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

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

Thank you for your penetrating aperçus, radicalnan.

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...

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

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....

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

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.

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.

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... :-)

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.

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)

Well said Grumppa. I miss Frank. And his dog. If he had one.

I disagree. Yes women can be funny too but I do think men (in co versation I hasten to add) have a different tyoe of humour which I for one enjoy. Of course there are always exceptions . What happend to Wobbly bits by the way. Or has he changed his name?

I agree nothing says they can't but I don't find their contributions add much as a rule, all that coy 'er indoors' stuff 'as a mere male' and so on.

I think women are wiser and funnier!!! It is the digital equivilent of having your knee touched some old bloke hanging about out there in the ether.

Grandsnet ??

But why should men not participate in GN radicalnan? There is nowhere in the rules that says the site is exclusively for women.

Stop lurking and join in all you grandads/non-grandads!!
Men Aloud

Grandsnet sounds good, its great to have men on board.

grumppa

Mine ranges from age 11 - which is the age I feel when I wake up in the morning until I get out of bed!

Not at all sexist pollyperkins I though GN was open to all grandparents regardless of gender. It's interesting to hear how men feel about their lives and role as a grandparent. Vive la difference !

It is actually true that men's brains are 'wired' differently. We have stronger connections between left half and right half and they front and back. I guess that is because they need to be able to focus when they are hunting woolly mammoths and we need to be able to chat while we are gathering berries, stitching fur garments, boiling up mammoth soup and surfing the net at the same time.

Or am I being sexist?

I always enjoy the comments by male gransnetters. They often have a different take on things and often more humerous too.

Typical of men to be lurking where the women are, I find it strange that they don't have their own 'net' where they diagnose everyone who gets on their nerves as 'pre dementia' or a 'brute' of some sort.

As for the young people who turn up.....bugger off I say, go to mumsnet.........we are a generation of women who have never had a minute's peace as it is.