Thread 45 GCSE Covid Cohort - Bunnies bouncing into Spring

[OrangeCinnamonLatte]

This is a support thread for our young adults post GCSEs 2020, regardless of their educational setting, and their results ( or life updates for those who went into work or have had results earlier). It is respectfully requested that all are supportive and helpful to each other. If you want to start a debate, e.g state vs private, uni vs employment please don't within this thread.

Some of us have been here since first thread back in yr10, some will be new. Everyone has been friendly and helpful in the past. Everyone is welcome. It is hoped this will continue. We were previously on the secondary board and then further education, now we shall be here in 'Parents of Adult Children' gulp

Our DS/DD may continue down various pathways ( employment, apprenticeships, higher ed). Be warned there might be lots of 'Uni Freshers' chat this time of year. My experience is that everyone is welcomed wherever, whatever their child is doing we have some in work, gap years , apprenticeships etc too. Lots of contributors with different experiences and always sympathy and advice to be had

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Sorry to hear your DD is not loving Cardiff @OrangeCinnamonLatte. It’s such a tricky age with emotions and all you can do is support as you are and she will find her way. Gower looks lovely.
I was also in Cardiff at the weekend dropping DD back after Easter break. She doesn’t finish till first week of July!

@Orange Shame your DD isn't enjoying Cardiff, DS is in his final yr there and enjoyed it in his own quiet way. There is so much to do there as a student. DS's insurance was Swansea, Bay campus and I absolutely loved it but he wasn't wooed by the new campus nor the beach and chose Cardiff in the end. Why can't the BF transfer to Cardiff instead? it's always the girls I hear of wanting to move close to bf's uni.

Where is boyfriend again?

Ds2 and I are off to Portugal tomorrow. Dh and Ds1 have been there 3 days already.

Hello- I've been absent from here for ages but love catching up with this thread and it's ups and downs. to @Zebracat - that sounds very tough. I feel old and achy and tired too, but don't have the accompanying worry about DD1, who has loved her first year at Edinburgh, and can't wait to move into her Y2 house with friends. She's just been home for a few days and now back for May exams then home again in June for work/ holidays, though since they have to pay for their flat from 2 June she hopes to work the Edinburgh fringe too. As a city to work and study in, Edinburgh seems pretty perfect, if anyone has it on their list for other DCs.
I do have worries about DS whose A levels start 3 weeks today and whose style of preparation appears to be the complete opposite of his sister's systematic approach! He plans to take a year off before studying Geography but has not yet asked the unis he applied to if they will defer, so we will see what happens. Any attempt by me to inquire as to what he's up to, is usually rebuffed, and the only acceptable expression of my support is cooking enormous meals at very regular intervals. I feel a combination of worried and "what will be will be".

Hi everyone. Sorry for long silence. Poor DH has just had prostate out so I have taken a few weeks off for his recovery. Ds2 is almost at the end of his epic voyage, has a couple of weeks to go. DS1 coming to the end of his epic year abroad. Should have both home by end May which I am v excited about, and should coincide with DH being fully recovered. Can’t wait, I’ve missed them so much.
sorry to hear about mini zebra - big hug to you @Zebracat yiu sound totally fed up and I’m not surprised. @OrangeCinnamonLatte sorry to hear DD isn’t making the most of Cardiff. Maybe a move is the right thing for here. It’s so difficult to know, isn’t it. How long has she been with this boyfriend and is he generally a good thing?

Ah yes the BF. He is not at uni. Works for his Dad's building firm but they were estranged for a while when he was growing up. His Mum had issues I gather and he barely went to school. I just use these facts to illustrate that he really is not understanding of uni life or the benefits. I don't think he has many friends of his own. They are v reliant of each other. It is all worrying but I know I can't question...it will just push her further. She seems to take against anyone giving advice or asking about studies etc. Also not getting on with her vocal tutor. All a bit of a mess really. She will kick herself in the future.

I must have had a premonition as we've put her in private halls from September ...one less thing to worry about re: deposits etc

I started a new thread for when we are ready...

here we are

@pangolinfan i dh recovers well. I’ve said before that my dh had prostate cancer 9 years ago. There was no way he’d have it removed though due to the side effects. Even if it returns, which it probably has, as his psa is back up, he says he won’t have the op.

My app still won’t work. I’ve deleted it. I hope it’ll work again once I re install. So I’ve not been keeping up with posts. Ds is nearing the end. He has a few essays to write over the next few weeks. The last I’d due 12th May. Then he’s finished year 1. He wants to get home. He’s changed so much as was desperate to get back there at Christmas. He says he’s bored with housemates now. Rent is paid until 23rd June.

@pangolinfan that should say I hope dh recovers well. The word “well” vanished somewhere.