To think that your all secret mumsneters?

[uhtredsonofuhtred]

I'm new here and I've notice that quite a few posters change their name on here so they're not sussed out I guess?

Does any of your friends and family know that you use mumsnet? Or do you not even mention it in case your baiting yourself out 

Curious to know.

DH, DS & parents, some friends know I MN but don't know my username.

One friend from work knows as she's a fellow MNer.

I’ve been here nearly 19 years and never mention it, I honestly don’t know if any of my friends are on here, sometimes I refer vaguely to a ‘chat forum’ that I belong to, but I like to remain anonymous. I have only recognised one person on here, but she was very obvious about her name, where she lived & other specific facts so that I worked it was someone I vaguely knew.

@elQuintoConyo 😂😂😂😂

Just make sure you cover your back by constantly asking everybody you meet "U OK, Hun?" and keep going on about your 'bubs' and 'fur babies' - and, of course, never swear, especially with compound swear words that end in 'badger', 'puffin' or 'womble' - and they'll just automatcially assume that you've been assimilated by The Other Site.

Oh, and if they ever mention Center Parcs, Maui or Penguin Bollards, just give them a Paddington stare (but never a tinkly little laugh) and ask what on earth these words they're using mean before you LTB and then cancel the cheque

@winsinbin I don't know if I could be on here if I knew my mum was. What if you recognised her from one of her threads and not a nice one,or one you'd feel abit grossed out about on the sex/relationship board 

I haven't name changed for ages, mostly as I can't remember my password I know at least 6 people who also use MN, but we don't exchange our usernames. We do have a giggle about any particularly good CF threads that might have appeared recently.

I believe that there are only around 50 Mumsnetters. Constant name and details changing to avoid detection gives the impression that there are thousands of us. But there aren't.

I’ve spotted a couple of real life people on here, and been spotted by someone else. Change username sometimes. However it’s not the first forum I’ve been on and I’ve been talking to folk on the internet since about 2002.

uht you do know you don't have to go on all the boards don't you? I'll just notask about how you'd recognise your mother from a thread on sex

So is Reddit basically socially acceptable MN In which case I may need to join...

Nobody knows as far as I know accept anyone that ever sits next to me on public transport that is!

That said. I would assume the person was texting... Maybe all my friends and family are secret MNetters. So long as they keep shtum I shall never know...

And I avoid being embarrassed about anything I might post about sex/relationships by not posting about sex/relationships at all.

And I bet you're the type who would complain if your childrens' teachers didn't correct their grammar and spelling .....

And here's me with my real name and year of birth 😂 I don't think it's a big deal, none of my family use this app so I'm in the all clear!

In the country I live in I reckon there are very few MNters. I am always a bit shady myself as I don't want to be outed. Am always in the lookout, however. I did recognise a MNer in the country next to mine.

Slating people
Not sussed out
Baiting yourself out 

Strange choice of words OP. I just NC a lot because I like that it's an anonymous forum.

More or less anyone I know well (and a lot of people I know only vaguely but who work at the charity I volunteer for) know I'm on here and know my username. I don't give a toss. I don't say anything on here that I wouldn't say in real life and I'm not at all the secretive type. What's more I can't imagine anyone being interested enough to search my posts.

@Andjustlikethat do they not come in the active threads part then? Maybe the mother might browse the sex boards who knows,but then you could search there nn if you had an inkling of who they could be

My DH knows - he even asks ‘So what’s going on on Mumsnet?’ We’ve had some interesting conversations based on threads

Well yes of course they come up in Active but that doesn't mean you need to look there.

Maybe just me but I wouldn't try to 'suss' my mother out full stop.

It really grinds my gears when people correct spelling and grammar. My DH is severely dyslexic and would be upset and embarrassed if someone pulled him up on his.

I make it a strict basic personal rule to never ever mention MN to any of my neighbours here on the 6th floor of Humperdinck Tenements, Don Warrington Walk G96 4EK that I use MN, so they'd haver absolutely no possible way of knowing that I'm a regular on here, complaining about them and their dirty ways.

They don't even have front doormats to stop them from trampling mud straight inside, the filthy oafs - I can't believe that my flat is the only one of 12 that actually does.

Some people on here are really stupid, though - so obviously outing themselves to anybody who's ever met them.

Mine all know but they don't know my username. I've shared a lot of outing things (like photos of my very identifiable cat!) so if I wanted to spill the beans here about something sensitive I'd change my name so it couldn't be linked back...

My DSis uses MN. I recognised a post where she moaned about my wedding. She doesn’t know I know.

Am I your sister @JonSlow? Because my sister’s wedding was objectively awful and I have definitely mentioned it on MN (under various names).

I believe that there are only around 50 Mumsnetters

In fact, only 28 genuine ones, once you discount the poo and underwear trolls and the teenage boys in their bedrooms coming on here for a jive once their mums have unplugged their x-boxes for the night.