Do you belong to any other forums?

Have to disagree Absent a yawn emoticon could really cause offence. I'm sure it's better simply to answer briefly as Anniebach did politely pointing out the pompous truisms?

"Pompous truisms" (not that anybody is being judgemental understand) and "politely" in the same sentence ....

Grace

'pointing out' is the crucial bit of the sentence, surely gracesmum?

Trust me to pick out the wrong/irrelevant words [duh] emoticon

Not a matter of judgement when someone is stating the obvious though pomposity is perhaps open to a subjective judgement. However Grace I like the way that you managed to make you point with a touch of humour

That was in reply to your 21:34:08 post

All my words were considered and relevant!

Well if that's the case Aka, I'll just have to copy jing's example and use @boring. I think this is one of the most boring threads ever seen on Gransnet – and there have been some in the last nearly two and half years!

I feel sad for Kittyl however whose original question expressed a level of frustration subsequently seen to be entirely justified.

I think it's one of the funniest threads. Everyone talking at cross purposes.

It's got loads better since Annieb joined in.

In answer to your question kitty, I don't belong to any other forum.

Because I don't have a lot of free time to spend on here I tend not to get involved in any of the more serious topics, which can be quite fast moving.

I just haven't been able to make sense of this one at all!

The second I pressed 'post' I realised that my assertion that I don't belong to any other forum is a nonsense. I'm a member of Mumsnet but tend to think of it and GNet as branches of the same thing.

Some Mumsnet threads can descend into bickering fairly quickly, the AIBU topic is a hoot at times. . There is lots of kindness and support when needed though, just like here.

Yes, baubles, DD told me about a hilarious thread on MN when someone told the story about a nosy MiLsnooping in private things while babysitting. The hilarity was caused by the suggestions of booby traps to ascertain the snooping once and for all and to stop it by clever strategems. It worked.

The plan used was to leave papers about house-selling and emigrating in a drawer the woman thought her MiL pried in and then pretend to know nothing about it (actually the husband didn't). It was brilliantly done.

Wish I could find the thread.

A friend of mine used to booby-trap her oven with loose tins, knowing that her MIL would check for cleanliness.

My own MIL didn't even try to hide her snooping and caustic comments. It was worth getting divorced just to get rid of her!

I belonged to a forum on a breast cancer website, and, at the time, it was brilliant. You could join whatever thread you liked, but there were threads on each stage, so if, for example, you were in the middle of chemo, you could go on there and ask daft but worrying questions, and talk to people who were going through it or had been through it. It was so comforting, and I "met" so many brave people.

Yes Anniebach a welcome breath of fresh (Welsh) air to replace some of the fusty hot air currently circulating in GN [wind emoticon]

Kitty...I've been a member of GN since day one but now don't enjoy it so much....changed a lot...but agree with ariadne support is there when you need it

Well, the answer could be, post and try to change it.

Just caught up with this thread.

No Gracesmum, I am not aware of any prejudice against men who contribute to the threads, though I am a little surprised at Greatnan’s comment about men that “the bar and banter threads seem to be their natural home”.

And in answer to the OP, I only belong to one other forum, relating to one dead author of children’s books. Not much scope for friction there!

I am not particularly sensitive and quite like contentious issues.

I used to post on Healthy Pages but found it was full of new age hippies who wanted to do lots of back slapping and hated it when anyone should criticize their point of view. I went on there because I am interested in alternative medicine but that was only a very small part.

Anyway, the other forum I like along with someone else here, is Moneysavingexpert.com. Lots of tips and a more gunge ho approach to discussions.

I like this forum, again for advice and camaraderie between us grandparents.

Grumppa - my comment was not meant to be any reflection on our male members - just a statement of fact that those threads seem to be the ones they enjoy most.

I like the sound of that OTH might give it a try myself.