Do Men Get Their Say too......?

This question keeps coming up. Aren’t grandads grans too.
I think that men should take part as part of their Continuous Professional Development. We, naturally are their tutors???(that’s me, being shot down in flames)

There is a dads net, it looks very uninviting and seems to have inappropriate adverts on it (or maybe appropriate depending on your viewpoint).
Surely ‘grans’ means grannies’ and grandads’.

I expect my grammar will get you pedants spitting and choking . I am dyslexic.

Very often a topic here can be summed up like this. 'Yeah, s**t happens, doesn't it? You have my sympathy. Try to be nice though.' Unless the topic is Brexit, a man will usually leave the conversation there. Of course, if it IS Brexit, opinions may be endlessly re-stated... :-)

And I think older people who don't have children or grandchildren should be welcome on here. Otherwise they can feel very left out and isolated. Think it should be notjustgrands.com.

Personally I think they are from another planet. My h is my best friend he makes me laugh but definitely strange.
Well we are from Venus.

Also mustn't forget bumblebee who is a very welcome male here too, and hopefully getting better after your fall

I've found that DH is now reading "my" Gransnet. But I can't see him joining in - he's too busy on an Archers chat site....

They are not a separate species, just gender. And it does relations between the sexes no favours to see them that way.

Speaking as a woman and mother but not a gran and also being 'over 60' - I just assumed this site was for anyone of the older persuasion...

Thank you for your penetrating aperçus, radicalnan.

I thought that too humptydumpty - have I got it wrong? I find mumsnet a bit too bitchy and snipey most of the time (not always).

I ventured on to MN once and found it too hardcore by far. Little wisdom or common sense and lots of shouty self righteousness. Mums are welcome to it.

I agree - the forum would benefit from more contributions from men. I once asked if the the name of the forum could be changed, as Gransnet sounds as if it's only for women.
I like some of the discussions on Mumsnet, but usually it's overwhelming as they have so many contributers. It's difficult to find a general trend of a thread, because they're so long.

I think plenty of men use Mumsnet. It is advertised as for "parents" after all. And Gransnet is for grandparents. If men don't post as much as women do why is that. problem any more than men, on the whole, preferring quizzing more than women do, which accounts for why St Hugh's College, Oxford (originally a women's college) fielded an all male team for University Challenge. It doesn't mean men are cleverer than women, just that men like public quizzes more than women do.

Many men just don’t have in depth conversations about anything and think women talk for the sake of it ! Even getting them to the Dr can be a struggle to talk about an important health concern ! Yes, men are definitely wired different to us on many levels.

...why is that a problem...

Perhaps many women don't have in depth conversations about anything, either.

In the current trans world this entire thread seems a little odd: are we the sex or gender our noms de plume suggest that we are?

Yours neutrally,

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I think you'll find that lots of men have 'in depth' conversations about...sport. (Yawn)

hd the site definitely is open to all grandads, grannies, mothers and those without children also the LGBT community ?

If men and women are wired up differently then I am very grateful for that. Certainly enjoy and have enjoyed the male viewpoint on many a diverse topic. They're usually 'wrong' of course (!!) but I find their input interesting indeed.

Absolutely! I'm with you on all points!

We have few men on here because few men are interested in the same things as women, and GN is mainly oriented to women and their concerns.
Other senior sites not so much, they have more of a mix.
Before anybody stands hands on hips and says ‘ we have the politics threads’ yes we do, but they are only a few threads out of many.
Look at the thread titles.

It's a relief to learn there are other men here. I'll talk about anything I find interesting.

Christmas Cakes?

Actually, there may be more men than we think, who knows who is behind a user name?