Welcome to new members

'Why are there adverts for 'Dry Nights' on a grannies' forum? That's not how you see us, is it?'
Perhaps because some of us may have GCs overnight and find them useful?
Now asking myself why on earth I'm answering such an irrelevant and badly written post!
I wonder if anyone has been banned simply for being thoroughly unpleasant.
Is this really the best use of your time?

I don't think Iam68now can really be 68 at all - some of the comments seem to have been made by someone much younger than that who is as fit as a flea, has a substantial income and no grandchildren (or even children)

Hello GC123. I was sad for a long time. GN is a great help. I hope your sadness passes. Wishing you fun and laughter comes your way again.

Hi everyone, I am Sue, a Yorkshire lass, 55, living in Hull and have 4 children. I keep chickens and have 3 grown up children and a 12 year old at home. I would love to be a "Grannie" but nothing happening yet, they are still concentrating on their careers. Found this site very interesting with lots of great topics. I love photography, blogging, cooking and gardening and belong to a Travelling Mail group. I am married to a Lebanese man who owns his own gardening supplies shop. Love to travel and experience different cultures. Have a great day everyone.

Not sure how to contact admin but I would like to contribute to my local group site, Hull. I am having difficulty posting or commenting, any ideas? Thanks in advance.

heirofthedog welcome. love your name by the way. only suggestion i would make is to ask the son and daughter in law to let you know your lovely grandchild has arrived before they tell the rest of the world on facebook. sorry caps lock is having a moment

sueinhull welcome, you sound a very busy lady on the green bar at the top of the page it says local click on that, you can use a different name on the local site if you like( so nobody will recognise you). enjoy gransnet

indinana GN wanders as much as my mind

Welcome SueinHull . The local sites are not well used. It seems people prefer to interact with a wider range of members on the main GN site. The best way to reach GNHQ is to email on [email protected] They are always needing local editors.
You sound like a busy lady, GN should be right up your street! Enjoy!

What I give my grandchildren for Xmas is money now that are older, which they find more better so they go out and buy what they wish. I am a new member so have to get use to grandset I am from gloucester hope you all have a merry xmas

Hello Nannyzero, welcome to Gransnet . I too give mainly money to my grandchildren. I do like them to have something from me to open on Christmas morning , so also buy a few cheap items. I hope you will find plenty to interest you on here.

Hello again. I am a Grandad of 3, all girls. I joined and left Gransnet a long time ago under a different username so I know that men are in a minority. I will probably post sparingly and avoid topics best left to Grandmas.

Welcome back Cunco. Can you give us a clue to your previous identity? A male perspective is always good to read.

Thank you, shysal. A clue? Well, there is a clue to my old username in my new one.

Hi I joined a couple of months ago and have just become the editor of the Liverpool and Wirral site! I was looking for things to do with my little granddaughter when I discovered Gransnet and that the local site wasn't active. I'd love any Wirral or Liverpool people to come and join me on the local site as well as here as it would be lovely to get a local community of Gransnetters going.

A belated welcome GrannyA11i . Good luck with the local site, I hope you get a good response.

Thank you shysal ?

I've just joined and hoping to get time to sit down and read all the comments.
I'm 73 and have two g.daughters. One calls me Granny granny and my hubby Grandpa she is 14 nearly 15, the other One just calls me Granny and my hubby by his Christian name, she is 13 years.

Hello and welcome, Grannytwo . I am afraid reading the threads can be time consuming and addictive! I hope you will enjoy the site.

Hello to all hope you don't mind me joining here. Im 37 and from Derby, married with three boys. Not a grandparent quite just yet but value the company of other mums who I probably wouldn't get the opportunity to assosciate with otherwise. I'm estranged from my mother who has been anything but a mother to me, so it's nice being on here to have the company of lovely ladies who do hold the title of mum and deserve it

Hello MummyBtothree . A bit of young blood is always welcome! I hope you will find plenty to interest and entertain you. I presume you know of our sister site, Mumsnet, which you may also enjoy.

How does one go about starting a forum/conversation?

How does one go about starting a forum/conversation

You go to the list of topics (select the mauve "forums" button up near the top left of the page) select what topic to put your post on and then follow instructions. If our topic is the same as the thread you are reading at that moment (this one is "Chat"), you click on "chat" at the start of the thread and are taken to somewhere you can start a new thread on that subject.

When you have done it once, it is easy! You will be starting new threads every few minutes!

Sorry, just seen the forums button is grey, not mauve!