Do I say anything?

Oh blimey this is going on a bit Notanan you have made your point I ve made mine maybe we can move on to more important things than card writing just agree to disagree on that one

LOL @ the idea that the only men&women in my life are my immediate family BlueBelle :-D

Very pedantic Notanan, lets turn it round, all the men in your life were great at giving cards and all the women rubbish

I didn't say that, I have some great female gift givers in my life (my grandmother didn't happen to be one of them, even though she was female!), some great male ones.. it's got nothing to do with their sex and everything to do with whether they are nice thoughtful people.

I would just let him get on with, it has obviously given him pleasure. My Gd loved space at that age, there are plenty of female scientists mad on space, who knows?
Don't burst his bubble.

Very pedantic Notanan, lets turn it round, all the men in your life were great at giving cards and all the women rubbish
There we go all sorted

What is it with people on this website that they have to pick up on every little thing that is said and tear it to pieces? God, I am so fed up of it. Where is the support and care for fellow people? It's certainly changed these last few months. Nothing can be said without someone having a go.

I'm going to go and find a new website to be on if this carries on, life is worth so much more than keep reading such awful posts from people who can't seem to add positiveness to the conversation!

I wasn't speaking for every man on the planet!

They're just the men in your lives, not "men" plural

My father was great at cards and gifts. My mother does em but often misses he mark (but you can see the logic of why she though that person would like that even if it wasn't quite right IYKWIM)

My grandmother just gave my parents money to buy us gifts to wrap and say they were from her, my grandfather gave us lovely quirkly little things..

Same for uncles, older male cousins etc..

some individuals are rubbish at cards, as many are men as women

I agree BlueBelle none in my family have been good at buying presents or cards neither. When my dad was alive, I gave him presents for Christmas, Birthday and Father's Day but he only showed me a card he had bought that he would have given me but he liked the picture of the cat on it, so I told him to keep it. Other than the thought of that one card, nothing else. He was generous if I needed help with anything, but not on special occasions and he never did it when we were kids neither, my mother did it all. Same with ex husband, brother and my son.

Oh it is Notanan because they are always used to their mothers, wives, sisters doing the card business Not a criticism just an observation

none of the men that have ever been in my life have known how to buy a birthday card

That's not normal or anything to do with sex/gender!

warn DD in advance - she can deal with it then

I feel sorry for men...if they show no interest they are criticised..then they buy gifts they are deemed inappropriate..
We all know men don't think things through as maybe we do but whatever...don't spoil it for him. Be tactful at least he's shown an interest.
All to often with divorce and new women appearing on the scene grand children are forgotten.
I think this is brilliant..what does it matter if he's framed it..

Don't assume that this interest will be short-lived. My OH was into astronomy as a child/teenager so when I wondered what to get him for his 70th, and for want of any better ideas, I decided on a telescope. I've scarcely seen him since. He spends hours, if not days, plotting star maps, buying extra kit (you would be amazed at how expensive astronomy can be), writing programs to link a camera to his scope etc etc. The only thing he does very little of is actually looking at stars - the evenings in the UK have been so cloudy for the past 18 months that he gets it all set up only to put it away again days later when not a star has been seen. My consolation is that at least I know where he is and what he's up to.

Yes you did and I said it, none of the men that have ever been in my life have known how to buy a birthday card so yes I think it's great that he had his own ideas and went through with them good on him

DD needn't paint that wall now.

He he he!!!

"I think its fantastic that a bloke has been so thoughtful and had it all done by himself"

did I seriously just read that?

Oh well! So long as little'un was happy. It will look lovely!

Just to let anyone who is interested know what happened when DH rolled up to granddaughter's house and delivered the framed map (which is in shades of grey rather than coloured as it happens). He managed to manoeuvre himself and package into hall and then living room and propped it up against a wall. All eyes were upon him as I lurked in the background.
Granddaughter was delighted, as she was with all her presents. Daughter and partner were at first google eyed, then had to work hard to suppress giggles and then burst out variations on "Oh Heavens what IS that" and "Its bleeding massive" and "Where in the name of Goodness are we going to put it".
It was all very entertaining as it turned out.

Yes, that looks great

DGS2 (3yo) loves the big framed world map in his front room. He's always asking us where places are and likes to spread the road atlas out and navigate for us in the car (we seem to get everywhere by way of California and Rio de Janeiro ).

I think it's good to encourage an interest like this, and I'm sure this little girl will love it, and love sharing something with grandad.

It will look very classy actually.

It will be a very pretty picture.

I didn't know you could map Mars.

Sorry, Pittcity, I accept that you weren't just assuming the grandchild was a boy just because of the nature of the present.