Problems which are not problems

Not unreasonable, ann, but rather honest about your feelings.

Ann it is completely understandable that you are ratty and irritable if you are having a difficult time. But don't pack in GN because of that. for you.

A couple of things occur to me
1) sometimes a trivial "problem" may be a person's "dry run" at posting something more serious
2) loneliness may prompt a person to post even if they haven't got a real issue to post about, just to start up a conversation
3) some people DO obsess about the slightest thing, this is not unique to teenagers! Open pores on their noses, ears going red, next door's old git in his string vest, the price of bread. Ageing can make us pernickety/grumpy (present company excepted) just earwig on some people's conversations on a bus or train
4) what may seem "Doh!"to you and me, may not be be so to another
I heartily sympathise though. Sometimes I do wonder how some people have reached the age of discretion and can appear so clueless, but hey, it takes all sorts.
When your own life is treating you unkindly such nonsense can be incredibly irritating, but chins up!!
And don't you dare think of leaving!!!

You're allowed to be unreasonable ann . Everyone is . Life has a way of grinding you down even when it's not the life you experience every day.

You're allowed to feel the way you do, there's no need to apologise.

Of course every thing doesn't have to be of a serious nature. I probably have posted frivolous things. I apologise for being so serious in context . It is how I feel. Not any one else's problem, just mine.
So yes I am being unreasonable. I have answered my own question, as you were.

I'm so sorry to hear you feel so down, ann. Please don't leave Gransnet. It may well seem that those of us who don't (yet/at this moment) have real problems in our lives just drivel on about inanities, but it doesn't mean that we won't be there to help those of our GN friends who need our support. for you.

N&G is right, and please don't leave, Ann; I think you would regret it and we would miss you.

I was about to ask what P6 was as well.

My reply was to elegran...

But how do we know what's trivial and what's not?

Do all posts have to have to be of a serious nature?

My question is - who reads those? I don't, so maybe I'm missing the point that the OP is making.

I have no idea what P6 playground exchanges are

I'm so sorry you feel like this ann and totally understand why you might feel like that.

The trouble is , many, many people don't know you, or how your life is on a day to day basis . They post about the things in their lives which might be very different from yours. It's not that they wouldn't empathise if they knew .

There's no need for this to be your swan song . In fact I hope it isn't because I think you need a place where you can share your daily challenges . Personally, I also think there are days where a little frivolity might serve to remind you that there are things that might still make you smile xx

I am all for friendly conversations about things like what to wear and which floor steamer to buy, but I agree with you about certain posts agonising at length over trivialities. Same with the P6 playground exchanges of badtempered nadging.

I'll get my coat and join you in the pub next door! What'll you have?

Sorry I realise I didn't answer your question, for the reasons above, I don't get pissed off by what people write on GN. I just take most of it at face value and respond if I think I have something to say that might help.

But ann ... GN isn't just for people with serious problems. Sometimes reading about the trials and tribulations that others face, puts my problems into perspective.

Also, some people may be dealing with very difficult situations and simply choose not to write about them on a public forum.

Gransnet forums - like all social media - isn't always a true reflection of real life.