Antenatal and postnatal threads on MN

[hunkerdave]

People who post on these - you are aware that your posts can be read by people who aren't "on" your threads, right?

Because some of you are pretty offensive and dim otherwise.

No-one has singled out the Oct thread. I've already posted further down as to how you might find some examples.

Rhubarb, you are such a teacher

But Rhubarb, if you post on the postnatal or antenatal threads in question, you get hounded off with "stay away from OUR thread" and "WTF are proper MNers doing on OUR thread?" comments.

And it would've meant duplicating posts.

I don't object to ante/postnatal threads existing - God, I'm all for chatty threads.

But, as I said in the OP - if people thought they were "safe" from the people they were slagging off by posting on them, then they are dim. If they don't think that, they're offensive.

See?

Then just report the posts!

I don't know Hunker I don't go on those threads so I don't know what was said, I can only presume that they said things about you, not sure why they would want to slag you off on the postnatal threads though? But I understand your anger, I'd be pretty mad too as I was when I found out about narniagate. But now I think I would just complain to MN Towers as these fights are rarely worth it.

Hope it can all be made right again anyway.

YEs, and what hunker said. [jellybrain]

Yes, its like narniagate rhubs but without the invited link.

As I said early too rhubs, i was searching on my initials as someone had said they had shouted for me, and I came across my initials on a postnatal thread. Naturally, I looked.....then looked some more. It's not like I wander on to PostNatal/Antenatal threads willy-nilly. Well, except one a few weeks ago, the March antenatal, to suggest that a particular date in March would be great to give birth on

Did you report it?

But if posts are just deleted on threads, there'll be debate about why - I started this thread to make it more open.

I am sorry but I just can't take this thread seriously...

I am still lol that Cod was being peace maker!...

Now that is worth printing and framing!....

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oh sorry - forgot that you could come back and read this later !

Did you do a search?.....

I'm being called "sad" and "not having a life" on various threads now.

Of course, that's SO true...

Yes, have seen. Thing is, it may seem that I am sad, but, I am actually being paid to MN. Which, IMO, is not so terrible

they have no work for me to do unless the phone rings, or a visitor comes in.

So, its just me, the desk, the newspaper, and the internet.......I get paid £9.10 an hour to do this

Ok, i am a newbie so don't throw things at me, but i don't get it, well not all of it.

I do get the op, but surely the comforting thing in HD'd second post was merely someone getting comforted as they would in real life by someone they think of as a friend. And in the heat of the moment people do post weren't they horrible etc etc. How long ago were these posts, more than a day and i'd think they are irrelevant now surely. I'm sure people know that these posts can be read(i know i posted one and knew it would be read).

It's obvious from the way a lot of the oldies speak that you all know each other and stick up for each other too i just don't get why its them and us. I go on the AN thread as i am pg but also go onto other bits too.

Why doesn't everyone stick to doing what they want on here and not arguing i don't understand.

VVV - got any jobs going?

VVV - if it every gets too stressful for you - let me know and I will fill in for you!...

LOL! 3pm till 10pm to MN is not bad is it....

Thing is, I am actually now leaving my current job to do more 'sociable' hours......

So, if you live in North London......

I could commute...

Eddas - welcome and I'm sorry your post has been ignored. Yes a lot of the regulars do chat and stick up for each other, a lot like rl friends I suppose. It's easier to say things on a forum that you would never say in real life, normal etiquette goes out of the window iykwim.

Things get het up from time to time and we've all been in the firing line at some point. As you are new I would recommend lurking a fair bit to get the feel of things. But don't ever get put off posting. Hope you get lots of support and advice on here, after all that's the main purpose of Mumsnet - right?

eddas, surely you're not saying that no-one apart from the ante-natal threads is allowed of building up friendships on here? of course we get to know people and like them.

however, the difference on the other boards is that we get to know and like the people that we have the most in common with ideologically or in terms of their sense of humour, whereas the main thing and ante-natal thread has in common is that they are pg.

so you mustn't rush to assume that people on here are rushing to stick up for their 'friends' when in fact the reason that they may be friends is that they tend to agree with each other naturally, iyswim?

i very rarely find myself disagreeing with hunker, vvvqv, franny (apart from on the subject of quinoa), lulu, dizzy etc etc but i've never met them in RL. but i would not hesitate to pile in against them if i thought they were actually wrong. in fact, i'd rather relish the oppportunity, tbh, as they're a feisty lot.

Oh, if I'm ever wrong, Aitch, do, please fall on me

You'll have a long wait [smug] [up-own-arse]

lol @ you two. You could sell tickets for that fight.

don't tell Pann, whatever you do. [mud wrestle]

Watch out for her middle finger, hunker, the nail is quite sharp