'Where Are They Now' if AIBU threads?

[MolyHolyGuacamole]

Do you even find yourself suddenly remembering a particular scenario, and wondering where the people involved are today, if the behaviour is still carrying on, did she ever LTB, etc?

Even if the thread had a resolution to the scenario, if things ever repeated again?

The one that came into my mind vividly today was about a woman who'd gone to collect her child (believe it was a DD) and came home to find that her husband had left the key in the door on the other side meaning they couldn't get in, and despite being able to see 'D'H in the window and signalling to him, he refused to come and open the door as he was on a work call? From memory they were left waiting for about an hour and DD had to wee in the garden.

I remember feeling so outraged for her, and find myself wondering now if it was just a one off or if the bastard has continued doing shitty things to them.

Any other ones that have left an impression?

@IsItTooEarlyForAGin

I always wonder what happened with the poster who posted about her DH being friends with a famous person but she thought something was going on due to the tone of their messages Always wondered who the famous person was

This thread drove me bonkers because OP was going to confront the DH & then she never came back with an update!

Yes I was invested I the famous person and husband thread. I always imagined it was Louise Rednapp.

@catinboots21

Other people can probably summarise better - but David started a thread about his dying wife Caroline and their small DS. MNers falling over themselves with offers of support (financial and all sorts)

He posted a voice clip of Caroline apparently on her deathbed thanking Mumsnet. All the while he was sending dodgy PMs to various posters asking for nudes and the like.

All got a bit weird because an apparent colleague of Caroline came on and confirmed she had died. It seemed she was actually a real person. There was stuff online to confirm this.

Lots of people invested and upset. Lots of us knew he was a troll from the first post. MNHQ got involved and it all went poof - could never be mentioned again.

Fucking bizarre. Hence people went to Reddit so they could discuss it without being shut down.

Unfortunately this does happen elsewhere. I lurk on a blood cancer FB group and an apparently devoted husband of a dying woman started sending dick pictures to some of the women who’d been particularly supportive to him and his wife. They had to ban him. None of those involved were young and a lot of the group members were distressed at losing the contact with the dying wife. Very sad.

@CallmeHendricks

I still remember the poster (Starssandstripes or something like that) who asked her dh to pop into a shop on the way home from work to get some milk. He went nuts about it, and gradually a whole litany of abuse unfolded. Eventually, she left with her two children, and I sometimes wonder where she is now. I hope she's happy. It must have been 7-10 years ago???

this was one of the first threads I can remember on MN, must have been about 12-13 years ago? Turned out he spent all his time at the gym and refused to do anything and was obviously a bully/controlling. Wish I could remember how it turned out for her, she did sound nice. Think the title was something like "I asked him to get milk"

@StrawberrySundayz

I always wonder if Snapped and Farted sorted out her IBS.

And is that guy still dipping his penis in a beaker?

@StrawberrySundayz

Excuse me, what? Someone was dipping his penis in a beaker??

Mmm it’s worth remembering though, a huge number of the memorable ones are probably bollocks or highly embellished

Please be careful with this. If I sat down and told you everything that happened to me when my ex walked out, you wouldn’t believe me. It would make a great soap opera plot line except they’d never use it because it would be considered so unrealistic. But there are no bollocks and no embellishments. It happened to me, it’s the truth and if I had been posting here at the time, I really, really would have needed the support. Fortunately I got that support elsewhere but I sometimes see people being accused of being trolls and I worry for them in my own context, of that makes sense.

There was one I remember where a lady had gone for a pregnancy scan at a hospital and wanted to eat beans and chips in the canteen and for some reason (which was illogical) she felt her husband hadn't given her the chance and she was having an epic meltdown about it. I think some people had recognised her from another thread about a house they had wanted to buy. I like the threads where people kind of prove themselves to be unreasonable and I wonder do they learn their lesson.

@SwishSwishBisch

I still wonder about one from Relationships. The OP had discovered her DH was cheating but was playing the long game and didn’t tell him she knew, instead she was using his cc to buy all sorts of stuff and basically just getting ready to drop the bomb when she was well provided for financially. I think her username was something to do with coats? She stopped posting after a while,

I remember her, she was so well organised. She was lucky in the sense that her H was wealthy and didn't check her spending, but unlucky because she knew that he would cut off all the money once he knew she was leaving. She had rented a storage unit and was buying extra household items every time she went to a supermarket, as well as getting cash back.

@RavenT

Happy to confirm trickytreelou is still around on MN, new name, and has the relatively quiet life now she always wanted.

DS is 8 and recently showed me how to access WiFi on holiday.

Two rescue cats passed at the grand ages of 18 and 19. Single, kept house, same job, never see or hear from Chunt.

Now owned by a young rescue tabby who calls all the shots.

Thank you to those who thought of us.

You have no idea how happy I am to see you're both ok.

I was a regular contributor to your threads, (have namechanged) and can't believe how old your DS is.

Do you know what, this is the best update. I was so worried for your FIL.
Very sad how cruel your own blood can be

I remember a few years ago, a woman who lived in the Channel Islands and who was a single mum. She had had a whirlwind romance and married someone, become pregnant straight away and, a few months down the line, found him googling "late term abortions". She had the baby alone and seemed to be coping just fine but then got back with him and became pregnant again - it was very sad, she had been fine on her own but he seemed to have some sort of power over her and she wanted the happy-ever-after. I don't think she was a troll - she gave enough details to make herself very easy to identify.

@bargelights

I was a bit too gullible when I first discovered MN. I remember a real time thread about DV with the OP locking herself in the bedroom and a dramatic final post saying something like, "He's breaking down the door." MNHQ then deleted the thread and I felt like an idiot for believing a word of it.

I think I've become better at troll spotting since then. Most of the threads mentioned here are your basic troll threads. Not all of them, of course. But most of them.

Ah, I think we mostly start off as a bit gullible, especially if we've been around for a long time!

I got properly caught out by the CVQ troll. She supposedly had a baby the same age as mine, as a result of a sexual assault. I got waaaaay too invested, as did a couple of other MNers, with whom I'm still friends - and we were most put out when some other MNers tried to suggest that maybe all was not as it seemed.
Sadly, they were right and she was a massive troll. She even PMd me a few times before she was outed.

Massive learning curve! But I still fall for them sometimes.

@Oldbutstillgotit

@ DartmoorDoughnut @ MyFartWillGoOn

that was my thread . Not a troll @ Bollockstothat

It was my friend who wanted to take me and 2 other friends to a villa in Spain for a week as a thank you for support during a really tough time . One friend’s DH tried to muscle in and what was a lovely gesture by a lovely friend turned into a very stressful situation.

I remember that thread! Don't remember what happened in the end though - I think you went without the friend whose DH was trying to come along too, is that right? And she got the shits about it?

I wonder about Twittlebee & her woods that the neighbours tried to commandeer.

The poster whose jerk of a DJ wanted to keep his huge, used-once-a-year-for-insta paddle board in her newly acquired beach hut.

The poster who has a relative pass away & was having to evict a “friend” who had come to stay in the months leading up to the death & was refusing to leave.

The poster that had had a terrible experience at university

She couldn’t say the word “rape” not even in the context of the crop

I want to know if Gareth of spicy as fuck fame is still around.