New dedicated topic

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

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

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.

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.

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 .

We're already in the grandparents box here.

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.

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

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

(in response to the OP that is)

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

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.

Sounds pretty good to me, absent