They think we are boring & sedate

I must go and look at this cunni lingus thread. I didn't realise they had a thread about sexual practices!
Perhaps we should start one here?

Thanks Jingle

I wonder how many of these mums are actually DiLs of members of Gransnet. I'm pretty confident that my two aren't on Mumsnet. They wouldn't have time for it.

Sorry, forgot to blue
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/cunning_linguists

Oh I see. Didn't get the joke, sorry.
There are some erudite discussions on language here; might be a good place to start if you are new to Mumsnet.
http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/cunning_linguists

It was meant to be a joke? Baffled that you didn't understand that

Will take a look later as I presume the fora are open to anyone.

And I quote from the Mumsnet thread "who wants to be in with a bunch of po-faced ol' people with catsbum faces every time you say a swearword?"

Well I'm saying plenty in reply to that, sweetheart!

Have to say that I am a bit baffled by your definitions of fora, margaretm74. However, as I said there is a Cunning Linguists section on Mumsnet.

They could learn much from us instead of dismissing us as doddery old idiots.
Eg would they think that fora is a flower, a perfume or some form of foreplay?

I would never have found the time for something like Mumsnet when I was bringing up my DC. Not that it was around then! Now they have fled the nest I have time to indulge in things like this (or whatever takes my fancy).

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

What's the title of the Mumsnet thread please?

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.......

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.

Have you read this about Mumsnet?

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?

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

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.

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

Gally and it's good to see you back!

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