I have been on GN since last summer And I really enjoy reading and adding posts. So much so that I often say.. 'On grandsnet they advise this or that' Or ' isn't that interesting bit of info' And 'listen to this its so funny/sad' You could say I've been a GN ambassador! But in a few weeks DH is retiring and says he will have time for such things as GN NO GN is mine! I never tell him what I post ( he wouldn't understand or get the wrong end of the stick) He doesn't know my GN name but would soon guess! I feel my freedom on GN would be curtailed. I'm sure there are joint GN members So how do you get on? How do other GNetters feel about there OH being on GN?
jings Perhaps what made GN so much better was us ? (#alwaysmodest) Despite all the complaints that fly around about the site and the posters, we do seem to have a good thing going, and no-one can deny that it is lively. The professional way that Geraldine and co got the site up and going, filled it with material and competitions, and marketed it to the world may just have helped too.
It seems a bit sad that you have managed to turn a post about whether or not you would like your OH to join in here in to an assassination of another Granny site, albeit deceased!?
We had a slight contretemps when DH followed my posts on GN and we have agreed that each of us has our own forums where, under a pseudonym,we can let our hair down and it is off limits to the other.
It doesn't stop either of us sharing information or mentioning things we have seen or read on our forums - and we frequently do. I confess, I also changed my user name.
Mr Lavande occasionally asks what I am doing on GN. I give him a suitably vague reply. He would not be interested in joining and if he was I would certainly put him off. He has got his headphones on right now so can't hear me 'tapping' and I am trying not to look as though I am writing about him.
Maybe all the newbies who are easily offended by the sometimes blunt straightforward responses to their innocent new threads, are refugees from Grannynet!
Cherrytree It would be good to have more men on the site but I know what you mean about GN being 'yours' and I would agree it is probably better to keep the user name under your hat. OHs might be able to identify us but perhaps not. My DH is not really interested except when I get a fit of the giggles and 'needs to know' why. Fortunately he is very into genealogy which keeps him very occupied and I am full of admiration for all that he has managed to dig up!
Anyone can read these threads, whether a member or not. I suggest watching what you post if you're concerned about DH, or anyone else, reading your words.
I agree polyparrot I would never write anything about DH, my family or friends that would be upsetting. I think DH was just winding me up as his retirement is in a few weeks and I have Jobs list for him at the ready I sometimes go out for coffee with friends we have laugh and a joke , (occasionaly about our DH or family). It wouldn't be the same if one of the DH decided to join us! I feel the same about GN
My husband wouldn't want to be on here, even when I tell him about some post or topic that I think is really interesting or funny he just says "hmmm" and goes back to his news and politics websites. He has an office upstairs with his own 'puter. It would be good, though to have more men on the forum, more balanced.
My other half has no interest on anything like GN, FB, Twitter or anything although he is on Linked In. I do sometimes relay something to him if we're talking about a particular subject that's been on here but I wouldn't like him to join - he doesn't know my name (user) and would instantly forget it if I told him