Baby sitting

It wasn't a matter of being identified.
It was a matter of insensitivity.
It felt like my despair had been put up for everyone to 'rubberneck' at.
Its a most uncomfortable feeling, but thank you for deleting the Twitter thread, which had been put up in "error".

good move RachelleGransnet - to delete the Twitter thread, not all posts are suitable for that kind of publicity and this one definitely falls into the unsuitable category. MissA has been offered some sensible, supportive and warm support here. that's enough isn't it.

What about the Privacy Act, don't you have one in the UK or have we, by agreeing to accept the GN rules, allowed all our griefs and anxieties to be bandied about in any public forum?

Yes bradfordlass, just ad you say, it’s a public forum

We can ask to have a thread which we started to be deleted but it is not our property so GN has the right to refuse to do so BradfordLass.
However, as this has been done for some I do not understand why others are refused.

Isn't it great having sympathetic Gransnetters to turn to when life bites us? I was a latch key kid from the age of 11: we were a single parent family, my disabled mother was frequently hospitalised and my brother( 3 years older) and I lived alone. Neighbours would not get involved and relatives lived too far away to help. My advice is to employ a nice six form girl to stay with your grandson in the evenings to give him a sense of security. Leave dinner and some snacks for them both. Redundant apostrophe added when the dang thing posted itself!