Oh do I have a new low in wedding poems for you...

[Weddingpoet]

This is so going to out me but I actually don't care. I went to a wedding this weekend. We had to buy our own evening meal and the invitation said "no presents please, cash gifts only". There was a wishing well at the reception to but cash into (ringing the bell as you did ). This morning I received this corker which, obviously, I needed to share with you at once...

Cash we asked for because cash we need
For our kitchen to proceed
Having checked our wishing well
We think some people might not have rung the bell.
If you’re one who has forgotten
Don’t sit at home feeling rotten
Just use the bank details at the end of this ditty
And you can still contribute to our kitchen kitty

Like Panda I'm on an iPad, and in Active Convos I can see the OP's original username as author of the thread.

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We also did not feed it to the press by any other means at all

But someone from MN is quoted in the piece so you did know in advance - it would have been considerate to alert the OP

With the PenisBeaker thread the OPs old name still showed up when you advance searched her new name for several days. It's something to do with the internet and caches I clearly don't know what I'm talking about but you get the gist
It shouldn't be a problem in this case as the name change only affects this thread. .

Hmmm erk. Not sure why that's happening - will see if we can rouse Tech. Might be best to lock this thread (so it stops appearing on Active) until we've worked it out.

Oh dear, I have just checked active convos too and can still see the old name too.

@TheOneWithTheNicestSmile

We also did not feed it to the press by any other means at all

But someone from MN is quoted in the piece so you did know in advance - it would have been considerate to alert the OP

Not sure how much we knew about the piece, or when the quote was given - will try to find out (although the MNHQer quoted is now on her honeymoon so there may be a short pause!)

@EthicalPickle

Oh dear, I have just checked active convos too and can still see the old name too.

Fear this may be a Tech glitch. Seems best to lock this thread until we've sorted it out - hope that's OK.

But someone from MN is quoted in the piece so you did know in advance - it would have been considerate to alert the OP

Not necessarily. MNHQ give lots of interviews, press releases etc, it could well have been quoted from an old interview, or even one printed in another publication, and used to imply the MNHQ are ok with stuff being lifted with the OPs knowledge or permission. Morally wrong and a shitty thing to do.

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oh fgs Rowan!!

are you splitting an atom?

@AnnDaloozier

oh fgs Rowan!!

are you splitting an atom?

Hahahahaha. Writing proper code might as well be atomic physics for all I know

ANYWAY we think the glitch is fixed now, huzzah that only took two days

On the quote (having looked into it): we gave a general comment to the Guardian about wedding gifts and the trend in asking for money, and what Mumsnetters thought of them. We were not asked about this specific thread. In hindsight though, we might have put two and two together, and given a heads up on this thread. Sorry about this - we will try to be more on the ball next time.

I think that as it's a family member you should put your hand in your pocket and offer them a little more to help with their kitchen, on the understanding, of course, that if the marriage lasts less than 3 years you get full recompense of the full amount and 30% interest. Demand they sign agreement to this arrangement before giving them the extra 20.

Scroll down. It's hit the Telegraph now.

www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/10995842/Having-children-doesnt-turn-women-into-saints.html

at classic late entrant to the thread who hasn't read it.

My former newspaper editor OH has thought numerous threads on here would make great stories and is surprised that journalists don't make more use of MN. Well done MNHQ on how they have handled this

Funnily enough, I have read the thread. Last week.