Deck your halls & dress your trees, the BESH are gifting BFPs

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Doff your top hats, lean on your canes, 'tis a Victorian Christmas for the BESH. Baste those turkeys in Victoria & Albert style, and maintain a stiff upper lip when you fill in the BESHtionnaire to see if you are cynical stoic enough to win a Baybee.

Pfft. My droid is due today and I had lots of blue cheese and wine last night. I'm refusing to POAFiver until I'm at least 4 days late.

But she wouldn't actually be in the bathroom with you, would she? :) Though I guess it's the happy/sad aftermath you would want the privacy for.

You know that for the first week of diffedness the tiny proto-baybee gets all its nutrients from its own cells, so you can quaff and trough anything you like? It's only when the placenta is up and running that being careful starts to matter. So you could have your NYE fest and then test.

addicted, I'm sorry to hear about the miscarriages and that you won't be sticking around, though I do agree with you that we might not be your best fit! The JS-ers (Just Shaggers) used to be a pretty friendly bunch and ideal for someone who is going at it in a natural sort of way. Or there are various TTC post MC support threads you could try?

Quiche is MN speak for a clique, tipps.

drizz can't you hide a test in the bathroom now and do it while guest is there?

Evening all!

I do believe the B is meant to stand for 'Bitter' and we are! but Barren applies too. Hi addicted. Sorry for your losses. I did wonder whether a TTC after MC thread night be the best place for you too. I never could bring myself to get on a bus!

I have been working today. The in laws left this morning and its quit naice to have the house to ourselves again! I did a short shift today and its got me wondering if I would be better to do short days while diffed. I certainly don't feel as tired!

Hags, can I have a quick whinge? I warn you, it's needy.

Currently, we do not have NYE plans. We haven't done anything big on NYE for ages, but we have hosted quite a bit in recent years, including one big party for all our close friends and a number of smaller evenings for one or two couples. Frankly, after the year I have had (plus hosting Xmas) I just don't have the energy and I would love to be hosted for once. I have one half-hearted afterthought invitation from my closest friend who had already invited a load of people and said "oh you can come too if you like" when we were discussing it the weekend before Xmas. I am just feeling a bit unloved frankly. It has been a shit year and I just want someone to give me a nice night out. Meh. Staying in by ourselves would be shit as KFZK doesn't really drink, so I would end up having a glass of wine on my own. Well, I guess it is fitting - a shit end to a shit year.

Oh yes, and to rub salt in the wound, closest friend has asked me to go round and help look after her three kids during the day on NYE (presumably while she gets ready to host everyone else).

Bloody hell Euro that is a bit shitty of your friend. Does she know what you've been through?

That is shitty Euro . Have you thought about booking the two of you into a hotel for the night? It might be pricey but will get you out of the house and I'm sure a hotel would have a shindig on for NYE.

lemon that is rather a dilemma. I would probably sneak myself away and do a test - perhaps say you are off for a bath or shower, do it as soon as you go in, then you can have a little while to digest the result - whichever way it goes?

So there is no actual quiche? . I luuurrrvvve quiche :) :(

Euro you have every right to a needy moan and you deserve to be looked after one year. It can very often go that way though, you can entertain all the time but people don't think to reciprocate which is just mean

faith I am both bitter and apparently barren too so I'm comfortable with either description. Both are shit but hey ho

Jeff not only does she know, she is the one with three IVF babies of her own, so she knows how shitty this is.

I can't be arsed with a hotel, or celebrating with strangers Frankel (I've found unsuccessful ttc has made me less sociable than I used to be). I'd just like a few drinks with friends.

Meh. Well 2012 can properly go fuck itself up the arse.

2012 has been a pile of arse, euro, and I am unreasonably cross with your friends for not all falling over themselves to be the one who gets to host you.

If you really don't fancy a hotel sort of celebration, you could always fuck it totally and go to bed at 10pm - just ignore the whole thing.

That's my plan norf. I will be working 30th/31st/1st long days. I will be knackered on 31st. MSB and I plan to stay in, watch tv, he'll have a drink then go to bed. That's what I'd do in your position euro. Tell your friend where to go!

WTAF? Why does she think it's ok for you to look after her children but not go to her party? Delightful. It must be the day for shit friends. I text 2 of my close friends yesterday to ask how their Christmas Days were, said I felt a bit down & asked them if they were free to meet up for a cup of tea (they both know what's going on at the mo). One of them said she 'couldnt be bothered to get out of her pj's!' & the other one said 'bit busy with stuff can I get back to you'. FFS. I didn't want a day out, just an hour out of the house. Meh.

Think that sounds like a plan Norf.

I might well do that Norf if nothing materialises.

I think I am particularly touchy about this because NYE will be our official 2 year anniversary (after a long time of being casual about things, it was the first time we actually targeted my egg laying). My friends know I have been trying for ages but I didn't exactly announce the first ever time we had swi with a great fanfare, so I am kind of being a bit unreasonably annoyed at them for not pandering to me over something they are not aware of. (Terrible grammar there but you get the gist.)

It sounds like your friends are being equally shyte Jeff. Meh.

Morning hags. Tis my wedding anniversary today. 3 years. We're having lunch out & seeing some friends later. Who needs crap friends when you've got a great husband?!

Happy wedding anniversary Jethro

I'm a bit miffed this morning, Futility Fiend has moved my ov day from Saturday to Wednesday and I'm concerned that we didn't get the sechs timing right, again. 3 days and 1 day before ov should be ok, shouldn't it?

Ah futility fiend! Yes frank, that'll be fine. It'll probably move it back again tomorrow anyway!

Happy anniversary Jeffers! You have a fan DH and luffly hags to look after you. Sorry your RL friends are a bit rubbish.

Happy anniversary Jeff!

Frankel that sounds like pretty great timing to me. It might move it back anyway. It does things like that just to mess with your head!

Fanks hags, that makes me feel better.

More family duties this weekend - BIL and his girlfriend for lunch then the 4 of us are out to dinner with MIL tonight. Then we've got an 80 mile drive to go and have lunch with FIL tomorrow.

Sorry about the very rubbish "friends" Jeff & euro. NYE is crap, it raises expectations of fun and never delivers. HWCA and i are working until 10pm so will probably have a glass of wine and straight to bed. But euro your friend needs a smack in the chops with a cod fillet. And what sort of friend says they couldn't be bothered when asked for help?!

Happy wedding anniversary Jeff

frank I've never battled with futility fiend but your shagging dates sound good to me.

I have consoled myself with some more sales shopping - a cashmere top from Gap, a long length hoodie from Kaliko, and this dress from Reiss that I love. I also picked up a black skirt with leather panels from Whistles (non sale, oops). I should probably hide my credit card from myself soon...

That dress is gorgeous. Am also jealous of the cashmere, ooh soft.

Good shopping Euro. I've been looking for a skirt with leather panels