#dearmumsnet

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#dearmumsnet

Thank you for all the help, support, handholds and 's I had during the darkest, loneliest period of my life. It was 3am, i was suicidal, had a baby asleep on me with my tears soaking his sleep suit and this board was the only place I could think of. I had post after post from people letting me know I wasn't alone and urging me to get help in the real world.

Three years later I am still here and life is good.

Thank you!

#DearMumsnet thank you for letting me reach out in the darkest days of my mental health issues, you saved my life quite literally.

#dearmumsnet Thank you too for the amazing users who have reached out to me to help in so many ways before.

#DearMumsnet I guess most of all thank you for helping me grow and become a better person and parent.

@kateandme - what a lovely way to look at it. Thanks!

I am really enjoying reading these!

Perhaps "enjoying" isn't quite the right word. I'm glad to read there are lots of situations like mine hooch

#dearmumsnet thank you so much for the early wakers thread. I have no idea what I would have done without the wonderful women on there who didn't put their heads to one side and say, "have you tried weaning/co-sleeping/swaddling/black out blinds/a routine?" But were there for me at 4.17am every fucking day. DD sleeps like an angel now BTW. I hope all your DC do too.

#dearmumsnet thanks for standing up for free speech.

#dearmumsnet I know people think there's too much LTB but I'm glad someone is telling abused women to LTB when LTB is in order.

Can someone post a link to the thread this relates to? Haven't been on MN in a while .......

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What is a tinkly laugh?

#dearmumsnet thank you for the antenatal thread I was on nearly 10 years ago, it gave me a group of over 15 brilliant women who I still count on for support today. We have our own private chat group now and meet up in person.

Thank you also for the advice I’ve had over the years on a myriad of topics, from pregnancy to potty training to pets and for allowing to me discuss the news and feminism with some sharp minds (and yes, occasionally sharp tongues ).

Thank you also for proving to me that, contrary to popular assumption, an Easter bonnet can in fact be terrifying.

Here you go SpringSprangSprung

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Reposting from the other thread >

What's the other thread?

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I wish those thick media critics did I say daily fail would pay attention to threads like this as opposed to the more sensational stuff because that's what it's all about and why I joined as an insecure new mother.

#thanksMN

#dearmumsnet thank you for the years of support and advice I’ve received on here. From bad sleepers, to the best way to make pulled pork!
#dearmumsnet thank you for not censoring people, for the people whose opinions are polar opposites and letting them have those opinions.

#dearmumsnet thank you for the chance to get advice and pep talks on baby sleep, from lovely helpful strangers in the same boat. And hours of reading interesting views on countless topics.

#dearmumsnet thank you for the ante natal clubs, mine all moved onto Facebook and I would have been lost throughout pregnancy and the newborn days without my MN friends.

#dearmumsnet thank you for making me laugh about husbands eating bird fat balls, elderly Korean ladies in the back garden and people taking crockery on a night out. On a more serious note thank you for providing a platform where women can get support and advice from people who aren’t trying to sell them teabags.

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Thanks for Balonz.

#dearmumsnet - thank you for providing a platform for dissenters who happen to believe that monetising your children for profit is a bad thing. Thank you also for allowing dissent, argument and discussion.

#dearmumsnet Thank you for being a mum to me after I lost my own mum far too young. I have no other female relatives and would have been totally lost during the baby years without you

So much positive stuff xx

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Well done you!

💪🏽 Stronger than you realise. Your DC is all the better for it too x

#dearmumsnet thank you for being a place that can be relied upon to tell blunt truths and give genuinely useful advice. Thank you for being the place that made me go from thinking feminism had gone too far to a rad fem.

Thanks for the spider willies and stuff getting darked on. DH accidentally left DSs favoured beaker outside overnight and looked at me like I was a complete nut when I began cackling about these things, but I know you would have understood.

Thanks also for encouraging me to wear red lip stick and chuck out my grey, sensible, bought-when-I-had-PND coat; for helping me pick a new bike; and (indirectly) giving me the motivation to learn a new skill and register myself as self-employed. I'm not a SAHM any more (I totally am, but I'll work on it). Thanks for making me feel less of a shitty failure when DS makes me feel all touched out and stressed. And for reminding me that This Too Shall Pass.

#dearmumsnet thank you for providing space for the antenatal clubs, where I found some brilliant friendships.

Thank you for allowing discussion to take place and a place where we're able to ask questions.

Without MN I would never have come across the irreplaceable Zombie/Candy and CatThiefKeith.

#WWEKLD

#dearmumsnet, you were right, and I should have listened.

#dearmumsnet thanks for giving me access to people to talk to during the achingly empty days of early maternity leave and helping me cope with the bewilderment of going from a 100MPH job to being at home looking after tiny, grumpy, non sleeping baby with no family or local friends.

Thank you for making me realise how many sparky, opinionated, hilariously funny women there are out there. For making me understand how broad other people's opinions are and for giving the the tools to be more empathetic of other people's situations. Thanks for letting people with different opinions co-exist and for not stifling debate.