Help me wives' and girlfriends - what would you like to cheer you up?

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A good friend is very down atm. Her DH is away somewhere very warm. Her 1 yr old has had several health problems recently and I think she needs cheering up.

She is away from all her family so we are all she has locally (there is a small group of us). What can I do except offer practical help? We have all offered to have LO every now and then and have her over for coffee etc. But I was thinking I want to do something a bit more. Give me inspiration

i dont like people having dd's when dh is away, they are all i have left and i am so bored without them.

i think its more impaortant to be there for her at nights/wekends. this is when the boredom can really kick in, how about making a point of spending one night a week with herand trying to include her in some of your own family time at the weekend. i dont mean take her on holiday or anything but if you go to the park/museum invite her along.

I agree with kerryk, weekends are very long and lonely when dh is away, it is such a family time i hate t o ring friends as i feel like i am intruding.

Have a home spa party perhaps?
A Saturday together with other friends starting with coffee, going through lunch and ending up with movies and dinner at someones house?
Call her to see how she is doing...that is sooo important, just knowing someone is there.
The odd bunch of flowers doesn't go amiss either.
Start a chick lit book group and have it at hers so she doesn't have to pay for babysitting.

A toyboy please???

Weekends are hard. I'd like some good friends to come over with alot of wine, a takeaway and lots of funny jokes.

Oh yes and the toyboy if possible
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Company at the weekends. Can you invite her over for Sunday lunch?

Weekiends are definately the hardest, as you always feel that everyone is having this great time.
Flowers wouldn't go amiss with me, when DH was away in 2001, Ds1 was 3 and Ds2 was 1 and every Friday a couple of friends would come round mine, we would have a takeaway and hire a DVD. it was great becasue i felt I was getting a bit of a social life without feeling like I was missing out

A lie-in - I missed that so much when DH was away.

Aww you are a good person cmoc
Yep...all those things listed...a gaggle of friends, wine, good film, and food

Yes, invite yourself to her house in the evenings with a bottle of wine! And definitely the sunday lunch thing. Weekends can be a killer

Weekends are definitely the hardest, you feel like everyone except you is doing family stuff. So maybe arranging to do something at the weekend?

Also company in the evenings; we can't go out once the children are in bed so it's nice when someone pops round! Last week my friend came round at 1800, helped me bath the kids and put them to bed, and she brought dinner which she cooked for me! That was lovely