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[francagoestohollywood]

Everyone's welcome

what's californication? I only know the song from the rhcp

Californication is a new series with david what's his name from the xfiles on channel 5. Very funny and filthy (sp?). Anyway not everybody's cup of tea, I guess.

haven't seen it. if it's late at night I doubt I'll ever see it!

it is on at 10pm on a Thursday.
Had big argument with dp and we said horrible things to each other, what a pain.

how's it going hothell?

OH no ..Sorry ..hope things can be sorted out between you both was it a serious row or one that blows up over something daft ??

you okay hothell. remember, been there last week...def not nice.what was that all about? are you fine now?

all my friend are doing a MA or a PHD. very very . will start seriously thinking of starting myself next year.

next year? you are ottimista, I like you . What would you like to study?
I'm contemplating a midwofery thingy, but the Italian complicazioni in everything already put me off. In the meantime I was thinking of a corso di taglio e cucito all'Umanitaria!

midwofery? . Hothell????????

what kind of complicazioni?? I'm curious.

I wouldn't call myself ottimista, maybe a dreamer. if not next year, the year after, but don't like making plans so far ahead as you never know what might happen.

hothell??????

where tutto seems complicated, from the application to the exams... complicated by burocrazia, professoroni, etc etc etc

i am not surprised. is it a course, uni... how do you get to be an ostetrica in italy?

I've eaten too much and I am going to explode.

Hello??? I am here, just eaten loads as well, so I guess I am fine. We argued about the fact that he doesn'tlike to talk about his feelings, and I want him to be more open, blah, blah, and I told him that I would have left him if we didn't have ds! We have made peace now...

Pippi, are you mad or full of energy? Do you envisage having 2 kids, holding down a job and doing a MA?

yes i am mad but I would not have a job and the MA would be p/t. still not feasible?
still mad do you think?
I have got a friend who just started hers and she is a single mum with two kids under 3 and not much money. sometimes I think confort makes me lazy. I might be talking rubbish.

should I go to work fancy dress as pippi? any other ideas?

I am trying to think whether Dh talk about his feelings... I guess so. we do not seem to argue about this. I tell you what we argue about:

• the housework
• the TV in the bedroom left on when one (he) falls asleep, I'd burn the damn thing one day!!
• the fact that he does not think about organizing special events (but he always says yes to whatever I say). have you made this baby yet!

oh and a big one: me saying I am just going for ONE drink after work and coming home at 11pm!! I don't mean it I really mean to go for one and then you just chat away and realise it's 9pm, by the time I am hime it's 10.30. often when this happen my phone run out of battery because I forgot to charge it.
I'd be mad too.
I still only drink two pints, when not pg, so drunkness is not an issue.

No baby on the horizon, don't feel like doing it to be honest, he gets on my tits. I think he is feeling quite low about being 40 and all that, and shuts himself in. He does talk though, but about ds, telly, cinema, and I want him to talk about how he feels, but he gets upset the few times that i manage to make him open up.
A part=time MA with 2 kids is probably doable. I found it hard to concentrate on external things when ds was small, I wanted to be close to him, and sing him songs, etc. Now he is 4, I am happy is out and about.

fancy dress as pippi sounds good!

With Dh I leave that kind of talk for when we are out just the two of us and after a drink or two. he's by then relaxed and does not feel I am being snoopy (right word?). most of the other times, when I ask about smth he is worried about he replies in monosillabi and it's obvious he does not want me to ask more. he'd be pointless to insist.
DH was 40 a couple fo years ago, did not seem to worried about, but he had dd on the way, and a young chock for a partner, so he was well excited about that.

chock???? chock?????

chick hopefully

doing retail therapy tomorrow, nothng like a new pair of boots.

I am going to lose all your respect but I am going to admit I am watching 'kate and Pete unleashed'!

retail therapy is always a good answer. I bought a magnificent pair of brown brogues in Milan, real leather etc, for 135 euros.

Me and dh've been nervosi for a while with each other. We are starting to open up a bit (he doesn't talk much, about anything), I think being "isolated" here with two small children hasn't helped much. We need more time together, the two of us, or at least just to chill up (or out) a bit more. I really think I've dedicated all my energies to the children, but also got quite frustrated. sorry about the rant!

please rant away. what are we here for otherwise?

I should think about myself more before I end up frustrated and make DH the cause of my unhappyness. It's an easy thing to do though isn't it.

We should all remember how we were before DH/P and kids and try to resuscitate some of that person.