To be mildlly annoyed that my Aunty and Uncle have said they can't come to DS3's Christening...............

[guyFAwkesreQuiem]

because of the traveling involved - yet are flying off to Australia just over a week after the Christening for 45 days to see family out there (they go out at least once a year).

WTF?? Since when was driving 50 miles up the M1 less traveling than flying to Australia??????

No I shan't namechange - there's stuff I mention on here (my church organ playing for example) that gives me away pretty quickly - especially having 3 DS's and an exH - wouldn't take long to track me down.

As they knew me as FAQ as well as my bonfire name there's not much more I say that they don't already know - still so nice to know that through all the shit earlier this year they obviously took great delight in reading it all (or reading back through it as their first post was after the real shit hit the fan) and sitting back basking in the glory that they knew I was going through hell and back but leaving me to get on with it.

Anyhow, nearly finished my coffee - better get DS3 dressed and go and sit and wait in the doctors - they've told me to come down "after 10 and you'll be seen by the on call team" (so could be a long wait as they're not actually giving appointments this morning - urghhhh

To clarify, not this thread, a family member reading your posts is like somebody sneaking through your diary.

SoH - not really it is a public forum - there's always the risk that someone a poster may know in RL is reading their posts with their knowledge

bad form poly - 2faced, insipid little person who comes to taunt family - who does that.

agree with custy I'd be furious frankly

well done you for not name changing although I wish you'd told me you were FAQ and at least I'd have recognised you!!

Very bad form poly. Luckily FAQ has more grace than you.

I am going to the doctors - honest - just waiting for a taxi - too tired to walk up there atm.

PMSL @ FAQ with grace - I must be the most ungraceful person on MN

Yeah it's a public forum but there's a difference between chancing upon somebody's posts and seeming to actively seek them out and then confront/question the person who presumably they can contact in real life. It's extremely bad form.

fwiw I agree with soh and tpl, but i'd fallen asleep and couldn't come back to say so.

hope your dd is ok, i've just phoned for app and need to wait til tomoro!

Anyone seen the add on the telly asking people to give blood? They reckon that a chain of only six people links us to other people. Not sure if that is whole world or just in the country you live in?? There are other chains that link with my chain and no I am not a cousin of yours and having seen the things you have said on MN about your family I am very glad I am not.

Amazing you can remember that level of detail about a particular poster- especially with a bonfire night namechange. Were do you find the time?

Well if not family then slightly weird to remember so much about a poster. I can just about remember who is who, never mind what members of their family were doing. Freaky...

its an in law or a sister in law or sister of SIL a strain leading to a strain.

witch.

Bolleaux, Poly.
no-one remembers that much stuff off a talk board, I don't even remember that much detail about my own life.

oh Guy sorry about poly. Like everyone has said it's poor form, what a saddo she is. hope your lo is better..

well if you're not family - who are you - because you sure as hell didn't get all those facts from MN - I didn't make any mention of who else attended my Granddad's funeral last year........

and poly - working on the assumption that you are a very close friend of my family (I suspect the Southern part of the family) let me assure you that no you're probably right - you wouldn't want to be part of it - it totally sucks at times

this would be my worst nightmare, writing stuff about my extended family and finding out afterwards that they'd read it and they know who I am.

FWIW, Guy, I think it's BU to try to control what social events relatives go to, but Poly, I think it's a million times worse to do a 'drive by' "I know who you are" without actually revealing who you are. This happened to me once and it was quite distressing. I hadn't been saying anything about my family, but like guyFawkes, because my family situation isn't 2.4 in middle england, it made me recognisable.

Just to be judge and jury, although I have no right, I think poly you should 'reveal' yourself for definite.

TNM - I'm not trying to control it - I'm not really fussed either way, it's just the differing stories as to why they can't come that bugged me (bear in mind I'd just found out about their Aussie trip when I wrote the OP - and it was the middle of the night - so possibly not totally co-herent with what I was actually saying (if that makes sense?).

My family is very small, there are only a limited number of people (who I could probably count on 2 hands) who poly is/is close friends with.

Somebody did this to me once, a drive by "i know who you are". It gave me the shivers. If somebody is going to let you know that they know who you are, then they should at least say who they are themselves.

I know I expressed an opinion earlier, but you're only doing what everybody on here does. Venting and getting a bit of additional perspective. Iddidn't mean anything by my 2 cents worth.

It pales after this kind of creepy development. well, i'm creeped out on your behafl anyway!

Ooo this is a horrible thread. First of all, YANBU. It's rude of them. 2nd, you have a stalker!! How freaky.