Welcome to Gransnet

Thank you Charleygirl I would love to join a meetup near me if there is one. And thank you so much for welcoming me. I’ve already warned my husband I may become obsessed with being on this website. ?

Debs I do not know what the word housework means and no doubt you will join that merry club!!!

Hello... I’m a new member and having never been on any kind of social media/chat room site before I am finding my feet a little. I came across the site as I was on Google trying to find an old recipe my mum used to cook from an ancient Be Rol cookery pamphlet. Voila... it was on this site and I was so pleased to find you all..

WelcomeKaren so pleased that you found us lot. May I suggest you start with soop's kitchen and Good Morning- two gentle posts and you can find your way around from there. You will soon find the posts you may want to run a mile from. Enjoy.

Hello , just joined a couple of days ago , I'm finding my way around and enjoying reading the threads . So glad I found you , little bit about myself ? I have two grown up children , 41 and 35 my daughter has 3 young boys . My son lives with me , , I am his full time carer as he has severe Learning disabilities so we are isolating as day care centre is closed . Strange times , stay safe everyone .

You are more than welcome Tere and it takes time to find your way around the threads and the ones you like the most. In more normal times some of us have meetups for coffee and/or lunch which you may enjoy.

Thank you , That would be great to.meet up locally at some point in the future

Hi. Just found this site. Looking forward to finding out about what goes on here. ?

Welcome all the newcomers. Charleygirl usually kindly does the honours, but I just happened to be passing.
If you are looking for a gentle way in, try the Good Morning thread or Soop's Kitchen, where you will be assured of a warm welcome.

Hello everyone, another newbie here! I'm a knitter (hence the yarn-related username!) and if I don't find some friends to chat to, I'm going to run out of yarn, as I'm knitting for Britain at the mo. Looking forward to meeting you all!

Welcome Woolly. If you read some of the replies to recent newbies you will see the best threads into which you can dip your toe.

I enjoy reading all your blogs. Friendly chat is wonderful.
And ideas.

Nice to "meet" you Abby. There are some seriously nice people on GN but like all walks of life- not everybody is tarred with the same brush. Enjoy ambling around and when we are back to normal in the dim and distant future maybe you would like to join a local meetup.

I go to two and with one in particular, a newbie came and we were certain her H thought she was joining the axe murderers convention! He was amazed to discover when she returned that we were all normal and she was unharmed!

Hi All

Great to find Gransnet. My grandkids live on the other side of the world - so nice to find others in the same situation and to hear about their experiences.

Kestrel welcome- not only GC live overseas- many of the GNs do too- anywhere from France to Australia.

Thanks Charleygirl5 - it's good to be part of a global community in that case .

Hello,
I have also just joined, I'm a grandparent and have my 9 year old granddaughter living with me.
Hard work in lockdown!

Welcome LorB - a cat is easier I would have thought- I will stick with what I have!

Good morning ? from Fife. Love Gransnet been more of a lurker really but made a few changes this week and this is no three.
Great to have finally got myself started. Have a Blessed day all. Stay safe and healthy

Bartsmaw, hoping to see more of you and hoping we can eventually have another meetup in Glasgow.

Hi I'm new to this. I'm not usually a group joiner but I am a new gran to a five month old little girl and lockdown is an unprecedented time. I'm from Wales so we currently have different restrictions to England. I would be grateful for any advice or support

Welcome Jul23. Once life returns to normal. if it ever does, you may want to join one of the meetups close to you. I am assuming that there are several in Wales!

There is plenty of advice and support but if it is for something specific it would be better to open your own thread. Two good threads to start you off are Good Morning and Soop's kitchen and you will be welcomed in both. Getting used to them will ease you in gently.

Thank you for the welcome. Hopefully there are meet ups in Wales.

Hi everyone I'm new to Grandnet but, been with Mumsnet for 16+ years. I'm not a Grand Mother but, I have one grown up Ds who has left home, and a young teen Dd at home. I wanted to see if I'd feel more comfortable here as I don't really feel so at home with the 'youngsters' on Mn these days, and at 56, I'm probably more at home here anyway in lots of ways so, I hope you don't mind me dipping in and out.

*Gransnet even though I'm sure you are all Grand ;)