Having a child when I didn't know....

[sirmione16]

... how repeat prescriptions work? I had to ring my mum the other day and ask. I was far too embarrassed to admit to the receptionist and be overheard by everyone in the waiting room. I'm mid twenties with a fiancé mortgage and pregnant. I just feel I should know these things! 

I'm also the user who posted whether to heat leftover spag Bol before making a lasagne or not.

Please someone tell me it's not just me with these issues?! Tell me the most trivial thing you've rang your mum for as an adult!

Jeez my mum has no practical knowledge whatsoever.
I used to ring her regularly while I was at uni to ask things like 'what's the difference between metaphor and metonym?' and she was great on that but no help whatsoever on anything to do with day to day living...!

I’m mid twenties, married with 3 kids and one on the way and I still get nervous when I have to sign a prescription because I never know what bits I have to tick or not!.

@ChanklyBore well said! I was out living on my own at 16 , never had parents . I learned everything myself and where that has got me I don't know ! I have travelled a very rocky road with no guidance or support!Very depressing read !

Basically you all need to grow the hell up , you're ADULTS who have children

At what point do I consider myself a grown up?

I text my mum recently asking why we put fruit/veg in the fridge when it's not in the fridge in the supermarket. I'm early 40s

And what was your mum's answer? I'd like to know too. Thanks.

My sister is like this. She can't even ring the bank / BT etc, I have to do it for her. She's a nightmare. She rings our dad about 3000 times a week to ask daft things like can I melt cheese 😫
She does our heads in but we love her

I didn't know how to collect a prescription until I was 26 as I'd never had to get one!

In terms of the lasagne/spag Bol...I 150% would not heat the spag Bol.

Why would you? It will heat when in the oven. It doesn’t need to be warm to splodge it in between the pasta.

I could ask my mum (who is a perfectly sane, intelligent and practical person) but Google is quicker and more likely to know the answer to random questions. This is unless it relates to her specific areas of expertise.

Although warmed up bologbaise does spread around a bit easier, which can make it easier to construct if the whole thing is a bit wobbly

Often google isn’t quicker. Or I’m just rubbish at googling!

If I google I have to check half a dozen websites to make sure the advice matches. If it doesn’t I have to choose which one seems the best and cross my fingers.

Or I find that I’m not getting a helpful answer at all as I haven’t worded it perfectly so I have to keep trying until I hit the magic combination of words.

Instead I can phone my parents and get the right anwer right away.

I’m capable of googling many thing and do but sometimes it’s just better/easier to call someone.

I'm 41 and have been on the same medication for about 5 years. I also have a very medically complex little girl who is on a whole host of drugs which have switched and changed throughout her life.

And yet, I still HAVE NO IDEA what those little green/white slips of paper they give you with your medicine are for. I reorder for both of us online. I keep the slips of paper for a few months in case I have to do something with them. Then I bin them. At any one time I have a little pile of them waiting to be binned.

This is the first time I've admitted this anywhere. Even if I asked my mum, I doubt she would know!

Tamzinro is one of the posters that is ruining mn for so many people

Im 45 and have to ask my mum to sew every single thing that ever needs repaired in my house. I still cant sew a stitch. Have recently discovered that DS2 (18) can now sew on a decent button or do a decent repair to a rip (probably through necessity) so may start asking him now too lol

@Happygummibear

Scrambled eggs are easy. Heat some butter in a frying pan over a medium heat. Let it brown a bit. Crack in the desired number of eggs and stir like mad with a silicone spatula. Keep mixing as they cook. Once they get semi solid chuck in any desired extras like cheese or ham and season. Keep cooking and mixing to the desired doneness. Mine take about 60 seconds to quite firm.

I beat the eggs before I put them in the pan, otherwise you get strings of white in with the yellow.

Life is a learning process. Sure how would it be if you already knew everything?

I have no idea how repeat prescriptions work either.

I'm 38, and still feel like I need an 'adult' to help me understand some things. It's a bit of a security blanket.

How absolutely lovely it is that you haven’t needed to worry about repeat prescriptions until this day and you have a mother you are close enough to to be able to ask these things.

Celebrate

It's normal not to know things! I don't know about mortgages and you do... for instance.

I’m 42, with 2 kids (one with SPD), fibromyalgia & no time or energy to give a fuck whether I should or shouldn’t know anything at my age. If my mum was alive, I’d call her every damn day. Parenting is hard & scary (& fun & wonderful). Anyone who thinks they don’t need help or advice now they’re all growd up is probably in the wrong forum.

Re prescription - my GP now sends 6 months signed prescriptions to my chemist & then I just need to get one filled each month. My chemist now does a repeat prescription delivery service so I only need to go to the GP twice a year or if I’m worried.

i always used to ask my dad about things like how to put a shelf up or how to wash paint brushes properly. guaranteed he'd never bothered his backside to actually wash the paint brushes, they just sat in turps for 3 years min, and any shelves would fall off the wall in a week taking a large chunk of plaster with them, but I'd still ask him.

I can’t work machines. I’m talking really simple ones. We had to get a microwave with a dial on because I can’t work digital ones. Computers are fine. Coffee machines are disastrous. Once I presumed the cup pop