Dumpling no more - only the strong survive and we did No.3

[Teaandcakeplease]

At first I was afraid, I was petrified
Kept thinkin' I could never live without him by my side;
But then I spent so many nights
Thinkin' how you did me wrong
And I grew strong

This thread is for ex dumplings. Any dumpling that feels like she has "mostly" moved past crisis into an "almost" sorted state can post and chat here as we continue our quest for serenity with a lot of laughs along the way and support.

Absolutely, Happy. Maybe he was thinking, she's only after me for my money because she's way out of my league as far as looks and personality go or I can't say yes as it might lead to her meeting my completely dysfunctional family or why on earth did I agree to go on that embarassing bodies programme that's being shown next week, I'll never look her in the eye again. Seriously, you are gorgeous Tea and not just in the looks department .

Yes, the more I think about plod the stranger he seems. I asked him if he'd had a proper Sunday dinner and he described every single morsel on his plate and then went into raptures about the Carte D'Or icecream for pudding. I could feel myself looking at him through narrowed eyes as I wondered if he was taking the piss. It was like the Royle Family when Denise and Dave describe what they had for their tea. I was tempted to reply that I'd had to make do with Dairylea on toast .

My freezer has loads of random peas and breadcrumbs from fish fingers in the bottom of every drawer. It's the freezer of a hussy dammit!

Ok plan for this week getting is to ditch my hoodie and dress up a bit.ok this mostly involves black skinny jeans and a top.will go for a straight forward bra ,the whole halter neck multi way thing needs serious planning.
Elsie red flag with frozen meals btw.can u imagine if u brought Tuesdays lasagne out on a Monday.I don't even have a freezer Ffs .
Tea hope ur chilling a bit now .he might be a frozen food fanatic ,think of it as a lucky escape.
Got a note home from school about a support group for kids in lone parent families called seasons for growth.its also for bereavement.sessions are based at school .opinions welcomed.
Good luck with the survey getting.
We are gearing up to a big weekend of sparkle and glamour with the annual dance show ,love it dahlings mwaah mwaah !

My freezer is full of ice cubes dahlings, clink,clink .

Ooh hope your little girlie is ok for the dance show Patience - really really feel for you with her throwing up on you - I feckin HATE sick!
Go for it re dressing up a bit. I'm crap at that but you look great in those jeans love and a nice top will look fab. You look fab in your hoodie though :)
We do a similar thing in school - our group is called rainbows. It's for kids who have gone through a bereavement or parents separating. I went on the training for it and I wish they ran a similar thing at my sons' school because I think it's good. Great child based activities to let children express their feelings about life and how things have changed, their feelings etc. It is all done completely confidentially, so the people who run it (usually someone in school) doesn't tell ANYONE about things that are said in the group - it is definitely not a way of getting gossip out of the kids or checking up on their home lives. I would say go for it. I would have my two doing it tomorrow if there was something like that available.
Tea - hope you're feeling ok today. I agree with Elsie about prjecting your feelings onto him. However, if he really did react with disgust to your very non threatening and platonic offer then I'm afraid he's very rude and not very good at reading situations. Plus he obviously doesn't know a lovely, good looking, intelligent woman when he sees one x

X post with everyone it says course will develop a peer support network.don't know if I'm keen on that ,will investigate further but don't want them to fill his head with shite cos we r doin ok.he seems keen ,but he is 5.think it will bring issues up which is good to sort out now,anyway they have a parents meeting b4 it all kicks off,can't wait to meet them. I remember someone saying the thing about do gooders is generally they just want to do good.eh it was Russell brand that said that .

And Elsie - narcs do things like that with meals. Best off out of that one I'd say. Shouldn't put you off though. There are plenty of lovely blokes out there (she says, searching the horizon hopefully :))

Thanks re jeans and lp support group ggm ,dancing in my kitchen to forget u and fireworks.

Btw my kitchen clock needs set but looked up and it was 222 if u Google Angel numbers that's a positive message.

