Men on forum

I have just reported 'David'

Check him out. I am sure he would not be interested in a seventy year old biddy!

www.google.co.uk/search?source=hp&ei=JuOZXNSLNJCUlwSF4qvABw&q=David+Arquette&btnK=Google+Search&oq=gransnet&gs_l=psy-ab.3..35i39j0l9.8454.10681..14023...2.0..0.102.630.8j1....2..0....1..gws-wiz.....6..0i131j0i10.4pL9ev8f9EQ

I had one from a guy telling me I was "fabulous". Obviously I am, but how did he know?

Although he might be interested in your money, Marydoll. Sorry to be so cynical ….

If that is who he really is…..and that’s the downside of social media.

I like reading Micks post, ‘ the good morning’ just to see what kind of day he’s having, & the other grans replies back to him.

I don’t get pms from random chaps on here. I do get regular friend requests on Facebook from incredibly good looking American men. They’re usually military vets looking for friendship 😀

Casdon

It’s an open forum, so anybody can join, and men are welcome - but anybody who sends you unsolicited private messages which aren’t appropriate obviously isn’t, be they male or female. You did the right thing to block and report.

I agree with all the comments in Casdon's post.

Mick and David49 are gentleman and of course are welcome.
There are one or two other regulars that are fine (Wetherspoons)!

Unfortunately we had one fairly recently that wanted to discuss stockings and of course the crude Antipodean who some of you loved.

Ah just remembering another rather odd control freak who caused so much trouble.

On the whole there are probably not enough men unless some of you are posting with female pseudonyms.

I don't think it's unreasonable to expect Gransnet to be for women, especially if one is new here - when I was looking for a decent forum, I initially thought Gransnet was aimed at women. The homepage articles appear to be mostly for women, judging by the photos for the articles.

However, I had a good look at the forum and saw that it is in fact welcoming to men as well. So here I am. A sixty-something (not too grumpy I hope) bloke.

As with any forum, members shouldn't have to deal with unwanted attention, and blocking / reporting is the right thing to do.

A few us heard from Roberto. But i think he has gone now!

How would you know whether a poster is male unless he says so? I just reply to the post, and the sex of the poster makes no difference to my reply (why would it?).

There have been men on here for as long as I've posted, and they are welcome, as far as I'm concerned, so long as they don't assume that being male gives them special status - just as in 'real life', really. 😀

Stillness

Although he might be interested in your money, Marydoll. Sorry to be so cynical ….

It was obvious he/she is a scammer, which is why I reported and blocked.I hope no-one is naive or foolish enough to respond to him.

paulow

To be honest, as a man I as a bit hesitant over whether I would be allowed to join in the first place, but it all seems ok. However the last thing I would do would be to send an unsolicited private message to anyone, it doesn't strike me as acceptable behaviour anyway.

Do join in paulow

The last unsolicited message I had from a man said how much he admired my posts
At least someone reads them. 😂

Mick and David49 are gentleman and of course are welcome.
There are one or two other regulars that are fine (Wetherspoons)!

grumppa's posts are always appreciated.

I always thought it would be a mixture. I can understand the confusion because of what it is called. I don't have grandchildren but someone said many the chats about various subjects were very interesting so I joined.

Some years ago there was a very nice man on Gransnet. I used to talk to him a lot and was very sad when he died suddenly.

Sparklefizz

I had one from a guy telling me I was "fabulous". Obviously I am, but how did he know?

😂

Sparklefizz

I had one from a guy telling me I was "fabulous". Obviously I am, but how did he know?

We all told him 😂😂😂

I have no objection to males being on here as long as they don't get creepy, either on the public side or private messages, but I never open private messages on here, so I've no idea if I've been PM'd or not!

I’m hurt. David hasn’t messaged me!

Granatlast007

I had a private message too, wondered whether to report it? So many scams about these days, it's wise to be wary. Perhaps it's cheaper to use GN than dating online?

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Yes, you are unreasonable to expect a public internet forum to exclude an entire demographic of humans just because it’s your preference.

This one doesnt, but it isnt unreasonable to try to exclude a demographic. Tricky but not unreasonable.
I would think any woman who went on a site which acted as support group for men to speak about their mental health was an absolutely horrendous human being. I would think any man who went on a site for women survivors of assault was also a tool. Many sites by their nature are exclusive. Hard to police obviously but they can be aimed at specific groups.

Sadly, you are being unreasonable, but so it the man who messaged you.

We openly welcome males, they can sometimes come up with totally different perspectives and opinions to all us women.

Blossoming

I’m hurt. David hasn’t messaged me!

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