They think we are boring & sedate

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).

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.

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!

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.

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

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

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.

Thanks Jingle

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?

Galen

Just read a few posts and they are so xxxxing patronising! I do sometimes read the threads on Mumsnet for amusement whenI have nothing better to do but most of them are plain boring (except the ones devoted to sex or having affairs lol and they can be plain pathetic!) Hey ho - they are young and have a lot to learn. Now I'm being patronising hmm

Cunning linguist - yes

Not bothered about having a cunnilingus thread, though, Galen A nice cup of tea - definitely!

I probably don't need to point out to you that it is a joke, Galen.
This thread is brilliant. I learnt a huge amount
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/cunning_linguists/1979541-If-I-was-to-time-travel-how-far-back-could-I-go-and-still-have-a-conversation-with-someone-in-my-high-street

I think I posted a link to this bit of the thread before, but nobody was interested.
sounds.bl.uk/Accents-and-dialects/Berliner-Lautarchiv-British-and-Commonwealth-recordings
I love discussions about language, though.

Recent thread on Mumsnet include 'What does one wear to a swingers club?' and apparently there was one where it illustrated that many mumsnetters chose their partners based on what they earned! Based on some of their threads then maybe we need to spice things up on Gransnet

Lucy, I take it you got the fact the one about the swingers' club was a joke.
There are some threads devoted to the interests of the very wealthy, how to get into top public schools etc, which make quite entertaining reading from time to time. The point is that there are hundreds of threads on all sorts of things; Mumsnet has a huge membership. There are lots that I just dismiss because they are not relevant to me (just like on here), but plenty of interest if you want to look for it.

Sounds like a sub-culture, but they are our DDs and DiLs (well someone's anyway)

Dragonfly love the 'jingled' bit, should be in the OED.

Pathetic, boring and sedate creatures they are. They obviously do not know us. We have been there and got the millions of t-shirts.

Mamie, yes have now read part of the thread, and it is interesting

If my daughters are out there on Mumsnet which they may well be then I am afraid I should prefer to let them chat their way as long as we can do likewise. To have a complete thread running down Gransnet seems rather excessive and it has been going on for some time. It was bound to bring about a retaliation ( this thread). By the way mamie fora and Galen's comment were also jokes; we just don't all have the same sense of humour.

But I find them both funny

Indeed LizG, but I didn't read it as a thread that was devoted to running down Gransnet when I originally read it and I did find it funny.
I just find it a bit ironic that anyone would criticise Mumsnet for having a narrow view of Gransnet and then go on to condemn the whole of Mumsnet on the basis of having read a few posts.

Each to their own I say. I've visited t'other site and found some warmhearted, caring responses on threads, but also the opposite with posters being belittled, ridiculed and challenged in very unhelpful ways. I did recommend the site to activistdaughter to have a look, but she'd rather get her advice from me (doesn't always take it). She found the swearing on MN to be excessive and unnecessary - as do I.
I am glad that MN exists though because there do seem to be all sorts of posters and therefore a range of life experiences to share, and not all young mums have people in 'real life' they can open up to.

I would have loved something like Mumsnet when I was bringing up three children in an isolated farmhouse. I would probably have also poked fun at Gransnet because being over fifty would have felt like a million miles away.

Everything is just a rite of passage.

Just joined but with a username my DD1 will not guess lol and read quite a few more than just 'a few posts' on that particular thread. Seems to me that there are a lot of older Mums on there as well as some Mums (like us) who are now grandmothers too.

Mamie - no I didn't know it was a joke and I agree with LizG and
Grannyactivist, who has it spot on.