What do you love about gransnet?

Yes, time and experience on forums toughens you up.You have to remember that unless you have met in real life, posters are strangers, and it matters not what they think of you or you of them.
Really bad personal attacks on you should be reported, but perceived slights ignored.
The news and politics threads ( for example) can get heated, but most light hearted threads stay that way.Glad you are enjoying the forum NiceGranny?

Aveline
Were you reading the thread that led to a very much respected long time poster being banned for life, I was.
There was no nastiness or letting off steam. The only emotion that was expressed was frustration. She was not alone in that feeling.

Thank you Granmajet
Yes our mums are special and l shed a few tears every now and then for her my dad and my ex mum in law.
Words are often said her by others that touch me but I have to say the humour really helps.

Lemongrove
I was warned of spiteful mean people on gransnet and I once thought l was being attacked. Sometimes people are sensitive when they have had more than just “Covid” to deal with but as in trust and friendship, online or otherwise time and experience can make a difference don’t you think?
It’s taken me a while to get used to the ways of posters but I enjoy seeing familiar names.

Aveline

*BlueSky*- letting off steam with unkind unpleasant remarks is what has led to posts/threads being deleted and Grans banned. You really have to watch what you write here.

Yes, no letting off steam here, that’s for sure, although it didn’t use to be this way.
Sometimes now, the most harmless remark is grabbed onto by an attention seeking poster who calls it a ‘personal attack’.
Laughable really.
Still a few good interesting threads but often spoilt by ‘woke’
Comments.
I enjoy the more lighthearted fun threads and the food threads are always good, have noted down lots of recipes from them this last year.

My mum died in 1996 and I still miss her such a lot. Mums are special aren’t they? I’m glad this site helps you.

How lovely Nicegranny. I too sometimes laugh out loud at some of the witty comments on here. It runs alongside rather than instead of real life, I find, and I’m sure I’ll stay after ‘all this is over’!

I was feeling very low and joined just before Christmas and received some good advice so l have persevered and log in every day.
It gets better and better.
I love reading people’s choice’s favourites and opinions and sometimes lm in fits of giggles because there are some very funny and witty ladies on here.
I lost my mother only Christmas before last and my ex mil soon after. My mum was as sharp as nine pence and mil was very sweet. Totally opposite in their ways and equally missed. They were 88 & 92. I’m 64 and of course we don’t know how old everyone else is here but sometimes you can guess an age of a GN and the most mature ladies of this group give me a little bit of what I miss in those important ladies from my life.
????for those slightly elder young ladies.

Nor have I polomint. You reflect my experience.

I have joined recently and enjoy reading about the lives of others ( maybe I'm a nosey person) and the discussions. I like the sympathy and advice that is offered to those going through a difficult time. I like certain threads that are positive especially just now when I can feel a bit depressed due to lockdown and I admire those who have the motivation to just get on with their lives and looking forward.
Basically I like it all as I havnt come across any nastiness .

I’ve really enjoyed the book threads and also reading what posters have been watching on Netflix etc. Very much appreciated during lockdown.

My major coup was following a weight losing tip which proved successful for me after far too many years of failure.

C’mon Kim19 you just can’t leave that there‼️

Share please? My lockdown weight needs shifting for when we’re allowed to meet up or my friends won’t recognise me!

I like the friendliness of GN. I also like the anonymity. I wouldn’t like to attend a meet up it’s not what I joined for.

What I don’t like isn’t worth fussing about.
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I thought it was a clever play on words.
I think I’d better stop digging!

Help! Maybe he is!

grandmajet
“I must be a bit thick Laura. I thought your OH had an exotic foreign name . Just got it!”
Grandmajet? Why isn’t he called Orlin?

LauraNorder

grandmajet Orlin often asks me ‘What are your gransnetters up to today?’
I often share the funny bits or the arguments with him.
He does find it odd that I spend as much time on Gransnet as I do chatting in person to friends.

I must be a bit thick Laura. I thought your OH had an exotic foreign name . Just got it!
????

Thank you GagaGRAN.

The holiday prizes were just in the competitions. There used to be a lot more (and dare I say better) prizes in the early years.

I won a 5 day break at Warners in 2013 and a long weekend at Best Western Hotel on the Isle of Wight in 2018.

Both most enjoyable. We did have to pay for the car ferry to the Isle of Wight of course but it was well worth it. Thanks again Gransnet!

Sorry, ignore that too many gagas ........
including myself!

Sorry GagaJo
That was your fault grandmajet

My DH put a comment on GN just once quite a while ago and bit off more than he could chew. He never looked in again!
Perhaps he admires my tenacity!


Other threads I like are the nostalgic ones - posters in our bedrooms, clothes we wore, house teams at school etc.

Where are the holiday prizes advertised Gagagran? For next year you understand.

My goodness Gagagran! Real prizes? I imagined all this was virtual.

The range of discussions for me. From the bland and banal, for when you are having a REALLY hard day, and can only just manage basic communication, to real political furore.

maydonoz Gransnet started in May 2011. I joined then or just afterwards along with many others who still post either regularly or just from time to time. I read about it in the Daily Telegraph.

It feels a bit like having some special penfriends to me. You do get to know things about their lives and even their families and it doesn't matter if you want to take a break now and then, as many do. There is always someone pleased to see you when you reappear.

You can share as much or as little of your own life as you want to do but always should remember that this is a public forum and anybody can access it so it pays to be careful.

I have never met any GNs in real life but have had personal messages from and to a lot of Grans over the years. I would not want to be without Gransnet. It's my first port of call every day when I log on.

My DH is a big fan of Gransnet, grandmajet because we have won some good prizes on the competitions threads in the past including many books and two holidays!

grandmajet Orlin often asks me ‘What are your gransnetters up to today?’
I often share the funny bits or the arguments with him.
He does find it odd that I spend as much time on Gransnet as I do chatting in person to friends.

My husband finds the whole gransnet thing a bit strange, especially when I’m giggling or exclaiming over something that someone I don’t know from Eve has said or done. How about your OHs?