The OFFICIAL buddy bench/naughty bench thread No. 5

[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 sit on the bench, will have their sins erased and be given a warm welcome and cheerful chat from CheerfulYank, gomummy, tired mum, Elmo 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!

Happy Mothers Day to Gomummy & Cheerful {hopes its today}

Happy mothers day to my lovely friends across the pond.

I've uploaded a few photos on fb of the lovely wall paper I'm removing inch by inch. I'm using wall paper stripping solution and doing it about the same as you GoMummy with your secret solution It's just wearing as it is taking me sooooooooooo long to do.

Hello Aldi! :)

Thanks Elmo and Tea!

Hope the wallpaper stripping solution is working for you Tea, it never worked for me and I secretly thought they just put smellly water in the bottle . Such a big job but I bet it will be worth it when you're done!

Happy Mother's Day Cheerful!

It's interesting that you secret recipe uses fabric softner. Did you invent it yourself?

Off to bed now. I'm making sure that every night my bed is available for me to sleep in. I could kip on the sofa next door but I need a good nights sleep or I'm mega grouchy

Tea, not a secret I'm afraid, I read it in three different "frugality" type books before I was willing to give it a shot! My first house was covered in this indescribably horrible wallpaper and I was far too broke to rent a steamer. I had no success with wallpaper stripper and was to the point of peeling it off in little bits with my fingernails and a scraper every night after work, so figured it was worth a shot. Been using it since. Had one room in this house that it didn't work on for some reason though, must be different types of glue over the years I guess.

Hope you get a good night's sleep! :)

I've used one of these before and it's been helpful. Will definitely be making a note of that "secret" recipe gomummy ! I'm stripping my own bedroom soon. Luckily it's just a wallpaper border though.

Happy mother's day gomummy :)

DS is not going to bed well so I have to go have a chat with him. Grrr!

All our birthdays are coming up! YAY! Mine's the 17th. :)

Hello aldi ! Aldi and vodka...my kind of lady! :o

Ooooh Happy Birthdays all round then chin chin (and mothers day and any other celebrations I can think of) I will probably be on here lamenting my lost youth and fiercly defending my right to pretend I am not suffering any affects of age.

Hello folks!

Hi aldi :)

tea you probably do this already but do you score the wallpaper first before letting the stripping solution soak in?

Oh dear. Perhaps some of you with children older than DS can tell me that this is not as embarassing as it seems....this morning at the grocery store, I was standing at the cheeses beside another woman who started talking to DS. Their conversation was rather adorable (about what cheeses each of them liked) until he asked her when her baby would be ready to come out. She was not pregnant. Mortified is an understatement.

In his defense, she had a noticable belly bulge that was exacerbated by her empire waist shirt, but still!

I also did a terrible job of explaining to him afterwards why we shouldn't really ask that....he remembered and pointed out that I have asked other people (disclaimer - people who I knew were pregnant!), and also pointed out that a baby is a happy thing, so why would we not ask them when it is coming? AAAAAHHH! I am being outwitted by a toddler!

[feeling like a crappy mummy emoticon]

Oh Lord, I am just waiting for the moment DS lets fly with something like that gomummy.

My mother (yes, my mother, a grown woman) has done that twice in the last few years. I have given her strict instructions to never ask again even if the woman in question is obviously in labor and ready to push the baby out then and there. :)

What did she do? Was she pretty casual about it?

I'm sorry GoMummy but that is rather funny Your little boy is sharp, clever little thing too with his reasoning to you after. LOL DD hasn't done that yet

She was really very nice about it, something like "oh, there's nothing in there but too much chocolate cake, I'm afraid!" but she quickly moved away from us and I'm embarrassed to admit that I sort of stood there with an apologetic look on my face not knowing what to say! :( I am normally good with quick responses to things but I could not believe he had said that and I felt so mortified, ugh....since then I've felt even worse that I didn't apologize or something, she was so kind for not making it even more uncomfortable!

Plus I have completely failed and taught DS nothing, I couldn't really argue with any of his points, and now am afraid he will do it again!

Your poor mum Cheerful! Like your guidelines for her! :)

Oh and can I just say I was really hoping one of you ladies would come on here and say "Oh my DC said much worse....etc..."!!!

Aw Gomummygo that's happened to me too... only it was ME who was being asked by one of my son's friends!!!!! Yes I nearly died of embarrassment and a bit of shame, and yes, I had a little sob to myself. But meh, it happens, I survived, it was innocent.

Not your fault at all but mortifying all the same!

Apparantly when I was little I would asked my mum questions (loudly) such as 'Why does that man smell so nasty?' or 'Hey Mum! Look at that person's silly walk' - and then mimic them. My poor mum.

Hello benchers,

Here i am

Elmo thank you again for jamies gift it is so cute, he is gonna look adorable in it when he gets a bit bigger, you lovely person you

Hope everyone is well, missed you all x

gomummy I'm sure the lady was fine about it , children come out with all sorts sometimes , your ds did make me laugh though at his reasoning with you , clever clever boy you have there

tiredmum [hugs] back at ya xx

I'm off to bed in a minute , i have had a headache for the last 3 days that i just can't shift . Maybe an early night will help .

Happy birthday elmo xx

"happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear elmo, happy birthday to you"

Awww Thanks Tiredmum [hugs]

Just heading out for a coffee with some friends and a bit of retail therapy

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELMO!!!!!!

Hope you have a lovely day!

gomummy that made me LOL

Happy Birthday Elmo ! Hope it's lovely! :)

Happy Birthday Elmo! Hope you have a wonderful day!

Awww Thank you all you lovely ladies

Having a lovely day so far , met up with four friends this morning for coffee and much needed laughter , then bought myself 3 summer tops so thats good . Every one seems to have had the same idea though and i now have 4 birthday cakes
It's DH's birthday tomorrow - maybe i can pawn the cakes off onto him
I'll cut one of them up tonight when my sister & parents come over .

Slice of cake anyone with a ?

Mmm yum! Yes please Elmo

Happy birthday my lovely virtual friend x

Glad you had a nice day elmo - there's no such thing as too much birthday cake imo

How is everyone? :)

I'm ok but DS started throwing up at daycare and had to come home, poor little man. :( I have HAD IT with illness this year!

How is everyone else?

Thanks Tea xx

Aww poor ds cheerful , hope he is feeling better very soon xx

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