Unlocking Ireland - an unprecedented thread no. 6

[CherryValanc]

A sixth thread in Craicnet!!

Who thought that would ever happen!!? Has there even been a sixth page before?

@LifeInAHamsterWheel It really is. Apologies for throwing it into the thread it has been on my mind, any of us could find ourselves searching for answers.
@JaneJeffer Me too. I'm bursting for change and feeling fearful of normality.

@JaneJeffer

Anyone else feeling anxious about having to socialise again or is it just me?

Socialising with friends and family whose company I leave and I haven't seen in aaaaages - grand. I wish.

Socialising with small talk with people I don't care much about - at work, in shops, at the school gate - that leaves me feeling a bit anxious. I don't think I can fake the enthusiasm any more

@mrsfeatherbottom

I used to love Magicmum - started using it about 15 years ago when I had two miscarriages and then through two pregnancies. It was brilliant.

Oh me too - there were some people on there that didn't seem to mind washing their laundry in public and identifying themselves at all!

Used to keep me so entertained.

It appears to have disappeared completely.

On the socialising side of things - I'm a bit hesitant but I am more than ready to meet friends and just have a few drinks or cups of tea and just chat in person. Stuff like having to make polite conversation or get on crowded public transport - not so much

The Noah story is very strange. It is possible I suppose he hit his head and was acting strange but to take his clothes off?
My heart goes out to that family and how scared Noah must have been in the moments leading up to this death. Defo a cover up.

On a more joyful note, my little ones are coking back tomorrow. Cant wait to see their little faces. Then we are in to mother's day art, Patrick's day art, easter art. We'll all be exhausted after it .
This time last year I had just been to see the Script in Dublin. I was so anxious about going but I enjoyed it. A few days later everything changed.

Another former MM here. 😀 I log into Hey Mammy now, which was created from the demise of MM, but Mumsnet is a lot livelier! 😂

I must be on here about 8 years, can't remember how I ended up on the forum - I probably googled something and ended up on a MN thread. I sometimes use Boards.ie, but can't get to grips with it. Weddingsonline was huge in the couple of years before/ after my wedding, I was on that site far too much!

Someone asked about log cabins at end of last thread, we just got one for DH to use as for junk storage and WFH. We have spent the last couple of weeks painting it, and we're waiting for the electrician to wire us up. Cannot wait for all his clutter to be out of my way!

Poor Noah and his mum, I saw her interview with Tommy Bowe. Heartbreaking story with so many unanswered questions

@JaneJeffer

Anyone else feeling anxious about having to socialise again or is it just me?

Definitely feeling anxious about it all. But I think it will be quite a while before we are back to the way things were pre covid. I think all we can do is meet up in a situation we are comfortable in at first and go from there then. Slowly but surely with baby steps.

This site was recommended to me by a friend after I had my DS so about 8 years ago. I have to say I've found it very informative!

My SIL from the UK was a regular here years ago she recommended the site. I assume she still is. 🙈

AnnieJ1985, I was a Wollie too . I never used the wedding boards much but the p&b board was a lovely little community while it lasted.

The Noah story is so awful. His poor family, my heart breaks for them.

Did anyone watch smother on RTÉ 1 after the news. Dervla Kirwan. Very many plotlines

I wasn't on the previous threads - hope it's ok to join you. It's lovely to see so many Irish voices.
I joined 13 or so years ago. It was around the time of the Gina Ford fiasco which I heard discussed on the radio. No such thing as bad publicity.
I had been on MM but as someone already said, Ireland is too small. My SIL found me on there on a thread for babies born in a particular month. She was delighted with herself that she had identified me - so much for anonymous.

@Flywheel

I wasn't on the previous threads - hope it's ok to join you. It's lovely to see so many Irish voices. I joined 13 or so years ago. It was around the time of the Gina Ford fiasco which I heard discussed on the radio. No such thing as bad publicity. I had been on MM but as someone already said, Ireland is too small. My SIL found me on there on a thread for babies born in a particular month. She was delighted with herself that she had identified me - so much for anonymous.

