Do you ever feel intimidated?

Heaven forbid! All those monstrous egos and feuding minorities.

Not like dear Gransnet!

Jeni that was a reply to anno

No nanadogs I think you have crossed a line. Goodbye.

absent An arm around your shoulder.

Mine too, absent.

And mine!

If that is not ganging up and cliquey I don't know what is.

No, faye. It's open support for someone who is being intimidated. I was shocked by the trio of hawks reference.

It's friendship, Faye.

I've just caught up with this thread. Nanadogsbody I think you've gone too far, that remark was completely uncalled for.

absent

Go back and retread some other posts and threads baggy and you will see when nanadb was new on here and more recently. She did not start this thread for no reason. I think it is best to completely ignore people who get at you and just don't answer them. AlisonM and others have been treated the same way. I have been astounded at some previous comments on many threads, I can point it out next time it happens, if you can't see it.

It's cliquey baubles

I've read through the last few threads because I am somewhat baffled. Is absent feeling intimidated because of the trio of hawks joke?

If so, why? Does absent think she is one of the hawks? Who are the other two and why are they not upset?

Also, having been told ad nauseum that no intimidation goes on on Gransnet, how come all of a sudden it is accepted that it does?

I'm not sure how Gransnet is going to pull itself out of all of this bad feeling!

Yes, cliquey!

Sorry, I meant butternut. It's such a shame people feel got at sometimes, I believe we can all get on, we just have to be mindful to not keep on about things and have a bit of empathy!

Gransnet is us. Why not just ......stop?

It's friendship, faye, and the people who complain over and over again are jealous because such friendships have developed. If they were less antagonistic they could join in the friendships. No-one is excluding them; if they feel excluded, it is their own perception, not something imposed by other gransnetters.

I feel that someone is trying to put a wedge between people on here . I really don't know what's going on because I don't know who is being accused in the first place of being intimidating and, from what I've read thus far,Bags and absent have just tried to smooth things over. Then, everything they say is leapt on and taken out of context. I'm totally bemused by it all. It's not cliquey to defend someone who you feel is being treated unjustly; but that's just my opinion. I don't understand what's happening.

I wondered if I was one of the other hawks. And I was upset. I felt intimidated. You will see if you want to check that I haven't posted on this thread for most of the day. Guess why.

If someone thinks I have bullied them, I'd much rather they were open about it, because I certainly never intend it.

Thank you, crimson. And no, that isn't cliquey either. If we were all in a room together, I'd say the same things in front of everyone.

No baggy it's cliquey when someone is being mean to someone and their friends join in, that's ganging up. In fact, you, soop and absent did it to me on one of my first posts, so do not deny it. Absent is a poster I always avoid, she has only ever sniped at me the whole time I have been on Gransnet.

Can I suggest we close this thread and leave it all behind and start again fresh with no hard feelings on either side? Gransnet is better than this

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