to ask if you ever wonder about certain posters/threads?

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i’ve used MN for years, and i often think about particular threads or posters that stuck out to me or i interacted with ages ago that i haven’t been able to find (or just seemed to stop posting without a trace) since then.

anyone else get strangely nostalgic/curious thinking back to threads/posters and wonder what became of them?

@smellyolddog

I sobbed over a thread maybe 18 months ago where a poster lost her 7 year old boy to cancer. It was heartbreaking and I wonder how she is.

And is stealth polarbear still around? I remember anyfucker and stealth being regulars, I've seen anyfucker recently getting some stick fit having a second home and struggling.

I do get invested, but only a few stick!

I think my favourite one is in classics when someone accidentally sprayed half a pigeon with cresote..

Ah. I had come to mention AnyFucker, I used to see daily comments of her everywhere when I first joined mumsnet (years ago). WorraLiberty is another one that I used to see a lot of (and even had a her own mumsnet dedicated thread a lifetime ago). Those oldies are the people who give me nostalgia of my first steps into Mumsnet. Expatinscotland is a big one too and the thread about her daughter really moved me and have stayed with me.

You have the interesting posters too, like I remember the very rich poster who made every post about her being very rich and owning an island.

I think some thread are classics and therefore unforgettable (Sistine Chapel, Maui, etc...)

And then the ones who create build up and don’t come back for an update or you randomly lose. Like currently I am thinking of that thread where a lady had inherited protected woods and her neighbors fenced it off and claimed it as theirs (as well as some land belonging to another neighbor). I was fascinated by the thread but don’t think it was ever resolved or I lost the thread before seeing the latest update.

I can’t remember the details but there was a male poster whose wife had died from cancer and he had a son . David was either the sons or dads name I think ? . He started a charity page in her memory .

@SEE123

I think about RainMinusBow all the time. I really hope her pregnancy was okay and that she and her DH are free of her evil XH.

@SEE123 Sheis still on here, new username, something like ‘Oldatforty’. Ex is still awful but her daughter is fine.

There was a post maybe within the last year, where a posters waters broke when she was only about 21 weeks pregnant (not sure if it was 22 but was 20 something weeks) and she had to stay in hospital on bed rest for many weeks as the baby lost all the amniotic fluid. As i remember things were progressing really well for the gestation but i always wonder did she make it to thirty plus weeks and was the baby ok.

@BlueLikeASmurf

EatShitDerek is one of my FB friends as she lives very close to me. She and her two lovely DC are doing really well. I will message her to let her know that kind people are asking after her.

I hadn’t heard of ESD until I saw Jo Brand live 2 years ago - she mentioned her in her set!

I think of Greenberet and especially her children - she was absolutely furious and bitter about her divorce because she felt the financial settlement had been unfair. Her insight and behaviour were quite poor and she would argue with anyone who tried to help her think about her situation from a different perspective. She wasn’t very likeable but I think she was clearly quite unwell mentally and her children were struggling.

@SpeckledyHen

I can’t remember the details but there was a male poster whose wife had died from cancer and he had a son . David was either the sons or dads name I think ? . He started a charity page in her memory .

David and Caroline.

WWIFN was very prolific and I don't think it was helpful to her tbh. She was clearly not yet OK about her own situation and unwittingly did a lot of projecting when advising others.

I imagine Bertrand is around but namechanged.

The troll with the ill child photo was the Oliver's army one.

The socks poster who went round on buses turned out not to be quite what everyone thought- or rather, someone offered her a sofa for a couple of days and then had to get her to leave rather forcefully. Troll? Dunno. She certainly existed as the poster with the sofa would confirm. She certainly wasn't the fallen on hard times gentle soul she portrayed herself as on here. I have a feeling she might also have posted under a other very well known name at the time too.

The one where the OP was leaving her abusive husband and another MNetter kindly took her dog in for her while she got herself sorted. I often wonder how she is and if she got her dog back

That's a lovely thing to do. I wonder how.many women feel trapped in abusive relationships because they can't easily take their pets.

I also remember Little Jenny Wren

There was another sad one too about a lady whose teen/adult son had attacked her and her DH. I think the DH died and she was quite badly injured. I occasionally wonder how she managed to come to terms with it.

I remember @queenofoversharing being a bit sad about her birthday last year so wanted to send best wishes in 2021 but I couldn't send her a PM. Hope that she's had a good year.

@TheLittleRedToothbrush
It’s lovely to hear your update! I’m so happy for you.

