If I didnt have GN...

Such a lovely feel good post farview.
Like you, I feel that gransnet has become a small but important part of my life, I too feel I’ve made a few friends and am getting to know others better.
Nice to have, as others have said, a virtual coffee shop to sit and chat, share some worries and some fun and hear about the lives of others.
Long live Gransnet

Welcome benjamina don’t worry about posting I was shy to do it at first but it’s good to get involved

That is a lovely post Farview. Like many others, I enjoy this spot as a meeting place. I usually log on when others in the UK have gone to bed, so read most posts long after they have been added.

This is a place to share, to celebrate, to gripe, and to exchange ideas. I look forward to logging on when I get a chance.

Welcome Benjamina, I do hope to see you posting now that your toes are wet!

farview, hear hear!

You're not wrong farview; GN has become my virtual coffee shop where I nip in for a quick coffee and a catch up with friends each day; more so now I can't go to my real coffee shop. Like any other meeting place, we have some friends that we're closer to than others and we get to know a little more of what's going on in the lives - and can share ours with them. I'd be lost without it too, especially now.

GrandmaKT - Thanks! See you tomorrow

Lovely post farview, which I'm sure echoes how a lot of us feel. Welcome benjamina. Now you've dipped your toe in the water, hope to see lots more posts from you.

I just decided to look on gransnet and am so happy to have seen this thread.

I totally understand what everyone is saying - I too read every GM posts.

I retired from work 5 weeks ago - I joined gransnet last march but never seemed to have the time to post much as still working full time.

Now I have retired completely I look daily but dont seem to have the confidence to jump in and post.

But tonight I thought I should take the plunge.

What a lovely warm set of messages.

Makes all the troubles we are going through a little more bearable.

Thanks to all

It’s helping me, group virtual hug ?

I too enjoy gransnet, lovely people and you seem to get to know a few of the personalities of the people that post, think I’d really miss it if it wasn’t around

So would I Bluebelle

I like my time on GN wouldn’t be without it in fact spend too much time on it
Made three or four lovely friends and although we ve not met in person really get on so well and I value those friendships as much as real life ones
(I d love to know who the in crowd are ??)

There are some lovely people on here and very supportive too without being judgemental.

I quite agree and that said, Lord knows what I'd do without t'internet itself. Stir-crazy would be a good description.

Lovely post Farview
I wish you and all gransnetter a peaceful and healthy christmas.??

Once the clouds clear, I'm hopeing to see the Christmas star. ⭐
I wonder '(Wishful thinking) could it possibly be sign of hope.
I know Jupiter and Saturn conjunction but ......

Farview would definitely say that I'm not one of the 'in crowd'.

Always remember that quote of Groucho Marx “I wouldn't want to belong to a club that would have me as a member”

Who cares about the 'in crowd' ?

Lovely post - Gransnet members have held my hand through several life crises. Thank you.

I’m with you there farview. I like the anonymity. I can post things that make me anxious or worried that aren’t shared with family & friends. GN can be a wonderful agony aunt in times of need. Like writing in a diary but with the added bonus of feedback and at times, support.
❤️

What a lovely, uplifting post, farview. Thank you!