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March 2014 - Thread 6 - Spending more time with pornographers and less time with our heads in the toilets hurrah!

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rescoonetwothree · 30/08/2013 19:49

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commsgirl · 02/09/2013 14:52

I just had a massive nosebleed in the middle of a meeting with the CEO. Going to go hibernate for the rest of this pregnancy.

PramQueen1971 · 02/09/2013 14:53

Lyra, I was joking about you manning up.

MTB, you must hardly see your DD with that commute. What will you do when baby comes? Who looks after DD now?

I'd rather be on the dole than travel four hours a day. Fact. Mind you, I have just whinged on the bus that it took 35 minutes to get me to Bury Grin

PramQueen1971 · 02/09/2013 14:59

Ugh. Poor Comms Sad

FoxMulder · 02/09/2013 15:03

Can't believe you do a 2 hour commute MTB, that's incredible. I'm half an hour from my work and I'm considered to live a long way away compared to my local colleagues. I could be on the other side of Manchester in 2 hours but I would never consider getting a job in Manchester. I only make that trip about twice a year! I guess people do bigger commutes into London, but 2 hours has still got to be pretty big?

I fear I am one of those clingy co-dependent wives you speak of Pram. I have nothing to say in my own defense. I just prefer being with him to not being with him, that's all.

Sorry about your lack of meat purchases, but kudos on the boots. I've wanted boots for years now...canvas pumps are not much crack in the winter.

FoxMulder · 02/09/2013 15:04

Oh dear comms! On the plus side, it should score you some sympathy points.

LyraSilvertongue · 02/09/2013 15:17

I know you were, Prambo Wink

PramQueen1971 · 02/09/2013 15:21

Soz. Link fail. This is the top which I also bought in raspberry

Sorry if these links are boring, it's just that Ice asked for a slippers link yesterday. By-the-way, Ice, I've totally gone off my slippers Sad

FrankelInFoal · 02/09/2013 15:26

Don't worry MTB I wasn't offended Smile. I know DH would much rather be at home if he could but as I say military life is just a lot more complex than "civvies" realise Wink

commsgirl · 02/09/2013 15:32

Fox I'd have to be having a heart attack to get sympathy round here, and even then I'd probably struggle.

IceNoSlice · 02/09/2013 15:47

Oh dear Pram. Maybe you need to make yourself feel better with another slipper purchase Grin

MTBMummy · 02/09/2013 15:51

Frank I'm glad you didn't take offence - it really wasn't meant that way, and as I said (not very coherently) I think I projected some of my frustrations onto your situation... Blush

Pram during the week I don't see much of DD at all, I leave the house before she wakes up, and I get about 30 minutes with her before I do bedtime with her (I try not to miss bedtime, it's important to have that time with just her and I) I do miss not seeing her, but try to make up for it as much as possible at the weekend, doing things together like baking, playing in the garden, or just going to the park if that's what she wants to do. I'm lucky in that DP is the SAH parent, so she spends most of her time with him, he adores her and she loves him, so it works well for us. Basically I earn almost 3 times what DP did, and he earned less than it would cost us in child care, so it made sense for him to be the one to give up work.

Thankfully I'll be moving house later this month, and it'll reduce my commute by at least 30 minutes each way, how nice it'll be to not have to get up at 5am

MTBMummy · 02/09/2013 15:54

Talking about slippers i have these they are lovely for running to the shops or neighbors in, and so comfy, I had a pair when DD was born which DP took great joy in telling everyone they were my Pee slippers (due to an accident when in labour) I got a new pair and they're just the best - although not at all sexy

April13 · 02/09/2013 15:59

MTB I commute for about an hour and twenty minutes each way to work every day too (traffic permitting!) so I feel your pain :) Its a needs-must for us and unfortunately, short of moving country again, if I want to stay in my line of work 7 years at uni bloody well means I have too lol I have to have some form of commute. I love my job really Hmm

x0gawjus0x · 02/09/2013 16:03

Is anyone struggling with food i know im unwell atm but ive barely been able to eat much for a few weeks now lucky if i have 1 meal a day the thought of food makes me want to be sick im 14 weeks tomorrow and its gettin a nightmare

NoMaybeAboutIt · 02/09/2013 16:32

It also takes me two hours from leaving the office to walking in my front door. It depresses me. And I can't handle it at the moment. Boo to commuting.

