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Seriously, what is wrong with everyone today?!

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WhatFreshHellisThese · 08/01/2025 11:45

  1. Childminder announced they now finish at 5pm -was 530pm. They are "going to send me a new contract to sign". Hmm yeah but l am probably not signing it as l have a real job and 530pm is already waaaay to early. Time to find another childminder most likely
  2. Ex announces his girlfriend has moved into my road (for context the plan was for them to live together). Particularly odd as we live in a city with thousands of other roads and no shared children
  3. Drain man cancelled yet again so house still hums
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loropianalover · 08/01/2025 11:52

I was rolling my eyes at you until I saw your house stank, that would put me in foul humour too so I’ll let you off 🤣🤣

Gizlotsmum · 08/01/2025 11:51

Oh that is frustrating. Good luck with finding the childminder, I guess they have their reasons but yes annoying. With the ex’s girlfriend better to be told than bump into unaware. Oh and boo for drain man. Assume private not shared sewer, if shared try you water company

delicatebeachtail · 08/01/2025 11:51
  1. find a new childminder
  2. why is your ex telling you this if there's no children involved? So strange
  3. that's life
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WhatFreshHellisThese · 08/01/2025 11:50

ToKittyornottoKitty · 08/01/2025 11:47

What do you mean what is wrong with everyone? And what’s a ‘real job’? Like being a childminder isn’t one? I’d leave that childminder too but the ‘real job’ thing doesn’t work.

I am not running down the childminder job. It is hard to get to a childminders for 530pm, getting there for 500pm is nigh on impossible. I have a responsibility to my employer and my co-workers -that is what l mean by a real job so can't just do what l want. In effect if l am leaving 30 minutes earlier a number of days a week, then l am leaving someone else to do stuff, doesn't feel very fair

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ToKittyornottoKitty · 08/01/2025 11:47

What do you mean what is wrong with everyone? And what’s a ‘real job’? Like being a childminder isn’t one? I’d leave that childminder too but the ‘real job’ thing doesn’t work.

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