to be fed up of hearing, you dont know what its like.

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all said to me recently;
you dont know how hard its been managing on maternity pay - yes i do, i have 2 kids and got maternity pay for first and none the second time cos im a sahm earning nothing.
you dont know how tiring it is dealing with a 9 month old all day - yes i do, i did it every day with both my kids.
you dont know how hard it is living on a pension - no i dont but i do know your pension is more than dps wages and 4 of us are living on that witha mortgage where as theres one of you and no mortgage.

aaagh

Nod, smile and think of something else.

Works for me everytime.

Where is everyone tonight?

You don't know what it's like bringing up kids and being in pain each month

Was one a 'friend' said to me. She has bad periods but otherwise healthy.

dont know but thanks for replying to all my moaning threads while dps on xmas work do

Your welcome, maybe everyone is at some type of Christmas do?

I've just replied to your another thread again

Your other

Maybe I should find the non drunk thread instead of stalking you!

im trying to have a drink but dd1 keeps having nightmares and disturbing my mning and drinking

You don't know what it's like having a baby in hospital.

Um, yes I do. DS was born in London (not where we live) as we knew he was going to need surgery immediately after his birth. He then spent the next 10 months in NICU.

So yes I bloody do! Cheers [fwine]

Oh alright then

honestly im shocked how self centred people are that they forget we have been there before, we just didnt bang on about it all the time

My thinking on it is there are a few types of people:

a) The only ones it has happened to.

b) The ones it has happened to but they don't go on about it.

This may not be true but sometimes it feels like it. Hope your DD doesn't wake up again tonight and you can have an uninterrupted .

Happily both DCs in bed and, as they are in my bed, I know I can have my glass of wine in peace.

both asleep now and me too nearly, just hope dp comes in quietly from xmas do.

I'll join you in this. I hear this from my Nanna. Her weekly disposable income, seriously, is over £200! That's weekly! I don't know what it's like to live with constant back pain. Really? SPd that did not go after dc2, exacerbated by a recent car accident. Last time I saw her I had literally just come from the physio. She has no friends, she does and sees them four out of seven days on average and no family. Except we see her weekly!

Drives me nuts! I just nod and smile.

I have one friend who has Aspergers, and keeps on saying 'you don't know what it's like because you're neurotypical'. I don't have Aspergers, but I do have other neurological problems, so I've been calling her out on that increasingly vociferously...

Also, the word 'neurotypical' is kind of offensive.

My response to people who say this is to answer briskly, 'I do, actually - but self pity is very unattractive' and then change the subject. I'm not saintly enough to nod and smile.

your MIL?

I like that sowornout. I am going to remember that one, thank you.