Typical Gransnetter

Witzend

*FannyCornforth*, she reads the Telegraph and votes Labour???

Maybe she just gets it for the crossword?

Witzend

*FannyCornforth*, she reads the Telegraph and votes Labour???

Yes, she’s a contrary soul - just like me (reads the Daily Mail and is a member of the Labour Party).
She also likes Matt and the crossword, and her parents used to take it, so it’s a family thing

FannyCornforth, she reads the Telegraph and votes Labour???

The fact that we are anonymous on this site means we can be honest. Each one of us has had a life and has a story to tell.

FannyCornforth

Did you GGravy? That surprises me. You come across as very confident.

I barged in like a bull in a china shop

No I am not overly confident Fanny my first post was ripped to pieces and I admit to feeling physically assaulted (I posted something I had seen in the Daily Mail, which I now know is akin to one of Hogwarts three despicable curses)

If it wasn’t for dearest Anniebach I would have run for the metaphorical hills never to be seen again. 🤣🤣🤣

I know

Did you GGravy? That surprises me. You come across as very confident.

I barged in like a bull in a china shop

I lurked for well over a year before I had the courage to post

-- person than the 'typical' gran--
My grammar has gone down the drain.
Such a person AS the 'typical' gran.

So far, I think that Varian's OP has served to show us how diverse we are. I doubt that there can be such a person than the 'typical' gran.
Count me out.

Thank you Fanny. I had twerker in my head but knew that wasn't right. I am with you as to the purpose of the OP but the question is now answered. A typical Gnetter reads but doesn't post.

Parsley ‘lurker’?

I don’t know whether or not Varian sounds smug, but I still don’t understand the point of the opening post, or what the thread was intended to achieve.

I do not think Varian sounds smug. She is just being honest and realising that she is lucky enough to be having a good life at the present.

Most of us have times of hardship and tragedy in our lives, particularly as we reach the so-called 'golden years'. The death of my youngest son at 25 years of age, 21 years ago was a total tragedy. The death of my parents, although totally missed and mourned was NOT - just normal as both in their 80's when they died.

I must admit that GN has shown how many parents and AC seem to be estranged from each other, and I find that dreadfully sad. My older brother was with his three children (his fault entirely) and never ever saw his youngest daughter. I keep in close contact with them all.

I have had some dreadfully difficult times in my adult life - and every day I recognise how fortunate I am now in being very happy in where I live, love my flat, have good contact with all five of my children and eight g.children. Life is good for me now - not smug, just very very grateful.

Ooops, wrong thread, please ignore.

Judge not lest ye be judged.
Matthew 7: 1-3

I have never been described as typical if anything I have been called eccentric different out spoken kind opinionated etc etc.

None of us are typical we have lived different lives. I’m an individual and unique as is everyone else.

Sarah75

The typical GNer probably never actually posts, only reads some threads………. Our of the ?thousands who are members of GN, I imagine only a few post, and of those, there is a vociferous group of regulars.
Our town has a Facebook page and frequently has many, mostly negative, posts in reaction to local news. But these people are not ‘typical’ of our local inhabitants.

Spot on Sarah. Very few gransnetters are regular posters compared to the regular readers. At one time there was a mildly pejorative name for members who didn't post, but I can't remember what it was.

I think you’ve nailed it Fanny. And as Sarah says, don’t forget the ‘votes Labour,’ or Green, or Liberal Democrat! Anything but Tory really, although I think there are one or two Tory voters on here. Well about five I think.

And going by this thread, the quintessential (fav word!) GNetter misconstrues half of what is meant anyway!

Sarah that’s definitely food for thought…

The typical GNer probably never actually posts, only reads some threads………. Our of the ?thousands who are members of GN, I imagine only a few post, and of those, there is a vociferous group of regulars.
Our town has a Facebook page and frequently has many, mostly negative, posts in reaction to local news. But these people are not ‘typical’ of our local inhabitants.

I agree Dickens 👍🏻

varian

It is not about celebrating our good fortune, but more about appreciating the struggles that some of our fellow gransnetters have had to overcome misfortune

It seems like your post has been mis-construed varian - I didn't think you were being smug. Just recognising that some seem to have more than their fair share of mis-fortune.

And I don't believe there is a typical gransnetter either!

Sticking my head above the parapet, I think
some on GN are happy to share all life experiences both good and bad, whilst some tend to share only happiness.

Others use GN to off load problems and/or worries here rather than burden friends and family.

Not sure it makes people smug or needy just makes us all different indeed unique…

Fanny
Very amusing, and possibly very accurate, but apart from being 68, I can’t tick any more boxes.
I learned a long time ago that being smug is a very risky business, you never know what’s around the corner to wipe that big smug smile off your face.
Not, fortunately for me, that I ever was smug, but, like Varian, I felt quite fortunate.
I think life is a big challenge, it tests you from start to finish, if, you manage to get to this age without any serious problems, you are extraordinarily lucky.