Invisibility or "I think it was me actually"

kitty, I will never forget the time when, on one of GN's 'household tips' threads, someone else presented a tip I'd thanked you for previously as their own!

I do sometimes say something along the lines of 'As I said upthread' but I'm still ignored!!

I often see the comment on here : "I thought it was just me". Well I have thought so too. I don't post frequently but have often made a "funny" aside, which someone later on virtually repeats and attracts a lot of grins for, with their name beside the grin. Or I ask a question. Never a reply. I used to think it was because I'm not an "original" poster (just over two years, so maybe still on probation) but it's reassuring to read that many feel the same. As someone pointed out it's probably because only the OP and very recent threads get read. I feel a bit better for reading this thread now ?

Hope I've not done this to you,MawBroon because I have appreciated lots of your posts. But I sympathise because I know the feeling, especially in real life!

So just chip in sometimes and say"No no no it was me me me that said it! back on page so and so".
I don't think you would do that

gillybob I wouldn't be too sure about that
You are right not to let it bother you merlot and others, just hit a nerve recently

Happens to me all the time. I will go to a lot of effort searching on line for a link or a product, which then gets ignored, only to be repeated later to huge acclaim by somebody more visible!
I also think your posts are always worth reading and inwardly digesting, MawBroon. You often say what I am thinking, but I don't have your way with words so don't comment.

The graveyard slot for posts is at the bottom of a page. I've often clicked 'post' then realised it probably won't be read and somebody else will say exactly the same thing on the following page.

Usually doesn't bother me.

I think it happens to most of us Maw especially on those very long threads where (if you have come to the discussion a few pages in) you may have missed what someone has already said and repeat it. I don't believe any of us would ignore someone's post deliberately.... or would they?

Whatever sort of 'gun' you are Maw, I always note your posts too. There are certain people that I feel I know better than others and you are one of them. You are not invisible.

alima I feel flattered.
Big gun or loose cannon, I think it might be a by-product of my "wee town" upbringing and education where sadly girls were NOT encouraged to speak up.
So it is a major effort to lay myself open to the disparaging attitude I grew up with where no matter what you achieved, you would be "put down" or reduced to your childhood status by the comment
"Ah kent his faither"
("I knew his father")

I am surprised this happens to you Maw, I tend to think of you as one of the GN big guns so to speak. Happens to me all the time, often think, oh blow this, CBA anymore. DH is the worst but I get my own back on him.

Well I hope no-one has already mentioned this, but hubby and I blame it on the fact that we take invisibility pills, we must do!, often ignored and more disconcerting it the fact that people often walk into me, I am overweight, they MUST blo***y well see me!!

I hope I didn't do that to you MawBroon !
I did refer to you when I commented on the same thing on another thread.
Sometimes I may have been guilty of that because I haven't RTTS.

DH does this to me all the time; he comes home and tells me what a brilliant idea one of his cronies friends has had - when I have been pounding his ear about the same thing for ages.

(Read The Thread Stupid)

It could be worse - my posts are misinterpreted and I get told off by some who could 'start an argument in an empty room'.

It happens to me loads on GN unless I happen to go on a politics thread.

Yes, this happens to me a lot, I am always saying 'I must be I'm invisible', good to know I'm not on my own though.

because he was talking to himself? :-)

Maw, I do empathise. DH will say "who was that chap in that TV series" ? I will reply "Joe Bloggs", DH continues scrolling on his phone and then "aha, it's Joe Bloggs" Why ask the question if you don't listen to the answer ?

I think it happens to all of us at some point on GN Maw it certainly does to me.
I think people often don't read every post, just op and last 3-4 and then latch onto what an-other has posted.

It used to upset me back in the GN day, but I'm used to it now ?.

Happens to the best of us (i.e. ME!) so do not feel singled out!

And nobody has even replied to my post!!

Mr C and I often say wouldn't it's be good if we could give the invisibility cloak back to Harry Potter. It seems there are a lot of us about .

Same thing happens to me online and in RL too!

Nah, I learned to swim at the grand age of 25 - in and out of the water, life lessons