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To ask about trolls

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HairsprayBabe · 16/02/2017 15:05

NOT a TAAT - just inspired by a certain one

Tell us about your fave MN troll

I liked the woman who had a dead husband who hand painted the childrens bedrooms, and now she was remarried she wanted all of her stepchildren to sleep in one room so that her children from her first marriage wouldn't have to give up their bedrooms even for one night!

Surely IANBU to ask what your favorite troll on MN has been?!

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ElderDruid · 16/02/2017 17:17

There was a woman who had a shit memory, I ended up chatting to her MIL in the end as I think she had 4 or 5 kids and thought, what is this doing to them. She claimed to have a gynae cancer, I know a lot about gynae stuff so was invested. But nothing seemed to be happening, then it changed locations. She claimed to have her cervix removed, but her womb & ovaries in situ via laparoscopy. She even said going for chemo I happened to be going to an appt that day so said I'd call in to offer support and at least a lift home. Was refused. Then the chemo was changed to tablet chemo & radiotherapy. She was saying when her first radio was, I knew that we didn't have that we were fundraising for it. She went on about got to get a bus etc, I insisted on taking her again and got shrugged off. Then didn't hear much and all of a sudden everything was fine.
I thought if someone said something to her kids they'd be absolutely beside themselves. So I spoke to the MIL who said they know it's just a lie, she only seems to play on it if she fell out with her hubby over something.
I appreciate trying to save a marriage and all that, but just astounded.

Hatemylifenow · 16/02/2017 17:18

jelly I think it was her actual son.

BalloonSlayer · 16/02/2017 17:18

My theory is that some of these troll threads are sort of real.

For example: my ExH dumped me nearly 25 years ago. There was an upsetting miscarriage in the mix too. There was no internet then, he had a car phone but there were not the mobiles we have now or the technology. I was convinced there was someone else but he strenuously denied it. Ah well. Now I have my lovely DH and 3 wonderful DCs - so what about that twat. Yet when I read stuff about "the script" I think, Aaargh, that is SO ExH! Wish I had had Mumsnet then. And I wonder how it would have panned out if I had been able to ask for advice.

So I wonder if, were I not happy now, if life had not worked out for me and I was still miserable and heartbroken after all those years, whether I might be tempted to start a thread and pretend it is all happening now. As a way of working things through, getting closure perhaps. To get confirmation of what I suspected.

And if I were to do that, after all this time certain things would not ring true. For example, when I miscarried, I rang the GPs and the Doctor came round and called an ambulance for me. Shock That just wouldn't happen today and that would get people's trolldar flashing. And I wouldn't be able to check his phone because he only had a carphone, so I would have to make up an excuse or be vague about what phone he had, which would also arouse suspicions. And the thread would probably move much faster than the events did at the time. And if posters said "when you see him say/do this" I wouldn't, because I couldn't, because it was 25 years ago.

And that is what I think some people are doing. Especially the losing twins people - I think they might have lost babies in the past and can't get over it and are trying to get someone to talk to about their grief when everyone in real life has forgotten about it.

I must say at this point that I have never started a troll thread looking for sympathy. (I was responsible for a v successful funny one back in the day when it was acceptable to do funny troll threads, almost a rite of passage, but that's it, honest). I haven't needed to but I think there are people who do need to and that's why their threads don't ring true.

NalaLion · 16/02/2017 17:18

I wonder where she got the photos of 'Oliver' from, did anyone Google them?

NalaLion · 16/02/2017 17:19

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WannaBe · 16/02/2017 17:20

VI is visually impaired.

BeverlyGoldberg · 16/02/2017 17:20

Does anyone remember what happened to the poster who found a photo of her husband's 'friend' naked on their sofa. She managed to work out it was when they were together by the design of the sofa and then determined that they'd had an affair.

The saga continued across several threads with her sister popping up as "Rotty" the Rottweiler because she'd stood up to the cheating STBexH.

