The music when you're on hold to gov.uk for a diy divorce

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the music is just the most depressing thing ever. Every time I speak to someone I'm in tears and the music makes it a jillion times worse.

The nice man I had to speak to today said /is there anything else/ and i said /i know it's nothing to do with you but the music [etc etc]/ and he said that if he'd had £1 for every time someone said the music is massively depressing then he'd be living on a beach earning 20% (as they say)

i'm just airing my rant. but if a ton of other people also hate the music - would it be a massive thing for gov.uk to pick up the tunes a bit?

i'm not expecting hi ho silver lining or ooops upside my head, but something less sad would be terrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrific.

I know right! It might as well have been Don't fear the reaper!

Movin’ Out by Billy Joel

i heart billy joel.

oi. billy. lend your song to gov.uk please and i promise never to get married (i.e. and divorced) ever again.

tbh that song drives me insane. plus flowers cost a fortune. and i really hate flowers at the best of times.

but i don't think gov.uk is going to ask me for what i want anyway.

They need this M people moving on up

Surely this calls for Gloria Gaynor's I Will Survive and nothing less?

Fuck It (I don't want you back) by Eamon. Never going to happen but would get a smile

Another vote for I Will Survive. Or She Fucking Hates Me by PuddleOfMud.

This is my fight song would have my vote

Okay so this is absolutely lifting my sad spirits and surely there's someone here who knows someone who knows someone who can make some sad old bags (like moi) marginally happier by changing the music

I realise not everyone getting divorced is a sad old bag and I'm only talking about myself tbh

If anyone knows of a song called "don't let an ugly piece of shit ruin your life" perhaps that could be on the b side also

Well every days a school day!

There was a song, i think it was called Better Man, the tag line was "you should have been a better man..", i can't recall it but it was so apt for my relationship break down.

My annoying hold tune is some fake melidy that's so damn inspirational i get all toe tappy whilst waiting to try my hand at getting bliss from a stone.

I have experienced the divorce hold music dirge and agree!

I would like "Hot girl Bummer" by Blackbear as an option whilst we're canvassing...

Press one if you're feeling energised by your divorce....press two if you're feeling rage....etc etc

My shout is they should change it to "I am the resurrection " by the stone roses.

Yay!!!! You know what I'm talking about!!!! It's the most awful bit of music ever. Those people at gov.uk are so utterly lovely. Shame the music is a piece of shit

I totally get it, I can see what they were trying to achieve but I would much prefer options myself.

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Such excellent songs on here. I'm going to create a playlist for myself.
I do think feeling my actual emotions is great. I'm all for rage, or vengeance.

I got into my car after a horrible drawn out split and this was on the radio!

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I don't know where I'm going
But I sure know where I've been
Hanging on the promises in songs of yesterday
And I've made up my mind
I ain't wasting no more time
Here I go again, here I go again
Though I keep searching for an answer
I never seem to find what I'm looking for
Oh, Lord, I pray you give me strength to carry on
'Cause I know what it means
To walk along the lonely street of dreams
Here I go again on my own
Going down the only road I've ever known
Like a drifter, I was born to walk alone
And I've made up my mind
I ain't wasting no more time
I'm just another heart in need of rescue
Waiting on love's sweet charity
And I'm gonna hold on for the rest of my days
'Cause I know what it means
To walk along the lonely street of dreams
And here I go again on my own
Going down the only road I've ever known
Like a drifter, I was born to walk alone
And I've made up my mind
I ain't wasting no more time
But here I go again
Here I go again
Here I go again
Here I go
'Cause I know what it means
To walk along the lonely street of dreams
And here I go again on my own
Going down the only road I've ever known
Like a drifter, I was born to walk alone
And I've made up my mind
I ain't wasting no more time
And here I go again on my own
Going down the only road I've ever known
Like a drifter I was born to walk alone
'Cause I know what it means
To walk along the lonely street of dreams
And here I go again on my own
Going down the only road I've ever known
Like a drifter, I was born to walk alone

It made me smile which I hadn't done in a long while.

I love whitesnake. Takes me back to my youth

I'm suprised they don't have prefab sprouts- when love breaks down-

How about this one?

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In a little while from now
If I'm not feeling any less sour
I promise myself to treat myself
And visit a nearby tower
And climbing to the top
Will throw myself off
In an effort to
Make it clear to whoever
Wants to know what it's like when you're shattered
Left standing in the lurch at a church
Were people saying, My God, that's tough
She stood him up
No point in us remaining
We may as well go home
As I did on my own
Alone again, naturally
To think that only yesterday
I was cheerful, bright and gay
Looking forward to who wouldn't do
The role I was about to play
But as if to knock me down
Reality came around
And without so much as a mere touch
Cut me into little pieces
Leaving me to doubt
Talk about, God in His mercy
Oh, if he really does exist
Why did he desert me
In my hour of need
I truly am indeed
Alone again, naturally
It seems to me that
There are more hearts broken in the world
That can't be mended
Left unattended
What do we do
What do we do
Alone again, naturally
Looking back over the years
And whatever else that appears
I remember I cried when my father died
Never wishing to hide the tears
And at sixty-five years old
My mother, God rest her soul
Couldn't understand why the only man
She had ever loved had been taken
Leaving her to start
With a heart so badly broken
Despite encouragement from me
No words were ever spoken
And when she passed away
I cried and cried all day
Alone again, naturally
Alone again, naturally

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When I was young
I never needed anyone
And making love was just for fun
Those days are gone
Livin' alone
I think of all the friends I've known
But when I dial the telephone
Nobody's home
All by myself
Don't wanna be
All by myself
Anymore
Hard to be sure
Sometimes, I feel so insecure
And love's so distant and obscure
Remains the cure
All by myself
Don't wanna be
All by myself
Anymore
All by myself
Don't wanna live
All by myself
Anymore
When I was young
I never needed anyone
And making love was just for fun
Those days are gone
All by myself
Don't wanna be
All by myself
Anymore
All by myself
Don't wanna live
Oh, oh, no
Don't wanna live by myself, by myself anymore
By myself anymore
Oh, oh, oh
All by myself
Don't wanna live
I never, never, never
Needed anyone

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Don't give up on us, baby
Don't make the wrong seem right
The future isn't just one night
It's written in the moonlight
Painted on the stars
We can't change ours

Don't give up on us, baby
We're still worth one more try
I know we put a last one by
Just for a rainy evening
When maybe stars are few
Don't give up on us, I know
We can still come through

I really lost my head last night
You've got a right to start believin'
There's still a little love left, even so

Don't give up on us, baby
Lord knows we've come this far
Can't we stay the way we are?
The angel and the dreamer
Who sometimes plays a fool
Don't give up on us, I know
We can still come through

It's written in the moonlight
Painted on the stars
We can't change ours

Don't give up on us, baby
We're still worth one more try
I know we put a last one by
Just for a rainy evening
When maybe stars are few
Don't give up on us, I know
We can still come through

Don't give up on us, baby
Don't give up on us, baby

God, me too. My pal Fiona and I used to keep putting that song on the video jukebox (is that what it was called?) in our local pub, to stare at David Coverdale in his skin tight leather breeks 😍. Happy times.

I hope you're feeling a wee bit cheerier now OP, and I hope the process moves on quickly and smoothly for you 💐