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West Sussex mummies ?

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chocolatemummy · 31/10/2005 11:17

Anyone in the Lancing, Shoreham, Worthing area?
I am a 30 year old working mum.Moved to Sussex in 2000 to go to uni, most people I met moved back home afterwards but I met someone and got married.I have a daughter almost two and some good friends but no one with children and you all know it changes everything. Time, money and energy to go out is hugely decreased and even if you don't want to talk babies, schools, nurseries etc its your life now and childless single friends are on a different planet-or should I say we are!
Anyone near me who is on my wavelength?
please get in touch.

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poppetmummy · 21/12/2005 13:18

puppytats, your not far from me - selsey.
Organise your meet, and then i'll have to see if i can get the car - husband normally has it for work i'm afraid, but you never know your luck. sound slike fun!
nice to see more and more people each time i log on.........
merry christmas! xx

puddytats · 21/12/2005 21:13

Poppetmummy, I am always happy to give a lift if you are stuck. Ds and I also use the swimming pool in the caravan park over there quite a lot as it is better than the one in Chichester so am in your area usually bout once a week.

Where did you move from?

poppetmummy · 24/12/2005 10:43

thanks puddytats, thats really kind!
we moved from Alton in Hampshire, and are really missing it, but we love our house down here so it's worth it. how long have you been in east wittering? my parents actually moved to bracklesham at the beginning of the year, where abouts in east wittering are you?
we are finding selsey a bit hard to integrate into, it's a bit clicky, so much easier with babies, mums are more desperate for company. everyone has cars round here too (had quite a few friends before without cars like me, so it kinda makes you put more effort into meeting up). in Alton the NCT was really big, so there were numerous coffee mornings everyday, and so many groups to choose from - bit of a culture shock down here. but lovely being by the sea! nice to be able to look over to the isle of wight (where i grew up) - would love to go back there!
wow, this turned into a ramble! hehe
have a fantastic christmas........ xx

poppetmummy · 24/12/2005 10:44

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!!!

puddytats · 30/12/2005 20:47

I grew up in the village, then moved to southampton a few years back with my husband to get on the housing ladder. Always knew I would move back as is a fantastic place to bring kids up in. Moved back in April 2004.

We live near the main parade which is really handy for shops! My older sis lives in Bracklesham, my mum still lives in the village and my younger sis is in chi so really nice. I know what you mean bout groups, I have given up at the moment!!

MABS · 30/12/2005 20:53

there's a Brighton meet up on 14 Jan if you fancy a trip over at all.

poppetmummy · 01/01/2006 10:30

Thanks MABS, thats good to know, though i think we have plans for that day already.
Puddytats, that's nice your family are all close, would love that - my husbands family emigrated to new zealand 8 years ago, and my brother emigrated to hong kong a few months ago, there won't be anyone left soon! hehe have to say new zealand is very tempting! glad i'm not the only one finding it hard with the groups, phew.......... have to say i havn't tried recently either.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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chocolatemummy · 03/01/2006 18:38

hello all, hope everyone had a good christmas and ney year celebrations-must say mine were prety quiet, stayed in with hubby and Estelle, watched a film and a few glasses of wine to see new year in,
So..are we doing this meet up at Flying Fortress then?
I hope so, even if its just three of us it will be nice to see eachother.
Let me know, more the merrier. Poppetmummy, I see you have found someone not too far away and offering to give you a lift, thats really nice.

Got a rotten cold at the mo, but feeling very positive about the new year and lookin forward to meeting some of you lot soon.

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chocolatemummy · 09/01/2006 18:45

whats happened to you all?

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puddytats · 09/01/2006 20:13

Evening, Don't get to log on very much at the moment - hubby busy being addicted to ebay so hogs the pc all the time!!

Had a good xmas, spent it at my mums so did not have to cook! Then managed to come down with chest and throat infection so not so good!

Happy to meet up at flying fortress, never been there so. DS at nursery some days so will need to work round that.

Novembergirl · 10/01/2006 09:53

Hi everyone,

Sorry I have not posted for a while but have been ill over Christmas/New Year (another case of a 'nursery nasty' generously shared by ds!).

We had a very quite Christmas (which was lucky in the circumstances). My mum, who lives in Chi, came round on Christmas day and we visited the in-laws in the snowy north (very pretty until the snow turned to slush) at New Year.

Now back at work so feeling pretty down (particularly as I'm not really better yet)...sorry to grumble...Which brings me on to the subject of the meet-up: unfortunatelty, I am working on 19th Jan so will not be able to make it. Hopefully, though, you will all have a great time and arrange another meet-up for a Monday or Friday, which I might be able to attend. I hope, however, we can continue chatting as I would love to get to know more local mums (difficult because of work).

