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absent Thu 19-Feb-15 21:44:01

I wonder if it might be a good idea to have a completely separate forum for discussions about family estrangement. It seems to be the hot topic of the moment with several different threads running concurrently and the Cut Out of Their Lives thread probably about to embark on its fourth incarnation (i.e. 3,000 posts and counting). Perhaps a dedicated forum might be helpful for those seeking help, advice or support. This would not prevent other gransnetters from commenting if they so wished – and nor should it – but it would flag up "sensitive site".

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Anne58 Thu 19-Feb-15 22:26:58

Sounds pretty good to me, absent

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rubylady Fri 20-Feb-15 01:59:27

If people feel the need, then it would be good. Personally I've bored myself with talking about my situation and want to move on. We're only here once. smile

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jinglbellsfrocks Fri 20-Feb-15 09:50:46

hmm (in response to the OP that is)

Keep the unhappy people away from the rest of us. It might be catching. hmm

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jinglbellsfrocks Fri 20-Feb-15 09:54:16

(As the loftier ones amongst us gather their skirts about themselves and stick their noses in the air.)

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Anya Fri 20-Feb-15 09:58:26

I think it's a terrible idea. It's like putting people in little boxes and labelling them.

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Lona Fri 20-Feb-15 09:59:07

Don't be like that jings, it would be easier for grandparents to refer to the other threads if they were all together. I think it's a good idea.

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Lona Fri 20-Feb-15 09:59:50

We're already in the grandparents box here.

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POGS Fri 20-Feb-15 11:19:35

Forums just morph into one to me.

I look at the thread title and never think about looking at the forum to be honest, other than trying to find a thread that has dropped off the active list and I am trying to find it.

Besides we already have forums such as Relationships, Ask a gran, Am I right to be annoyed etc. Are they not forums that cover the OP question already? Forums/threads drift off in all directions anyway .

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JulieGransnet (GNHQ) Fri 20-Feb-15 18:42:51

Oh, suggestions, we love suggestions! You mean a topic, like 'chat' or 'in the news' or cake making which isn't a topic but should be?

I'll pass this onto the team, if that's OK, and someone will get back to you as soon as they can.

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Ariadne Fri 20-Feb-15 18:50:17

I just feel that someone new, and distraught, might be grateful to know where to go to discuss their problems, rather than, say, an existing, long thread which could be seen as a closed shop, into which they might not feel they could intrude. It's not a question of isolating unhappy people, but being a bit sensitive to their needs and their sadness.

And those of us who are fortunate enough not to be in that position, might feel less constrained in offering our help, or even just our shoulders to lean on.

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absent Fri 20-Feb-15 19:05:38

Thank you Ariadne. That was exactly what I was thinking and was just about to respond to jingl and Anya to that effect. The individual threads would, of course, continue to appear on all the other thread lists, such as Active, so it would hardly put people in boxes.

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Anya Fri 20-Feb-15 19:36:18

But if it's what the people concerned want then so be it.

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rosequartz Fri 20-Feb-15 19:41:56

That's a good idea. We can be as smug as we like but we never know what's around the corner.

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