@Linning the protected woods thread was Twittlebee, mentioned upthread.

This thread has reminded me of Zombie. She had a very distinct posting style and would write about herself in the third person. I believe she died, sadly.

[quote JohnMiddleNameRedactedSwanson]@Linning the protected woods thread was Twittlebee, mentioned upthread.

This thread has reminded me of Zombie. She had a very distinct posting style and would write about herself in the third person. I believe she died, sadly.[/quote]
Thank you! Do we know what happened to the woods? (Off to research!)

I remember a young woman with cancer posting (maybe it’s the one that was mention upthread as well) she had a kid and was trying to make a memory box for him as she was terminal. I often think about her and low-key hope she ended up beating the odds and surviving. It’s odd when you know a poster might have died but have no way to find out.

@AndOffFlewMyLastFuck

I remember someone who's user name was one red sock or something, one night she was riding round on the buses just trying to keep warm. I do hope she has found some happiness Also there was a young lass who posted alot, she had one son and then found out she was pregnant, went on to have a daughter and then stopped posting. She was quite gobby but in a really nice way This is going back years mind .

OddSocksHighHeels... I wonder about her often, and hope her life is better now.

Where is wilfs mum? We used to have regular updates about him and his dog, I loved those threads, hearing how he was doing
@Oldat40 I am still cheering you on

@Tiktaks I'm so glad to hear @ghostspirit is doing well. I think of her often.

@GirlLovesWorld

Years ago a woman posted in Relationships: she was being horrible sexually assaulted by her husband. He would force his fingers into her any time he wanted. He called it 'oodling' I think.

I don't know how the thread ended, or if she got away. I hope so, I really hope so.

And yes to CupofTea and the teacups. If I remember rightly they had any other baby but ended up divorced. So sad, wee Bea was such a light in their lives.

The first poster you mention was called Twinkle and she was lying to get attention and cash.

She's been banned.

On no, I never knew Emin had passed away. That's heartbreaking, I remember her foster threads. What a wonderful woman she was.

Fluffydressinggown used to post from a secure ward. She had a husband and kitten she adored and was into colouring.

Her husband came on one day to the us she'd passed. She was a lovely person.

@StepOutOfLine I did wonder if BertrandRussell had namechanged, but it didn't seem likely somehow - she had a very distinctive style, always posted on certain subjects, and I certainly haven't seen anyone who sounds like her since she disappeared.

@Whatifitallgoesright

There was one from 5 ish years ago, possibly more. She had 3 kids I think, husband pressuring her to have another but there was some half-renovated death trap bit of the house which he wouldn't fix?

Also another who's husband actually kept her short of food?

I remember that one too, it started with her saying she was tired of him nagging to have another child and then she gradually revealed more and it was a truly terrible situation where he had manipulated her to be permanently pregnant/looking after children and never safe. As I recall she left a couple of times then returned.

@DeeDimer I also wonder about the poster who list her husband.

I believe she updated about 6mths later to say that she’d started a close friendship/relationship with her former partners best friend and the mil took it really badly. I think the mil wanted custody of the children.

I really hope her and her children have gone in to face a happy secure life.

One that I remember was a woman who was being controlled by her mother. Her house was full of stuff and as fast as she could clear it her mother was bringing more.
I often wonder if she managed to stem the flow of stuff in and clear out the stuff she had.

The OP who worked in an office where a pregnant colleague would steal her can of Ka drink from the fridge every day as she said she felt sick. Would never buy her own but always stole the OPs. Some of the replies were sensible but some were just plain ridiculous suggesting that the OP buy a four pack everyday and share, totally missing the point.

The OP who’s dog kept sniffing her DH in the same place and everyone was telling her to take him to the GP.

The OP who’s husband never gave her any money for food so she would feed her DD and eat food out the waste bin. She then updated to say she had married him, I wonder if she got out.

[quote AWaspOnAWindowReturns]**@Tiktaks* I'm so glad to hear @ghostspirit* is doing well. I think of her often.[/quote]
Thank you 😊

I remember one from years ago in relationships where the woman in her 50s was so devastated about her husband's affair, he eventually moved out etc. It went on for about 4 threads and she got so much thoughtful advice and support. Then one day came the "sorry folks it was a troll". I was surprised, I really didnt see that one coming.

One ofy favourites was a woman who ran downstairs naked to drink fantastic from the bottle and squirt whipped cream straight into her mouth, then looked up to see her elderly neighbours standing at the window looking rather alarmed.