How Long Have You Been On Gransnet?

I read posts quite a while before posting some made me laugh some made me cry but overall I saw it was supportive . I haven't met anyone but have had some very nice and supportive pm,s congratulations to those who have welcomed new grandchildren this week ??

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I didn't realise it was so easy!

I've been reading the posts for about 3 years now ( have been a Grandma for nearly 6 years, now have 4 grandchildren). My daughter in law told me about it as she likes Mumsnet.
I've really enjoyed dipping in and out but this is my first post- maybe it's time I got mire involved!!

without checking, I wasn't sure how long I had been here, but now I know, from reading the posts that it must have been 2013 because I remember reading about Greatnan going missing, very sad, and I think I had only just joined.I have always had my user name, so have never been anyone else [ the concept is hilarious, it may be nice to be somebody else for a change.] I have been to a few meet ups and liked everybody, but haven't been out of my area to do so.Apart from the temporary insanity that seemed to take hold of some posters over Brexit, have always enjoyed a bit of rough and tumble on the politics pages.This Summer though, it's good to give all that a rest.
Have learned quite a few things on here, all the passing about of info is marvellous.Am on a few other forums, but mainly book related or gardening ones.

A month or thereabouts, all I can say is ' theres nowt so queer as folk'

About three years I think. come and go according how busy my mornings are. Great fun, interesting, good information and often good advice. Good post Lilyflower. I didn't know about Greatgran but how uplifting that GN was so majorly involved in finding here. Very sad but it sounds as if she was doing what she loved when she died.

5th May, 2011, though I lie low most of the time. I'd often looked at Mumsnet, felt tempted, but thought I was too old. However I did join Mumsnet later, and found that helpful too in appreciating the changes in modern life for the children and grandchildren.

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Yes gaga I do mean ethnicity, and nationality.

This question of more diversity is interesting. What do you mean by diversity though GK?

We seem diverse to me in terms of age, religion, politics, location, family situation, education. Do you mean ethnicity? We have no way of knowing about that but it seems to me that we are fairly diverse on all the other categories I have mentioned !

GrannyKnot i sometimes wish GN membership was a bit more diverse
Speaking for myself, I know I'm very different to most members on here. I think there are about 4 members that I'm on the same wavelength with.

Joined in October 2013. Like others, it was totally out of character for me as I am not a 'joiner' of anything as a rule.

It was an article about being a long-distance grandparent that piqued my interest as my only granddaughter lived in the USA, so it was comforting to find others in a similar situation.

Since then I have had many ups and downs, including being widowed last year, and have had nothing but kindness and support from many lovely Gransnetters.

Have also met a few who I now consider my friends, and enjoyed a fabulous cruise thanks to Galen.

I don't post much but check in most days to see what's new.

Just a few months didn't realise it had been going since 2011

I've been around since 2012.

I mostly have fun on GN, met some very nice people in person, never been trolled, not changed my username, never been told off by HQ. I'm a bit more circumspect with my posting than I was at first, mainly because I don't fancy my ramblings turning up in print or on Fussbook.

I sometimes wish GN membership was a bit more diverse.

I have been here since the beginning too . May 2011 . I was still in my 40's then ! Blimey so much has changed in such a short time .

I joined about ten months ago and was very attracted to such a well read, articulate and supportive membership. After a few months I unwittingly upset someone by offering an unpopular opinion and was so trolled I was going to resign. However, the lovely monitors of the site gave me a new username and I am a little less outspoken now. In 'real life' I find myself in the same situation as frankness is not valued socially as much as tact and I find 'virtue signalling' almost impossible if one is expected to repeat and agree with that with which one cannot condone and silence is almost as offensive as contradiction. Writing gives the few seconds it needs to employ tact.

I too joined in May 2011, under a different guise, after reading an article in the Times. It took a few days untiI I was confident enough to post - I had never done anything like this before, very scarey! I remember the carol 'concert' when we all miraculously warbled along together - hilarious; obviously it was so good that we were never asked to repeat it. . I had just met Marelli when a week later I was suddenly widowed. The support I receive from people I had never met was amazing and helped me through some very dark days and then, as GA mentioned in her post, we had a meet-up at my house and many friendships were well and truly born.The 'Scottish Grans' forged the way and have been joined over the years by others as far flung as France and Devon. We have been to concerts, the ballet, eaten in many varied hostelries, travelled en masse to Newcastle and to Darlington for Absent's farewell bash and had some serious scientific education from Elegran! There have been many highs and lows over the years, the saddest being the loss of Greatnan when as a 'community' we all pulled together in an effort to find her. Apart from a few inevitable spats, Gransnet seems to go from strength to strength and long may it continue.

Great news, Galen! Congratulations to you and yours.

Well, well, well!

I had absolutely no idea how long I had been with Gransnet, so checked my registration details. I thought, 2012, or perhaps 13 but am amazed to find it was only June 2014, just over two years.

I am now trying to assimilate if that means the site is so interesting that I feel quite at home or that the time has dragged and it just feels an awful lot longer.....!

I enjoy using Gransnet and very much hope it will keep its vibrancy, camaraderie, helpfulness and sense of humour.

Galen Many congratulations on the new addition to your family!

BTW, how many here still remember our first Halloween party? I think a certain person ended up spending the night in gaol and we all had very high-powered broomsticks. "Fings ain't wot they used to be."

I have been a member almost since the beginning. I remember being welcomed by notsogrand and glassortwo among others. I have made a number of friends, including our much mourned Greatnan whom I visited twice in her beloved French Alps. Maybe I don't post as often as I once did, largely because I've probably said the same things several times already.

I joined soon after my first dgd was born at darling daughter's suggestion. That would have been in 2011 as well.
I now have 2 dgds and one very new dgs born at 5.10 am on Saturday morning, weighing 8lb15oz!

May 2011. How many still on here went to the Google Hackathon?
I met Greatnan in Nelson in 2013, a few months before her death. It was GNetters who raised the alarm & made people sit up & take notice so that a search atarted & thankfully her body was found before the snow fell. Some of us are still in contact with her daughter who was so grateful for the practical help & support from GN. The power of IT connected Grans!

May 2011 - first day. I'd love it if GNHQ trawled through the archives and put up some of those first-day threads!

Yes, Nelliemoser, I like the way every new baby is welcomed on here. I've had three new DGS to announce since I joined and everyone has been very kind each time.

Welome, Lizzie1955, you'll enjoy it here! I'm a Maggie1955, so we have something in common! You'll see me banging on every now and again about the whereabouts of my state pension