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mxmxm · 2021-02-26T13:39:31+00:00

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?

lemorella · 03/03/2021 19:14

There was also a post from a mother who wanted a hand hold as her toddler daughter was in hospital with an infection that was tonsillitis or similar. She'd been sent home with antibiotics and found her daughter had passed away in her sleep the next day. I distinctly remember her saying she had found her in a starfish position in her cot.

At the time I was in and out of hospital for the same thing with my son who was the same age and I cried my eyes out when she updated the thread.

My son recovered quickly and I had to hide the thread in the end I found it so heartbreaking.

Psychonabike · 03/03/2021 19:18

@AnyFucker thanks...I did have a feeling the burns one was likely to be real. I wonder how things went for that family.

The coconut one was one of those really trivial threads about school lunches drifting into chat about all the bloody "allergies" that have to be accounted for that are "really" about fussy children/fussy parents when the post appeared by a woman telling her horrendous tale of others not taking allergies seriously. It had happened in the past but she'd said something about making sure she told her tale wherever she saw people not taking allergies seriously. I think, at the time, I had found that to be true -found it in the press, on reddit etc...

Allthatechoes · 03/03/2021 19:23

Can anyone remember one from a little over a year or so ago where a mum was being expected to give a lift to her DD’s friend when they went on a regular (weekly?) class or club?
Not sure if it was true but if it was the friend’s mother was a massive CF!
I read it to the point where MNers had advised her to just not take the friend anymore and stand up to the friends DM then lost the thread.

RainingBatsAndFrogs · 03/03/2021 19:24

[quote AnyFucker]@Psychonabike I think the burned child one was real, unfortunately

Have never heard of the coconut one.[/quote]
Yes, the mother of the burned child updated a few years later.

She had separated from her husband.

CassandrasCastle · 03/03/2021 19:50

I always wondered about OpeheliaRose/FabPhee as well - troll or not I mean.

CassandrasCastle · 03/03/2021 19:51

I think stuff about Fab Phee in skinny jeans and the presence of twins were a bit suss 🙈 Ugh, so horrible and cynical of me!

kissmarch · 03/03/2021 19:52

aging myself here but anyone else remember LolaTheShowgirl? and cvq?

PatriciaBateman · 03/03/2021 20:51

I was also called troll in my earlier days here, by troll-hunters "who were never wrong", many years ago.

My friend was dating a man who had indicated cannibalistic interests. I was postnatal, struggling with my own MH difficulties and childhood abuse and posted for a clean perspective.

I'll never forget some of the kind non-judgemental posters (I think one was called Garlic-something) who reached out to me on that thread and guided me to do the right thing (police in the end - although the police didn't really care, it made me take it all more seriously). My friend did get physically hurt, ditched him in the end and me as well for a long time.

However, some others were absolutely awful and made a hard time so much harder. I'm ashamed of how I ended up reacting though (hostile, provocative). A benefit is that I gained some insight about my own behaviour toward people reading it back while mentally well, and am a lot more careful to keep myself stabilised.

charliebear78 · 03/03/2021 21:44

I seem to remember a very strange thread about a guy saying he could see insects all over the floor etc...as the thread progressed it was clear he was suffering from some hallucinations...very odd and probably lying but that stuck with me.

CharityDingle · 03/03/2021 22:49

@bruffin

Also, did the post about SoftPlayZilla or something along those lines ever get resolved? Someone went to soft play and paid for her friend when they arrived as the friend had paid for her the week before, and a second friend got very irate at not being paid for. She then went out of her way to make life miserable for her, spreading lies, following her to the supermarket, going to the same baby groups and ignoring her - I seem to recall the police were involved, but I don't remember the outcome... I really dont think that was real!

Not at all.

Kitdeluca1 · 03/03/2021 23:14

I often wonder how the Mexican house thief op gets on with the thief after all this time😂

Other one was last year OP posted at maybe 3am saying police had been calling to say they had arrested her husband or something, he was an all round waster tbh, think he’d been caught drunk driving was due in court and was likely to lose his licence and subsequently his job, think he had a nasty coke habit too. She planned her full exit strategy on the thread. Got a new house and everything, had friends distract him on the big day and packed up her life and left, the last posts I read she’d been in her new house a week or so and the kids was settling in. I hope she’s happy now and recovering from her shitty marriage! The way she handled her shit was iconic, I bet she’s helped loads of woman find the courage to leave and plan their exit to perfection!

showmethegin · 04/03/2021 00:02

I think I read that whole Mexican house one with my mouth open, CF of the decade!

I think of coatsprotectionleague (not sure if that's right) who left her cheating DH by squirrelling stuff away over a number of weeks, buying things as part of the weekly shop so it would be harder for him to trace. I was just bowled over by her strength. I hope she is free and happy now.

