...... to think most men become grumpier and more intolerant as they age

I thought it was obvious that all our posts were tongue in cheek - perhaps the bit about older men being grumpy hit home!

Hope he comes back to see what we're really like. Perhaps he thought Gransnet was about something totally different.....you know, crocheting and wondering where we could find a strong man to open jars for us - that sort of thing!

Poor old unicorn. Got it wrong.

Hear, hear, Elegran!

Unicorn, a zimmer frame can give a nasty wound when used to clip cheeky adolescents round the ear'ole so staying away is a good idea. Come back when you grow up.

Shame. I think unicorn's first post was meant to be tongue-in-cheek. His profile did say he was recently widowed, but now he's deleted it and decided to leave.

Well if thats your attitude then I will leave you all to your zimmer frames..seems to me that WOMEN can be just as GRUMPY AS MEN.....P.S. NOT supprised your divorced, bet your x is a very happy man
BYE BYE

Nah, not grumpier - just about the place more and so more noticeable!

Remember - a woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle!

Have discovered that my DD has not said anything to my DH, so he must be making an effort to be a bit cheerier himself which is nice to know.

Think I will make a point of responding when he is grumpy and complaining, I normally just switch off, in future I will give back a bit of what I get.

Anyway, all seems well in the household at present

I'd need someone to come and help me do up some dificcult necklaces

I do very well without you, unicorn, thanks very much! Been divorced for 26 years and all the better for it, as are a number of other grans on the forums.

Would you like a list unicorn? 3 or 4 sheets of A4 should be enough!

Just read ALL these Comments and at the end of the day.YOU WOULDN'T know what to do without us.......lol

Bless 'im, soop!

soop mrsoop

Before I bid you lovely lot farewell until tomorrow, I wish to say that mr soop has the kindest disposition of anyone I've known. Even when he is in real discomfort, [as was earlier today] he manages to maintain a pleasant demeanour. He is utterly unselfish and constantly supportive. I wish that I could be more like him. I shall not tell him that I've posted this message. He would be deeply embarrassed.

On a more serious note, I think Ariadne has a good point. DH and I are both really busy (he is retired but works part-time and I have voluntary work, a mother (!!) and grandchildren) so we spend little time together. When we do it's lovely to catch up on each other's day over a or .

Maybe the answer is to spend lots of time apart.

Yes Winefride reading all this makes me so happy that mine is not so bad and that jollying him out of it usually works. Luckily we have enough space to get away from each other when we need to.

I've had some really bad times in my life which I won't go into but being on GN makes me realise that what we have worked so hard for for so long is well worth having. Our lives may not be perfect but we are not doing so bad after all.

Sorry! Missed the wink!

Good joke.

Ian I'm not sure your angry post is going to convince us of that.

Good to know not alone with my mr grumpy and his what I call mad moments.reminds me of his Dad so no surprise. What I try to do is focus on his good points( not always successfully) failing that resort to greatnans turn of phrase works well if used sparingly as a shock tactic.however I'm sure many of us will have met lonely widows who would welcome their partner back despite their failings.

Ariadne...priceless!

Puffing and huffing from the study: What is the matter?" I said.

"Somebody has moved a piece of paper that I need!" So I ignored it.

Later: "Did you find your bit of paper?"

"Yes, but I can't remember why I needed it."

Ariadne - in this house it is always 'someone' must have moved it. As there are only two of us here most of the time the list of culprits is very short. I usually find whatever has been 'moved' and then he has a flash of ' oh I remember now'!!