Grr................. Anne Atkins

I agree, nightowl it took a while to pluck up the courage to raise my head above the parapet but I still watch out for snipers.

nightowl I've been a member for a very long time. I still run for cover...

Thank you, nightowl, you have hit the nail on the head.

Maybe we should have had a duvet day to-day (runs for cover behind the sofa)

So it"s healthy to be mean to each other , O my golly gosh , not what I was taught

I still feel a relative newcomer as well Alison but this is what I think I have worked out since I joined. I love the banter though it sometimes makes me go and run for cover!

Thanks for that nightowl. As a relative newcomer it just sounds as if they are being nasty and as I have also been on the receiving end I feel it for the person who seems to be being attacked. It seems to me that being nice is just so easy.

Not at all, nightowl (not from me anyhow). You're quite right, so thank you.

Wouldn't dream of it nightowl. The Gransnetters who enjoy healthy debate have a great deal of affection for Jingle who is well able to stick up for herself if she feels the need

Alison the people you are quoting have all (I think) been on GN from the beginning and they know each other very well - they often have this kind of banter and I don't think there is anything personal in it. It's like good friends who can 'take the piss out of each other' without offence. Sometimes it looks from the outside as though it has gone a bit far but I think they are all strong characters who enjoy bouncing off one another.

JO4 has had many reincarnations on here and her name used to be jingle or jings.

Now I have put my oar in and spoken for several people and fully expect at least one of them to tell me to mind my own business

Oh my gosh. That's a long story Alison. But I do like it better than a number, which I have now landed myself with.

jo4 yes, there were 3 quotes in my post. I just don't understand why people have to be so nasty. Why can't they state their opinion without having a go at someone? In this case it was you.

Why do they call you Jings?

Jings I love it when you

You'll all be glad to know.

I give up.

Jings...ask Geraldine to remove the if it gives you the proverbial pip. She's very amenable.

Not you Anagram!

I think AlisonMA's post could have been misunderstood.

I wasn't winking at anyone - just hmm-ing!

And I can't stand these silly winkings at each other!

Pathetic!

I blame that Anne Atkins!

Just to make my position quite clear on the actual subject though, I really do believe a child's biological father is always going to be an extremely important person in his or her life. I think it is a disaster when this does not or cannot come about. I believe also that the genetic pool comes into play inasmuch as it helps to provide an empathetic relationship.

I am not stirring there. Just putting my honestly held opinion.

Oh I'm leaving this one. Shall we just have cosy little group hugs all round?

Am I being told off here?

Alison the first line of your post was a quote from someone else's previous post, wasn't it?

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