I think they should re name gransnet.

Don't worry, glamma! Have one on me!

Ana ^ I read the post wrong I did mention somewhere else it was going to be a long day

For NOW read NOT - completely spoilt the meaning there.

Apart from it now being as easy to say or type, a lot of work, time, effort, and even Money has been put into developing and and promoting Gransnet over the almost two years of its existence. To change the name after all that would be like renaming Peterborough to Johnandmarytown. No-one would know what you were talking about.

For Johnandmarytown every roadmap and road sign would have to changed. If the name of Gransnet were changed, every reference in every newspaper, magazine, news bulletin, website, other people's websites, Facebook, Twitter, you name it, would have to be changed.

The time and cost would probably bankrupt the organisation, and send GNHQ to the and fulltime.

Then they would have to start from scratch promoting a new name.

Nothing wrong with Gransnet anyway. Grandads are as welcome as Grandmas. The Gran part is unisex.

Absent. Sun's definitely over the yard arm here - just off to bed after too many. can't cope with FH at this time of night

Well said, grumppa

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

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.

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.

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

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?

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

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

glamma, I know that! I was asking about Mumsnet

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.

Agree annodomini

Out of interest, do any men post on Mumsnet?

It's more like Franksnet!

He's definitely a virus

Well put annodomini my thought's exactly.

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

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

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

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

. and why not after all it is Sunday!