lots of cakes
Cat, MrsTP and others who pop in when they can.
(Sorry to anyone I've forgotten)

Oh and I'm supposed to be starting blues clues but had no idea what that was so will do my homework and add them in soon.

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ItShouldHaveBeenJess · 28/08/2016 18:46

red. It's a tricky one, isn't it? Years ago, an ex of mine was involved in an accident where an 82 year old man pulled out of a side street on to a main road without indicating or anything - just drove straight out.

AnnieOnnieMouse · 28/08/2016 19:00

hello
sorry, have missed several hundred posts
Can't catch up, will just carry on from here

RedOnHerHedd · 28/08/2016 19:03

Yes Jess, very difficult. Not all elderly are the same, but some clearly aren't safe to drive. It's frightening.

Hi Annie,

PortiaCastis · 28/08/2016 19:04

I just said a person had taken their life because their partner left them, i really dont understand . They've made me cry

ItShouldHaveBeenJess · 28/08/2016 19:08

Annie. Welcome back! This thread moves too quickly for me, for the most part!

red. It's a grey area (excuse crap pun). I do think retesting at 70/75 might be a good idea, but I also understand how if you've been driving for fifty odd years, you might feel a bit resistant to the suggestion. Whichever way you look at it, and whileI have every sympathy for the woman in question, it was an incredibly silly and ill-thought-out thing to do. Why?!

ItShouldHaveBeenJess · 28/08/2016 19:10

portia baby, come back to us. better is forever warning me to stay away from 'other threads', I don't listen, and I get my fingers burned. You're a decent, supportive and loyal person. You know it, we know it.

RedOnHerHedd · 28/08/2016 19:14

Yes, what Jess said. Portia try not to let them get you so upset, there are some really nasty people about.
BrewCakeFlowers

Bettercallsaul1 · 28/08/2016 19:14

Just stay on this thread for a while, Portia - it's like being in a nice warm bath after the freezing showers of the rest of MN! It's a harsh world out there!

Bettercallsaul1 · 28/08/2016 19:16

Jess I'm glad to see you're learning...

MrsTerryPratchett · 28/08/2016 19:16

Oh Portia don't worry. I'm on that thread and I didn't think you were shutting things down. It's a little heated over there.

RedOnHerHedd · 28/08/2016 19:18

Which thread is it MrsTP?

PortiaCastis · 28/08/2016 19:18

I have had an apology and have replied saying I'm a recovering addict and have attempted suicide myself. Tis true but was addicted to prescription meds and had a bastard husband
Off the pills now and will not ever take those bastard things again.

MrsTerryPratchett · 28/08/2016 19:19

Spartacus thread about trans issues. It's a heated debate. Site Stuff.

ItShouldHaveBeenJess · 28/08/2016 19:19

better. Have got to the stage where my finger hovers over 'trending' and then I think, 'fuck it, why bother' and come back to you lot!

Tis my safe place in a world of madness and mayhem.

MrsTerryPratchett · 28/08/2016 19:19

(((((Portia)))))

PortiaCastis · 28/08/2016 19:20

I sall have a shag and be back in a bit Grin

Bettercallsaul1 · 28/08/2016 19:27

Nothing like a bit of Aidie!

RedOnHerHedd · 28/08/2016 19:41

It is a little bit heated over there isn't it. It didn't look like you were trying to shut down the debate, you were just giving your personal experience, they just don't want to hear anything that's different to their view.

But we're all ok here. We're in a safe place here. I've been upset a few times during my time on MN. People think they can say what they like, whereas if they were face to face with you they wouldn't actually say it.

Enjoy your shag Grin

VanillaSugar · 28/08/2016 19:42

Portia some people.are always spoiling for a fight. Give em it good and come back to us for TCL. We love you. You know that.

anniemouse hello! Don't bother reading our piffle. Just join in xx

To everyone who has been touched by suicide, self harm and MH issues (I think that includes all of us TBH) FlowersFlowersFlowersChocolate

This thread is the functional family where we retreat to after being ShockSad at RL dysfunctionality BrewCake

ItShouldHaveBeenJess · 28/08/2016 19:43

red. Complete with you on that. I love these threads and hope they continue forever; so much more kindness, humour and empathy than elsewhere on MN. Has truly been a bit of a life saver over the last few weeks.

VanillaSugar · 28/08/2016 19:45

DS has been eating curry so ivetgot sticky finger marks all over my phone!

ItShouldHaveBeenJess · 28/08/2016 19:45

vanilla and we owe it all to you. Am truly grateful, honestly. Thought I'd have to go back to (whisper it) Netmums at one point...

AnnieOnnieMouse · 28/08/2016 19:46

Setting myself up to be shot down in flames as an interfering newbie, but I don't mind.
I believe AIBU doesn't get deleted. I know this IS an AIBU thread, but would it be worth considering putting future threads in a topic that would get deleted, so we'd feel a little freer? Just a thought.
Dons hard hat

AverageGayLad · 28/08/2016 19:48

Course they'll continue forever!

I too am off for a shag in a bit Grin

AverageGayLad · 28/08/2016 19:49

Annie I WOULD agree with you, but this is the little oasis in the storm that is AIBU! We can't move!