"Go back to Mumsnet!" Mumsnet V Gransnet dilemma...

Don't go anywhere SirChenjin, I'm in my 60s with children but no grandchildren, I'm a misfit too. Ignore the aggressive and leave them to their misguided categories!

SirChenjin
I'm positively ancient compared to you but still find Mumsnet a source of information and entertaining.

Perhaps I'll go on there and offer my advice

I’ve said it before - there should be a SqueezedMiddlesNet for those of us who are told they’re too old for MN and too young GN.

I would join "middle net"

Middle aged, middle income & moderate politics!

The MN financial threads do not work for me, Its either high earners or poverty, and lots of people starting out, first or second time buyers and people who havent given pensions serious thought yet. GN is much more my demographic in terms of finance talks.

Ditto politics and health. More middle of the road politics here rather than polarised threads

Health is the reason I came here in the first place: the menopause threads!

I would happily sod off to "middle net" but MN are not my "peer group"

Apologies notanan, I meant the OP.

I did wonder. Apology accepted thank you

I couldn’t agree more notanan - every word you’ve just written sums up my feelings on GN/MN.

Also I cant keep up with MN: too fast!

But brilliant for breaking news. Especially info about unfolding incidents that arent fully reported on mainstream news yet. MN & twitter are both useful for that

I need

Cheerio.

Too fast and too many posters. Loads of excellent product and holiday recommendations though - I always search there if I’m thinking of buying some hair or beauty stuff or going somewhere.

I cant go back to mums net, never been there in the first place! I am x gen so always th middle ground on most things it seems x

I am on both which probably means I need to get life

What the heck’s this about I haven’t a clue I go away for a few hours and end up in a parallel universe ???

Thankyou for all the sensible replies.

I think a fight is being picked. A thread about a thread?
I want no part of it.

Me too BlueBell

Spot on MawB ??

It's not either/or is it?

If so, I must be breaking the rules.

Personally I've found everyone on here fabulous and I just ignore those odd few that are not I do see same names coming up alot though!!!

I feel tired and ill so not as sharp as usual, but this thread is confusing me. I am on Mumsnet as I bring up a 13 year old child and Gransnet as I have 2 grandkids. What is wrong with being on both? I like to read and comment on both. Is this not allowed.

There have been a few threads where rather aggressive mums post, apparently assuming that all grans are ancient and don’t know anything about child rearing☹️. I just ignore those, but I have seen responses suggesting they go away. Not the thread mentioned earlier.

@SarahCGransnet
Thankyou for the guidance.
I thought it would be useful to highlight that passive-aggressive posting comes in this form, too.

I hope those people in this thread who did not pick up on it can give some thought to going forward with a more inclusive attitude.

The fact that other people are also unhappy with being directed to Mumsnet speaks volumes.

Maybe we need a GGN (Great-Grans-Net) for really ancient people like me.

Well I never.

Who'd have thought that suggesting in a kindly and well-meaning manner to a young poster that Mumsnet could offer her help and guidance where Gransnet has so far not been successful in helping her solve her problems could have caused all this furore.
Mumsnet is huge and may be able to offer a wealth of experience.
The poster I advised was perfectly happy, said she valued all my advice and took no offence at my suggestion. She, at least, knew perfectly well that I wasn't suggesting she should leave Gransnet and that it is possible to belong to both.

The intent of this thread seems to be to stir up trouble in a passive aggressive manner, therefore a good lesson in what it means for those who were not aware.

Dont worry about it callistemon no amount of common sense is enough for some people.
Was my comment oblique enough to be considered p agressive I wonder?

One passive aggressive comment I received from a poster who couldn’t get past the idea that they let non Grans on here was ‘I wouldn’t have been ready for GN at your age’. Charming - on so many levels.