The OFFICIAL buddy bench/naughty bench thread No. 3

[teaandcakeplease]

Come hither all those who haven't found their place on mumsnet, have scrapped in Aibu or crossed words in chat. The buddy bench shalt not judge.

The buddy bench will hand out wine and cakes, it will join you on your scoffathons getting pissed

All those who enter the Gazebo and sit on the bench, will have their sins erased and be given a warm welcome and cheerful chat from CheerfulYank, gomummy, tired mum, Elmo, AF, HE, Cheesey and far, far too many more to mention.

Welcome to the buddy bench, we look forward to meeting you all

Oh and don't forget, last one to leave polishes bench and locks up !

out with the football -

told you i was rubbish

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Elmo you forgot the and

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Am I the only one dreading the clocks changing tomorrow and the earlier wake up time? It takes me days to get the children to adjust to the Winter time

Hmmm my link didn't work. LOL, right I've copied it from the address bar and will try again

I am SO looking forward to the time change tomorrow, actually, Tea. It's the spring one that drives us a bit bonkers and takes DS almost a week to adjust. Wonder if it's the same here as there? Our clocks go back an hour at 2am.

The clocks go back here and this is the one that my DCs take ages to adjust to, so theyll wake at 5.30am tomorrow as to them it's 6.30am. So I ought to get an early night

Ah yes, we are the same then Tea. DS is the other way around, has trouble getting to sleep at night in the spring when the clocks go ahead, regardless of when he gets up.

Hope it goes smoothly for you.

I also love the "fall back" time change. An extra hour, hurrah!

So, remember when I told you all that DS kept saying I was going to get in a car crash and I was freaked out? (He kept saying "the cars will crash") We got into an accident last weekend. Nothing too major (quite expensive damage to the car but we are all right and so was the driver of the other car, so everything is fine as far as I'm concerned!) I was hysterical of course but DS was very calm and didn't seem upset or anything at the time. Yesterday he walked up to the car and touched the headlight that was damaged and said, "The cars did crash," in exactly the same way he had before.

I know I'm being woo but it threw me for a loop! Perhaps I should let him pick lottery numbers for me... :)

Cheerful that is eerie. Would spook me for sure.

Sorry to hear about your accident, but glad you are all ok! Was DS in there with you at the time of the accident?

Have to say, I'm generally not at all woo, but that is, well, strange.

Yes, he was with us and was fine. Calm, didn't cry or anything! I was screaming because I was worried he was going to be hurt, DH was swearing up a storm, and DS just sat there, calm as could be. Odd!

Sorry Elmo, I couldn't find the link! Too bad, as I do love giving my opinion! :)

Linky here Cheerful

Wow, how impressive that your DS kept calm. I would be the same as you - screaming, worried that DS would be hurt. So good that you are all safe and sound.

Good morning :-)

Thanks tea & gomummy for doing a link for me
im not good at all with this pc.
Hope everyone had a good halloween?

Ooh Cheerful you must have had such a fright . As for you brave little boy , maybe his guardian angel was looking out for him

I think so Elmo. He just...says things sometimes and it's so interesting. The other day before he told me that before he was born he lived in God's house. I said, "oh, what was God like?" He told me very seriously "Well, he's a shepherd you know." I suppose he could have heard God called a shepherd at some point but I don't know where. (Our church attendance is pretty shameful! :)) Of course the other day when we were thanking God for our supper he said "God didn't give us supper, Mommy. You did!" So I might have a little Richard Dawkins on my hands... :)

So glad you're ok Cheerful! Your DS sounds prophetic! What a clever little boy. Maybe he's just good pals with Jesus Joel 2:28 and Matt 11:25

My DD knew my marriage was over before I did. She told me as we dropped him off for his holiday that he was lost and gone and cried inconsolably, he never came home. The affair came out and we separated. I think children are very astute. My DD is very sensitive to all sorts. Maybe this all sounds odd but I defo believe it

I think that too, tea. I think children aren't as hampered as adults are by what we see as "reality" and so are more comfortable sharing their opinions and feelings. Your poor DD, though! :(

One more here who feels that way. Several of those strange experiences for my family when I was a young toddler that they still talk about today. I think part of it is that young children are incredibly perceptive to things that we largely ignore as adults.

:( for your DD Tea.

Do you think that's why Jesus says we need to become like little children to inherit the kingdom of God because of the way they see things? I think that's his wording. Haven't got time to look on biblegateway as cooking dinner right now. Hoping the DCs eat it. DD has had a nasty vomiting bug but has managed to keep food down since breakfast, although she hasn't eaten much.

Always thought that passage was more referring to the innocence of little children, how their hearts and minds are open and true, having not yet been affected by the prejudices and not-so-pure motivations that "corrupt" our perspectives as adults....but really I have no idea at all, that was always just the way I thought of the we must "become like little children" passage in my own interpretation. :)

Sorry to hear that DD had that horrid bug, it is going around here too. Doesn't seem to last long, thankfully...but quite unpleasant while it's there. Hope DD feels better soon.

I thought that too but I think there's maybe more to it with children just getting things in a way we don't. You know?

DS has just been sick in his cot Just cleared it up as best as I can in the dark with DD asleep in there too and whiped the sheet off and put a fresh one on. Wish they'd both just get better, I thought they were both recovering but obviously not Really hope I do not catch it

That could be right, Tea. Interesting way to think of it.

Oh poor DS. :( Hope they get a good sleep and feel much better in the morning. You must be exhausted with both of them being ill. Hope you can get some rest too.

tea, hope dd & ds are feeling better soon.