Posters you still think about

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Proof I probably spend too much time on here but does anyone else have posters they still think about every now and again?

Mine is the Australian poster whose son was in the abusive relationship and her many threads about helping him get out of the relationship and realizing she was toxic.

Can’t find the threads at all now but I hope her and her son are still doing well!

Does anyone else have stand out posters or threads that stick in their minds?

Somerville was wonderful and it was a beautiful story.

I also loved RunningIntheRain, she wrote brilliantly.

Usually the ones about women wanting to leave their abusive partner I always wonder if they did

I think the poster's full name was @OddSocksHighHeels if I remember correctly.

I remember the thread where she was having to live on a bus due to being homeless which was very sad.

I remember CatthiefKeith. So sad.
And, the woman who veeted her baby, the woman who's neighbours had a summer house built next to her fence and then rented it out.

The one about the woman whose neighbour built their own door to access her private garden (I think), she had a Spanish Granny and the thread went on for quite a while.

I remember when she was banned. Much weeping and wailing until she was reinstated.

Oh just bore off with making mumsnet shit and negative all the time. You must be a joy in real life shutting down every conversation with your superiority

the lady who moved to a house in a village and encountered many strange happenings at the property. Eventually she was led to believe the locals were unhappy with her presence and were trying to intimidate her. Excellent writing style - I was most disappointed when she stopped posting.

Also @Portofino. I haven't seen them post for a while.

EatShitDerek I still think about that poster 🤣

Considering all the thanks I got for that post, I'm not the only one.

There was another MN love story about the woman who fell in love with her gardener. That was lovely! I wonder if they ended up together.

there was also the non-MN love story where a poster used to post about her partner every year at Christmas. One year she said he went to his folks (without her) and fitted her in on 29th Dec. Another year he did something equally dickish, he was dreadful, and everyone kept asking he why oh why was she still with him. She kept popping back up every few days with another litany of issues asking for advice on what to do, but never took it.

the other one I remember vaguely was the poster who was in love with a bloke who wasn't that into her - the main thing I remember was that she had a book of poetry that she was going to give him - or maybe it was the other way round. Sorry a bit rambling!

BitofFun - miss her so much! On here, never see Chaos any more - she was fab. GetOrfMyLand - also gorgeous in real life. And a poster last seen in NL with a hot postman called YumYumFrankie, but my menopausal brain has forgotten her name.

Likewise, I often think of Pamela and her son Jacob and husband Kerr. Hope they are OK.

I once posted the Al Anon phone number for an OP who was caught right up in her DP's alcoholism. She did ring Al Anon for support and I wonder how she is getting on.

I was just reading through looking for this name! Yes. Helped me so much.

also theformidablemrsc who is still very much around and whose threads on her awful divorce were my bible during mine.

This thread made me realise I first posted on MN in 2004!
I was just thinking about the old breast/bottle threads the other day - I couldn't breastfeed and it was all a LOT. My kid has not seen a doctor for 14 years, he is so healthy. Even then it was molluscum and not damaged immunity or faulty intelligence or any of the other things we'd get trolled about. (I realise they probably ought to go just for a check-up or something, it's just we've never needed anything!)

There was a poster and I think he was called UnquietDad? He was a writer and absolutely rinsed the MN boards in those days for material for his novels. I read one of them and he'd nicked one of my anecdotes. It was very recognisable. I am not going to criticise him too much because I now write novels and am about to recycle it in my own work.

Anyfucker is still around I’m sure. Also helped me in leaving my abusive ex twat.

That's enough to make anyone disappear

I'm so sorry to hear that.

I can't understand how this can even happen - IIRC they put up a fence illegally, but you weren't legally able to take it down . . . the building on it sounds the same, and as you say the costs in these dispute quickly become prohibitive. Hadn't you just had/ were about to ahveababy, too?

I am furious on your behalf - I wanted to burn down the fence and your XXXXing neighbour with it!

(I have never had a wood, and never will, but it is my dream and I felt very defensive of you.)

The night bus Oddsocks was a homeless sex worker. Went to MN meetups. Stayed on a Mumsnetter's sofa and had to be encouraged to leave after outstaying her welcome.

I often think about EdgarAleAndPie after the loss of her little boy Leo - over 10 years ago now.

I think she was the recipient of the first mumsnet blanket?

I rather liked reading things that @Lweji wrote about. I remember a thread to do with worms (no pun intended) that put me off fish for quite some time!

Blondes is very much still around on the tv threads and also the premium bond one

Tunnocks

I actually agree with Dotty. I think you need to keep your smarts on mn. I don’t see mn on those sepia tones of everything is super posters are all lovely.