Grandparents wanted

Oops...meant grandad*

Hi, I'm Helen and am looking for a nanny and/or grabdad for my 3 year old son and my son to be born in 2 weeks time. We live in High Wycombe in buckinghamshire.

My mother and sister have never been to high wycombe despite me having lived here for 3 years now. They are just not interested. My father lives in new zealand and ive seen him once in the last 25 years.

I used to have a wonderful relationship with my nan and have some lovely memories of playing in the garden, days out and special occasions. I feel that my sons are really missing out on what family offers snd it would be great not to be alone at christmas! So if you live anywhere nearby, please get in touch x

Me too I live in Halifax west Yorkshire and looking for a family to adopt me . I have so much love to give . Good luck with your search x

If you search "Adopt a Granny", there seem to be several sites that relate to this issue. I can't vouch for any of them but it might be worth you having a (cautious) look.

I don't know if they could help but maybe contact your local Age UK they may know someone who would love contact with a young family.

I have searched many times in hope that I could find a site that would be able to let me communicate with a family that was missing the parent / grandparent closeness.

I am a parent myself. Though now this is to a grown up young man. Whom I love very very much.

I do however miss not having a daughter to spend time with, to share recipes and growing up experiences with and to chat on the phone. Grandchildren to entertain with my many years experience of being a childrens magician and watch their faces as they are amazed by the world around them, listen to their laughter and to watch them play. T enjoy picnics as a large family and Sunday dinner gatherings.

York is such a beautiful place to live and I would love to share this.

Is there any one out their that can help with my plight

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Thanks again everyone. No, neither gay nor a yuppie ;)

No progress on the Adopt-a-Grandparent front.

Any way sorry for any confusion caused while I have been at work... I hope Guppie has found the grandparents she wishes for her baby. I am sure there are organizations out there that can put surrogate grandparents and parents in touch with each other... All children can benefit from having loving "grandparents" good luck guppie

Sorry to confuse everyone.. I was going down the lines of "gay yuppie".

or do

can't have both can we?!

sigh!

do

We are working on the teeth. We *do^ need more gaps.

Great to read so many grans out there are not senile, short of teeth and so open to the use of language! Love it!

guppiedefinitions (from Urban Dictionary)

1. A gay yuppie
2. One who is weak and should get devoured by sharks.
3. Like their 1980s predecessors, Guppies want the best of everything - if it's green, that is. Guppies will buy anything to enhance their status as eco-friendly guardians of the environment, even if it means throwing away perfectly funcitonal "traditional" items in order to boast that their car, their house, their pets or children are "green."
4. Guppies are go-getters with successful careers and expensive, smart casual wardrobes to match.
5. Gay fish, usually male, but could switch genders.

I love this site; it's doing wonders for my vocabulary.

You should put that in the quiet corner. Supernana likes poetry.

PS Sing that to the tune of

"You cannae shove your granny off the bus"

Or

"There's a moosie in your hoosie, Maryann"

Thanks, madjangl, but I was puzzled about helshea's post as well.

There's a guppie in my family, Maryann
There's a guppie in my family, Maryann
There's a guppie in my family
So I'm confused like jangly
There's a guppie in my family, Maryann

Its a fish Baggy.

???!!! (*helshea*)

OMG! I just watched a video on You tube. Amazing.

After I googled guppie.

What's a guppie?

She's not a fish.

Is she?

I may be completely wrong here.. but I am wondering if the clue is in your name and that this could be the cause of distant grandparents.. If so I hope not because it would be very sad for them to not see their grandchild because of silly beliefs. Just wondering because a member of my family is a "guppie" with a child, and proud to be so.

I'm not sure moving to a more established area would be helpful guppie, no reason to believe you would be any better if you did. The church idea seems a good one, but I worry about you trusting someone who is relatively going to be a stranger

Hi Guppie
Have just come in on this forum and think you must be a really yummy mummy to care so much about what your child is missing. I think the church idea is great, as if yours is anything like ours the average age of the regular churchgoer is quite high! There should be a safeguarding officer in every parish - why not have a word with him/her as they may be able to suggest someone. It would be better to ask them if they could suggest someone rather than you select someone and then ask them to comment on your choice just in case.
I wish you all the very best and hope you succeed.