Joanofbach · 04/03/2021 00:19

@Elderflower14 they were just outside my flat!

Elderflower14 · 04/03/2021 04:59

[quote Joanofbach]@Elderflower14 they were just outside my flat![/quote]
[Smile] David Schwimmer filmed outside Wilfs flat when I was there last year.. Wilf wasn't interested...

LunaMay · 04/03/2021 05:21

I remember a thread from a few years ago maybe, i dont know if i just lost it or it was deleted/found to be a troll.

It was an older man who worked away in Poland? i think and had had an affair with a younger woman resulting in a child. I think the thread started with him having told his wife and daughter and the fall out from that and they didn't want him to see the child anymore? I was hooked on that real or not but i remember how frustrating the poster could be and going around in circles.

Newestname001 · 04/03/2021 05:36

The one (in late 2019/early 2020 I think?) where the woman was being controlled by her husband. Her OP started so "innocently" - that they always went up to bed together quite early, before 9pm at his insistence but developed into she worked for him alone and wasn't allowed to change to a job she wanted. Eventually with MN help she applied for a university post to teach and had secretly arranged accommodation. However she wouldn't leave until a cheque for a Large £amount was received so she'd be financially secure. However her husband found out, she told him everything, he persuaded her she'd be unable to cope, she cancelled her course and stopped posting. She was so fragile and so full of fear and hope but wasn't able to escape in the end. She was so nearly free. 🌹

Newestname001 · 04/03/2021 05:50

Hello 👋 @TheLittleRedToothbrush. I'm glad things are going better for you. 🌹

Newestname001 · 04/03/2021 06:28

@wrigglewriggles

The woman, I think it's been mentioned already, who's husband/partner was caught drink driving and she was planning on leaving. How did that end up?

She did end up leaving in the end. I think she had help from family and friends and great support from her boss. She and the children moved to a nice home (I think she sent a picture if I remember correctly) of part of her living room and a glass of wine. I remember MNers also being really supportive when she was having doubts and setbacks involving her partner/husband who was also financially irresponsible. 🌹

arcof · 04/03/2021 06:39

I've read most of the thread so sorry if any of these have been mentioned - if anyone knows what happened next do let me know:

The poster called babynamechange who had a son who she was sure was being abused by her ex but couldn't prevent visitation, went through courts, never seemed to make progress, have always wondered if she managed to get her son away from him in the end

The "elephant in the room" threads on relationships years and years ago

A lady who said she was very wealthy and glamorous, and who'd had a child, a boy, who was about 7 at the time I think, who she just didn't love and often posted about how to come to terms with this lack of emotion

I also remember the fish tank light box one

rockinaftermidnite · 04/03/2021 07:58

Years and years ago, there was a suicidal poster who many of us were trying to help in real time... I think her name was redcarpet or something to do with red carpets. I often think of her.

catsrus · 04/03/2021 08:14

@Muddledupme

I remember bedandbandages I think she was called. Her baby wasn't very old when she discovered she had cancer. Such a sad thread.

She was "biscuitsandbandages", a GP, real name Teresa, sounds like she was lovely - the crowdfunder in her name made a lot of money for charity. Her baby will be about 7 now. Her thread was MN support at its best I think.

GBand · 04/03/2021 09:02

@LunaMay

I remember a thread from a few years ago maybe, i dont know if i just lost it or it was deleted/found to be a troll.

It was an older man who worked away in Poland? i think and had had an affair with a younger woman resulting in a child. I think the thread started with him having told his wife and daughter and the fall out from that and they didn't want him to see the child anymore? I was hooked on that real or not but i remember how frustrating the poster could be and going around in circles.

Yes I was thinking about this one earlier. Really unusual.

WhereDoMyBluebirdsFly · 04/03/2021 09:40

@Allthatechoes

Can anyone remember one from a little over a year or so ago where a mum was being expected to give a lift to her DD’s friend when they went on a regular (weekly?) class or club? Not sure if it was true but if it was the friend’s mother was a massive CF! I read it to the point where MNers had advised her to just not take the friend anymore and stand up to the friends DM then lost the thread.

@allthatechoes As far as I remember, the other mum turned even more of a CF, and demanded the poster collect her daughter from the house because it was dark. She ended up getting a taxi, rather than just walking around to the poster's house, and sent the poster loads of abusive messages about how selfish she was for not driving far out of her way. I think her daughter then started batching about the OP's daughter at school, something like that.

I love the CF threads. Nobody dares to try this stuff with me, I'm a bit disappointed!

StepOutOfLine · 04/03/2021 13:18

@kissmarch

aging myself here but anyone else remember LolaTheShowgirl? and cvq?

Yep. Lola had quite a fanclub on here who were all most put out when she was outed.

LadyEloise · 04/03/2021 13:28

What happened LaQueen ?
She was a prolific poster and then poof - gone - and her posts deleted.