Tea, maybe he's gay and was mortified that you didn't know this lol agree with other's definately his loss
ET, meal planning like that definately screams something, would give him a very wide berth oh and my freezer is pretty empty apart from some burgers and sausages, my meals are planned on the day, even when I do plan ahead it never works out like that, definately like my personality lol
Doc gave me some saline stuff and told me not to over do things, yeah right gotta go again at end of week to see nurse
Patience, well done with the shirt, I gave X his left over stuff and was quite hurt when he stood in front of me putting it in the bin one by one, I handed him the bag as he was leaving as I didn't want to know what he did with it
Waves to all, am posting off my phone virgin can't get an engineer out to sort my service till next week not a happy bunny!!

Ggm Just re read that post .Not dancing to forget u personally just the song "forget u "

Meant to be getting broadband on thursday .
Thsnks sov ,hope ur comfortable.I have such peace now without an immature irresponsible,41 yo bloke in my life.hope ur still feeling that too.

Oh how bloody weird Patience! Was thinking of those angel numbers today - behind a car which had "Sovereign" on back and no plate was 222. Then saw another car with 22 on no plate - was going to ask you what those numbers meant!

222 - in the process of resurrection or ascension :)

My freezer has 2 pheasants in it that are at least a year old. My Dad shoots and keeps giving me game. But I can't be arsed to cook it as the kids won't eat it so they're just sitting in there Soooo need binning but I feel guilty when I bin things. Apart from that 1 chicken fillet, stewing beef, ginger, ice cream and a shed load of frozen veg. Boring eh?

He won't be gay Being a church boy he probably has a shed load of issues about only dating someone if he's sure the Lord is leading him to. Or maybe he thought I planned to jump him of he came here after the kids were in bed? Either way he really misunderstood me. I thought. It was a mistake asking and I still feel embarassed a little that I asked. Went about it the wrong way and suggested the wrong venue but it did show me one thing and that is he's not a friend worth having. As the way he reacted was daft, over an innocent request.

Sov take it easy.

222 was the number we phoned for the crash team when I was a hospital nurse. I suppose that could be resurrection or ascension?

222 Have faith everything s going to be alright ,don't worry about anything as this situation is resolving itself beautifully for everyone involved .

that's out my book ggm

Ok today I was behind a car 455
That means
The angels guide and support u thru a significant and much needed life change .trust and follow their guidance.

Elsie, PC Plod's dinner/freezer thing is one of the creepiest things I've ever heard. Bloody Hell !!

Tea re the pheasants and you hating waste (I do too), I would take them still frozen to the local woods, unwrap them and when no one is looking just leave them under a bush for the foxes to eat.

Glad you're feeling better Sov.

Sorry things have been crappy for you Mumfun.

I keep having weird horror film thoughts about 'freezer man' now.

Mumfun - sorry you're feeling down too x
Sov - glad you're getting there - have I missed what the doc said to you? Are your stitches ok?
Glad you said that after he reacted like that Tea that he wasn't really a friend worth having. I was hinting at that to you before but didn't want to sound too harsh.
Good idea to recycle the pheasants for the foxes :)
Well. I've asked my mate to fix me up with her single friend, now to be known as drummer boy. He's been single for 2 years and a little snoop (well, stalk) on his fb page shows him to be very attractive, got his own business doing drumming workshops (right up my street) speaks at least 2 foreign languages, loves the countryside and wildlife and photography (another load of good things). So anyway - we'll see how it goes!

We have a big family of foxes out the back here. I could just fling them hard off my balcony into the trees. Classy love hey?

Just cooking a jacket potato no beans to go in it though, so ladies inspiring ideas for them? Anyone?

Just had a convo with the PIL about Scotland, very helpful reading the assertive book anniegetyourgun recommended me. Took notes and was all ready for them. I love her 11 rights we all have. I should type them on here. Also asked the man upstairs to steady me before the call too.

Jacket potatoe......cheese or coleslaw or tuna with or without mayo or a bit of seafood sauce with it?
Goo yes sitches have opened a bit but not as much as I thought tg so gotta use saline to wash it out and hope for the best really

Oh Sov glad it's not as bad as you thought, try and take it easy

Do any of you lovely ladies have the answer to this?

Goes hunting in cupboards for tuna.

Waves to off school x

Tea - it depends which airline she uses. Most internal flights don't require a passport even for adults but you have to take another form of id with you - not sure if this is the same for a child though, as they obviously don't have driving licenses!