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MSE Parents Club Part 10

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  • weezl74
    weezl74 Posts: 8,701 Forumite
    you've all provoked an interesting debate here :) me and DH would like to add that we think there's a distinction between a troll as BnB are saying this woman is and a 'fake internet persona'.

    I think a troll would almost always post to create trouble.

    The other kind, the fake persona might be someone using the internet to have a chance to live a life they'd never normally have chance to live.

    I think that by lying to new friends she would have caused problems, and also it's deceptive to post pictures that aren't your baby.

    But apart from those two acts, maybe she was just someone having an opportunity to have a different life via the internet...

    Dunno, just a thought.

    Feel free to challenge/disagree, I'm up for a robust debate.:)

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  • Wow- 4000+ fake posts shows some dedication (and a wild imagination too!)

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  • SusanC_2
    SusanC_2 Posts: 5,344 Forumite
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    weezl74 wrote: »
    me too, and I have proof cos JHA and Isom and shaz mum of two have met me :D

    and acetate monkey is my husband :)
    Hmm, I don't have proof - you'll just have to believe me for now. I guess if I posted a picture of me and Alice with the pillowcase you sent that would prove I am real.
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  • weezl74
    weezl74 Posts: 8,701 Forumite

    Beccles/Weezl - lovely pics too!

    :hello: to everyone else

    thank you :) can we see some from you please too lady ;) nice to see you again x

    :hello:Jonathan 'Fergie' Fergus William, born 05/03/09, 7lb 4.4oz:hello:
    :)Benjamin 'Kezzie' Kester Jacob, born 18/03/10, 7lb 5oz:)
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    january grocery challenge, feed 4 of us for £40
  • susan, I read part of your blog, so if your fake, you put a lot of effort in !! lol

    I remember reading once about a journalist posting as a parent on a site to get facts etc ... for a paper she was writing !!
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  • SusanC_2
    SusanC_2 Posts: 5,344 Forumite
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    Weezl I guess whether they are troll or not probably depends on their intention. If they are faking as building a fantasy for themself then that is not really like a troll but if they are doing it as a parody or to mock people or to gain people's trust for some other purpose than that would be a troll.
    Any question, comment or opinion is not intended to be criticism of anyone else.
    2 Samuel 12:23 Romans 8:28 Psalm 30:5
    "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die"
  • weezl74
    weezl74 Posts: 8,701 Forumite
    SusanC wrote: »
    Hmm, I don't have proof - you'll just have to believe me for now. I guess if I posted a picture of me and Alice with the pillowcase you sent that would prove I am real.


    or I'd have been a real plumb to have sent a pillowcase to a builder called Dave who likes to be known as susan :rotfl:

    :hello:Jonathan 'Fergie' Fergus William, born 05/03/09, 7lb 4.4oz:hello:
    :)Benjamin 'Kezzie' Kester Jacob, born 18/03/10, 7lb 5oz:)
    cash neutral gifts 2011, value of purchased gifts/actual paid/amount earnt to cover it £67/£3.60/£0
    january grocery challenge, feed 4 of us for £40
  • elle_gee
    elle_gee Posts: 8,584 Forumite
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    Evening all..

    Busy busy, can't stop.. :)

    I'm real - Claire and Choppy can vouch for me! ;)

    We've been to Boogie Babies again this afternoon and the friends of my friends (who usually go but didn't come today) invited me to go on their Breast Buddies night out tomorrow night :D

    Rhys and OH are at OH's parents' for tea tonight. I stayed home on the presence of tidying up.. hmm, best crack on!

    Hope all are well xx
  • Hugs for all poorly mums and babies - get well soon.

    Katie's teeth are apparently going to be ruined for life as I have dared to bf beyond 2 - :p to the experts her teeth are lovely.

    Katie does like sweet stuff - grapes, bananas, etc.

    for tea tonight we had chicken thighs coated in stir fy black bean sauce roasted in the oven with extra garlic and onion, mushrooms, sweetcorn, and garlic and coriander naan bread.

    Guess who didn't do a very good on line shop last week

    :j:j for all the weight gaining babies :j:j

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  • angela6834
    angela6834 Posts: 1,036 Forumite
    I just think it must be really sad and he/ she must be really lonely. I agree with Weezl re the troll comment tho..its a character they have created and did not set out to cause 'trouble' as i assume they never thought they'd be caught x
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