Bye for now

poppetmummy · 10/01/2006 19:13

hey all
sorry to hear most poeple have been ill - sod's law at xmas, always happens in our house, hope everyones fully recovered now. been a bit busy the last week - dh was still off work, and had dd birthday - why is it at 2 year old birthday parties the children are always well behaved and the parents get over excited and cause havoc??? at least we didn't have a glass of red wine on our beige carpet this year...
what date is the meet sposed to be again? then i'll see if we can make it or not, hopefully we can, though we do seem to be ridiculously busy for the next few months.
Novembergirl, would love to keep chatting with you when you manage to have a turn on the computer, nice to have people to talk to even if meets are hard.
christmas always seems more hard work than it needs to be... our dd had 10 nights in a row where she was awake for at least two hours in the night - climaxing with 4 half hours - we are more knackered than before the hols. but it always seems hard emotionally for us - both my in-laws and brother live the other side of the world, making it quite tense with the in-laws at times. been feeling very emotional the past few months as nearly all our friends are getting engaged, its all very exciting but makes my dh and i quite sad to - the in-laws were very difficult about our wedding last year, they wanted everything done their way (even though they were paying for nothing), and as hard as we tried to go along with it it ended in a terribl arguement and my dh and i going to the registry office with witnesses just to put an end to it. i now seem to have a wedding phobia, get sooo upset, the anxiety is unbelievable.
well that's enough belly aching from me......... do you guys get on with your in-laws?
hope you had a good day
see ya

Charlee · 10/01/2006 19:19

Typical! as soon as i move out the country people from w.sussex suddenly turn up hurmpfh!

Anyway im back for good in w.sussex chichester way on the 25th Jan would love to meet up with some people although i dont have transport unless i get a bus or train.

poppetmummy · 11/01/2006 17:51

hey charlee
what country are you in at the mo then? where abouts near chichester are you when you return? i don't have a car either, real pain isn't it. we've only just moved to selsey, so not far from you i'm sure.
i have a girl just turned two, how about you? are you a working or stay at home mum? i'm a homey.
if your in the sun make the most of it!!!
see ya

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chocolatemummy · 12/01/2006 16:18

brilliant eveyone is still around. I think the meet up on 19th is pretty cancelled then as most cannot make it.Unfortunately for those of us who work its fitting it around that. I only have thursday off and friday afternoon. I am more than happy to keep chatting to all of you, we are all here because we want to meet others like outselves aren't we.To meet up would be great so if anyone has any other ideas? or dates? someone where easy to get to for those who don;t have cars or somewhere people can offer lifts? most of us live between steyning and chichester which is about 17 miles apart so its not too bad. Flying fortress is in the middle by Arundel. I don't know many other places in between?

Poppet- you seem to be having a few probs? I don;t have an amzing relationship with the inlaws but thats another story. Its very difficult when you are so far from family mines bad enough and thats just 170miles, it may aswell be abroad though for the amount we see them. Well, happy to chat or offer some support if you wish?
be really nice to see some of you at aome point, maybe a weekend day if everyone busy in the week? let me know
Rebecca x

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chocolatemummy · 12/01/2006 16:21

god, me and my terrible typing again-sorry folks

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farmerted · 13/01/2006 20:44

Hi there everyone! I would love to join in if you are arranging a meet up - recently moved to Lancing and have a 17 month old daughter, dont drive however so any meet up would have to be train/bike friendly!

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chocolatemummy · 16/01/2006 17:28

Welcome FarmerTed
I am in Lancing too, we are currently trying to arange a meet up but havent been very successful yet due to christmas, matching up days off work, lifts etc but I am sure we will do soon. Tell us about you, working mum? married? where have you moved from? we are a mixture of working/non working and I only started this thread about two months ago so you are not far behind.

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Straightforward · 17/01/2006 11:11

Just thought I'd pop in to say hi - I'm still here! Shame about the meet being cancelled. Sounds like Friday afternoons are generally good though - am I right in assuming that? Maybe we could arrange something for a Friday?

Hello to farmerted - I'm in Worthing, so not far from you at all

Charlee · 18/01/2006 07:35

poppetmummy hi! im a sahm im coming back on the 25th im currently in New Zealand. Im going to be in Tangmere do you know it? Im sure we could meet either by bus or train in the middle somewhere?

Novembergirl · 18/01/2006 11:12

Great to see more West Sussex mummies joining the thread.

Yes, it is a real shame the meet had to be cancelled (have to confess that ds and I were one of the ones that could not make it due to work) but perhaps we could rearrange for a Friday fternoon, which is definitely a good time for us.

I still think the Flying Fortress is a good location given that many mummies are from Worthing, so, avoiding half term, why don't we find another date in February and keep our fingers crossed?

poppetmummy · 18/01/2006 22:32

charlee
new zealand hey? holidaying? you been there before? my in-laws actually live in NZ, wellington, havn't been myself (yet). so how did you find taking the kids (actually how old are they?)
enjoy the rest of the sunshine!
ruth xx

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chocolatemummy · 19/01/2006 13:50

yes friday afternoons are fine for me and so is flying fortress, I can offer a lift from Lancing or worthing? if anyone wants to pick a friday thats fine by me.
In the summer we could a beach picnic ?
thanks for everyone for keeping things going.
See you all soon hopefully
rebecca

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Novembergirl · 19/01/2006 22:26

Lets try to meet up one Friday afternoon next month.

I think that half-term is w/c 13th Feb, so how about Friday 10th or Friday 24th Feb at the Flying Fortress?

Looking forward to those summer picnics on the beach!!!

Charlee · 22/01/2006 21:40

Hi! Im coming back to West Sussex on Thursday! I can meet up anytime really aslong as its somewhere where i can bus or train to.

New Zealand is great i would have have loved to stay but im ok about coming back as i miss my family like crazy and my sis just had her baby boy so i wanna hug!
Im dreading the flight we have 2hrs to Melbourne then 14 hrs to Dubi then 7hrs to Heathrow, thats with ds whos 17 months and just lovesto always be running about! that should be fun!

Anyway ket me know when and where your all meetig and i will get there if i can - maybe somewhere central? Chichester theres a great indoor playcenter for the kids there.