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30s TTC - We BESH you a Merry Jizzmas and a droid-free new year!

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CurlyCasper · 22/12/2009 10:21

Come in, come in. The wine is mulling, the bird is stuffed and cooked. We have a huge table at which to enjoy our festive feast, and the rippling Ricky Whittle is the centrepiece, draped in berries to be removed by whatever method you choose.

A bottle of Gin and an elf-man in a box awaits each and every one of you. Just make your wish and when you undo the bow he will appear.

There's a nativity tableau in the corner, for praying to the baybee Jebus and, most importantly of all, Santa has been asked to deliver the gift of exceptional fertility, so that each and every BESH can enter the new year with a baybeeee in their tum tum.

Oh, and I've let a few cats in to aid with the 2WOOFL menkulness.

Now, let's get together and get the tree up!

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CurlyCasper · 30/12/2009 18:13

(Gundog geek alert)

spaniel = hyper, but ultimately intelligent and highly trainable. Cocker = risk of a himbo. If it comes from working stock training should be easy, but from show stock, well, you know what they say about brains and beauty... . Lovely dogs though - . what colour you getting?

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CurlyCasper · 30/12/2009 18:16

Oh these don't control anything at all. They just fit better than my old ones (put on a few stone ) and are a nice shape which have so far failed to give me wedgies. As the risk of a moral talking to from rots (fingers in ears and la la la la la la la la la) they are 98p in Primark. Some have monkeys on them, some cows, others ice cream cones. I heart them soooooo much. Bought three pairs on Sunday and another four todat, so now I have a whole week's worth!

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Scorpette · 30/12/2009 18:17

Er, Ski, of course I bloody help in the kitchen! I've been cooking for myself since I was 12, to help my mum out (I insisted, she didn't care). Or rather, I ask MIL if I can help or ask if I can come and make something for myself and then she politely refuses or puts me off until she then says it's too inconvenient. There used to be a hob and a microwave in 'our' side of the house, but they've got rid of them. If you knew me in RL, you'd know I wouldn't even think of sitting round like a madam expecting to be waited on hand and foot! I don't take people for granted and don't expect special treatment, but do expect to be allowed to eat! I only moan because I feel a bit panicky about her not making owt I can have AND not letting me make anything for myself either! I mean, how and what does she expect me to eat?! When you've got allergies and hypoglycaemia like me, you can't be relaxed about stuff or miss meals, etc., you have to be prepared and do certain things. I offer to cook for the whole family here all the time, but she just laughs and fobs me off (they're so set in their ways and narrow-minded and trad about food). And the nearest shop is 45 mins drive away, so it's not like I can just pop out and get something. I've been ill and slightly hypoglycaemic nearly every day here and only eating 2 proper meals a day cos of her being weird about me being in the kitchen - is that grasping? And yes, both me and TYF have very politely explained my food needs repeatedly to her over the last 3 yrs, so ignorance is no excuse. Get me - 'food needs' - like I should justify wanting to actually consume food!

And also I'm pissed off cos it IS rude to have guests and not give a shit about being hospitable. You don't invite people and then do everything for your family but act as thought the 'outsider' doesn't have the same basic needs. It's not being grasping, it's expecting a bit of common decency and common sense. My Mum would genuinely go without food herself before she let guests go unfed. I guess she's just got better manners than other people's families (not meaning yours, before you take it the wrong way).

And it IS rude of Bessie's pal to be happy to get a gift for her son but not to reciprocate. Not necessarily an earth-shattering prob (which Bessie's not claiming it is), but still cheeky. Not a good lesson to be teaching her son either. It's not about money, it's the principle of the thing - if the friend is happy to get gifts, she should give them.

rollerbaby · 30/12/2009 18:19

Can't wait I have to say. He is a goiden variety - I like my boys pretty you see. Eek not sure it is working stock, but training will be starting on day 1 due to my control freak genes. None of this namby pamby carry on.

Scorpette · 30/12/2009 18:26

PS What I'm trying to say, in a nutshell is: I would rather, in fact, cook for myself like I do every meal I usually eat, but she won't let me use the kitchen (except for the microwave quickly) yet won't cook food for me either! So am wondering how I'm supposed, in her eyes, to actually eat - which is NOT being a spoilt brat. Get slightly fed up that for some weird reason, you always seem to presume that I'm some rich princess type, Ski, when in reality, I work p-t on minimum wage, am not from a rich or posh family anyway and don't actually like other people doing anything for me. Hmmmph.

