Addicted to MN. Will it run its course?

[spidermama]

My name is Spider Mama and I am an MN-aholic.

There. It's out.

I've only being doing mn chat for about a week and already my house is untidy, my dh is negected and I'm staying up late.

This can't go on. Will it run its course like my ebay addiction did? I need to see an end to this.

there's a real world???

Donbean - I too am a thread killer

But I always miss the good threads cos I'm too busy during the day and have to go to bed at 9 to be up for early bird ds! I'm only up now cos dp is away till Saturday. I'm gonna suffer for it tomorrow!

I done it again..G'night all

10 Classic signs of addiction....

1. Abrupt changes in work attendance, quality of work, work output, discipline.

2. Unusual flare-ups or outbreaks of temper.

3. Withdrawal from responsibility.

4. General changes in overall attitude.

5. Deterioration of physical appearance and grooming.

6. Wearing of sunglasses at inappropriate times.

7. Association with known MN abusers.

8. Unusual borrowing of PC's at friends, co-workers or parents' houses

9. Secretive behavior regarding actions and possessions;

10. Poorly concealed attempts to avoid attention and suspicion such as frequent trips to storage rooms, restroom, basement, etc....anywhere a PC is installed...

Sound familiar anyone?

All except no 7!!

ooops!! The bath Iwas running nearly overflowed as I was distracted by mn chat! dh is now sick of hearing the words "While I was on mn last night.......". I too am hooked!!

spidermama, I am eternally grateful to MNers for keeping me sane during a very long,cold and snowy winter in Turkey.I had just moved there (back of beyond) with a 3 mth old ds and my 4 year old dd,dh was working all the hours God sent,I knew noone,didn't speak any Turkish (and only about 8 expats in the entire place)and the snow was so deep sometimes I didn't leave the flat for three days!!! (Three fing days!!!)

Reckon I was clocking up 4/5 hours a day then.

MN is the reason I am still married.

Damn! I let a pan of chick peas burn to a crips yesterday. I don't even watch telly at the moment. Gotta go. Big Brother.

In a word....................NO .....it won't welcome to your addiction

at least its not drugs..........

I'd never even been in (on???) a chatroom/forum wotsit 8 months ago!

But what did Caligula say..........??

Something along the lines of crack, can't remember the rest, but it was a corker

At least it's intelligent purposeful conversation.

Mostly....

True

I love this place.

But now I must abed.

LGJ

I can 'andle it...

Seriously though. What's all this fuss about Real Life? I've been in the Real World over the last few days and it's Not Nice. MN is lovely in comparison. Stay here with the nice people - it's safe (mostly).

There are plenty of articulate and intelligent posters Moon I agree. I love feeling suddenly out of my depth in particular threads. I've even changed my mind a couple of times after reading other views.

It will run its course. theres only so many breast v bottle feeding arguments you can rais any interest in.

"mumsnet: like Crack, but worse." copyright Caligula I think (or was it "Mumsnet - like Crack. But worse...?") ooh the punctuation changes ^everything dontcha know?!

i've been on mumsnet for over a year, although i've not been on much during the last couple of months ... too busy... but i admit to thinking about mumsnet most days... god how sad am i?

I can even get it on my Crackberry