Class of '18 nattering as they head in different directions.

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Hope this works. On phone with dodgy signal.

She is now totally bored of me shouting "Use a condom and don't do drugs" at regular intervals.

I managed to be even more embarrassing this week.

I explained that while condoms are good protection against STIs, they are not a reliable form of contraception, and that 18 year old girls are very fertile. I then pointed out that however awkward he found the conversation, it's not as awkward as it would be having to tell me that he's about to become a father.

Welcome user, I remember you from a thread a while ago about unconditional offers I think. I hope things improve for your family, it sounds like a really tough time you've had.

DD is well aware of my opinion of contraception, and her very existence has been used as proof of the inefficiency of condoms in the prevention of pregnancy. While I love her dearly, the timing was not the best when she came along and both our lives would have been much easier if I'd waited a few more years before getting pg. She dislikes being in the car with me now as I take the opportunity while she's captive to give life advice, which is invariably the embarrassing kind .

Hi all,

Marmite - hope you are okay. Had BC a few years ago, so I know how you are feeling (message me if you feel like chatting, have any questions etc)

Welcome to all the newbies.

Dc felt better and went back to college today.

Hope all those going off this weekend are okay and you can squeeze all the stuff in the car. My dh and dc almost finished packing when I asked they had dc’s desk chair. They hadn’t! Oops.

Must admit, we’re a bit ‘stiff upper lip’ in our family snd didn’t have ‘the talk’ before dc went away. Hope i’m Not on mn in the near future about dc getting his gf pregnant... !

Glad to hear you ds is better Petals.

Ursula - your daughter going and no horses? That is quite a lot of change at once.

Welcome user / 2boys.

I always think if I was 18 again I would really fancy studying criminology!! [smile

All good here. Leaving on Thursday and I have my head in the sand.

Got to tackle the laundry mountain his weekend and then help ds pack on Monday night.

He is playing for the seniors at his rugby club tomorrow. Slightly worried about him going up against fully grown men and it is high level rugby with some semi pros so I am terrified.

Prob a good thing it is an away match (3 hours away) and I won’t be there as I will be killing the laundry mountain.

We are abroad the houses here have basements. I love my laundry took but must admit when it is out of sight it is not the best as one can turn a blind eye!!!!

Should read

I love my laundry room ... I certainly don’t love laundry (hence the mountain).

Dd is also bored of the ‘never leave your drink unattended’ ‘use protection’ and don’t trust anyone chat

She dislikes being in the car with me now as I take the opportunity while she's captive to give life advice, which is invariably the embarrassing kind

Whenever DS1 asks for a lift now, it's the price he has to pay!

Perhaps we should get t-shirts the printed fantasy?!

Thanks petals always nice to hear of women coming out the other side.

I have started the gin a week early. Need more ice though!

Trust nae fucker is my mantra.

Ds doesn't drink. I didn't either when I went away but that changed pretty quickly. His flatmates did not appear until after 1pm today and he's feeling lonely. All this will change after tuition starts (and maybe once he gets a good night's sleep on that thin mattress and he's the one getting up at lunchtime)

DD has broken the washing machine and gone out in a hump as she doesn't like her outfit and has NOTHING TO WEAR. I am apparently being useless as I'm completely knackered.

DH has taken her to a friend's to sort her outfit and is getting me a chippy tea on the way back.
Yay.

We've managed (actually I mean me as DS has gone off to a gig) to get everything apart from the clothes airer into the back of my car. I can't imagine he'll be doing any laundry soon so not hugely important.

I've had "the talk" with him several times and his DG made us both snigger when she said he was to not bring girls back to his room. Communal areas of the flat = fine / his room = no.

marmite - have some more sorry I don't have any ice though.

I have a secret stash of ice.

marmite - and I have chocolate

captainoftheshipwreck can I leave yet?

you are free to go

dh and I went food shopping this evening.

I think he was a bit nonplussed by all the food that was going in for dd, especially as they are expected to eat in halls. All sorts of random things were going in.

Eventually he started to dissent at the odd concoction and pointed out there are shops in the town she's going to. When we got to the jar of nutella he asked what she would put it on as she would never by bread. I said she could dip the biscuits I'd bought for her in it....

At the end he concluded with a . "apart from mouthwash we haven't bought anything for us" To be fair he was pretty much right.

DS's friend is here for the weekend. He's going to a party political conference in town. He and DS have gone for pre convention drinks. Oh how 18 year olds live these days. I've told him to take a selfie if he meets Vince Cable

stylish derek!

Oh and one of the friends in the holiday he didn't go on ended up in hospital with alcohol poisoning! He's off to Cambridge to study biochemistry - but on the plus side Corfu hospitals are apparently quite nice!!!!

Drinks at a party poilital comferwnce. Sounds much to civilised. Surely dcs should be going on marches and protesting!

I knew someone who travelled several hours from a Welsh uni to London back in the 80s to a march, not because they necessary agreed with the March (can’t remember whether they did or didn’t), but because they wanted to experience being in a student march..

I felt a bit sad today about all the things I should be packing for ds on the food front (but we really cannot take the kitchen sink with us)

Fruit cake in a tin
Shortbread biscuits
Some nourishing stew to heat up tomorrow evening (I made a lovely batch today for our farewell supper)
Homemade jam

needless to say none of this happened/was purchased, and it won't fit in the suitcases.

Ds said he was very nervous, this afternoon. But we had a very jolly supper. Lamb hotpot and homemade rice pudding. A candle lit. Jokes.

Tomorrow we are setting off on the train at 9.30. And then I have to dash down and retrieve the Click and Collect cheese graters and saucepans. And give it to him without embarassing him. He is now muttering about dressing gown and coat hangers. All a bit late to think of essentials if you ask me.

I think when he is gone I'll just be hoping he comes home again, to pick up something he left behind. Ridiculous, but it makes it all seem more like commuting and less like leaving home.

Ds has booked himself tickets for the Film Festival in London in Oct, and I think that is his way of feeling a bit more "normal", that he can just come up and down without it being a big deal. He asked if it was alright if he stayed the night here!! as if he doesn't even live here any more...my goodness I think I overdid the your halls are too expensive talk.

Nettle - don’t forget the potato masher!

I’ve just caught up on some washing and ironing and some of his better t shorts.He did think he was missing some.

We’ve left his scruffier t shirts, jumpers etc at home, so if he comes home for the weekend, he doesn’t have to pack much.