AIBU to ask for your help?

[FenellaMaxwell]

Ok this is unashamedly a begging thread.

My toddler is undergoing some potentially serious health investigations. My dad died at Christmas so this is a crappy time of year for me anyway, and to top it all off, Boris Bloody Johnson is PM. And I work for the NHS, so before you know it, I’ll be working for Donald Trump, forced to wear a sexy nurse outfit every day and charge people £1247488383 for a paracetamol.

Please can you help me to cheer the fuck up? Spam me with dog pictures, good news stories, awful and embarrassing Christmas party shenanigans - anything to stop me feeling like I would quite like to jump off the top of the nearest multi-storey today.

I think we all need a bit of this in our lives right now.

Watch this
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07x3yg3

It makes me smile

YES. Yes, @ChazsBrilliantAttitude - that works!

This is absolutely beautiful.

twitter.com/garius/status/1204795961731629058

@wrongsideofhistorymyarse and now I’m crying at work

Sorry Fenella I should have put a warning, it made me cry too.

That's lovely

That made me cry about the Embankment station announcement. It has been 9 years today since my Dad passed away. He had dementia and stopped talking for 2 years. I wish I could just have 5 minutes with him.

So lovely. Thank you.

@HollyIvy5 My dad died 5 years ago this Christmas. I kept my old phone just so I can listen to old voicemails he left me.

Here's a picture of my 2 dogs which we adopted from the Dogs Trust in August. Went for 1 came back with 2. Hope it makes you smile.

Here is pic.

This little seal has brought a smile to my face when all I could do was cry before watching it. Now whenever I feel as you do, I put that cute little spinning seal on YouTube and watch him spin around and around until I can't help but smile!

I’m socially awkward right and my partner always makes a joke about how ‘I don’t like people’

Anyway a few months ago I was in WH Smith’s and I was stood at the end bay of the queue stalls as a cat calendar had taken my eye and I was looking through it (I’m cat mad).

So this random guy approaches me and goes to me ‘excuse me, are you in the queue?’

I stare at him blankly.

He stares at me expectedly.

I realise nothing is coming out of my mouth. How dare he catches me off guard like that. My mouth goes dry. Moments of silence passes.

In a panic at his awaiting response I let my illogical mind take over, show him the cat on the calendar page and blurt out...

“I’m just looking at pictures of cats.”

Of course he just wanted a simple yes or no answer but being the way I am I could not provide at such a spontaneous request.

He proceeds to the queue and my partner looks at me pityingly.

I hope that have you somewhat of a chuckle because I’ve only just managed to bring myself to laugh at this.

@HollyIvy5 they are TOO CUTE

@ExceptionFatale I want one!! What do you think my dog would do if I brought one home to live in the bath...?

@sunflowersok Everyone should stop to look at pictures of cats. I’m socially awkward too. I had to go to work drinks the other day, I’ve worked in my job 5 months, and the minute we got to the pub I couldn’t remember anyone’s names 😱

Also a dogs trust graduate (with honours, he was rehomed and returned prior to coming to us).

But he’s our dog now for always.

Fenella, a purebred Staffie girl dog got pregnant by a different breed of doggie (possibly a husky) and when they found out her owners took her to their vet and said to put her down. The vets refused and the dog was taken away from the bastard owners. She gave birth to a litter of puppies in the care of the RSPCA.

Five puppies were born, four white and tan and one dark brindle. On the day they were open for adoption a woman took one look at the brindle dark one and declared him ugly compared to the others. The RSPCA showed her the door. The second family in went directly to the brindle baby and begged to adopt him.

His name is Arthur Pendragon WeirdCat. He was taught by the family cat Empress WeirdCat and so this is how he sits on the furniture. His arse has permanently altered the shape of the cushion but the WeirdCat family wouldn’t have him any other way.

Arthur sends you a snuggly hug and hopes everyone has a very Merry Christmas. He has his own advent calendar and Santa Sack ready for Father Christmas.

As I posted that picture he also let out a very loud fart and looked very proud of himself.

@WeirdCatLady I 💓 him!!!! Here’s MaxwellDog, also a rescue, looking somewhat less than her best...,,

Cats ready for Xmas at my house

@FenellaMaxwell Aww she looks fab! Arthur approves of MaxwellDog’s cosy coat....

@wrongsideofhistorymyarse - that made me cry too, oh my word that's the most tear-jerking thing I've read in a long time. Thank you for sharing, I think we all need a bit of this sometimes.

@JaceLancs A cat isn’t ready for Christmas until it’s sat at the top of the tree like a star

My girls in their Xmas best...

OP I also work for the NHS and am also a bisexual, brown muslim woman so today just feels like a giant kick in the teeth. Nothing like clearing out your fb friends list though right?!

On a more positive note... found out I’m pregnant today after a recent miscarriage which is fab. DH has his works Christmas meal tonight so instead of bothering with real food, I’m having a 12p tin of spaghetti hoops for dinner tonight and watching a girly movie in front of the telly with my bunnies.

This thread has made me release a lot of tears that have been waiting to be shed
Here is my cat in a nest I just found she has made white i was trying to change the bedding
She is also a rescue (can you believe she was sent back twice to the rescue before we adopted her 16 months ago?)