Gawj I am massively struggling. I've lost quite a bit of weight from my legs and ribs. Luckily the tummy is still growing though Wink. I'm not sure what to do. Not eating is making work harder, who box makes me more tired. Which makes me more sick, so the cycle continues!

PramQueen1971 · 02/09/2013 16:39

MTB, of course you must work if you're earning wads more than DP! I don't blame you at all and there's nowt wrong with a SAH dad. Please don't take offence, but who the bloody hell pays £55 for slippers?? You must be well-stashed Wink They are fabulous though, just my cup of tea.

Marbie, I forgot about your mammoth commute. Horrid, just horrid, when you are feeling so rough. I salute you all, those of you dragging your arses out of bed at 5am. You deserve £55 slippers

NoMaybeAboutIt · 02/09/2013 16:44

Is do anything to slip my tootsies into slippers right now Prammy! I think I should have a pair for work

x0gawjus0x · 02/09/2013 16:57

Horrible huh maybe :( i get sudden cravings for like cheese and i can only eat that nothing else then i wont eat for a day or two and get a craving for tuna potato then cant eat nothing else etc etc i had a bottle of fizzy today and its made me be sooo sick agh i feel like death x

ikab · 02/09/2013 17:07

Jees, sorry to hear that gawjus and others are still feeling awful. I'm better but stiil struggling in the evening forcing food down. Have a client dinner in a couple of weeks so that should be interesting...

pram you must have tiny thighs if you bought those cargo pants. I went shopping at the weekend as I now have a mini bump (yey!) picked those out, told them to fuck right off and shoved them back again. I'm a size 10 but they looked like bloody leggings.
Got some good oversized tops in the normal dept though.
So my main question right now is what's this over bump, under bump waistband choice with jeans and trousers then? What's the reason for 2 different types? I am (was) slim but with hips and thighs and normally wear a straight leg. In skinnies I have legs like a frog.. hmmm finally thinks about a new decent mn username

PramQueen1971 · 02/09/2013 17:12

Ikab, I am exactly like you in the build department by the sounds of it. I swallowed my pride and bought the size 16 cargo pants. SIZE 16!! The thing is, they look lovely and my thighs look well-fit Grin

Lottie345 · 02/09/2013 17:22

Some good buys there pram - I should have got the hell out of the house today and done some shopping instead of painting (fumes -bleurgh). Everything def feeling too tight. Trying desperately to get our ramshackle house in some kind of order before I get too far gone. Seeing as DH does more than the lions share though I felt I ought to make some headway myself!

Hope you feel better soon gawjus and all others with bugs and colds.

It's mine and hubby's wedding anniversary tonight. Have booked a restaurant - shall I just tell him all I really want is pie and chips after all this chatter?!

mtb your commute sounds shitty. But pleased there's an end in sight. I live only 15mins from my work but generally leave before DH and get home well after him and he has 1.5hr commute. So I feel a tiny piece of your pain!

ikab · 02/09/2013 17:23

And more room to fit in the Gregg's then, I see your point. Just had the best cheese and marmite toasted sandwich ever. Thank god for the Breville maker lurking in the back of the cupboard.

commsgirl · 02/09/2013 17:27

Gawjus Maybe I'm still struggling too, can't eat unless its something really specific that I fancy and then I have to have it right away. And I feel full after about three mouthfuls. I've always had control issues when it comes to food so I'm really struggling.

Ikab I went for over bump as the under bump ones were too baggy on my hips. The over bump ones feel really supportive now there's something there.

On the other side of the skinny jeans issue, my legs look ridiculous in anything that isn't basically sprayed onto my legs. I look at people wearing boyfriend jeans with envy!

Really feel for those of you with long commutes, you absolute troopers!

ikab · 02/09/2013 17:31

Lottie that should make your husband love you even more, non?

My posh husband fell in love with me when I insisted he took me out for a kebab after one too many vinos (both of us not just me thank god) on our 3rd date!..