They think we are boring & sedate

That's a heavy dose of responsibility Galen.

No Galen, I think you should say bums. Maybe we should refer to them as Mumsbums instead of Mumsnet.

To start with, they're mumsbumps! Ours!

my curiosity aroused I have gone over to have a look and am underwhelmed by their depth of opinion or breadth of expression. Frankly, rude at times and is what they say really worth the space?

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Sorry, that's a smiley if the ? was to me. Habit. I agree Soutra. Inane.

What on earth are they trying to say? I am proud to be a Gransnetter and and a few thrown in.

What kind of emoticons do they use on MN? I have never looked, but judging by the reported conversations and language, I would imagine a couple of smiley blow up friends, a dildo, a baby bottle, an ovulation calendar, two fingers, and an Ann Summers catalogue. On the whole, I think I prefer a cup of tea, a cup cake along with the odd glass of wine and a

Gally and it's good to see you back!

Do we need a new 'name' to post on the dark side - does anyone know?

Gally and yes, it is good to see you back.

Kitty you need to register there and choose a user name which can be the one you use here if you wish. I use a different one.

We could all play a game of 'Hunt the Gransnetters'

I should hate to be referred to as an 'anchor of rightness'; most boring and sedate. Has anyone reminded them these are both open fora?

Have you read this about Mumsnet?

Oh my goodness Aka I should think that brought in many new, probably undesirable, members. Perhaps Mumsnet should make greater use of the 'report' button or possibly grow up and be more aware.

Perhaps we should all go onto their site and have a 'report-blitz'. There's plenty to report if you object to bad language! Probably crash the site if we co-ordinated it effectively.......

What's the title of the Mumsnet thread please?

I enjoy Mumsnet. There is far more traffic than on here and the discussions benefit from more posters, I think. I particularly enjoy the book discussions and I love the new Cunning Linguists forum. I don't agree with everything they say obviously, but then I don't on here either. I think it is possible to counter ageism far more effectively by joining in and demonstrating that older people are just as lively and open-minded as anyone else. I don't mind the swearing either.
I also think it behoves us to remember how supportive and helpful they were when Carol was missing.

Gally Dragonfly I had had similar thoughts,
Ana I wish they would do a good article on what goes on on Gransnet so the general public know we are not at all stuffy.
The problem is getting a reporter who you can feel confident is not going to set their own slant on what we are like. Perhaps we should do our own and get GNHQ to promote it.
I agree we seem to take ourselves a lot less seriously than they do. I love the "harmless insanity" on here.

They are right. Face it. Because if we step out of line we get deleted. (or banned!) They don't. Because they are younger and we are old dears who need protecting and cushioning.

You-know-what rearing it's head in unexpected places again Sweet.

Lucy the original post on this thread has a click-on link.

Would we really want to be like them? Perhaps there is something in-between.

No us and them. Just (mostly) women at different stages of life.
To condemn all the discussion on there as boring or irrelevant is about as helpful as them saying that Gransnet is all about knitting patterns.

I quite like a lurk on MN occasionally - joined when we were trying to find out what had happened to Greatnan, and MNetters were very responsive and helped a lot.

As Mamie says, we are just women at different stages. And I have often bitten my tongue at various stages of teaching and brining up children, thinking to myself "One day you will be where I am." We learn learn as we go, don't we?

I am even beginning, slightly, to understand a bit more about my mother when she was the age I am now, and am so glad I never actually said anything.