Hatemylifenow · 16/02/2017 17:22

bev yes I remember - I think her "sister" posted on her thread too

Beachedwh4le · 16/02/2017 17:24

balloon I think that's a really reasonable theory, or that some of the less outrageous troll threads are just people trying to process something and wanting to step out of their lives for a while

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HairsprayBabe · 16/02/2017 17:24

Elder that is shocking some people just thrive on drama!

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ChicRock · 16/02/2017 17:24

I certainly do think some troll threads have some elements of truth, or contain a true past or even present experience. And the troll works through the experience as they wish/hope they could deal with it irl.

I also think just because someone has a previous posting history on MN, that doesn't mean they're not a troll - that's usually the first shout of defence of a poster if anyone raises an eyebrow on a thread... "this isn't a troll, they've been on MN for ages" - but that doesn't mean a thing.

NoArmaniNoPunani · 16/02/2017 17:26

And that is what I think some people are doing. Especially the losing twins people - I think they might have lost babies in the past and can't get over it and are trying to get someone to talk to about their grief when everyone in real life has forgotten about it.

I think you make a very good point there. I can't help but feel sorry for trolls who start those kinds of threads. There must be something missing in their lives to do that

ElderDruid · 16/02/2017 17:26

People post all sorts on IG, so I guess screen grab and crop.

I can't bring myself to look at childhood cancer pages though, like some friends will emphatically follow them, but I just can't.

I worry enough as it is.

I guess you're right if you can't get closure you could try and relive it. But I think a better option would be professional therapy. There's so many organisations.

But there are some chancers out there I guess who like the one with the Amazon wish list. Make life better for my DC. That could just be jealousy.

I've never bought into designer stuff or the in toys. We don't do a sitting room of presents at Christmas. That's just a waste of time & money.

Hateloggingin · 16/02/2017 17:30

Mamazon wasn't a troll exactly... Well she's a real person who many Mns have met in real life and is on my fb. I don't know what happened... Her one account on MN lines up with her rl, I think maybe she had other accounts where she trolled or sock puppeted?

Zeebrugge and farm/incest sister-wives was Extended. I think that's also the troll who does the 16 year old carer trolling

ElderDruid · 16/02/2017 17:31

I think it is a genuine waste of time though. I do get pissed off when everyone else is fawning and I don't kiss the OP's arse I'm BU. It's like you can't have differences of opinion.

I think a thread I'm still to read was about a MIL & someone who worked at home. The MIL wasn't actually I'll just festively rotund. People called that person out.

Hateloggingin · 16/02/2017 17:32

Plus WWC / SassySusan - child who had died... I think there probably was a child who had died just not how she said, all very sad either way.

ElderDruid · 16/02/2017 17:32

People actually post about incest?

Hateloggingin · 16/02/2017 17:32

WiltedRose was one who was always after money... Why do I know all this???!!

bookworm14 · 16/02/2017 17:32

It's probably been mentioned already, but there's a troll who keeps coming back pretending to be a young woman of 17-19 who's in a high-earning job and whose parents disapprove of her being pregnant/ttc. This is the type of troll that just baffles me - I can understand what the fetishy posters like poo troll are getting out of it (disgusting though it is), but why repeatedly pretend to be a wealthy, pregnant 18-year-old? Are they trying to get a rise out of people who disapprove of teens getting pregnant?

Beachedwh4le · 16/02/2017 17:34

I should confess to posting on suspected troll threads just so I'll know if they get removed

Hateloggingin · 16/02/2017 17:34

Yes they used to shag their husbands next to each other in the barn, they were 'sister-wives' usually lightning flashed all around etc etc

ElderDruid · 16/02/2017 17:39

What the hell!

ElderDruid · 16/02/2017 17:40

Did it get deleted?

It might have been believable till the Lightning bit.

Hateloggingin · 16/02/2017 17:43

I think it was deleted, shame as it was hilarious. I seem to remember it started quite innocently, op was upset with her husband groping her breasts when she was washing up I think, then sister wives and the farm came into it and 'sports' but I can't remember how

Hateloggingin · 16/02/2017 17:43

SporKs not sports