I think they should re name gransnet.

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and ditto

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Its going to be a long day I can feel it coming on !! x large

glammanana Shame on you. It's not even ten o'clock in the morning yet, although I suppose the sun is over the yardarm somewhere.

Call me naive, and I am sure so of you will! Why is that such a bad idea?

. and why not after all it is Sunday!

absent the sun is cracking the flags here at the moment,I could always put the clock forward ? for medicinal purposes only ?

Goodness, Frank must be at a loose end today. He is all over the forums.

Got to go and wash up now and have a little walk so Andie and myself can decide if it is ok to walk to my daughters house.

Frank

Well, Gransnet rolls off the tongue nicely; grandparentsnet certainly doesn't. How would Mumsnet react to being re-titled parentsnet?

Well put annodomini my thought's exactly.

It's more like Franksnet!

He's definitely a virus

Out of interest, do any men post on Mumsnet?

Agree annodomini

Ana we did at the start of Gransnet have some regular Grandpa's posting and we had a good relationship with them but over the last few month's I have not seen them,we do still have quite a few regulars though and their input is valuable.

glamma, I know that! I was asking about Mumsnet

Ana Probably not on the threads about epidurals, piles in pregancy, breastfeeding and the frequency of male farting at night – but you never know.

I just thought someone who's a member of Mumsnet as well might know, as the name does imply 'women only' whereas Gransnet is supposed to be for either sex, and indeed not only grandparents. I'll have a look at the Mumsnet home page.

Ana It may not always apparent that whether a member is a man or a woman. This is also true of Gransnet.

Hard to tell on mumsnet with their highly colourful taste in forum names. What would yours be?
Something like postmenopausalhagfromhell or notoverthefffinghilljustyet or whythefffamistillgettingfffinghotflushesafterallthesefffingyears would fit in with the MN zeitgeist quite nicely?

True, absent, just wondering. Having looked at the Mumsnet page it does say it's for parents, not just mums.

As a straight derivative of 'Mumsnet', 'Gransnet' has a lot going for it. 'Gran' has a flavour of grandmothers rather than grandfathers, but so what? It's snappy, and conveys the flavour of the site more effectively than something more ponderous.

My impression is that the vast majority of Gransnet posters are women, and I suspect that a similar net dominated by men would be pretty tedious - can't think who I have in mind here.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

I do like JessM's suggestions, but Grandparents'net (with the apostrophe in the right place) isn't all that catchy. Sorry, Frank - must try harder.

Oh FFS, now harri is swearing and she never uses that kind of language. have a long walk Frank