Hesitant about posting?

No, I think it’s always important to have some trivia.

I enjoy trivial posts but I also appreciate some of the more serious ones. The good think about GN is that it has a good mix of themes and a good mix of viewpoints.

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My memory of the hours following first my MiL's death and some year's later my sister's are sitting down and watching MiL's fvourite comedy programme and us all hugging and laughing out loud, and, after my sister's death, one of my other sister's cats getting their head caught in a sandwich bag as they tried to reach the crumbs aat the bottom and staggering round the kitchen like a drunk, until someone noticed and took it off. The laughter that engendered was such a relief.

I read the title of this thread and thought that someone was reluctant about buying a postage stamp because of the exhorbitant price!!!!!

I love funny lighthearted threads and am going through a really tough time right now but I find it lifts my spirits.
So more please. 🙏🏾

Yes, we need some lightheadedness, UTTB
😁

We need lighthearted moments to get us through the tough times.

We need much more humour on this site generally.

I think it is vice versa, I came off N&P because it is far too depressing and adversarial and I don’t have the headspace for it. A bit of harmless larking about is what we all need imho.

I think it's sad that we have to specify that a thread is 'lighthearted' now.

What’s N&P please, Babs03?

News and Politics.

Thank you all.
You have made me think and yes, we do need humour and lightness in our lives.

When my late DH was seriously ill and I also had health problems, I remember telling my sister in detail about a novel I was so enjoying,
“How can you concentrate?” she said. The truth is books have always been a refuge for me and we all need to escape into another world when we have troubles.

I love a bit of trivia, but at the moment I’m noticing a lot of light-hearted posts are jumped on and criticized by a few (but vocal) GNs - or is that just my perception?

I enjoy trivial posts, especially when posters laugh at themselves, so I would say, Do carry on Usedtobeblonde.

I enjoy serious threads too, they make me think and sometimes teach me to reevaluate my opinions.

I don't like posters being mean to others, I have always pounced or jumped-in on those occasions!

We do need fun and humour here.

PS I don't mean I ever pounce on light-hearted posts for the sake of it, Georgesgran. I know too well what it feels like to be on the receiving end!

dalrymple23

I read the title of this thread and thought that someone was reluctant about buying a postage stamp because of the exhorbitant price!!!!!

😂

No you are right Georgesgran.
One that springs to mind, although not actually a light-hearted thread as it was a discussion about coping with winter.
I was going to post, but almost immediately it was made out that it happens every year and we should just get on with it!

OP I enjoy a bit of trivia , lighthearted threads lift the spirits and can often meander in an amusing fashion 😄
So please carry on ......

Oreo

We need much more humour on this site generally.

Agreed!

There used to be some posters who when you saw a post by them you knew would have a good laugh.
Sadly there aren't that many now and we used to have such fun on GN.

Usedtobeblonde

Thank you all.
You have made me think and yes, we do need humour and lightness in our lives.

Totally agree uttb.
Life has to go on. If someone isn’t in the mood for humour they can easily pass on by.

Be good if there was a forum entitled ‘Lighthearted’ or some such?

Perhaps the mods would consider it? 🤷‍♀️

Let's keep all the posts miserable just in case someone takes offence at a bit of laughter