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Gransnet cafe

Welcome to the *Gransnet Café. This is a non-judgemental space for you to pop in for a cuppa with some virtual friends, seek out advice for a particular problem, or share an update on your life - important or trivial. Feel free to have your say and chat about your day, but please leave any arguments at the door. If you're struggling to find someone to talk to in real life, or are simply looking for a bit of a chat, this is the place for you.

Welcome to new members

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LaraGransnet (GNHQ) Wed 16-Sept-15 14:24:57

If you're new to Gransnet please do make yourself a brew and come introduce yourself on this thread. Hope you enjoy chatting in the forums and that you find it useful, informative, supportive and entertaining. smile

kittylester Sat 19-Sept-15 18:04:22

Welcome grannylyn. Unless you announced that you were new we probably wouldn't notice for all the reasons stated above!!

I think, in the early days, we didn't announce ourselves but snuck in and hoped none noticed - well I did! blush

amandav53 Sun 20-Sept-15 14:02:17

Hi, another new one, although have read your posts with interest for some time.
I am Ouma to my grandson, my Mother is universally known as Narni, SIL-Mor-Mor--I did not want to be a granny or nanny

jinglbellsfrocks Sun 20-Sept-15 15:07:14

Hello Amanda. Nice to hear from one of the read-it-only folks. I am convinced there are thousands out there. smile

amandav53 Sun 20-Sept-15 16:52:43

Thanks jinglebellsfrocks, I'm sure are you are right--it's crazy, plucking up courage to make your first post--in the 'real' world I would have no problem expressing an opinion-- in fact it's usually a problem shutting me up!!

shysal Sun 20-Sept-15 17:22:05

Welcome, amandav53! Now that you have broken the ice, I look forward to your future contributions.
I am Nanny to my GCs, or Nan to the older ones. To my girls my mum was Nanny Cat and MIL was Nanny Pig after the animals they owned!

AgathaBiscuit Mon 21-Sept-15 22:31:52

Hello everyone, I've just joined wine. I'm a Nanna grin

ninathenana Mon 21-Sept-15 23:43:46

Welcome AgathaBiscuit
wine cheers !

shadowfax07 Tue 22-Sept-15 00:18:37

Hello everyone, I'm not a Gran (never will be, as I can't have children) but I'm old enough to be one just. I promise I won't give grandparenting advice though. smile wine

ninathenana Tue 22-Sept-15 08:06:49

Your most welcome Shadow not everyone on GN has GC wine

shysal Tue 22-Sept-15 08:45:26

Welcome to you both, Agatha and Shadow. I hope you enjoy GN. smile

Lona Tue 22-Sept-15 09:34:52

Welcome all newbies!
I don't know why GNHQ didn't think about pinning a welcome thread to the top of the list before now, it's a great idea.
sunshine

NannyDee Tue 22-Sept-15 10:13:04

Hello, I'm another lurker. smile. Have decided to jump in and join you. I'm a nanny to 3 wonderful young people. 2 are almost grown up and our youngest is 8. Looking forward to joining in all the chat smile

Falconbird Tue 22-Sept-15 10:30:41

Welcome new members. Grans net is the best. It's made me cry, made me laugh and helped me during the bad times. flowers for you all.

shysal Tue 22-Sept-15 12:26:17

Come on in, NannyDee, good to meet you. I echo the above words of Falconbird.

hildajenniJ Tue 22-Sept-15 12:47:57

I haven't looked at this thread for a few days. Wow, lots of new members! Welcome to you all from me in Tynedale. Dip in and out as I do, and enjoy the chat! smilebrewcupcake. Have a few on me.

Masterpiece Tue 22-Sept-15 16:00:02

I have 2 grandchildren oldest 8 years old and was born when I was in my late 30's but unfortunately I have never met him and my youngest grandchild is 2 years old. I have never joined up with a grandparent site before and still a bit unsure, as I have never bothered with social media before. I do not know any other grandparents to talk too and I am a single mum with grown up children who have left home, the youngest in the last year so feeling surplus to requirements and having a difficult time as a grandparent at the moment so I feel as though it is maybe time to reach out for some discussion.

kittylester Tue 22-Sept-15 16:01:29

Welcome to everyone who has joined since I last posted. I agree with Lona. If a 'Welcome' thread encourages lurkers, we should have had one ages ago. I might even have introduced myself. grinsunshine

shysal Tue 22-Sept-15 16:26:40

Welcome Masterpiece flowers. It sounds as if Gransnet is just what you need. I don't do other social media either, but this is easy once you get into it. You will find plenty in common with other members, so do join in, especially if you have time to waste spare.

wombat22 Tue 22-Sept-15 17:55:50

Hello everyone.
I'm not exactly a newbie as I've been a member for a few years and very rarely (if ever posted) but I haven't been around for a while.
I intend to lurk around the threads smile

shysal Tue 22-Sept-15 20:17:52

Hello wombat22. Enjoy lurking around, hope you soon feel like joining in. If you add a comment and it kills the thread, don't worry, it happens to us all and is not personal! smile

wombat22 Tue 22-Sept-15 20:20:46

Thank you shysal
I've been on mn and I'm an official ninja thread killer <or I just get ignored>

Masterpiece Tue 22-Sept-15 22:26:37

Hi fellow grandparents I am new to this whole grandparent site and forum thing and was wondering is there anywhere where I can post up a poem on this site for other grandparents to read to express my feelings about grandparenthood and the issues I am currently having. As it is a bit to long to add to this forum page.

kittylester Wed 23-Sept-15 07:36:39

Start a thread of your own under any heading that seems to suit the poem Masterpiece. I look forward to reading it. sunshine

LottieSweetpea Wed 23-Sept-15 09:25:15

Hi
Glad to see Gransnet is thriving
I'm another one struggling to get Mumsnet to work at the moment so here I am and as I now have a little grandson maybe this is where I belong?!

annodomini Wed 23-Sept-15 10:22:12

Hello, LottieSweetpea, welcome. Of course you are in the right place. As you are a gran, you are 'one of us'. This is a place where you can be as serious or as frivolous as you like and not feel like an outsider. sunshine