Who are we really?

I am 100% real and if there are people on here who know me I am sure they wouldn’t find out anything they didn’t already know. There are some posters on here who I would love to meet, they sound so lovely ?

Marydoll - unlikely as I have few friends and no close ones. Hope that reassures you!

I have met a number of Gransnetters over the past 3 years, at Birmingham meet ups. I also attended one in Market Harborough a couple of years ago. So there are a few who know I am real

Is it really possible to change your own style of posting though?

Oopsadaisy as you say 'Several GN accounts with different email addresses and therefore different GN names' who agree with the obnoxious poster!

I’m real too!
Although I try not to divulge too much info as it’s such a public forum, so I might adjust some bits of info to protect family members. If it’s about me though then , sadly, it’s all true .......
I too stay away from threads that have certain GNers on them, life’s too short to always be arguing with someone that you have never met, are unlikely to meet and might have several GN accounts with different email addresses and therefore different GN names.

I’m quite new to GN but I am real and nothing is made up - honestly ! ?
I usually just post on the GM thread as it’s the one I feel safest on and it’s been lovely to have so many warm welcomes from lovely established GNetters
I’ve not had chance to meet up with anyone yet but would hope to do that sometime in the future
I really enjoy reading everyone’s posts and feeling like I’m getting to know a few people bit by bit.
Thank you all ?

Having met many Gransnetters IRL, including a couple of trips from Essex to Edinburgh, I think that most GNs are a lovely bunch.
The anonymity is both a blessing and a curse.

I am me (well I was this morning when I last looked in the mirror anyway).

In the past I have met quite a few of the Scottish grans in real life, a few North East grans and one or two Yorkshire grans too.

I am who I am, I don't tell lies and I only give thoughts on medical conditions if I have actually had it or experienced it as a nurse.
Why would anyone create a fantasy and how do they remember what lies they have told ? Surely you would have to have a crib list.
It was a sad time when I felt unable to travel to meet ups.

We actually don't know who we are speaking to, unless we meet the posters in real life. As Gramaretto says, the Scottish grans are as nice in real life.

I have been to the Edinburgh and Glasgow meet ups and thoroughly enjoyed myself.
I have got to know a few posters very well and we have exchanged email addresses, but that took a long time for us to get to know and trust each other.

Recent events have made me very suspicious of some posters and that is awful!
I'm very wary of posters who parachute into a thread, disrupt it and then vanish, leaving posters very upset.
How can anyone enjoy doing something like that?

However, I have to say that I have been overwhelmed recently by the number of kind messages I have received. Thank you lovely grans! ?

grandMattie, I have a close friend with the same name, I hope you are not her!

Can anyone PM me with the names of the disruptors please?
Maybe I'm one of them and dont know it????

Yes it is definitely a timely thread!..

Rosenoir people on here who ask for medical advice are usually looking for reassurance. I've done it many times myself and it does help reading of people who went through the same issue. Obviously you still need to see your GP/consultant and follow their advice.

No you are not being thick , It more or less means - just at at the right moment

Dunno if anyone on here is anyone I know. I know there is a friend of a friend on here because she once mentioned our mutual acquaintance by name. But I have no idea who the GNer is.

I'm a Granny/teacher, just like I portray myself. Nothing exciting.

Am I being thick? Why is it timely?

I'm pathalogically truthful! But have tried to keep my identity quiet. I don't think anyone I know is on here...

I also agree with Riverwalk and as*Jennifer Eccles*;says a timely thread indeed!

I can definitely vouch for lovely BlueBelle?

I have withdrawn a post only today because I realised I had included details that could identify me. I have met quite a few gransnet members and regularly have coffee (well, tea) with one.

This is a very timely thread!

I agree with the general sentiments expressed by Riverwalk

I am surprised by people that ask for medical advice on a forum.

Just because somebody says they are or were a doctor does not mean it is true.

Indeed forums are open to abuse and sometimes it's obvious.

I think it's best not to get too involved - I'm surprised how many members are so caught up in others' online life.

It's all very nice having chats and being supportive but I can see there are some who take on the woes and worries of complete strangers, even to the point of saying they've been thinking of nothing else but someone's latest sad tale.

Fretting about someone who you wouldn't recognise if you passed them in the street is an unnecessary drain on your emotions.

I am another who is watchful especially on the political threads. You have to be in the mood for an argument.

Quite soon after I discovered GN I was invited to join a Scottish meet-up. I have been to quite a few and people are even nicer in real life.

The only drawback could be that you lose your anonymity so can't bitch about your loved ones or others on here!.