Why are so many Gransnetters so misandrist

TizLiz, thanks for the warning, It would be disastrous if my wife found out about Mrs. P or Mrs. WB

I think the title of this thread is a false question (I'm sure there is a pedant here that could put that better). IMO by far the majority of Gners do not dislike men (or women). They have dislikes about certain aspects or specific people, but not across the board.
The odd spat that has occurred is almost always due to misunderstanding between what the poster intended and what the reader interpreted. Most Gners are willing to listen to the others arguments, even if they don't agree. I can't think of a single Gner that I would not be willing to meet in RL.

Wobblybits Bless!

Quite so, WB. It is like saying "Why do so many men resent their wives buying new clothes?" They don't! - but there is a long tradition of men saying that they dread their wives going shopping for something new, just as there is a long tradition of women saying that their men can't find anything unless the exact co-ordinates are given to them (or fed into their Satnavs, preferably)

But I resent my wife buying new clothes -- there's no room left in the wardrobes (note the s, all three of them !)

I have a humourous 'wrinklies' calendar and the cartoon for this month shows a woman and two men (all of a certain age). One of the men is holding the woman's hand and is saying to the other chap We always hold hands when we go shopping. If I let go she'll buy something

Mrs P, struggle with my humour at times. We are going to look after our 1 year old GS next month. Neither of us can climb stairs easily atm. I suggested we take an Ikea bag (the big blue ones) and a length of rope so that we could put him in it an pull him upstairs -- she thought I was serious DOH.

Wobblybits That's so funny.

I think Mrs P thought I was serious because that's how we get things in/out of our loft.

Must be dyslexic, misandrest and married mean the same thing to me !

WB You have just solved a problem for me, thanks. I have trouble taking things upstairs, now I have a solution, an Ikea bag and rope! Genius.

I don't know how the dog will take it though.

I love the IKEA bag and a rope idea! I could use it to get stuff up into the loft.

Had to Google 'misandrist', but knew what virtue signalling meant.

Women have always nattered good-naturedly amongst themselves about their men. We do get serious threads where a member posts about a problem with their OH, but as far as I can see misandrists are few and far between.

That reminds me of a story, I once had an Egyptian staying with me he told me he lived in a flat over a small supermarket and when they need things they lowered a bag on a rope down with the money and list in and the grocery store filled it with their goods for the upward journey I thought it a good idea

Ikea bag, other bags are available , but because the Ikea ones have long handles they are nice and stable when attached to a rope. We use them for storing all sorts of stuff in the loft. We keep our Xmas stuff in them, just have to lower each bag down. I bet your dog will love it.

I have to say that if only half what some Gners say about their husbands is true, they are a----------ls IMO. I don't see that as misandristy as it is a specific problem with a specific person, not all men.

Angels, wobbly ? (I don't want you to get banned).

Angels ???? am i missing something ?

You wrote a- - - - ls in your post of 06:58.

I'm asking do you mean "angels"?

Ah yes, bit slow this morning, definitely Angels

I was on holiday once- think it was Italy and watched as a old woman in an upstairs flat stood on her balcony and lowered a basket on a piece of rope, a younger woman put things in it and the one upstairs pulled it up. Great way to solve a shopping problem I thought.

Out on my walk today I saw the bus go by; and when I got to the bus stop there was a very frail elderly lady waiting there. I asked her if she was waiting for a lift and when she said no she was waiting for the bus, I had to tell her that it had gone and it was an hour to the next one. She looked very vague and I had to explain several times. I asked where she lived and she pointed to a nearby house. After some minutes she shrugged her shoulders and set off over the road saying "I'll just have to go home and listen to the grumpy old git!"

Luckygirl

WB we use IKEA bags - large and small - for lots of things. Last for years too, don't they?