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justheretoread99

Anyone reading the “He bought 2 cinema tickets … but not for me” thread.

Major plot twist. I’m sat here reading like

 
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justheretoread99

rivermonster said:
I read it this morning and just read the last couple of pages - that was a surprise or is it another made up thread.
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I genuinely can’t tell anymore :ROFLMAO:
I’d like to think I’m not a gullible person and can spot bull but … MN has made me question that!
 
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Miss polar

Sglodion said:
I'm not sure if we're allowed to name currently active posters but there's one who's really getting on my bits at the moment. I was vaguely aware of her for a long time because she posts a LOT on politics threads, but as I tend to avoid them I didn't really pay attention until early 2021 when she started commenting on a thread celebrating how well the vaccine rollout was going, saying things along the lines of "you all need to stop being so positive cos the government will definitely rooster it up soon" even after several people asked her to please stop. She's actually not one of the many perpetually doom-mongering posters, but what annoys me is that everyone hails her as some kind of current affairs expert, when half her posts are just copy-pastes of other people's tweets with a bit of her own opinion added.

Unsurprisingly, she's currently all over the Ukraine thread - as I said earlier I don't read it cos all their wild anxiety sets off my own, so I'm not sure what she's saying now, but she was part of the group obsessing over Flightradar and posting authoritative opinions like she had expert knowledge. As far as I could tell it was mostly speculation based on twitter threads and her own layman's thoughts. To be fair as far as I know she's never actually claimed to have any specialist background or knowledge of relevant fields, but her posts have a kind of 'educating' tone, if you know what I mean?

She's been posting upwards of 500 times a month for the last 5+ years, so I think she must actually spend virtually all her time on Mumsnet, Twitter and various news sites - it really feels like she's formed an identity around being the person who educates Mumsnetters about politics and current events. I do have sympathy for her cos I feel like she maybe has some RL issues if this is so all-consuming, but she also clearly annoys me enough that I've felt the need to vent for three paragraphs!
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Is it math anxiety?
 
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rivermonster

Lulu Goss said:
Was not expecting that! I want the OP to come back but she probably never will now 😂
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Incase it gets pulled - this has just arrived.

I am here just been really busy this evening. Yes I don't deny what I did, the reasons I didn't mention it in this particular thread are -
A. I am hugely ashamed
B. It was the biggest mistake of my life and was over many weeks ago
C. I did end up telling my husband and we were still trying to work things out
The question I asked in my original post was does anyone think the ticket thing is suspicious. I wasn't asking for opinions on if one partner has been messing about, is it ok for the other to do the same. And I'm not saying that to be argumentative. I genuinely wanted people's opinions as I was worried I was overreacting.
There is absolutely no excusing my behaviour but we had already planned our separation when I replied to this man. I'd been called old, not attractive anymore etc and yes, I enjoyed the attention.
We weren't in the same bed and were living separate lives. And I made a huge, huge mistake in meeting up one time after we'd agreed to try again.
I'm quite upset that some people are posting emojis of popcorn as if this is amusing, it is very much my life and it's tit right now. Comments about my poor child are also exceptionally hurtful.

I think I need a break from this but I am grateful for all the replies and suggestions/support.
 
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justheretoread99

“I think I need a break from this but I am grateful for all the replies and suggestions/support.”

Of course they need a break from the thread when they’ve been caught out and can’t handle the truth :ROFLMAO:
 
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Miss polar

Ah that name seems vaguely familiar , but I only occasionally look at mumsnet, and never in the politics or gender discussion threads😀
 
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SqualorVictoria

witchofwestbyfleet said:
I get the whole idea of the "emotional affair" but I do wonder if he maybe wasn't telling OP about his friendship with this woman because he knew his wife would react badly? That would be dishonest but an understandable thing to do if your spouse is very jealous and won't listen when you say you're just friends with this person
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I don't know, while I wouldn't call it an emotional affair I do think the constant texting outsider of work is a bit weird, and in my experience when this type of thing happens there's an attraction on one or both sides.

That being said, she really should accept it happened and move on rather than using it as a stick to beat him with
 
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Danglyweed

maytoseptember said:
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Even this misery porn thread about the rising cost of living isn’t free from an eating disordered person bragging about how little they eat.

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So many rampant eating disorders on MN.
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Just to be straight, that second quote was me and I've certainly not got an eating disorder. I was then living in temporary furnished homeless accommodation with my baby dd that cost roughly £350 a week. As I had a part time mw job I had to pay the majority of that rent cost. So yes, I was starving and certainly looked it. To be fair, that flat had free heating, was brilliant!

I'd honestly still choose heating over food though.
 
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HockyRorror

zooki said:
I've tried to join Mumsnet a few times but keep getting banned as a perviously banned poster, this happened the first time after about 30 minutes when I hadn't ever posted a word on the site. I've given up now as its full of lunatics anyway.
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Use a VPN and go on Icgonito, create a new email address (preferably from one you haven’t used before, so if you used gmail previously, use yahoo, if you used yahoo, use another), continue to use the VPN for the first couple of times you log on and post, after you’ve built up about ten to fifteen posts, you can drop theVPN.
 
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Goosegamer

I got a new phone for Xmas and I managed to get back in to MN with a throwaway email on said new phone.
 
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Millie2023

There are some new ads blocking about 1/2 of the page. They’re all furious and threatening to flounce (please don’t come here….) 😂
 
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Lalla

Did the cinema tickets one get pulled?

Has anyone read the cancel the wedding one, where £30k that they stand to lose isn't a lot of money? Have definite suspicions that one is made up!
 
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Mardymermaid

Anyone seen the shortages post with tomatoes and oil. The poster that said flour tomatoes and vegetable oil are middle class 😂
 
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rivermonster

Lalla said:
Did the cinema tickets one get pulled?

Has anyone read the cancel the wedding one, where £30k that they stand to lose isn't a lot of money? Have definite suspicions that one is made up!
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I put the last posting she made on MN near the top of this page.
 
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