to think that if a Mumsnetter is planning to leave this site she should bloody well be allowed to say goodbye without being jeered at and booed off the stage?

[bibbitybobbityhat]

So, am I?

depends

please tell me you arn't going

who's going?

What happened?

you need to explain the whole story, or link to a thread or YABU
but being booed offstage is very unreasonable...

depends.

If it's just a "it's been great but I need to go back to rl" type post then fair enough. But if it's either a "you're all fuckersand I hate you all," type one, or a "you've all upset me terribly and now I'm leaving," one, generally those posts are designed purely for attention seeking purposes so op generally gets what she deserves in those cases..

you aren't going are you Bibbety? you know you'd come back...

YANBU, but who's flouncing at present?
i thought we'd had enough high-profile flounces of late? and yes, some needlessly unpleasant ones that showed MN at its very worst....

so, wannabe if someone gets upset they should just eff off and cry quietly to themselves regardless of what was thrown at them?

no, if someone gets upset they should move on. ignore that thread that made them upset, learn from it.

and where is the OP
bet she has gone to bead and left us hanging

I didn't get a single nasty comment when I bowed out for a while, which surprised me greatly, tbh. In fact people were so nice that I only left for a fortnight

Who is this happening to?

bof, yes, that was a nice thread.

i assume it is bibbity...
but may be not.

Oh yes I had forgotten about your thread boffy. That was lovely, you are much admired.

You aren't leaving us are you though, bibs? Say it ain't so!

YNBU.

THere are always "close the door on your way out" comments, which just come over as twatish most of the time.

Well, am thinking of it, yes, and when I do I am going to insist on a big leaving party with 80s music and karaoke and a free bar and a huge leaving card signed by everyone wot knows me. And proper tears.

Not the usual "who cares you fucking attention-seeker" that most people who have the temerity to say goodbye usually get.

Well, I will come to your party, but I have to warn you that I will get drunk and grab hold of your legs so you can't leave, Ok?

Are you upset with us? Or is there stuff going on that requires you to unpeel yourself from the laptop?

No and yes.

Did you find your sabbatical hard bof?

Don't go bibbity.

Hope you stay

It was refreshing for about two days. Then I started twiching and cheating on facebook scrabble. It wasn't good for my morals.

Why don't you take a break and throw a big party then, and when you come back we can all roar your name like Norm in Cheers?

Oh no, why are you thinking of going bibbity?

Don't go Bibbity - I want you to stay. There are lots of nice people on here too