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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.
Omg hang on…what?! Did she end up admitting to cheating on HIM? or was it a reverse and SHE was the one buying two tickets??
 
Omg hang on…what?! Did she end up admitting to cheating on HIM? or was it a reverse and SHE was the one buying two tickets??
I think she'd cheated on him first & now shes found out he's bought the two tickets.
 
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What about the thread where she’s losing her mind that her 17 year old son has a girlfriend and it’s going to ruin his future career prospects because he’s dropped the ball on his grades…🧐
 
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Perimenopausal is a thing though. It's exactly how Drs describe it. It's when your periods start to become irregular because your ovaries start producing fewer hormones.

It's not a term invented by Mumsnet
PMT/PMS was also a thing. As is dysmenorrhea (painful periods). But most women get extremely pissed off when they're told they're only being bitter/snippy/upset/assertive because they're due on/on or if they're refused a promotion because they'll be too emotional and irrational to do the job properly like a man would.
 
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You know what, I'm probably ultra middle class by some standards, but I have never ever in my life considered taking c. Nor have 99.9% of my friends. A bit of weed back in the early 80s was one thing - gentler stuff back then, and like twice a year for a year or so? c and anything else way too scary. I am a wuss, but a sensible one.
 
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PMT/PMS was also a thing. As is dysmenorrhea (painful periods). But most women get extremely pissed off when they're told they're only being bitter/snippy/upset/assertive because they're due on/on or if they're refused a promotion because they'll be too emotional and irrational to do the job properly like a man would.
I never disputed any of that, I disputed the poster who I replied to who seemed to think perimenopausal was a made up phrase as they had never heard of it.
 
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I've taken coke when I was 18 it was rit , didn't do anything for me and was very very expensive . I'd rather sit in my slippers and dressing gown nowadays 🤣🤣
 
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I’ve enjoyed a couple of threads lately where the husband has got drunk at special event/stag do and they are seriously considering leaving and follow it up by saying they never drink normally so the poor guys are having one night out to let off steam.
 
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It probably wasnt coke then...
It definitely was my friend was gurning her face off and was talking at a million miles an hour. I have a neurological condition and have been taking stimulants for quite a long time , coke to me was like having a coffee. Whereas I'm hyper sensitive to opioid medication I was drooling after having tramadol 🤣.
 
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Weird, because there was a thread recently where a forty year old husband goes clubbing with teenagers, and when he's still not home an hour after he said he would be, a worried MN wife calls the police. They find him almost paralytic, miles away on a dangerous, busy road attempting to crawl home. She's furious as she's due to give birth any moment. Sympathy from MN? No, they gang up on her implying she's a nasty harpy whose husband must be desperate to escape her clutches, blaming his crappy behaviour on her. She clarifies he can and does go out, but a) that night was uncharacteristic for all sorts of reasons, and b) emphasised the context (her late pregnancy)/ his reckless behaviour could have killed him. They gaslight the tit out of her and tell her to lighten up and make him breakfast once he wakes up. It was as if 4chan lads had brigaded or something. Shitshow of a thread. I was almost tempted to make an account just to tell them what odious bleeps they all are :ROFLMAO:
 
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Weird, because there was a thread recently where a forty year old husband goes clubbing with teenagers, and when he's still not home an hour after he said he would be, a worried MN wife calls the police. They find him almost paralytic, miles away on a dangerous, busy road attempting to crawl home. She's furious as she's due to give birth any moment. Sympathy from MN? No, they gang up on her implying she's a nasty harpy whose husband must be desperate to escape her clutches, blaming his crappy behaviour on her. She clarifies he can and does go out, but a) that night was uncharacteristic for all sorts of reasons, and b) emphasised the context (her late pregnancy)/ his reckless behaviour could have killed him. They gaslight the tit out of her and tell her to lighten up and make him breakfast once he wakes up. It was as if 4chan lads had brigaded or something. Shitshow of a thread. I was almost tempted to make an account just to tell them what odious bleeps they all are :ROFLMAO:
I don’t remember that one but there have definitely been at least 2 others. Maybe it is the latest thing on there.
 
Weird, because there was a thread recently where a forty year old husband goes clubbing with teenagers, and when he's still not home an hour after he said he would be, a worried MN wife calls the police. They find him almost paralytic, miles away on a dangerous, busy road attempting to crawl home. She's furious as she's due to give birth any moment. Sympathy from MN? No, they gang up on her implying she's a nasty harpy whose husband must be desperate to escape her clutches, blaming his crappy behaviour on her. She clarifies he can and does go out, but a) that night was uncharacteristic for all sorts of reasons, and b) emphasised the context (her late pregnancy)/ his reckless behaviour could have killed him. They gaslight the tit out of her and tell her to lighten up and make him breakfast once he wakes up. It was as if 4chan lads had brigaded or something. Shitshow of a thread. I was almost tempted to make an account just to tell them what odious bleeps they all are :ROFLMAO:
This is what I find so crazy about MN, in some ways it’s like a hive mind and you can expect to read the same responses on any similar thread, and other times it literally could go any way. I think it’s the first few posts that sets the tone and then the rest just go with the tide.
 
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Did you see the thread about the cost of living panorama tv show. All the usual compassion 🥴
 
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I can't help seeing Mumsnet as a bunch of witches hanging around the school gates. The kind of woman you'd avoid as a kid- and as a parent. They are so relentlessly unkind to each other. I realise the irony of this statement if you're not a Tattler!
 
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I see them as the cool girls at school who would sneer and mock anyone who was different to them. I think some of them have never grown out of it tbh.

Sometimes, I picture this scene.
 
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I see them as the cool girls at school who would sneer and mock anyone who was different to them. I think some of them have never grown out of it tbh.

Sometimes, I picture this scene.
I think they were the total opposite - never fit in and never had any mates, now use a keyboard and a screen to hide behind to try and feel a little bit of power.
 
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I think they were the total opposite - never fit in and never had any mates, now use a keyboard and a screen to hide behind to try and feel a little bit of power.
Agreed. They're the true definition of keyboard warriors IMO. I bet in real life many wouldn't say boo to a goose
 
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