Meghan

Yes, sibhib!

I would add that I can’t see Meghan as a national emblem because she is American. I meant the Queen, Charles, William and Kate etc.

Love it , Sibhib, that the best comment ever about the subject ?

OMG! On the whole I love the GN conversations. The heartfelt support offered to those suffering bereavement, estrangement or facing other deeply personal and painful situations and life dilemmas and the shared life experiences are truly wonderful and helpful.

But, and it's a very big but, I cannot believe the absolute crap and nasty garbage about Meghan. She has chosen to be part of the Royal family because she had the good (or possibly very bad) luck to fall in love with a member of that family. Everything we know about her is that she is a strong, resilient and courageous young woman who has made a great life and career despite very difficult personal circumstances. Instead of celebrating those achievements and the birth of her first child many of the GN comments are nasty, petty and downright horrible. Why?

Surely GNS can see past personal feelings for or against the Royal family, that Meghan is American or any other biases and just share the universal joy in the birth of a very wanted and very loved baby. And this rant is coming from a Republican Aussie.

Difficult, some posters can’t see nasty crap against other posters

Annie, you really don't seem to be in a good place. Is there any chance you could reach out away from GN and talk to/interact with other people. Please, I think it would help you.

Silver line?

Lily it would please some if I left GN and some work hard trying to achieve it, sorry to disappoint you, no, but keep trying

I hope Lily65 wasn't suggesting Anniebach leave GN altogether. I don't agree with some of AB's posts but she is entitled to post them

Of course, I would never suggest somebody should leave. Your reply to me Annie, suggests all is not well.

I think it might be nice to contact somebody even if it is just by phone.https://www.thesilverline.org.uk/

I hope Lily65 wasn't suggesting Anniebach leave GN altogether. I don't agree with some of AB's posts but she is entitled to post them

Oh I didn't get that impression at all Oldwoman70

I just think that Lily65 was concerned and encouraging Annie to seek some "real life" company and/or help. I don't think for one moment she was suggesting Annie should leave GN all together !

I agree that some of us might have some very different views to others but we are all perfectly entitled to view them as long as we are not breaking GN guidelines.

Thankyou Apricity, well said.
I have posted before about it, It is reminiscent of village life back in the day (Les Dawson portrayed it very well.)
But sad to read it so frequently on here.

Title of this thread ? ‘Megan’, if for some reason posters want to discuss me start a thread, so here, post not poster

I took lilys comments to come from a kind place. annies comments have been far more negative lately, as though nothing makes her happy. It’s a change, and Lily is a kind soul suggesting maybe GN is making it worse, and that a break might not hurt

Threads like real life conversation often do meander and then somehow get back on track.

I wasn't "discussing you" at all Annie just trying to defend Lily65. Oh dear sometimes you just cant do right, for doing wrong.

Well all threads diversify a little ,it’s not at all unusual to post a comment about another Gnetter
It would be counterproductive & irrelevant to dedicate a thread to each poster

Oh! It's so bad to suggest posters should "reach out" to other people and away from GN. Not always possible. And could be taken as a thinly disguised barbed comment. Accept other posters just as they are, at this very moment.

sibhib

"Human zoo"?! Really?!!! That is a dreadful thing to say about them.

Can I just say, before I leave, that I have gone to the bother of considering Annie's situation and found and posted a link which may or may not be helpful.

I knew I was taking a risk. Another Gran did something similar for me and it helped immensely.

I will now close this laptop and get on with something else.

I'm only doing this to avoid weeding.

Sounds like it's all gone a bit Jeremy Kyle here....

I'm avoiding the weeding too

As someone who was naturally very slim for a long time (alas no longer!) and was quite wrongly deemed anorexic by a so-called friend who spread it around for months, I do really dislike the tendency for labelling the very slim like this - especially when it's someone you've never even met.

Some people just are naturally slim. Some people are not and never have been big eaters, though given that so many people are overweight or obese nowadays, it seems quite common for 'anorexic' to be chucked at anyone who's never had that problem at all.

I do often have to conclude that it's jealousy on the part of fatter people, who can't imagine that anyone else genuinely isn't interested in lots of cakes/biscuits/other fattening foods.
Such was certainly the case with the 'friend' who spread the rumour about me.

There's a line in a country song that says...….

"If you can't lose the weight then your just fat
But if you lose too much then you're on crack"

"Damned if you do and your damned if you don't, so you might as well just do whatever you want to....."

Gilly I am 5ft 7 and size 8, not on crack

I think that both Kate and Megan are constantly pressured to "channel" Diana, even though she is a TERRIBLE role model for young women.

Due to Diana's post-humous adoration (she was NOT quite so universally popular when alive) young female royals are basically graded on a scale if Diana-ness, and thst detetmines their popularity and press treatment. With Kate being celebrated for the parallels between herself and Diana. Kate however is naturally similar to Diana in some way rather than adopting her traits.

I think it is quite a dangerous role model for a new royal like Megan. She isnt naturally as gaunt and long boned as Kate. The msnnerisms that kate and diana had in common come from a similar background etc. Kate is IMO still being "herself" whereas Megan is morphing into a mini diana and its not a healthy look on her.

Gilly I do love some of the words in Country songs ,do you know this one ?

youtu.be/ooPYUw6T8bk You Dont Have To Shave Your Legs for Me