ADs predict wine and rioting before 6.30pm (but only if the sun's out)

[Dowser]

Over here peeps.

Not much sun today..so plenty of wine it is

I'd love a house full of cats, too. At least I'd not expect to be treated with anything short of faint contempt by them.

I would love a cat but dh isn't keen and it'd just be yet another load of shit to clean up. Plus the small issue of Ds2 being terrified of them. He's still nervous of my parents' small, calm dog.

Funnily enough, the dressing up desire was there pre Covid. Last time I had any reason to was 10 years ago when I married DH. Other than that, it seems like there are no occasions or anything any more.
Our 10th anniversary was in May so no real celebration there which made me sad. And all I wanted us to do was go for a really posh meal out.

I have a cat. I plan to be a cat lady when I grow old.

whispers I am not a cat person. I have a dog. Cats freak me out a bit.

Not least because a cat might bring a fucking rodent into my house.

My cat once brought a pigeon in and left it as a gift for my husband. Never have I been so glad to not be the cat's favourite person

I am a cat person through and through.

My old girl died last October. Lockdown would have been better with a cat rather than just me. She was old and it was her time, so I don't wish she'd lasted longer (parallels with sadly covid deaths), but still, I miss her. There is a cat who wanders into the house sometimes - he looks at me with utter contempt if we catch each other's eye. "It's MY bloody house!" I cried last time. But he's welcome to pop in and out, as he sees fit.

I do like dogs, just not enough to have one.

Ooops, that post would definitely offend some of the people I have offended on the other thread.

Because obviously ALL Covid deaths would happen this year anyway. That's exactly what was meant

@LivinLaVidaLoki where is that absolutely gorgeous red dress from ?? I love it

we've had loads of cats.

My favourite was the most incredible hunter - he'd regularly bring us pigeons, magpies, crows, squirrels - I once saw him make a decent attempt at a fox! Nothing beats my cat-of-childhood though - he once brought in a roast chicken but the beat that by killing someone's pet PARROT and bringing us the body The two we have now are useless.

I (used to, now) volunteer with the elderly. Sometimes a stroke can leave a person physically strong but with the mind gone and some very unattractive behaviours appear, quite out of the person's original character. The Crabbit Old Woman poem has it right: '... nature is cruel, 'tis her jest to make old age look like a fool'.

It's hard to see slipping away, with sedation if needed, even if there is a period of illnes, as worse than years of that dreadful indignity.

On a happier note, PickAChew, is your local Pret doing that 20 coffees for £20 offer? An excellent inducement to treat yourself between now and 20 July.

I have three cats, 2 black & white brothers and their nephew who is pure black.

I swear the black one would be constantly muttering "go fuck yourself" under his breath if he could speak although he does love to snuggle with me as long as the other two cats cant see him. As soon as they walk in he pushes off me in an indignant strop like I was holding him against his will.

My other two just care about food, and lying on things they shouldn't.

Just in case anyone doubts, I am not advocating euthanasia, just saying that sadly dying, if that must be, isn't always a terrible alternative to living sadly.

Ooh that is a gorgeous dress.

Could I suggest we all just dress up for the fun of it? (Although we all know Fun Is Wrong at the moment, sorry giant doctor).

I was really struggling a few weeks back and had been mooching about in nightwear for ages I normally get my Summer clothes out after Easter (small house, lots of clothes ) and vac pack my winter clothes away but this year I was moping to DH there was no point doing my clothes as I wasn't seeing anyone or going anywhere. Possibly in an attempt to get me to STFU he got them out and and asked who I dressed for, other people or myself. Of course he was right fucking smunt

Anyway I have been dressing up every day (I only wear dresses anyway) with jewellery and eyelashes and lipstick and bloody hell I feel better. In fact I have bought another three dresses and one pair of shoes online to keep the momentum going Today I wore a (I can't believe I'm telling you all this) a floor length long sleeved dress with my hair done and pearls and lots and lots of bangles. keep stepping on the fucking hem though

I recommend it. We should all do it and share what we wear Honestly it's really cheered me up. We all need cheering up at the moment.

God I'm sorry it took me so long to type it I've crossed posted with a lot of posts and my tone sounds completely wrong

I'd much rather sadly die than live sadly.

It was a perfect cross post Bubble and encapsulates what this thread is about!

@Jourdain11

Yes... my grandmother frequently said, of my great aunt with dementia, "if I ever get like that, bring a gun in and shoot me!" Fortunately she died very quickly after a heart attack (having conducted a choir concert the night before and rung up most of the family to tell them what food to bring to the hospital when they came to visit...) so this turned out not to be necessary!

I don't know anyone who doesn't say that, or a variation, or at the very least 'I hope it never happens to me and if it does I die quickly'. AND yet they are so desperate not to lose a parent they want to keep them existing even when in a state that you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy.

I'm 'only' 65 and my kids have been left in no doubt that, whatever the situation, I am DNAR. My parents both lived into their 90s and there is no way I want to live that long. I'm not ready to die yet but I'd rather die than live with even more restrictions than age itself brings.

@BubbleIsNotAFuckingVerb I do makeup every day, even it's a fitness day, and wear a lot of dresses. I'd never hang around in nightwear; I'm depressed enough as it is without that!!

there are, sadly, far worse things than Sadly Dying.

When FIL died - with Alzheimer's & two cancers after years of being cruelly kept alive by iv antibiotics & blood transfusions - we felt nothing but relief. Dh commented to me, when the extent of the spread through care homes became apparent, that had he still been alive now he would be hoping covid would end his misery.

@ILoveTotoro
Next clearance...
15 quid.
Kerrrrching

Someone asked me today if I was planning on finding a new man. I said I’d recently submitted an application to adopt another dog. Now THATS a way to improve life.

I belong to a Scottish women’s walking group. No men, no kids, just women and dogs (sometimes). Do check it out any of you up here (it’s on fb), there are walls all over the place every day of the week for when Nicola lets us play with our friends again.

I had a friend over all afternoon. Deid! All deid! Ha! Catch me if you can Nicola!

Right Bubble I'm inspired. I'm getting dressed-dressed tomorrow (gavel)

@InsaneInTheViralMembrane I'm jealous, my friend wouldn't let me go over cos if the weather and the Roolz..

Leicester lockdown announced. BBC breaking.

So as a healthy 65 year old you wouldn’t want resuscitating?

My mum always said she didn’t want to grow old and died at 66 (she was perfectly healthy seemingly and had a heart attack one day). Now while undoubtedly it’s no fun being in a care home at 95 I reckon on balance she’d have put up with some elderly discomfort if she had lived to watch her grandchildren grow up.

I want to grow old, but having lost mum prematurely I don’t assume it will happen maybe like a lot of people do. I also don’t want to waste precious life on this covid crap.