Long running sticky thread request

[SlightlyJaded]

Hello

I started a thread (randomly) in relationships, because I am hopeful that there is a way for MNers in need to get some RL support from other MNers.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/relationships/1426504-When-you-need-a-RL-friend?pg=2

Is this something MNHQ could help with or support in any way?

Thanks

[smartiesrule]

Me too, please

[glenthebattleostrich]

Fantastic idea, count me in.

[Hippomaniac]

Great idea

[SlightlyJaded]

thank you all - I knew MNers were lovely vipers

Please mention the idea to anyone else on MN you think might support the idea and send them over here.

[StickAForkInMeImDone]

Brilliant idea.
SlightlyJaded what a lovely thought. for you

[Ultrasonic]

Yup, lovely idea
Big yes from me too

[TheLaminator]

great idea on so many levels. I feel fairly isolated sometimes, would be happy to help out someone feeling the same.
count me in

[FlightlessBird]

Good idea!

[BigHairyLeggedSpider]

I am happy to join in. Count me in Mumsnet.

[MissLofPubia]

I'm in! (Especially if we can somehow involve wine)

[whyme2]

Hi, just adding my support from the original thread.

[travellingwilbury]

I think it's a lovely idea , and I know this may sound a bit paranoid but I am rubbish at spotting trolls and I have been bitten before , so I think for me anyway it would have to be someone who has been round for a couple of months or so .

[youarekidding]

Absolutley brilliant idea.

One of my closest friends I met through MN local - we had some meet ups and now chat regulary my phone/ text. (and I NC'd!)

I also chatted to another local MN who was moving to my area (she now has) and our DS' are in the same class at school and we are going to meet up with them during the holidays.

[HepHep]

I think this is a great idea. I'm in. :)

[Tee2072]

Not to be a naysayer, because it is a brilliant idea, but isn't this why we have MN Local?

Wouldn't it be better to promote those boards (which HQ want to do anyway) than start a thread of MNetters all over the UK? The coordination effort is built right in.

[DangerousMouse]

I'm in

[AnyFucker]

bump

[SlightlyJaded]

tee - it could end up being a local board thing, but in my experience (my local board for example) boards can be a bit quichey, meets tend to be 'jolly meet ups en masse' with it taking ages to agree a date, and whilst I think the local boards/meets are probably lovely, the emphasis is definitely on 'fun' rather than 'support'.

I think they are currently a bit intimidating for someone who has lost confidence and who is after a low key (initially at least) chat.

Also, I don't think people browse their local boards very much - and you would only ever come across someone in your immediate local area - whereas if the board was more broad (geographically) you might spot someone who is close to you or maybe where you work/have family etc, meaning that you might still be able to arrange something.

I might be wrong, or there might be something MNHQ could add to local boards, but I also think it would be easier to direct people or link to one ongoing thread that served just this purpose.

Obviously if it was popular, then it might have to become regionalised to make it easier to navigate, but in the first instance, I can't help thinking it should be a stand alone thread.

But that's just my view. Happy to be corrected :)

Oh and thanks for adding your name tee!

[Tee2072]

I'm deffo in and your explanation makes a lot of sense!

[ParsleyTheLioness]

Think I agree with you Jaded.. local board, certainly my local one, do/does not get much traffic, so I tend not to check it very often, and I do not think of it as support offered/needed. Jolly meets seem to be more the thing.
If one is desperate, maybe also it wouldn't enter your 'radar' so would be an opportunity missed.

[TheUnsinkableTitanic]

great idea

[IneedAbetterNicknameIn2012]

Fab idea :)

[MadameMessy]

great idea, I'm in ireland:)

[iCANdothisiCAN]

Fab idea, I am very lucky to have some fantastic friend but all are childless and have busy work/social lives.

So whilst I may not seem lonely I don't have any close friends with children and don't know any lone parents at all. So no one at all to talk to who remotely understands.

MN has been the only thing that has kept me sane so being able to thank someone in person and also maybe help another in my shoes would be lovely.

[fluffywhitekittens]

Yes, seems like a lovely idea :)