It is a fact universally acknowledged that a woman in her thirties in possession of a ticking biological clock MUST be in want of a baybee.

[ArielThePiraticalMermaid]

The former thread proved full of sadness and most vexatious disappointments, wherefore we know not :(. Therefore the BESH will be donning their empire dresses and enlisting the assistance of Captain Wentworth and his admirable breeches and Mr Darcy smouldering damply in his transparent white shirt both of whom with their pleasing countenances and sound judgements and enormous fortunes, in short both of whom are everything a young man ought to be in the expectation that happier times may be ahead for the BESH.

All this time I've been unwittingly hanging out with Daily Fail readers!!

A friend's mother read it regularly to get a balanced view of the world - her principle was to read it thoroughly, then believe the exact opposite of everything it said.

I feel like purging myself afterwards, if that's any consolation.

That's exactly what they WANT you to feel, Hest! You're playing into their hands!

IknowIknowIknowIknow.....

And they want you to post outraged comments as well to get the site more traffic to keep their advertising revenue coming in.

It's a scary situation actually, where they tailor the news to get the most outrage, whether it's true or not, because there are so many fools who believe what they tell them. .

I've had a bad day and feel like shite. Work is not good at all, promotion not working out to be what I'd hoped and is all very complicated and messy and annoying and, well, hard work. I feel I need a bloody good cry. Or a holiday, which I am three weeks away from. Had a horrendous nightmare last night and woke up hyperventilating. Poo bum :(

Hope sushi was good Drizz. I've never had proper sushi, only the stuff from tesco :/ probably not a good introduction?

Like the new name hester :)

Glad you are starting to feel more like normal euro. Hope Brown sludge chuffs off soon.

Ohhh captain see I'd be up for a choppin! I'd want to know what was in there and all the more if people might look at it and talk about me after the event :) I am a massive attention whore though. And I'd like to skive off work for a bit too.

Merkin I've had that before. In fact I was 10 days late once so went to Drs and saw the nurse, we talked about my hurty boobs and my strops and sobs over the last few weeks and she got very excited and sent me off to pee in a cup. I made a joke about it probably having come on between me leaving her office and the loo and low and behold...... fucking bastard droids. I swear if there is a god he's doing it to fuck with our heads.

Any DOMS set in yet Bugs? We bought kettlebells and a rowing machine on the weekend. I've not been out to use them yet though, thought I'd wait til Sunday.

I've been avoiding any sources that bang on about pregnant Kate. I really don't give a toss. I did see a pic the other day and she still looks tiny though. And I maintain that Zara is one of us. We really should track her down and PM her.

Hello Mum :o

Eh?

It's me, Madame.

Hester Shaw. Never mind.

Oh fuck, given the way that people have crashed the thread lately I must have given you the impression I was another nutter. sorry. was trying to make Hester laugh. We both love the Mortal Engines books, see.

Wren is a very dear friend of the BESH. On account of having been one for yonks . Don't "mum" me though, young lady.

Maybe the next fred can be a mortal engines one.

Or is that a bit esoteric?

There is nothing I'd love more, but fear it is a little specialised

Fuck, did I break the fred? BESH, I have just searched the archives and my first post in the palais was 25th September 2010, after 8 months of trying for number 2.

They let me in because I was friends with the doorperson.

Nope, you've not broken the fred. This one was never robust, it has the delicate constitution of a true gentlewoman.

Those books look good. I'm a fan of an apocalypse.

I remember you Wren, in your previous form (I think!). The new name set my troll alarm off

Yes, I left these parts in April ish last year after a momentous decision to stop, but I didn't make too much of a song and dance about it because after nearly 2 1/2 years it was all a bit too bloody painful.

wrenster it's just been slower round here the last few days....snot personal honest

Only 2 shifts left to work! :)

rasp sorry work is shitty. I can empathise - I've had a number of sleepless nights due to worrying about work lately. Is going back to your old job a possibility, or looking for something else? I do find that the closer I get to a holiday the more stressed I get as well. Grit your teeth, you can do it.

faif as if you're 35 weeks already! Edging into 'any day now' territory. of the baby snuggles you'll be getting and all that lovely time off work.

Twink I know! Does feel like I've been diffed for a very long time. I am looking forward to a couple of weeks pottering at home getting it how I want it assuming Pickle doesn't decide to arrive early?!

Sympathies with the crappy work rasp. I can't wait to get away from mine!

euro I'm glad the crapness is starting to ease.

Sorry to hear about the metal visitation Merk.

Going back to old job is an option potentially, will just have to see how it pans out. I think I probably just need to man up. It might just be that I feel a bit overwhelmed - I'm now managing 8 people who are just unhappy and stressed because of various changes so I'm just constantly getting it in the neck and have been since Christmas. Crazy really.

Any light at the end of the tunnel for your work Twink?

No rasp, none whatsoever. There's going to be yet another department shakeup in the next few months; the last one took things from 'not great' to 'almost unbearable' so can't wait to see what they have in store now What is it you do at the moment (roughly)?

That sucks Twink. I think a lot of our problems are caused by the constant re-shuffles/changes. People are just a bit fed up with it all, me included.
I'm an administrator and the promotion was the bringing of admin into a team with me as manager. It's ok but I've not managed people before and all I seem to do is try and placate the them because there is always something wrong. But I'm also not sure we need to be together as a 'team'. There's lots of anomalies and it would be more sensible if people reported direct to the manger they do admin for. Just feels a bit random.