Gransnet strapline - we would love your thoughts

[CariGransnet]

Gransnet, sister site to Mumsnet, has a new look and is now looking for a new strap line to match. We'd love you to help us choose it if you can. First a bit of myth-busting (in case anyone hasn't yet ventured on):

1. You don't need to be a gran (just as on MN you don't need to be a mum)
2. For those falling into the right sort of age bracket - roughly 50+ - it works really well alongside MN (they're very different. Both is good!)
3. We're firm on two things - 50 isn't remotely old, and even if it were age is no barrier to pretty much anything.

The most popular suggestions so far have been the following (below) - but we'd love to know your thoughts - and indeed any alternative ideas.

Gransnet - for warmth, wit and wisdom

Gransnet - a bit older, a lot wiser

Gransnet - older, wiser but definitely not quieter

Many thanks
CariGransnet and LaraGransnet

*I think you need to update your menopause page. It still refers to the 2002 studies and stopping hrt at 60.

There have been new NICE guidelines out since November 2015 and there has been a lot of changes of thinking in approach over recent years*

^^ this.

Gransnet - where the wise ones are

I second "parenting postgraduates".

Gransnet - where old age is another 15 years away

Gransnet - growing older, not up.

Gransnet - picking up speed

Gransnet -

Gransnet: Now In Large Print

Gransnet: For when you no longer dare laugh out loud in public

I like 'You get to hand them back'

I really like "for warmth, wit and wisdom". It sounds friendly, and recognises the wisdom of age.

Is "A bit older" inclusive enough for those who are a lot older and proud of it?

Does "definitely not quieter" represent those of us who are quiet types? Could it be modified to something like "but no less talkative" to show there's plenty of discussion going on but you don't have to be a natural extrovert?

I am 60++ - have no thought of going to Gransnet as I can't say fuck over there - it's all to fucking twee for me.

I am happy to be here with the great mix of ages.

(Am a grandma and the site does still not appeal)

There's a gransnet? Who knew?

At least it has a scientific topic. Bloody awful typeface though. Won't bother as hard to read over 50.

Gransnet - we fart glitter

Women over 50 are awfully nice and cuddly, but we are going to stick them in a box over there ---->
where they can get on with it out of the way.........

Another vote for getting rid of it altogether. I'm 70 and it's MN for me.

Whatever you use for a tag line, it should not refer to age.

Why should they get rid of Gransnet because some Mumsnetters don't like it? Clearly GN has its own users that like it there.

Gransnet - for those who are old enough to know better...but also old enough to not care what you think.

I'm a whisker away from 50 and I liked this one.

Gransnet - a bit older, a lot wiser

I am several whiskers nearer to 50, my tweezers can't keep up!

How about "Not over the hill but the view is pretty good from here"

It would probably be better as a board on mumsnet.

Yes.

Surely as the sister site to mumsnet the tag line should be 'by grandparents for grandparents'?

Gransnet - where the children have left the nest, but it's still full of vipers... only works if you think it's a compliment though, lol.

Parenting postgraduates or by grandparents for grandparents probably work best though.

GRANSNET: Invisible & Irrelevant

(Tongue-in-cheek obviously, but that's what it feels like. You're all too old and irrelevant so fuck off over there while Munsnet does the important stuff!)

Gransnet -those who are about to die salute you
Seriously, get rid, why does your age alter your interest in the world, or stop you voicing your opinions to everyone?
If you must, incorporate the Gransnet boards in with the eleventy squillion ones that are already on Mumsnet.
Or you could go the whole hog, and arrange the site in age ranges, the same way that opinion polls are done.

"Old enough to know better" strikes me as about right. I won't lie, I'm a bit put off by "gransnet", but I'd welcome a site which wasn't obsessed by car seats and vaccines and breastfeeding. I don't feel 'old', but I'm past all that when it comes to my kids- they're basically grown up now.

Gransnet 'come as you are'.

Ignore us at your peril.

Gransnet: We, too, shall pass

This made me laugh 😀 Worryingly, though, GNHQ might very well adopt it!

What I think they should do is prune MN so there aren't 7 million topics, get rid of AIBU so people stop posting there "for traffic" and make several chat topics. And get rid of Gransnet - find a way if making its 12 members welcome over here. It was clearly set up to grab advertising revenue - hope its failing in that respect.

I started over there before finding MN and have to day it did not reflect life for me in any way. There are things I'm interested in like retirement planning and children growing up and moving overseas, but not exclusively.

I second the suggestion to make space here for subjects of interest to seniors and seniors to be.