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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

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To feel that Gransnet is belittling and unnecessary or empowering?

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Driftwood999 · 09/05/2011 17:13

Maybe because of the spite misunderstandings between DIL/MIL revealed in many posts, Mumsnet thought it wise to have a separate forum? Grandparents should know their place? Or a government backed plot to dissseminate wisdom? It could be the first port of call, so to speak, for those seeking advice, in which case Mumsnet will sink further into, well what?

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parachutist · 10/05/2011 11:03

I find it patronising and agree with Paisleyleaf - that ad seems designed to appeal to my mother's generation who lived through the war - not mine!

SusanneLinder · 10/05/2011 11:45

I am a Gran and a mum of a schoolage child who isn't even a teenager yet,so I also have a foot in both camps. Cried..lol.. when DD made me a Gran in my 40's and am def not an old fogey.happy now,obviously with my DGS Haven't read the Do's and Don'ts of grandparenting, and doesn't sound as if it's for me, but quite like the forum.

parachutist · 10/05/2011 12:49

I particularly don't appreciate being told to take wet wipes and tissues when I take the grand children out for a walk! Who do they think we are? Grrh Ssounds like too many young mums having input and not enough wise grannies - of any age!

pelmanism · 10/05/2011 13:03

I agree with many of you about not wanting to be patronised. Those of us who've brought up our own families do not like being talked down to.
I've found another website for grandparents: www.grandparentsnow.com - seems to be more user-friendly and not patronising.....probably because it's run by grandparents.

GloriaSmut · 10/05/2011 13:45

I can't even bring myself to read the "Digital Photography" thread. As well as patronising me I know there will be technical errors in it.

But it's terribly choleric over there and certainly, most people appear to have fought on the Normandy Beaches and have the bunions to prove it. Which entitles them to be the most intolerant of old gimmers. Clearly not enough people have realised that the age range of grandparents is as wide as the Grand Canyon and that this will naturally result in a whole range of attitudes.

I suspect my card has already been marked on the Sweary Thread even though I've yet to call anyone a patronising fucker. There are a few kindred spirits but I fear we are fighting a losing battle. In fact, as I wrote a reply to yet another "We are the Generation who are Grammatically Perfect" thread a few minutes ago, I heard a little voice in my head urging me to step away and return to where I belong. So I did - but not before a quite sit down outside with a roll-up and a bit of cake.

Punkatheart · 10/05/2011 14:19

It sounds like the sort of place that if I was a granny, I would go just to flash my knickers and swear considerably.

Anyway - if loads of people leave to go there - we will lose some great voices here.

So I'll be having a bit of that cake, Gloria. But no war stories please - unless you include grappling with a lovely tanned gardener at the back of your shed....

PoppaRob · 10/05/2011 15:13

I'm a newbie here, but I think a foot in each camp will be the way to go. The attitude does seem to be somewhat geriatric though... reading a couple of threads reminded me of the old Monty Python Four Yorkeshiremen skit.

harassedinherpants · 10/05/2011 15:29

I have a foot in each camp: I'm 40, ds1 21, ds2 20, dd 4 and I'm preg again. I also have a deliciously gorgeous nearly 2 yr old dgd. I'm staying here, I doubt if the Pregnancy threads are any good over there......

And I'm blatantly ignoring the offensive post earlier on in this camp .

usualsuspect · 10/05/2011 16:02

cuttingpicassostoenails · 10/05/2011 17:06

Here speaks an ancient (59), infirm (dicky hip), boring old fart....I discovered Mumsnet a few weeks ago and think it's quite the thing, dontcha know?

Lots of swearing, outrageous opinions, giggles galore and a bit of good advice...what's not to like, whatever your age?

Had a quick look at gransnet ...not for me my dear.

Oblomov · 10/05/2011 18:23

Load of tosh. Another money grabbing scheme by the owners of MN? what other point could there possibly be ?

Salmotrutta · 10/05/2011 18:57

So did they do a poll or something to find out if people wanted a "Gransnet"?

Just curious, and if they did, did anyone vote on it

I might pop in for a quick nosey again but I like it here on MN frankly!

Nanny0gg · 10/05/2011 19:24

I don't see a problem with having a foot in both camps. I certainly don't understand the poster who thought that no longer having young children was a reason to leave MN. I'm not interested in the Childbirth/Feeding/Sleeping threads - been there done that. But AIBU is for everyone. SN is really good as insight for me professionally (it should be compulsory for all people in education to read) and Behaviour is useful regarding my GC as it's been a long time since my children were toddlers and things have changed - for the better in many ways.
Gransnet has potential if only for the opposite POV regarding in-laws... Although the Gransnet forum on here was always pretty quiet, I assume they are hoping for a higher profile and therefore more revenue. It's certainly a little busier since I last looked.
I don't take much notice of anything other than the forums on here or there.

valeriej43 · 22/06/2017 20:21

I love gransnet and mumsnet, and a member of both, i dont read about babies etc, but like reading the threads some hilarious stories ,and gransnet isnt all about knitting etc, some very interesting stories, about new relationships etc at an older age,one which was mine

Reow · 22/06/2017 20:24

Zombie thread.

Yaralie · 09/10/2017 22:19

As a mum and a gran, I enjoy both mumsnet and gransnet. If I have to chose, I prefer gransnet but only because I dislike the gratuitous, needless swearingbon mumsnet. Is that a generation thing?

HappydaysArehere · 02/12/2017 18:37

I have recently joined Gransnet out of interest. So far my impression has been that it is more pedestrian and gentler than some of the mumsnet sites. In some ways the less attacking ethos is a refreshing change. It reminds me of what mumsnet used to be - conversations without resorting to bad language and aggression. However, I also think it lacks some of the vitality of mumsnet where I have found help, amusement and information. I think there is room for both.

lucydogz · 02/12/2017 18:45

As others have said, I think that it was a mistake made by the mn team. I've been on a couple of times but it's very slow moving and obviously not as well used as mn. I'm a grandparent but it's not the place for me. Oddly enough, there's a gransnet forum on mn as well.

Laiste · 02/12/2017 18:46

I've just googled gransnet and the homepage offers the chance to 'Win 120 quids worth of washing up liquid Baylis and bloody Harding'.

Ye gods.

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