The Brave Babes Battle Bus - Giving Up Booze For Lent.

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Hello.

I'm Mouse.

We are a Bus load of posters with various relationships with the demon booze. Some are sober, some are not and some are inbetween.

So come say hi and meet the rest of The Babes, there's always plenty of room on the Bus, the doors are ALWAYS open.

No judgy pants are worn on this journey, pants yes and even the odd Tena Lady but always of the non judging variety.

Previous Threads

Arggggg.....

Posted and lost it.

I've just lost everything meaningful that I have ever wirtten about my dds and their lives and sex and independence.

Argggggg... it was nobel prize winning stuff, insightful and honest and witty...

Try it again Venus, or I'll make it up .

Actually my post should have read DC1, DC2 is only 17, and I deffo wouldn't let him have someone staying in his room, might affect his A levels!

Then again DC1 is doing his finals........

Yes, very lovely and stressfree summer we're going to have

but thurso you might be able to make up a special venus message much better than anything I would have actually written - one with all the things you needed to hear, every emotion you needed to feel. And if I write ir now, you'd only be disappointed... Everything you need to know about your situation, you already know..

Maybe I will re-compose (or de-compse) what I thought I'd written previously...

My mother refused to let me go on the pill whilst I lived under her roof. I guess she thought it would stop me having sex.

I will not make mistake with DD.

DD1s now ex-BF came on holiday with us last year. We put them on the top floor in a twin room and had to endure the scraping sound of twin beds being shoved together for shagging purposes!!
DD2 has just produced a love bite, no permanent BF. obviously hanging out with vampires again.
DS is only nine - he's the keen baker Thurso - and thinks girls are yukky

OMG

I've got all this to come

SHIT

xxx

So have I Silver. But the great thing is that we have the wise words from the Babes and our ownn life experiences to help.

I missed out the word 'that' in my last post, so here................. 'that' have another one

I'll never forget finding a bullet vibe under DD1s pillow. Stupid me thought it was a little torch (she always checks for spiders in the bedroom) and i pressed it to see how bright it was and it buzzed. Jesus, i dropped it in shock then picked it up and pressed the bottom again to turn it off and it buzzed faster!!

ma!

im off to bed!, at last!, meeting was good but i feel shattered!

see you tomorrow babes!

L XXXXXXXX

Morning babes.

morning all,

Don't know whether last night's conversation on here makes me want to laugh or cry!!!

Right off for another fun day at work.

Have a good one bb's!!

morning!

isindi! , i did find that there were a few years of sleep patterns didnt involve worry!

Morning!

Isinde - you summed it up beautifully, we're in a similar position sleep-wise, I think (albeit with singletons, so not so bad!) and your synopsis sounds terrifyingly accurate!

Hope all are well

morning - quick check in.
DH now has my cold, but of course it is the flu in his case. Stand by for lots of groaning. hopefully he will be ill enough to not need servicing for the next wee while...........

Hi babes.

Having a bit of a stressful time at the mo and back to almost a bottle a night. XH being a huge twat a bit unreasonable at the moment, has accused me of fraud! (because I asked him to sign a payment release form for the endownment) told me he won't put up with my shit anymore (been giving him lifts the last few weeks as he has broken his hand) and he is going to charge me interest if I don't pay his settlement money on time. Have been so so so mad as I aked him to pay half of the morgage close off fee seen as it is a joint morgage and to pay towards DS expensive educational school trip only for him to say he is broke and has lots of bills. I dropped off some paperwork last night and he has a brand new sofa. WTF

Never thought a divorce/financial arrangements would take so long - I just want to move on!

Morning

Isinde I second Tristmum. We are moving into the teen years now!

Ma manflu so clearly that will be Lemsip super, extra, max strength then? (other brands - similarly 'super' 'max strength' etc also available.

Zany it will be settled eventually so just hold on to that thought.

Hope everyone else is having a productive day. Grey and cold here.

Hi Zany

"Having a bit of a stressful time at the mo and back to almost a bottle a night."

I know it's not what you want to hear but this is probably the sign you need that you are an all or nothing person when it comes to drink. When things go wrong, control goes out of the window; but, when they start going right again, levels don't go back down.

My experience is that, given that choice, nothing is far, far preferable to all.

I did wonder that MIFLAW, will see how it goes and if I can cut down again this week.

Afternoon.

No sleep, let's leave it at that!

Zany - chances are that your X twat H has got the sofa from DFS or the like on one of those buy now, pay when you like deals. Frustrating for you all the same.

He sounds utterly vile but please don't let him undo all of your good work. You have come so far, don't you think? He's not worth it, he really isn't.

You need to thicken your skin girl. Smile and wave, tits and teeth, see? The more he thinks he's rattled you or getting to you, the more he'll do it.

Fecking child that he is. Empty threats I'd bet too.

Joint names equals joint responsability. He's just chancing his arm I bet.

Do what you can for yourself to resolve this as soon as you can, not because he's threatening this that and the other.

He's a nobber. End of.

Thanks for that Mouse and yuor probably right that he is likely to be paying for the sofa over time. Just so annoying when he won't take DS to football recently even though he is desperate to go with his Dad and his excuse is 'I've got bills to pay'. Going to get in touch with my Solicitor.

On the plus side DP is still being lovely, met one of my closest friends at the weekend which went really well. My surprise is on Friday.

And yes I need to thicken my skin and not let people get to me

Aw zany it is difficult with Ex's especially. He will know just how to push all the right buttons to get you to react, and you will probably still feel like reacting in the way you used to, and possibly even try to keep things 'nice' between you.

Remember he is not the person you have to please anymore. Look after youself and your dcs.

I'm going out tonight. On my own, without and children and without DH

I'm going to see my two new friends from playgroup. No men or children, just three 30 something ladies having some time out and enjoying a natter.

I've not been out before since having Nemo, especially to someone new's house. I'm wibbling a wee bit and temped by a drink BUT before you all shout at me, I won't.

There will be wine there and I plan to have no more than two glasses, on a very full tummy and plenty of water in between. And because I want to have two glasses of wine, not because I need to, which still surprises me.

So, I wanted to put that in writing now, down on this thread. Not sure why but I feel better for doing it.

Thanks for reading