Welcome to new members

Morning * polly* welcome to GN

A warm welcome to the latest newbies! I hope you enjoy GN as much as I do.

I live in Scotland and I am a Granny but so is the other a Granny and she is in Somerset. We are defined as the names of the farms where we live so Granny W..... and Granny M....F.....
We also have one Great Granny originally from Kent now in Scotland.

It just happened

Welcome newbies - I only joined this month, but feel like I have been here for ages now!

I also live on a farm and quite like the idea of being Granny B.... but am waiting to see what my brand new GS comes up with in a year or 2

Welcome newbies - I only joined this month, but feel like I have been here for ages now!

I also live on a farm and quite like the idea of being Granny B.... but am waiting to see what my brand new GS comes up with in a year or 2

Hello, i'm Meya and I have three grandchildren named Ben, Beth and Charlotte. They're a joy. Though I do need help with behavior, any helpers?

Welcome, Meya, I'm sure you'll be very comfortable here and if there's anything we can do to help you can be certain of any amount of advice. I assume that the behaviour you mention is your grandchildren's, rather than your own?

Welcome toria100 and nannymeya. You will find a wealth of advice, information and humour on GN. Enjoy!

he he annodomini yes my grandchildren, they're really playing up at the moment!

I'm thinking of having my knee op in India anyone had an op abroad ?

Welcome, Noona if you are new.
May I suggest that you start a new thread on the subject of your op? If you find the 'health' topic under 'forums' you can click on 'start a new discussion'. Many more people are likely to read it and give helpful comments. I hope it works out well for you.

Hello! Just joined - what a great idea. Loving it.

Hi Tingley! Welcome. I hope you will have fun on here. Do explain your user name!

I have just joined Gransnet because I like the idea of receiving book reccomendatios and having the opportunity to share my reading experiences with others. Look forward to discussing the Joanna Cannon book with other book lovers.

Hi SaftaM, welcome! When you joined, did you sign up for the daily email newsletter? If you did you will see lots of opportunities to apply for free books and other prizes. Alternatively, click on 'books' or 'competitions' above. I am almost always successful with regards to the books of the month. They are not often ones which I would have chosen myself, but it is fun reading them. I look forward to seeing your contribution to the threads. Enjoy!

Hi, I'm also a newcomer, joined last week.

Re what to be called by grandchildren, I'm Nanny to my own GD but find it a bit difficult to know what to do re newest. SD (not sure if that's right, not good on these acronyms) has her own mum and her OH's mum nearby, and wasn't at all sure she'd want me to be involved. Happily she does, and we'll get a chance to be involved with childcare too. Would be happy with Grandma but thought it seemed a bit presumptuous or am I just being silly?

Hi NonnaW, and welcome!
How lovely that you will be involved with SD's baby.

I am a SM to 2 grown lads, but for me this hasn't arisen yet. However, my DH is SD to my brand new GS (are you keeping up with all the acronyms! ) so it has been a hot topic for us.

In our experience I felt that my DD and SIL should have the say. We are a complicated 'blended' family as my ex is now in a civil partnership and his partner jumped right in and assumed the title of granddad. I will never know if my daughter minded really, but he has known my children for 15 years and has been a very kind SD to them. However, I don't think my SIL was too impressed and personally I think the SD should have waited to know what they would have preferred.

DD then actually asked my man what he would like to be called and he said 'Just David'. I know he will build a loving relationship with the child but he felt for himself that as he is not a blood relative he shouldn't have a title.

Maybe a way forward for you is to ask your SD and her husband what they would like? It sounds like you will be seeing a greatb deal of the baby so granny / grandma or the like might feel all the more fitting. Whatever is decided, how wonderful for you - and them - that you can be hands on. Wishing you much joy!

Welcome, NonnaW, hope you will enjoy all aspects of Gransnet!

I have only been a member a few days and I would like to give you my first impressions without seeming to be far too critical.

First, I looked at the Home page and it reminded of a one gender magazine with little of interest to a granddad. Then I thought, well as an 80 year old male it will give me a great insight into a females mind and identify why we males get so much wrong. Still working on that one, for having a lovely wife and happy intimate marriage for over 60 years, we cannot be normal according to many of the relationship comments, because we don't seem to fit the norm.

Then I though how do I express my "thoughts for the day" without being too political of those people who sit in a House called the Commons. Which is more in keeping at PMQ of being a kinder garden.

Those MP's seem delighted to demonstrate to children how adults should behave. After all, they are so called educated legislators, who seem to believe that shouting at one another across the room is normal and not childish behaviour.

I keep telling myself that from their pronouncements that they do know more about life than I do. They certainly know a great deal aout nothing from what they expound from their seats or the dispatch box, except how you and I should behave and how on a personal basis, I should allow them to spend my life savings on some pet scheme derived out of robbing the poor to help the poor rich. who we are told are struggling so much.

Tomorrow, I am going into Bath using my fantastic bus pass to do some window shopping with my wife, perhaps stopping to enjoy the benefits of a nice lunch. When we get back, I hope to again explore gransnet web site, learning more about the ethos and role of gransnet. It would be great if there was a simple type of twitter comment box on the home page, particularly to help those lazy blighters we males tend to be. Bye for now !!

Welcome Realgranddad! We could do with more male contributors. Has your wife also joined?

Realgrandad At the foot of each page there is a "contact us" link which goes straight to Gransnet HQ - they are the ones to tell your impressions about the site in general - we on the forum are just posters who hold conversations about this that and the other. We do voice our opinions on here, quite loudly at times.

There are all kinds of subjects on the forums, some are serious and some just for fun. I think those of us who have been happily together with our other halves for years tend not to need to discuss it - perhaps we take it for granted until we no longer have that other half - but when someone asks about something that is causing friction, others who have had the same experience join in, so it can seem that a larger proportion of people have problems than is really the case.

Some threads are serious political arguments discussions, which can get heated (!) some are light-hearted. I am sure you will find many that you can contribute to.

Oh, and there is a tweet box at the left of the page.

Thank you Elegran, being a new member I am bound to make mistakes so please forgive me if I occasionally seem very grumpy. I enjoy commenting on Twitter but sometime feel there is a form of ageism.
I hope gransnet is more welcoming and no there are no gender problems.

I would hate to upset any long time members who have done such a great job in building up such a huge membership.

More and more older people are coming online without the IT skills you no doubt have, please make it as easy as you can to accommodate them. This is not a criticism, it is an aspect of good ethos to help to bring people on board and break down any feelings of loneliness.

Night, night I am off to bed. Busy day ahead tomorrow window shopping with my lovely wife. X

Just joined Gransnet a few days ago. I love the format and all the great articles. Haven't come across anything like it in the US. But I'm a bit of an Anglophile, having fallen in love with England when I lived in Brandon, Suffolk many years ago. I have 4 grandchildren and they all call me Grandma.

Welcome MontanaGal! You are not the only member in the US, but the majority are British, hope you enjoy joining in.