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Change name problem

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soontobe Sat 24-Jan-15 13:01:23

I am trying to change my username.

I am either doing it wrong, or there is a problem.
I cannot wipe out this name and put a new name in the username box.

or shall I just email gransnet HQ?

loopylou Sat 24-Jan-15 13:04:52

Suspect you have to contact Gransnet.....

soontobe Sat 24-Jan-15 13:08:32

ok

jinglbellsfrocks Sat 24-Jan-15 13:27:31

They have definitely made it harder. They are no fun anymore. hmm

durhamjen Sat 24-Jan-15 15:35:32

Probably your fault, jings, the number of names you've had! You tired them out.

glammanana Sat 24-Jan-15 16:21:40

soontobe we have only just got used to your name why are you changing it ? jings has the monopoly on here for changing names I'm sure she has had the most combinations of jings that a person could use but we love you all the more for it jings grin

soontobe Sat 24-Jan-15 16:55:04

Because I write quite personal stuff. So dont want to make it too easy to be spotted by the general public.

jinglbellsfrocks Sat 24-Jan-15 17:09:30

But GN is for the general public. ie us. confused how can your user name identify you?

jinglbellsfrocks Sat 24-Jan-15 17:11:10

Are you famous in any way?

jinglbellsfrocks Sat 24-Jan-15 17:12:01

Are you known in your church as soontobe?

Ana Sat 24-Jan-15 17:13:00

The only personal stuff you seem to have given is the fact that you're a Christian and that you have a number of children, soontobe.

Not sure how you think the general public is going to 'spot you' from that!

feetlebaum Sat 24-Jan-15 17:42:22

We do seem to have become a somewhat paranoid nation...

soontobe Sat 24-Jan-15 17:44:06

No, I am not famous!

I meant the general public as in not gransnetters.

Ana, there is more than that. But never mind.

I wasnt trying to hide from gransnetters, that would be impossible in my case! Nor the church.

HQ have replied to my email.
They say they do not allow name changes on this site. Wish I had know n that before. I could have done with being a bit more discreet. If I stay on this site long enough, my whole life will be laid bare. hmm. Food for thought.

I dont understand. I had read before about jings name changes. So how did that happen?

loopylou Sat 24-Jan-15 17:46:17

That's a strange respond soontobe!
Only alternative is to ask to be totally removed and then rejoin with new 'name'??

soontobe Sat 24-Jan-15 17:47:37

feetlebaum, you may not want to talk about your wife in any detail, your neighbours, your cousin etc.
I havent seen that.
Me on the other hand..

Go on then feetlebaum, spill.

soontobe Sat 24-Jan-15 17:48:55

Ah. That is what others do? Ah.
I may leave it a month and do just that.

feetlebaum Sat 24-Jan-15 17:56:28

My second wife was a dancer, who got bored nine years after we met, and swanned off to the USA. She lived in Florida for a while but is now resident in Las Vegas... My neighbours are lovely - those to my left have been here longer than I have, and I arrived here 41 years ago...

No problem...

soontobe Sat 24-Jan-15 17:58:35

Sorry about your second wife.

Mishap Sat 24-Jan-15 18:07:12

Soon - I know exactly who you are - it is very obvious from your username and the information that you have given. grin

soontobe Sat 24-Jan-15 18:09:02

grin

Elegran Sat 24-Jan-15 18:33:12

Surely you are not this soontobe ? grin

loopylou Sat 24-Jan-15 18:38:33

grin!

Mishap Sat 24-Jan-15 18:41:01

!!

soontobe Sat 24-Jan-15 18:47:03

ha ha ha!

Nelliemoser Sat 24-Jan-15 18:53:52

Why! You will still be the same poster?