WEST LONDON MEET-UP THREAD - APRIL 2007 (Part 2) - Acton to Sunbury everybody welcome

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New thread as the old one has run out of room.

Great minds think alike pc!

best form of defence is attack i say!

doubt you can sue the other dentist for mal-practice as you need to prove it was him/her.

would deffo go for defamation as they are accusing you of work that you didn't do...

cov that sounds terrible! What about that certificate you get when preggers from the doctors or doctors documentation that you were having a baby? Did you have a c section, if so then you would have been out of action for a while????

Right I am so tired but have had to clean the house, the floor was so sticky it had to be mopped! Il's found it so tiring that they forgot to clean ! Have 3 viewing this arvo and counting those we have only had 5 people through the doors for 3 weeks. Thinking that this place will be easier to sell than rent. If we sell then we might get a 2 bed flat to rent out so we still have an investment in london.

I have had had soooooooo much coffeeeeeee!

lol @ quokka, and your coffee packs a punch!

good luck with the viewings mate. hope you get someone nice thru teh door. 2 bed investment prop sounds great but you don't really need the extra hassle eh?

I agree its dh who wants to keep his foot in the London door. How has ddh been?

if you have any possible plans to come back to London I suspect he's right. I knwo house prices will not continue to rise as they are but historically prices in West london have always gone up over a 5 yr time frame (I think)

better if you can keep the current property eh Quokka. as long as it pays for itself then it's worth doing. i still think it'll go quicksmart once you guys have gone. renters notoriously can't see the wood for the trees and perhaps aren't seeing past the current occupation iyswim.

dhh hasn't been in touch for 2 weeks as of tomorrow. i am loathe to contact him, the thought makes me feel very anxious but dd hasn't seen him in a month and i need to agree contact/maintenance with him.

really don't know what to do. even the thought of emailing him makes me feel nervous.

i rang his mother last week but don't feel i can keep dragging her into it.....

FWIW I think you are doing the right thing in not contacting but I know thats easier said than done (done it myself and without a DD involved it was hard enough). But is there really any point in contacting him to arrange contact when he isn't making any contact at the moment? Does that make sense. Could you stick it out for the moment and when he does contact you (he will eventually you know) just stick to "can we agree the contact arrangements for DD" and nothing else?

Sorry I know its shit but don;t have any better suggestion.

ooh yes please MrsR - we love the seaside - can we come down at some point?
Quokka - agree too - if you sell up completely, it might be difficult to move back to London so a bolt hole would be v wise

I'm going to be down there Half Term week (29th May onwards) if anyone wants to join us? (Form an orderly queue ladies )

pc - my sis is having major problems with her dd at the mo - she's been diagnosed with stress due to her Mum and Dad arguing all the time. One minute they're together, the next they're not. Although she's a bit older than your dd (8), I really thinks she needs to know one way or the other what is happening with her parents so she can deal with it, poor child. I must get you and my sis together, you'd chat away.

MrsR - bagsy me first in the queue for half term!

MrsR - my parents argued non stop before they got divorced and all I remember how upsetting it was. I really feel for your sister. The insecurity of having parents who are not getting on is horrible. I say that having had a huge row with DH last night

Icandoit!!!

I did it - I did a link!!!!!!!!!!!!

lol foxie! well done you, now stop shopping online woman!!!

MrsR, half term week would be great but I'm saving holidays for possible big trip later in the year.

;-)

ppphhhwwwoooaaarrr

oh god! a monster has been created!

monsters

[groan]

btw, sue, thanks for the perspective. i guess i'm thinking the same thing as 95% of me has no inclination to get in touch with him at all.

2.5% of me is incredibly angry with him and wants to shout abuse at him.

2.5% of me misses him and is worried about him

Can't you lose a bit more weight (like 5%) and then that part has gone

Yipppeeeee Foxie can do links!! Certainly Foxie, come down Half Term.

if only it was that easy eh!

Thanks for the support guys. I have spent 2 hours this afternoon writting a letter to my solicitor, highlighting the descrepanses (sp) in the paperwork. I was being paid maternity pay throught the nhs at the time so hopefully the paperwork with those dates on it should prove I wasn't treating him, in as much as it is illegal to exlaim payments and be working. Also some of the time in question, I was not only on materntiy leave but also living in America as will be backed up by my passport and appropriate visas. I just hope I can get this all sorted soon as I don't cope well with stressful situations hanging over my head (leads to insomnia and headaches in my case unfortunately).

Anyhoo. Sorry about dh paddle, I reckon that is more of a situation to be stuck in than my dilemma.

Are we all still up for the 12th? I have to head home for 3pm as it is dd's summer fair at school that afternoon and I am helping out, but should squeeze in a quickish picnic before we have to go. Ele are we still on for going out that night for drinks/dinner etc?

well done foxie now that is enough DT

paddle i am sorry about dh it really really annoys me, just don't give him any rope grrr sorry but he takes the piss

sue it was Karim and he was quite scandalized at the state of me, David did pop in, nice smile

mrsR thanks for link but they have no rooms, still don't know what we will do, sounds lovely there by coincidence some woman at the dentist was talking about going there next bank holiday

hope everyone else ok

sfx, for someone with no comms you're doing very well!

glad the dentist went well, hope it wasn't too painful or wallet crippling.

thanks for the support messages, it's just such a sorry state to be in.

but i actually feel better in myself for having had no contact. another reason why i don't want to initiate contact again - i can't face getting dragged down again.

how sad is that.