***summer picnic in London, the new one***

[imaginaryfriend]

Ok, anybody wishing to meet up still despite the old thread, sign up here!

It does seem jinxed. Am I missing something Franny? Please tell me if I am ...

I have a feeling there is a lot going on behind the scenes, imaginaryfriend. I think those of you who want to meet should just go ahead and do it - people who don't want to come, can suit themselves, can't they?

Oh gawd, I'm tempted to just abort this for another occasion altogether. It's too complicated. And I've got a lot of other things going on at the moment to stress me out as it is.

If you want to send me another email Franny and fill me in I'd appreciate it. I'm genuinely clueless.

It was just a typo originally franny (she says haughtily) - of course I know how to spell it. Harrumph!!

I haven't got anything to tell you, imaginaryfriend, I just think there is a lot of stuff going on that we are not all privy to. That's all. If I knew I would say on here.

Just seen this. Got all excited, as was unable to make the old date. I want to ask why old date got cancelled and what happened to old thread, but sense this might be the wrong thing to do?!

If you search for the old thread it is still there, and explains why it was cancelled. I cannot be arsed to look for it but it is there.

Sorry Franny, I did look but couldn't find it, thought it had been deleted.

Oh maybe it has been!

Sorry to be grumpy about it, I seem to have ended up as the picnic apologist when I don't ruddy understand the whole thing either. I just think if someone is at least trying to explain, then there is not this awful paranoia and secrecy.

If I turn up with a cardboard Pilchard on my head, you will all know me!!

No problem franny, lol at the picnic apologist! Was it that bad`that it had to be deleted?!

pmsl at UCM, you poor love! You're taking all the ribbing in good grace

OK, the original thread got stopped because I said I didn't fancy meeting up with a lot of MNers I didn't really know because the last time I'd done that I got roundly slagged off on a secret thread on here by somebody who'd met me and held my 3wo DS.

Since then there's been a lot of paranoia. I don't understand why. The people who did the slagging off have left MN (I think) and won't be at the picnic.

So go and enjoy yourselves - I truly mean that - I will go on meet ups again, just not ones that involve children at the moment.

Mumsnetpariah, I'm interested to know why the snide comment about mumsnet matriachs meeting up? I'm not sure whether you mean me or not (heck, I don't even know who you are!) - mind you, I don't really care

Of course hunker, I completely understand. Was more wondering how it had got cancelled when there seemed to be so many people signed up to go. Sorry for being a nosey bint

Oh, don't apologise for nosey bintness - I'm just the same

Apologies, but I am unable to attend now as I have just got too much to do with putting my house up for sale. I think the state of my dd bedroom would scare off anyone ! Hope you all enjoy yourselves xxx

Baby Max is now here, and we are both looking forward to meeting everyone at the meet-up. Is this still going ahead on July 15th, or has it been rescheduled?

Trina

Trina, congratulations! Listen, sorry, but as far as I'm concerned this isn't going to happen. Too many weird undercurrents for my liking. But I hope to see you another time. Good luck with Max