General Chat

Hi Charlotte, I am another one who talks to myself!

I don't often start a thread, but have joined in threads that interest me.

After a while you tend to get used to the names. Find myself saying to (real lfe friends) " I was chatting to so and so the other day..." she was saying that the weather in Canada, or New Zealand or Cardiff was..." and it is only when they quiz me about being able to chat to people in other places, that I explain that I mean "chat on the boards"

What I mean is, as names become more familiar it really does feel that you are having a face to face conversation tp people in different parts of the world.

Isn't the internet great!!


Enjoy yourself doing your tree and chatting on the boards.

Tess

Well i'm ok with my mum, only met my dad about 3 times, no interest either way, just feel sorry for my son whos only 2 and done nothing wrong to be ignored by a grandad! Step sis will do anything to get one up on me or hurt me, but stay in touch for kids sake, have regular contact with one auntie!
Feels good to let it out lol, could be more to come!

My dear old nan n grandad died in 07 and 08, grandad within a yr of nan, couldnt go on without her!

Hi Charlotte

& Welcome to the boards

They say you can choose your friends but you can't choose your family
So far i don't talk to my Mum, Brother or Sister....but i ain't bothered

it's nice to know there are more of you, when you're lost faith in your family anyway, through deaths, funerals,etc, you know what that does to people, and i've seen the worst of my family, lost respect for aunties and uncles that i've always looked up to.

How lovely to have started your tree! You will have great fun and should make many friends.

My husband is an only child; both parents long dead, so he thought he only had us lot and two cousins.

His father had three sisters and a brother and they are all passed on too.

He was pretty amazed when I found that his grandfather was one of 14!

He feels less lonely now! :-)))

Birdi

yea it is, he's a nice old chap, feels like a pal now lol

Aw that's nice Charlotte.

Glad you've had some success.xx

Hi just found 'my thread'. Didn't know where my post was that I'd put on to make friends! Found it so there you go. Just started my family tree, well two weeks or so ago. Found a half uncle, very reassurring, when i've felt quite alone sometimes in life/family.

Hello Charlotte,

See we are all pretty nice folk and you can just talk to anyone at all. Have fun on here.

Alison

Hi all , i was just searching for the illusive family and was getting so many different dob's that i thought i might as well just adopt them all lol ,anyway i just dropped into chat and you all uplifted me ,,,,your mad but i love it !!!!!! thank you for being you xxx

i met a few and to be honest, they all lovely as they are on here

and i nice too lol, im quiet away from here lol xxx

I've only met (as far as I know!) one person off this site - no,, maybe two, perhaps three - I find it difficult to associate board names and real names!.
But what the hey!
You get to know the 'foibles' of people (as they appear online) and go with the flow! They may be totally different in real life - nicer than you thought - but that's what the 'meets' are for!


.....actually it may be four people I have met!

Sylvia - I was talking 'tongue in cheek'; I wasn't really scared!

This is all in fun, you know.

Smile, you may be on Candid Camera.

Not a strange question, at all.

When I first chipped in someone asked 'have we met' and I ran scared into my corner for a while as I thought I had spoken out of turn!

My grannie used to say 'children should be seen and not heard'. She was hoping; I was such a noisy kid!

Birdi

Oh and Charlotte - definitely DON'T talk to Sylvia!

LOL

If the cap fits Birdi ... !

Oi, Mrs Grumpy - who'yer calling mad?

skip, skip, skip t'theloo, skip, skip....

LOL - just stick to the one name, be open and honest, don't grizzle if someone happens to disagree with you and you'll be fine!

Grizzling is my prerogative. Hayley is a complete drama queen - and you can safely ignore most of the rest of them 'cos they're all a bit mad!

Jill

welcome to gr, xxx

Hi Charlotte, and welcome!

Sue x