Do you belong to any other forums?

I belonged to a forum on a breast cancer website, and, at the time, it was brilliant. You could join whatever thread you liked, but there were threads on each stage, so if, for example, you were in the middle of chemo, you could go on there and ask daft but worrying questions, and talk to people who were going through it or had been through it. It was so comforting, and I "met" so many brave people.

My own MIL didn't even try to hide her snooping and caustic comments. It was worth getting divorced just to get rid of her!

A friend of mine used to booby-trap her oven with loose tins, knowing that her MIL would check for cleanliness.

Yes, baubles, DD told me about a hilarious thread on MN when someone told the story about a nosy MiLsnooping in private things while babysitting. The hilarity was caused by the suggestions of booby traps to ascertain the snooping once and for all and to stop it by clever strategems. It worked.

The plan used was to leave papers about house-selling and emigrating in a drawer the woman thought her MiL pried in and then pretend to know nothing about it (actually the husband didn't). It was brilliantly done.

Wish I could find the thread.

The second I pressed 'post' I realised that my assertion that I don't belong to any other forum is a nonsense. I'm a member of Mumsnet but tend to think of it and GNet as branches of the same thing.

Some Mumsnet threads can descend into bickering fairly quickly, the AIBU topic is a hoot at times. . There is lots of kindness and support when needed though, just like here.

In answer to your question kitty, I don't belong to any other forum.

Because I don't have a lot of free time to spend on here I tend not to get involved in any of the more serious topics, which can be quite fast moving.

I just haven't been able to make sense of this one at all!

It's got loads better since Annieb joined in.

I think it's one of the funniest threads. Everyone talking at cross purposes.

I feel sad for Kittyl however whose original question expressed a level of frustration subsequently seen to be entirely justified.

Well if that's the case Aka, I'll just have to copy jing's example and use @boring. I think this is one of the most boring threads ever seen on Gransnet – and there have been some in the last nearly two and half years!

All my words were considered and relevant!

That was in reply to your 21:34:08 post

Not a matter of judgement when someone is stating the obvious though pomposity is perhaps open to a subjective judgement. However Grace I like the way that you managed to make you point with a touch of humour

Trust me to pick out the wrong/irrelevant words [duh] emoticon

'pointing out' is the crucial bit of the sentence, surely gracesmum?

Grace

"Pompous truisms" (not that anybody is being judgemental understand) and "politely" in the same sentence ....

Have to disagree Absent a yawn emoticon could really cause offence. I'm sure it's better simply to answer briefly as Anniebach did politely pointing out the pompous truisms?

So true Elegran, we all have fears, be they rational or irrational, but I am sure you agree for some these fears can ruin w persons life, that must be hell

Title of the thread, jings.

Was there a question?

And I haven't got a clue what you're talking about anyway.

You still here Absent?! I'm amazed.

We all fear something Anniebach, even the most robust of us, or perhaps we avoid something which others have no problem with - the sight of blood makes some people faint, even a few drops of someone else's. With some it is something logical, with others there seems no sense to it, but that does not make it less real. Just as well we are all different, or there would be no nurses or Alpine mountain rescue teams!

I was not making fun of anyone's fears, just saying that we could get into a position where mentioning anything at all risked causing distress to someone - or made self-appointed guardians accuse us of causing distress, while the "sufferer" was happy to just take evasive action, as you were.

Good idea absent. Talk about a storm in a teacup!