Posts that never make it to MN

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"A colleague came round the office yesterday with a collection envelope for someone in another team who is retiring. I've only worked there two weeks and I've never met the person leaving. Colleague asked me if I wanted to donate. I said no politely, explaining I'm new and I don't know them. She said 'oh that's right, you wouldn't really have had anything to do with them would you' and moved on to the next person."

"My DH's friend is getting married next year and has just arranged a week-long stag do in Prague in March. We have one DC under two and I'm due to give birth to our second in February. DH told me last night he'd been invited on the stag do but declined because we'll be too busy with the new baby and elder DC. He's going to go out for a curry one night with the groom-to-be and a couple of other mates who can't make it instead."

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I’ll just wait and see how the pandemic plays out. I don’t feel any need to speculate about what may or may not happen. Whilst it’s obviously been concerning, I don’t believe that the the government are downplaying it to boost the economy, nor being over cautious. I think Boris and co will probably just do whatever is best for us all. I’ll keep an eye out for any updates on the news.

@Maverickess

Home alone, not expecting anyone today. Doorbell rang, I answered it, and it was one of the workmen working on our house asking to use the toilet. I let him. I then went to the shop and was asked for ID from a pleasant young man, figuring it's just his job because I showed him my driving licence, as I keep it in my purse because I get asked in a few places, and I got my bottle of wine.

I then came home and cooked a chicken that fed my family of 4 for one meal, with a normal size salad.

I think this is my fave!

My husband had some ham in the fridge that was a day past its use-by date. It looked and smelled OK so he ate it in a sandwich. He was fine.

@FourTeaFallOut

I've never struggled for money for more than a heartbeat so I'm not actually sure that my advice to take in ironing, become a childminder overnight, soak beans and cook them for hours at a time and keep chickens is actually feasible or useful but it did make me feel like a fucking legend telling you what to do.

Occasionally, someone hurts my feelings or does something silly that causes me aggravation. I rant to myself and then get over it and on with my day.

Today DH picked up some shopping on the way home from work. He has a bottle of beer so he bought me a drink as well because we are adults and consider each other.

Went to the beach today without explaining my packing/preparation strategy to anyone and enjoyed looking at all the different approaches other people took. It’s possible some were planning to be there a good deal of time and some were paying a brief visit.

I think my washing smells nicer when it's been darked on, so I put my washing machine on at six PM to ensure I hang it out before dusk.

"I had the spontaneous idea that we should go swimming in the North Sea, and my DH immediately logged off his game server and found his cozzie in under two minutes. We had a fantastic time!".

This is of course a lie, it took five minutes to find the cozzie.

I am a short-order cook. AIBU to really relish when my children all want different things for dinner so I can keep my hand in for going back to work when the youngest starts school?

I have new upstairs neighbours. They have 2 young children and the noise is incredible! They sound like a herd of elephants running along the ceiling, I hear crying, shouting, toys being dropped and occasional music. I pondered whether to knock and complain or ring the council.

Then I remembered that these are poorly built council flats with no soundproofing. Young children are noisy, as mine were, and if I want to live in complete silence I could always bugger off to the countryside.

I've just finished a great meal of pasta and jarred sauce. Tomorrow I'm having a ready meal.

Brought the washing in this morning after putting it out last evening. Was amazed to see how much darker some faded black T shirts and knickers had become.
Another thing that surprised me was that the garden was full of spider's webs when I was pegging the washing out (underwear on the outside, sheets and towels in the middle). The webs had all disappeared by this morning.

My husband speaks to his mum every week. It’s perfectly normal for adult men to have close relationships with their mothers, and I hope I can have the same with my sons when they grow up.

"You're not me." You're not my DM."
We don't actually know each other in real life but we do share a few similar opinions and have had quite a few similar experiences over the years; which is really not that surprising.

I love my sibling, my DIL, my SIL. and my NDN and I know the feeling is mutual. I’ve never gone NC with anyone.

Once my DD/DS/DDIL/DSIL asked me to do something a particular way with my DGC. I said of course, no problem. I still see my DGC regularly.

I am lucky to be able to afford a private education for my children. I have visited quite a few schools with my children and they like one in particular. It has slightly worse GCSE results than the top private school in the country, and doesn't have a famous name so I can't brag about it to my friends. But if my children are goung to be happy and thrive there, then I'm happy.

I wore a mask in the supermarket the other day. I passed a woman who wasn’t wearing a mask. We smiled at each other

I went to the supermarket today, and found someone's shopping list in my trolley. I threw it away.

I'm on holiday with a longstanding friend. We're having a great time - she likes a slower start than me in the morning so we've compromised at a time that suits us both.

Is the name James too out there?

An old friend stopped replying to my texts. I concluded we didn't really have much in common any more and, in hindsight, our friendship had become a bit artificial, so it was sensible to let it go. I hope her life is going well.

My best friend told me my husband was cheating with his secretary. I went to an alright solicitor and got divorced. I still speak with my best friend.

I had a baby and I wasn’t disappointed in its gender. Obviously no one will be along soon to tell me it’s ‘sex not gender’.

My DS has SEN but his school have been fantastic. Worked out how to keep him calm and paid attention to our helpful tips and gave us some too. He's storming ahead with his learning and has lots of very sweet friends as a result.