Threads that have stayed with you

[Cinnamonkie]

What threads have you seen on here that have lodged themselves into your brain?

For me it's the lady who was gifted a periscope by her dh which was completely random and hilarious.

Also the lady who upset a crow and never came back! Assumed she and her dog were eaten by the crows.

The girl who was going to a Greek wedding maybe earlier this month? She was supposed to stay a few days with a guy she was seeing there and the wedding party got in touch to see if someone can stay in her room but the guy she was seeing got weird with her? Does anyone know the outcome been wondering if she dumped him 😂 x

She’s already posted on this thread! Page 11!

The lady who's daughter died after having tonsillitis always sticks with me it was heartbreaking.

There was a thread on her about 6 years ago from a lady who's 2 year old daughter fell from a bunk bed and passed away from her injuries 😢. It was removed at her request not long after and she hasn't posted on here since. I never see it mentioned on these kind of threads but it's always stuck with me poor woman. I hope she's doing ok.

There was a really sad one. A mum called something like sea of sadness. She had her kids taken into care for neglect and was obviously devastated. I think she was a bit in denial of what the issues were but I hope she resolved things and got her daughters back. It was really heartbreaking.

Mexican house theif regularly gets mentioned but it was never a thread just one post on a very long thread about cheeky fuckers

Haven’t RTFT yet, only got half way through, but wanted to add one that always sticks in my mind. It was a lady who had emigrated to New Zealand with her DH and kids, he was from there and I think they either lived with his family or were very involved with his family, who were very controlling and abusive, a family business was involved too, and she wanted to leave him and take the kids back to London as she hated it so much, but couldn’t. It went on for a few years, she kept updating it and had made progress and moved to her own place but was still stuck in NZ. Last time I checked I think she hadn’t updated since lockdown and I often wonder how she’s doing now.

Barbara, the allotment squatter. Think that was a trilogy thread in the end?

Ohh I re read the Savernake forest one recently, I kept thinking about it for the rest of the week. Then scared myself walking in the woods 🤣

I also wonder about the poster who didn’t pass a bowel movement for a month or something but the post was removed. I hope if it was real she was ok!

Has anyone mentioned the Xmas thread where the OP was sneaking out at night and decorating a neighbours garden / pavement every night and including pics with updates

Think it was centred round a small ‘No Parking’ sign he had for the space outside his house

Her kids didn’t even know it was her doing it even though she was creating the scene using their old toys

I'd like to add, one that resurrected lately, a lady posted asking for a handhold. Found out she was pregnant after a long journey of losses, the thread was updated right up to the healthy little girls birth. When I saw her photo I burst into tears. She added a family photo too, including her and their dog, the image of a perfect family, you wouldn't guess what they'd been through and she was the picture of health.

If someone could link these threads for us 'reasonably' new MNers I'd be very grateful 😀

There was a brilliantly funny one a few years ago; a poster's road was being resurfaced next day, warnings not to park everywhere, idiots kept parking. She warned two young men who were then rude to her, telling her to mind her own business. Later, she watched cars being craned, towed etc. Almost live updates.
It showed some people's entitlement very well. I was rocking with laughter. She also wrote very well, which helps. Would love to read it again.

Ooh please link the fashion one!

Pom bears was around the time I joined Mumsnet. I only stayed for that, lol!!

Yonks ago now but the threads about a large building being built in the garden next door, when it really wasn't big enough for the size of the building.
I think it built as a garden gym but was clearly going to be used as a residence.

Also the poster who had a shared garden where all the surrounding properties had just windows looking onto it, and someone had changed the window to a door, leading to structural problems.

Lastly, wasn't there a guy who got miffed and wanted onto the poster's essay?

Riven, who had a severely disabled DD and one day she posted that she was so desperate that she was considering putting her DD into care.

It was a classic example of how things can go wrong when people take to social media. Mn’ers tagged all the tabloids on twitter and before too long Riven had the tabloids outside her house.

She left MN shortly after that because by posting about her on SM she, and her vulnerable DD, had become identifiable.

Always wonder what happened to her. Her DD would be an adult now I think.

Misdee whose DH had a heart transplant, he got the call one night and mn’ers were on tenterhooks to see if it would go ahead. This was back in the day when MN was smaller and everyone knew who everyone was. I often wonder what happened to her DH, If I remember rightly they had loads more kids after his transplant.

I agree and the lady sadly died a couple of years later.

Sounds interesting 😂 Any chance it could be summarised in two sentences? Thanks.
edit: found another thread about it so I now know what happened 🙈

For me, it was a sad one 😔 Created by someone who was pregnant and said how she essentially wasn't going to look after the baby once it's born but she was keeping the baby. I hope that she is getting help and I hope the baby is okay. I think of them often.

I read your threads at the time, and even got a red toothbrush in silent solidarity and awe of your courage.

I hope you are well, now.

Me too- the best bit was his comment "those scotch eggs were a bit greasy"

Hilarious!

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3178898-DH-embarrassed-by-my-sensitivity
Found the original thread about the Sistine chapel 😂

It still makes me smile (along with a few other threads and posters).

Mumsnet was really a special place in those days.

It still is in a way, but it has changed and doesn't feel like our little secret place anymore where we all got to know each other and invest in each other.

It's fun to look back and remember! I'm loving these comments 🥰

When OP posted about her house being mess and it had got so bad that it was out of control and she didn't know what to do.

A couple of other posters went to help her sort it out. Would have been a decade ago now.

I often think of a thread from possibly last year the lady's husband was having an affair, he refused to let her tell their adult children what was happening. The owned a business together and she had to suffer seeing him every day, he was threatening to take the house and the business and leave her with nothing. I really hope she divorced him.

Why would you think so? People wouldn't troll about this sort of stuff or at least I hope so.
Thinking of Claire's mum often ☹️❤️💐