Calling all lurkers - It’s YOUR week - come and win some prizes!

[YetAnotherBeckyMumsnet]

Come one, come all for the first Lurkers’ Week of the decade!

“What is Lurkers' Week?” we hear you cry from the shadows…

A lurker is someone who reads threads but is yet to take the plunge and post - if that sounds like you, we'd really like you to step into the light and join us on the boards .

All you have to do is post on this thread to say hello and your name will be added to the Mumsnet top hat where you've got the chance to win your choice of a bottle of Red Velvet Cupcake Baileys or Tanqueray gin AND a legendary Mumsnet Mug - which may or may not be dishwasher safe.

We’ll also be rewarding super helpful regular posters who drop by with words of encouragement for our wet-behind-the-ears newbies.

So come on everyone, don’t be shy and join the thread - post below and tell us what you think about Mumsnet. If you’re not in you can’t win.

Find more information about getting started on Mumsnet here.

Happy posting

MNHQ

Hi, I'm a but of a lurker, I live a good read if posts, and sometimes I feel like posters are actually responding to my thoughts, despite my lack of posts, I love the diverse range of responses on here, and I'm always ready with the popcorn for those slightly heated threads!!

Also been lurking for years but never actually posted or commented EVER (feeling guilty now ) but promise to start! ...
As realise how helpful it is and how nice it will be if I can help others too!

Damn !
Cover blown .

I'm a lurker and proud! Sometimes all you need to do is have a read and see someone else is worrying about that thing you keep thinking about and be reassured by everyone's comments or for the parking needs of a street in unknown location to keep you reading in secret late at night! One day I might be brave enough to put up a post because I can but for now love to lurk.

Hello everyone I have been on Mumsnet for a while now though I wished I had found my tribe sooner!! It has been a lifeline lots of lovely mumsnetters who get how hard life can be raising kids nowadays ain't easy x

Lurker for about 12 years, always on AIBU.
I love a good !!

i often want to post.but have seen how some go and fear hating myself more than when i started! and try to comment but again often want to but fea it will be taken the wrong way.
but i love mumsnet.and some people on here have helped me by helping others.
and some make me laugh so much there are some posters with the best timing they should be comedians.i literally splutter when i read their brilliant one line replys.very dry humour which i love.
and seeing some advice given,the support its been so lovely to see.

kateandme Why not try easing yourself into regular posting by joining a friendly, lighthearted thread? There are lots of chatty threads in topics like Style & Beauty, The Litter Tray, Gardening, Telly Addicts (depending on what your interests are). That might make you feel more confident to post on other more serious threads, or start your own thread if you need advice or support.

Another long time lurker here! Joined a thread when I was pregnant and made some real life friends! I love reading AIBU before bed!

I love a good lurk!

Hello there.
Not sure what else to say really! Haha.

Used to post a bit when kids were younger and in a pregnancy type group but now a definite lurker!

I have only ever posted once and got a snippy " it really isn't" response to something I knew was true .( I googled it afterwards to double check).Did not want to engage further so left it at that. I am wary of posting anything now.

Been here 15 years now - periods of lurking and over-posting!

Welcome all lurkers - your voice is as important as anyone else's - the more opinions we get the more we learn

I have had tears running down my face from many a thread in classics when I really needed a laugh, and from the huge support given when I really needed a handhold during some darker times

Even been interviewed by the Times once after a particularly passionate post on paternal leave equality!

Now I'm getting to a bad bladder stage where it will more about things running down my legs - but that's a whole other thread!

Enjoy Mumsnet - always good for venting

I have been a lurker for some time now and I finally put a comment on a thread yesterday. I love Mumsnet but am conscious that I am a somewhat older lady. I often have an opinion or some advise but worry it is an older persons view so not really what most mumsnetters want to hear. I shall try to overcome this and be braver.

I was a long time lurker for a good year or so and recently joined. I still lurk tho

I'm a delurker. MN has been helpful to me on long hospital appointments and late nights of worry. (No alcohol allowed for me 🙄 but a mug would be nice).

I’m a serial lurker- maybe I should get that on a mug! Have on rare occasions commented on non-contentious like baby names. I’m Definitely wary as I have seen some threads go very wrong. The life-limiting illness thread has made me feel a bit less alone this last couple of weeks and is helping me face up to the shock that I will soon be losing one of my family. Sometimes it’s just nice to see that you’re not the only one going through something.

Hi all, I’ve been on Mumsnet for approx 6 years. I love this site and visit a couple of time’s a day. 😃

Hi, I am a lurked love reading some of the posts

I’ve been lurking for a while now and am now a little more confident about posting responses though, like others have said, someone else always seems to come up with a perfect response before I can.
Sometimes I’ve not through my opinion and have been picked up on it , which is fine , but sometimes I feel quite confident, only to be slapped down because my opinion either goes against the grain or is because my age has revealed that my opinion is seen as outdated.
It seems, sometimes, that older MNers are accused of being ‘back in the day’ dinosaurs when bringing up children and day-to-day life is seen as ‘backwards’ or ridiculous.
What I do love most, is that there is an instant forum to vent /ask advice for when you need it, anonymously, which is fantastic, as “ BACK IN MY DAY’l you just put up and shut up and suffered as a result.
Thank goodness for Mumsnet, I say!!!

Ooh I'm a lurker, the kind of lurker who could really do with some gin and a mug to discreetly sip it in...

I've been lurking for over 10 years, having initially discovered Mumsnet when I had primary infertility and sticking around when I then had secondary infertility and recurrent miscarriages; i found the forums invaluable in knowing I wasn't alone. It was a tough few years, but thanks to practical tips and suggestions I researched after initially learning about them on Mumsnet I now have three amazing/annoying/lovely/exhausting/hilarious/much wanted children.

Now I'm back and lurking on the cancer thread, having been diagnosed in the new year (I know, if it wasn't for bad luck I'd have none atall - deffo not bothering buying lottery tickets...)

I love the window onto other people's worlds, hearing women's voices, and even though AIBU can get a little heated at times, I've seen some lovely handholds and 'unmumsnetty hugs' offered.

Hi all! I thought I would take a plunge and join Mumsnet.
I'm a stay at home Dad to my 4 year old DS.
Loving every moment even when it's really frustrating.
Looking forward to learning from all the seasoned posters on here.

Full time lurker here 🙋‍♀️👋. Think I'd be too scared to post anything yet in case I'm eaten alive as some posters can be pretty brutal! Find a lot of the posts so useful and relatable though,
especially help and advice with pre-schoolers and toddlers.

Hi
I'm a semi lurker. I've replied on about three maybe four posts but never taken the plunge and posted my own thread. I've been a member for about five years.

I have entered a few competitions on this site, and won one on gransnet even though I'm not a gran.
I have two girls and a son on the way due in a few weeks.
Good luck everyone x