Would you find this weird/sad?

[TheGreatGadiBecker]

I live in Canterbury - none of my closest friends, family, or workmates live anywhere nearby. I have two children who are late teens.

Not one person has mentioned the meningitis thing to me at all - nothing jokey, no concern, no interest at all.

Is that weird?! I can't help but find it a bit strange and - strangely - it makes me think people just don't think about me at all. Or don't feel close enough to me to ask or comment. Workmates are constantly in touch but none have said anything about it.

No, it's not. That poster must have poor social skills to keep doing the laughter emoji about meningitis

You must have poor reading skills to still think that’s what I’m laughing at 😂😂

Nope, Good reading skills thank you.

I bet you wouldn’t be laughing if there was ‘only 15 cases’ in the vicinity where you live.

Or if one of the 15 cases was her child.

I would absolutely be p*ssing myself if someone I knew was complaining on Mumsnet about how nobody contacted them expecting sympathy when in this situation.

We clearly disagree on both your reading skills and humour and that is fine; yes you would be laughed out of any of my dinner parties 😂😂

None of you can actually read. I’m not laughing at menigitus victims, I’m laughing at op making it about her. I’m not going to engage with this because this isn’t what the thread is about. I’m

I agree, OP. I mentioned it to my colleague who lives in Canterbury. He's wfh mostly, so I texted to say hope no one he knows is affected and he said thanks, and luckily not.

Menigitus?

I’m sure she’s crushed to hear that your dinner party guests would laugh at her.

You seem to really want my attention, quoting me twice and correcting my spelling instead of focusing on your own issues despite me telling you to go away.

you’ve got it. Me and you and op wouldn’t be friends. I would roll my eyes at the pair of you. And find friends who are less pedantic and better humoured. Sorry you don’t like it but pass agg commenting on my posts deflecting my points isn’t proving your point or the flex you think it is

1. You didn’t tell me to go away.
2. Even if you did, that’s not how public discussion forums work.
3. If you’d read any of my previous posts, you’d see that I don’t actually agree with the OP. I don’t think it’s weird or sad that her friends and family haven’t mentioned it to her. My best friend lives in Canterbury and it hasn’t occurred to me to mention it to her. I still think your repeated use of the 😂 emoji in this context is distasteful and juvenile, and
4. I have no interest in being your friend, so we’re even.

Well at least we both agree that the original post warrants a ‘people are dying, Kim’ resposne, even if it is tasteless.
Humour is controversial but we need it in these times, especially when faced with such first world problems

OP is giving Main Character Energy

I would assume that unless you said you were affected you’d not want me to fan the flames? If we are not close enough for me to be told ‘OMG THE KIDS ARE AT RISK’ I would assume it was off limits for discussion

It all seems attention seeking

In fact, I was the first person to mention it (at 13.04), if you want to nit pick.
I think pointing out that you are using a word wrongly, or in this case using the wrong word altogether, should be seen as helpful, if you want people to understand what you're saying. If you don't care about being understood perhaps you should set up a group of your own, where everyone uses words arbitrarily, and see how that works.

😂😂😂

“Pandering over it” Another viscous thread gem!

I am the same and my parents haven’t mentioned it either ☹️

No, they are two different words that mean two completely different things.

They're not regional variants.

Pandering and pondering are two different words with different meanings, nothing to do with regional dialects.

I’m guessing to many people, the meningitis situation in Canterbury is just another news story, and if you live the opposite side other country, unlikely to affect you

However, in Kent, it’s real, and people are scared, and we’re not just talking about Canterbury, but all over Kent. It’s the number one topic of conversation.