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em that was generous of DH to offer to pay for MIL's flights. I can't help feeling sorry for her - living so far away from her family and not having the money to travel home. But I guess that's a blessing where you're concerned. It means her visits will be few and far between.

Cag hope the cabbage leaves and/or antibiotics work for you. The glamour of it all, eh?

Girlie sounds like a nice relaxing Sunday. When do you start in the new job?

Curvy that was a big (and brave) decision. Wishing you all the best. We're all here for a bit of hand holding if you need it. Hugs!

Wreck very impressed with your bread!

Thank you life and Tayto.
I'm just going to take it one day at a time.
I really appreciate the support xx

Spendy day. Emergency contraceptive for DD 🤦‍♀️followed by coffee and cake. At least they both know to tell me.

Just under £30 in all.

Yesterday was £20, fruit including lemons and Strepils for me party booze for DD.

There will be Words about risk taking once her hangover clears.

#bloodyteenagers

Fucking hell Adora. Great she told you but not the convo you want to be having.

Meant to say wolf. Yes I will come and sort out at yours. Love a good sitting clean and I'm running out of easy declutter.

Hmm, I can see it would be galling dh speeding money on mil coming over but I agree it gives you control of her length of stay and ticket. And when

Well done Adora for being calm and also for having those conversations so they knew they could come to you.

Oh man! That is not the kind of thing anyone wants to have to face with their kids. However yes, much much better having that conversation than a far more difficult one in a few weeks.

Curvy 💐

I’m just spending a little on some more Usborne books as my friend is having a sale, weather stuff for DH’s project with the Caglets, a couple of board books too and the most amazing flower guide.

Period finally arrived and now I’m kicking myself for not getting the mooncup yet.

Thanks Cag.
Get the mooncup, they are pretty easy to use.

Oh adora! I've heard it can make you feel quite sick. I bet you're pleased she came and asked you though.

adora yy to taking the positives! My own dd1 is just about there, and I still haven't made an appt to get her put on the pill or an implant thingy. We talk openly about it all which makes ne cringe and know she would come to me in a panicky emergency.

curvy we are all here to cheer you on. It's a huge decision to make so - so many of us put up with not-so-perfect relationships, actually admitting it and starting the ball rolling is the saddest and hardest part.

I only managed one trip to the tip, but have done a lot of shifting about in the garden. £16 in sainsburys while I waited for them to change a skip.

Back to school in the morning!

Curvey will look in relationship thread but definitely been there both the t shirt etc. Won't sugar coat it's shit really really shit. 🚾🚾

I’m conflicted with mil. We don’t have the best relationship. But she is dhs mum.m and I would never stop him seeing her. She is generous but also completely overbearing.

I feel sad for her that she’s had to move out of the bfs place and in with a friend. I feel that she’s stupid for not making sure she had her own place finished (the house has been being built now since my last visit in 2024). And also sad for her that she’s terrible with money and hasn’t actually got any to spare for rent (hence living with a friend) until her commission comes in (estate agent).

Dh hasn’t offered yet. Just said to me he might. We shall see. He has said he might suggest it as she’s bound to ask him for rent money or something. Or money for something ridiculous. And like everyone’s said at least this way it’s spent on something concrete.

Wierd one with ds.

He had to have an emergency bath yesterday due to an exploding poop. Then an hour and half later there was another one.

Same thing this morning. Ish. Massive loose poop. Then after his nap a looser one. Then nothing for the rest of the day. And now just before bed a watery one. Red bum. He’s eaten. Happy in himself. Snotty nose. No temperature. Suspect teething. We took precautions today and didn’t give him any dairy and he’s had fairly bland food. But if it was a bug he’d be more miserable wouldn’t he? He’s been tearing around, not even a little bit clingy. Happy as anything. Two shorter naps.

Thank you Lonely and Right.
You are both right, it will be hard and I know it's going to be shit.
My first serious relationship ended because he cheated and was slightly rough with me a couple of times. I was left with two young DCs and some debt.
So thought "I will never let a man treat me bad again, on any level"

Well it seems that gas lighting and slight emotional abuse can go undetected for quite a while.
There have been times when I thought I was losing my mind. He is very good at making it all my fault.
But no more, I will be telling him very soon.

Thank you to all of you.
I may need to rant now and again, if that is ok?
to all who have gone through or are going through the same xx

Em, it must be hard re MIL, but I think you are handing it well.

Maybe ds just has a viral thing?

How olds dd adora? It's brilliant she can talk to you, the MAP isn't 100% (dd is proof of that 🤭) I hope my dd can talk to me like that.

Sounds like a good day tayto yes I would have loved a wander round a garden centre, have turned over some more of the garden today so I can put more plants in!

I made bread wreck 🍞 it was a bit solid but tasted good.

*Handling, even.

em maybe he's eaten something that's played him up, it may well be teeth dd had terrible nappies when teething. I think you're sensible to let dh sort out mil.

curvy please post away, we're all here for you.

Cheers people, I have been talking to them over the years about the dangers of infection etc, and have bought them condoms, but no she doesn’t need them she’s 17 btw, so clearly knows everything

Wreck it’s not estrogen now, so no nausea, unlike the ones I had in my younger days. I couldn’t talk to my parents though.

Just found £47 worth of points in my shopandscan account. I need to phone them next week about our scanner but in the meantime I’ve cashed most of it in and got two expensive books (I’m going to do Toe By Toe with both the Caglets as part of their daily routine) for a fiver. Kerchingggg! :o

£75 with topcashback (to be used for house stuff and home ed supplies) is still in the ether somewhere. I have left a little in there to exchange for Clark’s too, as cagletini will need shoes again soon, but now I wonder if that would have to be used online 🤔 and I would rather buy in store.

The vouchers come through as a printable email cag I took my £84 into debenhams at christmas. They just scanned the barcode.

I have been working, but time for sleep now x

Morning! Weddings all done here, was great fun. We’re moving to our last hotel in a few minutes, two more days in Cochin, one more night, flying home tomorrow night. I feel like I do a week after Christmas - completely bloated and 50% butter. The food is amazing but no one really needs 3 huge meals a day! I’m not looking forward to the next weigh in at Slimming World 😂

Curvy I’m sorry to hear about your imminent break up. Good that you’ve got the clarity and certainty to end it; however hard it is you will get through it. Please do rant away.

Adora 😮 I thought your DDs were younger, shows how long I’ve been reading these threads as they were tweens when I started reading, I think! Great that they were comfortable to tell you though.

My DD gets wicked runny smelly nappies when teething Em and there can also be several a day. They smell different too, more acidic. Ds was exactly the same.

Thanks guys for the advice. We’re going to keep an eye on it. He only had bland food yesterday (much to his annoyance). And am going to ask Dm to do the same today.

I’m concerned if it continues he won’t be allowed in nursery on Tuesday. If it is a virus I obviously don’t want to spread it around. But if it isn’t then I can’t take more time off work. (Although my sinus thing seems to be getting worse not better so maybe I’m best off going back to my dr anyway...)

Work today.

Thank you Sea.
Glad you enjoyed the wedding, and enjoy your last couple of days there.

My hands!

Lovely sea