Am clearly BU to expect to be able to have access to food at the ILs. Will become a breathatarian and make everyone happy

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CurlyCasper · 30/12/2009 18:29

oooh a honey coloured dog for honey! Like the attitude - run a tight ship. will he look like this ?

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Muser · 30/12/2009 18:31

Can we see pics of the puppy when it arrives? I love puppies almost as much as kittens.

Scorps you are not being unreasonable to expect to be able to eat, whether your m-i-l cooks something or lets you just cook for yourself. You'll be home soon thank god.

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CurlyCasper · 30/12/2009 18:33

you should be allowed to at least cook for yourself scorps. MIL sound like a 'mare.

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rollerbaby · 30/12/2009 18:35

Curly you got me in trouble for squealing like a demented teenager. Lurvely I think.

rollerbaby · 30/12/2009 18:36

I've got pictures of the litter that we have to choose from now Muser but no idea how to upload them to the WWW. Any ideas?

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CurlyCasper · 30/12/2009 18:38

go to your profile, make it public (don't have to add info) and add a gallery (My Mumsnet, next to talk at the top of the page)

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rollerbaby · 30/12/2009 18:40

My I.T. prowess is impressive I know. Have a look - they're up there now.

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CurlyCasper · 30/12/2009 18:45

can;t click on your profile - have you ticked the box to make it public?

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Scorpette · 30/12/2009 18:46

SULK Am hungry...

rollerbaby · 30/12/2009 18:50

Husband is muttering about needing attention... Link should work now I think. Cue girly squealing...

rollerbaby · 30/12/2009 18:52

Scorps that sounds well rubbish. Can't you have a tantrum at your MIL? Better still refuse all sexual activity for a month if you're other half refuses to intervene.

Muser · 30/12/2009 18:56

Squeeeeal! Oh they are adorable. Iwannapupppeeeee!

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CurlyCasper · 30/12/2009 19:08

a. dore. able! cute oic honey!

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CurlyCasper · 30/12/2009 19:08

em, pic, I meant...

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idealcamel · 30/12/2009 19:21

ski and scorpette Stoppit! Poor scorps is knackered and hypoglycaemic and has had to be polite to unpleasant people for the last WEEK and is totally allowed to come in here and bitch about them being cunts.

Because they are.

And Bessie, you already know that you're being a tiny bit mad, because it all depends on attitudes to presents. If you'd talked about gift exchanges, then you should be peeved that your friend forgot. If you turned up with an unexpected gift, all bets are off. Present buying is quite a personal thing; I bought a birthday present for my husband's best friend's baby and my husband thought I was nuts to be making such a fuss for a one year old.

Puppies rule. I want one.

Scorpette · 30/12/2009 20:40

Fanks, Aunty Camel The bad people make me do a mardy to mah fwends Please can I drug TYF next Xmas and persuade him you and Mr Camel are his parents and come to yours? Pwetty pwease?

BTW, agree with unexpected pressie point.

I also want a puppy. Puppies are the one thing we can all agree on.

I have had some undercooked carrots and broccoli. It was the taste sensation of the millennium, not. But it was food.

Muser · 30/12/2009 21:04

There are TWO camping threads in the "last 15 minutes" list. I feel like I have cursed myself just by seeing them.

Scorpette · 30/12/2009 21:12

WHY HAVE YOU EVEN MENTIONED THEM ON HERE?!?!?! UNCLEAN! UNCLEAN!

CUNextTuesday · 30/12/2009 21:14

scorps will MIL not allow TYF to get stuck in to the kitchen? Can he not grasp the nettle to make sure his girl doesn't die of starvation or hypoglycaemia? Not being critical of him, just I can't imagine a situation where Hombre would let this pass without a) saying something, or b) making something for me, even at the risk of falling out with his own mother.

That said, I probably wouldn't go and visit year in year out if I thought I was so overlooked as far as my basic needs were concerned. Like you said, a guest is a guest and if you want them to feel welcome you must cater for their individual needs as and when you are aware of them.

Muser · 30/12/2009 21:15

It was a warning Scorps! I am now brewing up some antidote. It mostly seems to involve gin at the moment.