An Update for those following my soap opera life!!!

[Toothache]

I couldn't find the original thread about the troubles with my Dad.... and all about my Mum declaring herself homeless to get a Council House away from him....

... well my the Housing place phoned yesterday and left a message with DH to say they had a house for my Mum and she had to phone them ASAP.

Its been so long that I thought they'd just forgotten about her. But I phoned her last night and gave my Mum the number. She says she'll phone them, but I know what she's like..... she'll say she was faaaaar to busy at work (which she won't be) or she'll phone about and turn the house down for some lame excuse.

Hope she doesn't..... but she will!

Why do you think she'll turn it down, Toothache? Is she just too "afraid" to make the move? (I use the word afraid very loosely.)

Miaou - She's been shouting her mouth off about leaving him for as long as I can remember! She always find some excuse.... the last one was because my sister and I wouldn't lie in court in order for her to get a quick divorce!

Its a case of "heard it too many times" I'm afraid!

She has taken it further this time than ever before I suppose.

My Dad is a bully to say the least. But she lets him treat her like that.... and she let him treat us like that too until I was old enough to stand up for myself and tell him to fuck off.

My Dad knows none of this. When she started the whole process she told my Dad in the heat of another argument..... but he just laughed at her. He seriously thought she was joking! Can't blame him.... he's heard it all before too.

toothache cant offer any advice but hope things sort themselves out

If she does go through with it I'm rrrrrrreally not looking forward to my Dad finding out my Mum used my address to get on the homeless list!! ..... without consulting me I might add!

Thanks Doormat.

I remeber your thread

It is difficult to take the plunge and leave and it has to be when she wants to do it.

But come on Toothache's mum - get a move on!!

Ignore him, he is a big bully, maybe he will be so griefstricken he will finally carry out one of his many idle threats.

Something about the Forth bridge IIRC

lol Sherlock, you have a good memory!!

Batters, she's still living at home as normal.... nothing has changed at all except my Dad seems to do all the housework now and has even told her to get her own bank account to have her wages paid into to spend on what she wants! He obviously senses that something is very wrong.