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!

There is a great physio clinic near you tired - I go to it's sister clinic here :)

ITS I mean

Thanks valium i will mention it when i see them, i still cant believe it hasnt gone down, its been 3 weeks, fingers crossed eh

Wrap it tired - that makes the swelling go down. Part of it is the ankle gets used to being that shape - you have to remind it, it's not!

Just popping in- hope you feel better soon tired ! :)

Do you mean wrap it with a bandage valium?

Ta cheerful, hope you are ok?wrap it with a bandage valium?

Ta cheerful, hope you are ok?

Oh great, now my phone is playing funny bugger again, just ignore and dont give the phone any attention then maybe it will stop one is playing funny bugger again, just ignore and dont give the phone any attention then maybe it will stop

tiredmum, you been sipping the wine?

< waves hello to everyone>

DD Is great thanks valium she just needs
building up after losing a lot of weight.
My two are on their summer holidays now so no
early mornings for 9 weeks

Tell her to come to my house and cough in my face Elmo ...I want to get whatever she had and lose a lot of weight.

Your phone has a sense of humor Tiredmum.

I'm getting a little irritated with a thread on here...it seems to be the attitude of certain posters that you either agree with them totally or you're a complete idiot.

Sigh...

lol Cheerful I'll get dd to cough into an envelope and send it to you

I don't post on other threads very often these days , I just lurk mostly
but yes i have noticed threads like the one that has annoyed you . Was it in AIBU by any chance ?

Good morning everyone! :)

Valium, our local celebration is many kilometres long. There are bands and talent displays and a petting zoo, booths set up by all kind of local groups, rides and a bouncy house thing, water features & giant slides, barbecues and food vendors along the way, and shows somewhat like circus show type things. There are kayak and other boat competitions, face painting and games of all kinds. Couldn't begin to think of it all, we will park at one end and then a shuttlebus type thing will bring us back at the end of the day, exhausted and overstuffed! The day is very family oriented, then the people who come in the evening will have the beer tents/bars/bands/dance/fireworks.

Well, it's only 8am here but here's a belated Cheerful!

Tiredmum how's your phone today?

Elmo is her appetite good? Hopefully she will put it back on quickly now.

Wow that all sounds great gomummy
Hope you all have a fantastic day xx
Yes dd is eating like a horse making up for the six days she wouldn't eat anything . She loses weight very quickly and takes ages to put any weight on But she's back to herself .

Right me and my phone are going to say hello to the benchers, it has promised to behave wine? Who mentioned wine

Gomummy that sounds great, so prince wills and kate were in your neck of the woods, did they pop round for a cuppa

Elmo i am glad dd is on the mend

Whos peeing you off cheerful, direct me to the thread, i'll with them

I'll deal with them

Well that completely ruined my hardgirl image

Yes tired wrapping is physio speak

go that sounds great!

elmo glad she's on the mend! Thank goodness.

Off to tennis - back later x

Hellooooooooooooooooooooooooooo anyone out theeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere?

Is everyone enjoying the sunshine? :)

I my! I seem to be posting on here once a week at the moment There was a time I was on mumsnet constantly. The Pc is on and mumsnet is sitting there but I just cannot seem to be bothered to post anymore I think Cheerful has hit the nail on the head: ?I'm getting a little irritated with a thread on here...it seems to be the attitude of certain posters that you either agree with them totally or you're a complete idiot.? That is why I?ve been put off posting like I used to.

What did you decide about the invites Cheerful? Here some parents drop their kids off and then go off for the afternoon and come back later A bit like there, or you stay but you certainly do not presume ALL your children are invited to a party, unless it?s on the invite. Well at least that?s the etiquette around my way. I liked Izzy?s ideas.

Btw Cheerful I think you?re an adult and can decide who to speak to (your aunt) without being dragged into their personal drama. So be assertive imo. Say you have e-mailed and she sent the pail. You do not have to put up with being a sounding board with your mom telling you all about your Aunt or vice versa. Trying to sit on the fence and please everyone. Stand your ground and have a friendship with your Aunt. She?s your relative and you?re capable of deciding who you want in your life for yourself. I?m not terribly articulate but I?ve been reading this book and it makes so much sense and it?s making me change the way I do things.

I didn?t like the photo of Di either. I love reading about the Royals on the BBC news website, if I see an article. I have a lot of respect for the queen. I think William will make a fine king one day too. I grew up near Windsor, not that that?s necessarily relevant and I?m probably in the minority but I don?t mind the cost at all, when I think of all the things they do, for example I love all the hard work Prince Charles does with charities etc.

Tiredmum ? how?s the ankle?

GoMummy ? Wow that sounds great, was it a good day?

Well to steal an update I put on the only other thread I?m making an effort on nowadays: It was DD's school fete yesterday, so I helped on the nursery stall, which was the cakes, teas, coffees and squash. Whilst ExH brought the children to play there too. He had to dash off at the end and left me helping on the stall and trying to watch the kids. LOL

DD did have a lovely time and was off playing with one of the girls from her class. It's so good how things have changed with her from a year ago only. I cannot wait for DS to get a little easier. He begins two mornings a week in pre school in Sept. I remember how much DD changed once she began 2 mornings a week. So I'm hoping it'll benefit DS, even if it bankrupts me I still cannot face potty training him yet

ExH's OW has graduated with a 2:1 and has started work in Amersham now and is renting a townhouse there. So the dynamics for ExH and I are changing now on contact of course, -?with OW?s jealousy and paranoia-- he's seeing the DCs less at the moment and OW is pushing to be introduced to the children. So all fun and games here...

• Oh my!

Even with my proof reading it before posting, I've made some errors. In my defence DS keeps waking really early right now, despite having a black out blind and me adjusting naps etc.

Ta valium i shall give it a go

@ tea, we forgive ya, although i know what you mean about not being on here as much or to just lurk, i found myself doing, that so decided to try getting back into it, i have noticed certain posters who are soooo negative about everything, it kinda brings mn down a bit, just dont forget the benchers

And tea the ankle is pretty much the same, i am kind of getting used to it, i will be seeing someone hopefully later in the week Ta valium i shall give it a go

@ tea, we forgive ya, although i know what you mean about not being on here as much or to just lurk, i found myself doing, that so decided to try getting back into it, i have noticed certain posters who are soooo negative about everything, it kinda brings mn down a bit, just dont forget the benchers

And tea the ankle is pretty much the same, i am kind of getting used to it, i will be seeing someone hopefully later in the week

Gah stoopid phone

Hello

Just been to a PYO farm and my whole kitchen smells of raspberries and strawberries!

Oh yummy valium, wish i was there

Hi everyone! Busy weekend here with all the Independence Day stuff going on. Parades, fireworks, etc. :) Just wanted to say hi, I'll be back later.