What's your cautionary tale?

[BrightInMyNorthernSky]

Having just got through the most stressful week ever due to a nightmare situation of my own making, I thought I would share a previous and current cautionary tale.

1. Always remember to change the address on your V5 and not just your license. I didn't. DH got caught speeding twice on the same day on the same stretch of road (33 in a 30) in my car. Both fines went to old address. Didn't answer them, obvs. The whole sorry mess played out without me being aware and by the time it all caught up with me it was had been banned from driving for six months and fined £2k - five months earlier! So had been driving while banned for five months!!!

This is bloody brilliant 🤣🤣🤣 You & DH have performed the unlikely feat of exceeding my notorious time blindness! Hope you had a good evening anyway.

@Abeona - I obviously didn't mean anti social or criminal behaviour I meant being criticised for being too sensitive or for worrying what others think. These are all from our own point of views not a societal comment.

Love your username! I’m forever telling my mother she speaks French comme une vache espagnole! Just taught my Year 10 this one in a bid to ensure they use idioms. (To be used sparingly and appropriately!)

Never feed a baby beetroot......for what you sow so shall you reap. Tenfold!

I will you so far as to say do not have (heterosexual) sex with someone if you wouldn't want to them to be the father/mother of your kid. Contraception is really good for helping to plan the timing of kids but the consequences of having a kid at the wrong time are much much worse if it's also with the wrong person.

Not just me then 😂

Don’t eat an entire packet of sugar-free lemon drops in one go.

Don't ever try to go back to things from your past. This means old jobs, old relationships, old houses, etc.

You'll just be instantly reminded why you left in the first place.

After you leave any bad or unsuitable situation, the bad memories slowly fade and you are left with mostly the good. You'll wonder if it was really so bad. Well, you'll be in for a rude awakening if you ever step into that old situation again.

If your baby/toddler is grumpy and upset and you've done all the usual things (checked temperature, fed, nappy) check their fingers, toes (and in boys cases penis/testicles) to see if a long hair has wrapped round a digit and is cutting through their skin...

My middle one was a really happy baby, but he was grumpy for 36 hours. I was giving him a bath and noticed his toe looked funny. I then realized one of my hairs was wrapped around a toe and had cut through the skin. Cue removal with tweezers, scissors, and tears.

He was fine after but I did take him to minor injuries (where the doctor said I had done a really good job of removing). He also told me it's the first thing he tells parents/looks for in babies/toddlers when parents say they are upset but they can't work out why.

Hahaha oh I thought this was going to be a jokey thread because I came here to say don’t use those little egg vibrator things. One unfortunate incident with an ex and an embarrassing trip to A&E to have it removed! Still cringe thinking about it.

OMG

Agree with the person who said use the handrail going down stairs. Get your heels right back into the riser, don't go down only half on the tread with the ball of your foot really near the front and your toes sticking out over it. Especially not if you're carrying a baby and only wearing socks. She got a black eye, I got a badly bruised lower back and ribs that hurt for days but it could have been much worse.

What???

Remember eventually people will stop asking you if you back out of every invite.

Never order a spicy margarita as an aperitif/pre dinner drink at a fancy restaurant - you won't be able to taste a darn thing afterwards.

Don't have kids

1. always obey intuition at job interviews - if it feels like chaos, it is chaos, don’t take the job.
2. when you get hit by a car exit via the passenger seat to avoid being run over
3. if a journalist promises they will treat a subject matter sensitively but refuses to show you the draft, don’t allow them to publish.
4. hormone creams are contiminants- even if you use them correctly and wash your hands after, they get onto the skin of other people and do massive damage. They should be banned. You can take hormones by injection or patch without infecting babies and adults with your HRT.
5. It’s ok to want what you want, don’t let other people talk you out of your dreams with their flippant or discouraging comments.

Don’t get drunk the night before your formation dance competition and attempt to practice the routine on ice.

Out of a team of 16 most where drunk, it was a miracle no bones where broken 💃🏼

Don’t settle ever. you will resent them years later stay single, it’s better for your mental health happened to a friend.

tell a partner no early on in a relationship it’ll show you how he copes.
I ditched a guy after say no I’d plans when he threw a tantrum with I didn’t love him, he was more important bollocks. He then stalked me for 3 months with police involvement. I moved which was planned due to work and I didn't hear from him again.

4 free days off for funerals. Use ya brain

What? Two of mine died before I was born so what do you suggest I should have done?

I suggest reading the dozens of posts asking the same thing and the dozens of replies explaining the answer.

You could have read the post directly above yours?

In a similar vein to the op's opening post, if you move house and you inform dvlc of your change of address they will send you a new photocard licence. If you used the photo from your old licence, the new one does not expire in ten years but on the date the old once expired.

I never thought to check the date. It wasn't picked up by insurers. For three years I drove on an out of date licence.

ShinyAppleDreamingOfTheSea
Unfortunately it’s unopened too, it’s the heating and cooling of the water:(