How many of you

Nah! Very rarely do I share with DH, though I did just read him the joke about the sperm count and the jar lid ?

I share things with my close friend, as it reassures us that we aren't bonkers, and the way we feel and think is normal for our age group.
Both my children know I'm on here, and my son will often ask me to check on grans opinions about stuff! ?

I live alone so no one to share with

Gillybob. If only my OH was that communicative.
He is also one of those people who, if it's not his interests, then forget it.

If I find it interesting, sad, or just intriguing I will probably tell DH. He knows I'm on GN but not my user name. And none of my close friends know either.

All my family not only know that I'm on GN, but also my username. My sons often ask what's happening on the 'net of the grans' and occasionally they'll give me a bit of gentle teasing about it, I chat about various threads with The Wonderful Man and share some of the mental health topics with my father-in-law as I know he will be interested.

I am always sharing information from things I read on GN. I think DH is a lurker any way.

However he has been told NOT to post on GN, It is mine! Otherwise I will start posting on Honest John's car talk or another of his specialist forums.

I agree - but I do wonder why.

We have more humour generally than Mumsnet I think.

I sometimes read out choice comments (!) to DH and we laugh, ‘it would take a heart of stone not to laugh at some of them,’ to paraphrase Oscar Wilde.
He also enjoys hearing about tasty recipes, as do I.
I have encouraged one or two friends to join, but they say they already have forums and that GN sounds a ‘bit old’.Fie to that.

I'm with chewy and Marydoll, it's my place, my time, my thought and my friends, no one else knows and that's how I like it, there's very little that's my own these days but GN is my own thing

He knows and I will sometimes talk to him about a thread but as someone else said about her DH he has no interest in social media, and wouldn't have a clue how to look. D also knows and could probably ID me but she has no interest in looking. I haven't posted anything I wouldn't want her to see anyway.

My DH knows I'm on it. At least he knows I used to be on it, but he doesn't know I've signed up again. I often tell him about different threads on here, but I would never tell him my username in case he took it into his head to have a look round!!
I have never told any of my wider family or friends in RL that I'm on GN - I would hate it if one/some of them were also members and asked who I was on here . I prefer to keep this part of my life separate from RL, as many others have said.

DH knows I am on here and thinks we talk about our GC all the time. I do occasionally talk to him about a thread but not often, but then he never talks to me about the football threads he is on. Now why would that be? Oh yes, I know nothing about football!

Like Moocow, I mention it if a subject that has been discussed here comes up in general conversation. My DS all get the concept, and I have no compunction bringing it up with DiLs and friends.

All who are interested know if they remember is another matter! It has always just come up in general conversation.

I feel this reflects what seems to be the general difference, that men don't really seem to have friend groups in the same way as women, in RL or VL.

Mr C knows. I get a sort of bemused look. He is aware of recent sad news but I dont think understands the links that form in this virtual world. It’s a bit like my career choice was, he will defend my right to do it while acknowledging he doesn’t understand ‘why’. I haven’t told the wider family or RL friends. It’s like keeping work and home separate, always my preference.

I often tell DH what's occurin' on GN and he likes to give me his opinion, especially when it's a ding dong discussion about something that interests him.

Whenever there's a thread about environmental or farming issues I sometimes consult him before posting although I will often say, 'Blimey, I'm not telling 'em that. I'll get lynched!'

Like some others no one knows I'm on here ,I wouldn't have told about some of the things I have if people who knew me could access it.Its the anonimity of strangers that offers me the space to discuss things I wouldn't with friends or family

It is a huge part of my life too

I would be lost without it.

I meant to say, none of my family or friends know I'm on it and I don't want them to know. Just like Chewy, this my private retreat.

I am always talking to my husband and family about things on Gransnet. If I am sitting with my husband and I burst out laughing at something on here he will want to know what has made me laugh. Or sometimes I ask him for help with one of the games I am playing - he is very good at it too. I also find myself quoting something I have read on here when with my family! Gransnet is now a big part of my life and it would be weird for me not to share it with the people in my life................I don't let them know what my Gransnet name is however (and it is nothing like my real name!!)

I tell no one that I'm on GN. I make sure that I completely close down this site when I put my laptop down, so that OH doesn't know what I've been doing. I haven't told my RL friends or family that I come here either. This is my retreat!

I tell him some of the general points he's not really interested and I'm on here less and less anyway.