Oh those birth clubs, absolute lifesaver for me. But I did have a situation where some of us were meeting up and then I had another person, never seen before, come up to me and say 'are you username? I've always wanted to meet you'

I wasn't a prolific poser either

It was hard to know what to do- I had not long moved back to Ireland and had got pregnant not long after and wasn't in my county, so I was lonely so this birth group was a lifesaver. But that freaked me out.

Can I join in? I have been using MN for years. I lived overseas when my kids were born and an English friend recommended it for all pregnancy and baby related supports. I had totally forgotten about MagicMum. Remember MaryB? It was never the same after she sold it.

The Noah D case is horrific - his poor mum 😢

Yes, MM was never the same after MaryB sold it. I joined a birth club when pg with DD2 and we met up a few times and are still in touch on FB, although we are a bit spread out.

It was quite easy to identify people - do you remember everyone used to have those tickers with your child's exact age along the bottom?

I saw the first line of your post @mrsfeatherbottom and thought oh no don't tell me they're talking about Meghan Markle on here now as well

Are we all going to tune in at 9:30 tonight?! I don't usually give a toss about the royal family and this feels a bit in poor taste to me, but I've decided I'm going to watch it anyway!! In fact, I'm going to have a glass of and watch it (any excuse) That really sums up what lockdown has done to me because in normal times I wouldn't even dream of watching it. What has become of me??...

My Dad's cousin is a nun (now very elderly) and my sister has occasional contact with her. DSis phoned her recently and apparently she's fascinated with the royal family and was chatting away about Harry and Meghan and is all set to watch the interview later. I was really surprised.

I have it set to record, I will probably be asleep before it ends. I could pretend that I wouldn't have watched it in normal times, but I would be lying 😂 I wasn't interested enough to watch it overnight like some of my pals, and sure it will be something to have a heated chat with Dad about this week (now that the grand stretch in the evening has been covered for approx 6 weeks)

Hello! Well impressed that a thread on Craicnet has reached a 6th page. I’m in the North... so not sure if I’m allowed 😂😂😂

Of course you are allowed, there is no border here, discussing Arlene and Michelle and their hairstyles are permitted. Telling us you are 35, in good health, and vaccinated....inclined to upset some of us.
The kids are back in the local nursery, were running round having fun, the sun is shining. I know the weather forecast is horrible. But today is ok.
I will be watching oprah and co, I love a good royal story. My lovely elderly neighbour died a few years ago. She read the Daily Express, and we had lovely chats about Anne's hat, and Sophie's coat. I miss her, she's watching in heaven!

@JaneJeffer

I saw the first line of your post *@mrsfeatherbottom* and thought oh no don't tell me they're talking about Meghan Markle on here now as well

Ha ha. MaryB was very powerful but I don't think she ever owned Meghan!

Won't be watching. Just not interest enough.

I've no doubt she's encountered racism, but I don't think she played nicely too. He, I'd say is a right arrogant plonker, clueless at just how privileged he is. The Royal family is pickled with rotten people.

I don't think anyone can control the media. If they want fame, have Instagram and to sell books etc then the media hunt is OK part of it (rightly or wrongly - personally i think wrongly.).

It's either in or out of the limelight!

It's really strange. I saw the Queen once, going into a building opposite my workplace. She was doing something official, not just wandering into random buildings. She is very small.
I liked the search for Barack Obama's Irish ancestry, I'm sure Meghan's were sought.

I didn't post on the old threads but I'll try to keep up with this one. I just want to go to my mams on a Sunday post lockdown, my weekends never ending with two small kids and nowhere to go.. weather is helping a bit now.

I don't think either side comes off very well but I can't bring myself to watch the interview it's too cringy and my limits for anything that causes me even the slightest unnease are so low now.

No, I won't be watching it.

I think she wasn't prepared for living according to their rules or she thought she would manage it. He should have known it was going to be difficult. It's possible that they encountered some racist comments. I agree with Cherry's comment, that when it comes to the media, you can't have it both ways.