13 things about MSN Messenger that only 90s kids will understand

It was the highlight of your day, and the source of all your drama...

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On Aug 27, 2015

The glory of this moment

But the feeling of doom and panic when it didn't work...

Rushing home from school to chat to all your friends

Yes, you'd just spent all day with them but this was where the REAL fun went on

Because MSN was where all the proper drama happened

"So last night on MSN..."

The saga of display names and what they said about your personality

You spent ages choosing a song lyric for yours that totally reflected how deep/cool your were. And you always debated with yourself about using emoticons.

Signing in and out of MSN messenger to 'subtly' attract someone's attention

The best way to get your crush to finally talk to you. Mostly it didn't work, so you'd just say "lol hi"

Or you'd pretend you didn't mean to say something on MSN when you totally did

"Oops sorry, wrong convo"

Secretly installing MSN Messenger on your school computer during IT lessons

The pain of being away from it for a whole day was too hard to bear

Going offline to avoid chatting to somebody

Best idea you ever had

Wondering whether maybe your email address was a bit lame?

xoxo_sugar__plum_fairy_92_xoxo@hotmail.com seemed like a good idea at the time...

Pretending your webcam was broken

You really didn't want anyone to see you in your PJs so you made up some computer problems

When your friend told you to "meet" online at a specific time and you'd always obey. No matter what else you had planned.

The most important phrase of the day was ALWAYS "be online at 6.30pm yeah?"

The agony of choosing your MSN display picture

To go with one of the official MSN pictures or your favourite band? Or maybe one of you looking super casual, that you'd spent two hours getting your younger sibling to take of you?

And the most dreaded moment of all – when you had to cut off a chat because your mum needed to use the phone

Life was so cruel!

Oh, MSN Messenger. You were the light and darkness of our teenage years <3

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