Why are younger people on Gransnet now?

Sirchenjin

Now, that is a question I would definitely have expected to see somewhere like Mumsnet.

Too daft to even answer.

I thought perhaps it’s because GN is perceived as less toxic and without as much swearing. However They’ve brought the MN template with them recently it seems.

I'm happy to be one myself.
Still think its an awful name though; it sounds like it was thought up in the 1940s.

I'm very happy to be Gran. Gransnet is a logical name for our demographic. We're surely intelligent enough to work out that it covers a wide age span.

I can't stand 'gransnet' as a name.
Its awful.

Why - are you defined by your grandchildren Gonegirl?

I like the name Gransnet. What else would you call it - "Peoplenet"? Doesn't have much of a ring to it does it?

It's for grans. Or should be. Even if the site owners/managers do like to emphasis the" anyone welcome" thing. Which I think, waters it down.

*Bluebelle*, I agree with you about the Gransnet name.
I think it is old fashioned. Most of the posters on GN are very young at heart and have lots of advice to give that is current and up to date with the times.
I think it is great that younger people post here. They also can give advice from a different perspective and can be helpful when older Grans are coping with understanding their adult children.

I wonder why young people are joining in Gransnet forums

Why not?

I personally think it’s the name that’s a problem Gransnet makes it sound exclusive to grandmothers (I don’t think it even obviously shows grand fathers in that title although people will argue the gran bit could be either) I think it’s an old sounding name and quite spoils the fact that even 80 year olds are often young at heart and have a lot of lifetime experiences to offer and anyway you can be a ‘grand’ anywhere thirties onward
I ve never been on mumsnet but although I m a mum and will always be a mum that’s not where my main role is now

Yes I was Red I posted under a lot of things so Im sure there was probably some wittering from me under Higher Education!

Did your username there include the word Red?

I've been MN for years but find the parenting aspect no longer of interest. My DC are early 20s and I am 61. No GC. SirChenjin were you on MN under that user name? I recognise it from someone who used to post on Higher Education?

I needed advice about family stuff from people with a better perspective about dynamics with older family members.

All the other (professional and non professional) advice I got was to go no contact with all the parents, which I wasn’t prepared to consider.

So, there’s that.

My daughters joined GN. MN and GN is the whole boxed set. I find it good to read other version to events.

Agreed, Smileless.

I'm on mumsnet also but it has changed so much over the years since it started. Some of the current topics would never have been discussed in a very open and aggressive manner. I think there are some good things about both sites.

It’s not on the GN list, it’s an emoji on the iPhone

gonegirl

I can't make out what that emoji is......I can't see it on my list.....can you tell me what it says please

"as long as we don't hurt each other" that's the most important thing isn't it Starlady especially with any of the threads on the estrangement forum, where there's enough pain already.

LOL! I do some serial posting, too, when I think of other things I want to say. IMO, this just shows we're taking these issues seriously and giving them thought (not saying those who don't serial post aren't giving them thought). And maybe just as well, so no one post gets too long.

I imagine some of the young mums come here b/c they want the perspective of GPs, and some to show us that they can be hurting, too. But I don't care why. We can learn from everyone, and as long as we don't hurt each other, I think it's ok. Also, I know, as some say, that some grans are younger than others and some older women are not grans.

Nah. Just keep posting as it comes.

I should use the preview function more!

I do that too....I think of one thing, post, then something else pops into my brain etc etc etc

Nice to see a triple run of posts there notanan.

I am not alone.

The more the merrier and age is immaterial, I think. We need a variety of viewpoints, from people of all ages and backgrounds for a balanced debate.