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The feeling you get from them loving you unconditionally and that look on your own child's face as they recall the joy of having had your love all their lives in the same way. That's Grand!

Is it just to boost the number of members to attract advertiser, or am I being cynical?

As I said before - hilarious. Not tedious at all, it makes me laugh. A laugh is a laugh, no matter what sort of laugh it is!

Happy to be a playmate
Happy to be a friend
Delighted to be a guiding light
In the knowledge that I lend.

Happy to be a bit silly
Happy to play the fool
Delighted to be good company
To someone so small

Happy to go on holidays
And get buried in the sand
Delighted to be able to listen
Being a grandparent is just grand!

Lots of love and affection, care and support for your children and grandchildren

Point taken nightowl.The whole thing seem very, very odd to me. Out of chacacter for GN

We can't stop them Greenfinch. They have the prizes in their sights! We have another month of this dross. And as jingl pointed out, the winner will be picked at random so there's really no point in trying to post anything interesting. [bored] emoticon

GRAND,the thousand things we do and receive for and from our grandchildren.

being able to do all the good stuff and buying them treats and being able to act like a child again its grand

What an utterly boring thread. (Yawn, yawn) List upon list of sentimental platitudes (sorry to those who are actually sincere ) Actually ,is this spam ? Why give all those prizes to one person?Is it appealing to people's greed?

Jingle, Flower etc! My thoughts as well.

You can certainly tell from this thread, that by all the new names appearing, there are a lot of lurkers out there on GN.
Out of interest.
How many of you are established "compers" and have been on GN for some time just looking at the competitions and not a lot else and who, if any, occasional contributes to the forums?

Approximately 23 names I recognise and 130 or so individual posts, (at a rough count trying to exclude some repeated posts. )

Perhaps we novices could do with a tutorial in the art of Comping.
It might help me spend less time on GN engaging in silly banter. discussion.

These dictionary definitions do it for me: - Magnificent and imposing; Large, ambitious, or impressive in scope or scale; Of high rank and behaving in an appropriately proud or dignified way; denoting the largest or most important item of its kind. I think it pretty much covers how our GC see us and how we see them.

For me it is Grand to see my children enjoying being parents and making such a good job of it and watching Mr N having so much fun as a Granddad. To hear that one of my GS has said "Grandma is great" is the highest praise I could have. Now that really is GRAND.

Grandparents are Grand. My grandmother looked after her retired parents, disabled husband and two young children and she only only had a factory workers wage. She never complained and always seemed to be happy. That really is grand.

Being able to spoil the children rotten without the guilt associated with being their parent!

being able to watch them Grow,
You can give them back so Relax
Share in their Amusing anecdotes
Know that you can be Naughty (and nice) together
Devotion!

Love,Understanding,Experience,and Tolerance

being there for the kids and the adults when needed

Being loved unconditionally and having the time to devote to the grandchildren . When I tell mine I have to go and do a chore they never complain because they know I will be back as soon as I can.

Having the life experience to contribute positively to the extended family with love and understanding.

I think it's being more patient than I was in my twenties and also more reflective. Experience is a wonderful, priceless thing.

The 'Grand' refers to, being given the privilege of sharing the joys and woes of supporting the upbringing of of your grandchildren.

G~~~Giving Mum and Dad a well earn rest
R~~~Rewarding quality time and fun with your Grandchildren
A~~~Active,keeping you active and young at heart
N~~~Nuturing,helping Grandchildren learn right from wrong
D~~~Devoting,love,time and fun to you Grandchildren

Being a grandparent keeps us active, which is grand for everyone

GRAND in grandparent
Great fun
Reliable
Always there
Never scary
Dependable

T be able to pass on your wordly wisdom to loved ones with a large dose of love and cuddles.