to think Mumset is a whole lot better post-Mouldiegate?

[Picante]

Genuine observation here, not trying to stir anything. It just seems a lot less cliquey and bum-licky. My replies are recognised and appreciated. I hope newbies feel welcomed and that there isn't some barrier that you have to cross in order to become 'popular'.

Well?

Well, it was a good try georgimama!

Ooh, justabout, it was a lovely friendly snog we shared, it made my Xmas.
I was a very busy person at the time, doing my Xmas dinner for 23.
And blow me down if it isn't nearly time for the summer gathering of the clans, which consists of a garden party at my house so I'm starting to be very busy again...
And congrats on your lovely news!

dearie me,you are a nippy sweetie MP.the poll is trumpet blowing bluster.i am experiencing no psychic disturbance or lack of PRN thanks

I think you kind of missed my point scottishmummy : I said I don't talk about what I do or don't in my personal life, and I said I knew trotting qualifications out was crass. Why do have to be so fucking mean sometimes? I've never had a go at you. Oh yes, because you think you can say what you like cos it's only the internet...maybe let other people speak sometimes without heaping bile on them then. It might help your blood pressure [passive aggressive smilie emoticon]

i cmpletely agree and indeed have discussed the silent majority as the actual backbone of MN.not just the known names

to clarify my point is i see posts that are venerated because a known name wrote them.whereas if one of the many silent majority posters had write it they reaction likely would have been wholly different.that is what mean about good as last post

abhorr the MN oscars the eager waiting in case you get namechecked

I realised the other day that it was my 7th MN birthday this month! When I joined, I could read all the day's postings in about an hour. I was welcomed and certainly not ignored, OR made to feel like an annoying newbie.

IMHO, I do think MN has changed. It is frenetic and I can't keep up. I used to know about all the threads being referred to in posts, and now I find that I have missed a thread in the millisecond that I wasn't at my PC.

I wish all the Moldies were still here - not because they came rushing to my aid - FWIW, they never did. I miss them on here because I DO notice a change in posting styles. I am glad for the owners of MN that it has taken off - that was always going to be their aim after all. With popularity comes less of a 'friendship' feeling and more of a 'mass bundle' feeling. Not to say that this is not a good thing of course. Just that I preferred the old MN - sorry.

Oh and I notice that a certain poster keeps referring to how 'disappointed' she is in some of the people who have left. OK, so she is upset - I was too - but I would not have lost a friend over it.

The last few months has made me feel torn. I still post here, especially for the girls on 'Fab and Glam', but I do find less to post about now. I don't agree that this is because I am jaded with all the threads being repeated over time.

Dior, what is fab and glam? You talk about threads you have not noticed. I find there are whole sections I know nothing of!

Oh it is just a thread on the Relationships forum. We all support each other and have for a couple of years. We have mostly all met in RL too, so there is a firmer bond. They are one reason that I could never leave MN. They are fab (and glam!) women!

Justabout, how about a name change to :

Justacybertart???

rofl

I think it's sad everyone couldn't play nicely together tbh.

but times move on, forums change, new people arrive and on we go

Justacybertart - I really love that.... tsk

i prefer old mn.i dont come here so much as i used too(maybe i was on far too much before?).obviously i do still like it else id not be here right now but ...

its not as funny or interesting or warm.

I think there is some incredible warmth, and funny and interesting stuff too, cheesesarnie- maybe it's because I'm newer though? (less than a year)

I don't think anybody's ever been nasty or rude to me, apart from just then ...it's quite shaken me tbh. But generally I think this is a bloomin brilliant place, full of support and laughs and friendship.

the trick is no MN grudges or gripes.dont take it too seriously.switch off and switch off

maybe-maybe im just a boring fart.
why was someone mean to you?

It can't have been that bad then if nobody else noticed!

< takes deep breath, resumes rictus grin and offers scottishmummy hand to shake >

BOF, I noticed it and wrote two reponses in your defence, then realised that it would probably start a proper row which you would not appreciate (and would not help anyone) so decided to keep quiet.... oops

I actually agree with SM in part - the trick is definitely no grudges (which is easy for me I have to fall out with someone hundreds of times before I actually remember them )

Appreciated! < licks over-sensitive wounds >

Minty
Re mentions of bumsex in previous years as opposed to last month, i am sure that can be explained by the 90 day life span of a chat thread.
There absolutely is too much bumming going on, personally find it neither intriguing or humorous but there was too much of it last year and the year before and the year before that too.
IMHO it all reached an intolerable peak in 2007, so much so that every other thread on active convos at one point was a bunfight about the whole subject.
Nothing new.

I had an extremely difficult pregnancy with ds three years ago, and it felt like the whole of MN helped me get through it. But then a lot of the people who supported me moved to Mouldies and didn't want to take me with them, and it hurts, still.