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How is Sykes!

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ForestFly · 08/07/2003 23:29

Not been here for a month! Trying to live a normal life as a singleton! Wondering how the lovely people are that gave me such good advice, M2T etc... all of you!!! Where has the mums arms gone? Still gutted, but have a grip on it

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aloha · 09/10/2003 15:18

Agree with Blu - I do think it is good advice just to say, Oh, right, I'll talk to my solicitor.

Blu · 09/10/2003 15:18

We sound like an opera - I say everything 3 times and repeat twice, while you do a four verse repeat!
DO let us know what happens at the party...i think the pig outfit will help A LOT! Well Done!

sykes · 09/10/2003 15:25

Thanks. I'm buying a polaroid instamatic camera or whatever they're called for immediate results .... I'll get one of my designers to scan the images in.
Also, thought nice for the other children to have their own pic to take home but have just found out that there are 35 of the little darlings .... it is a shared party, thank goodness.

winnie1 · 09/10/2003 15:45

Isn't it remarkable... despite being treated like sh*te, and therefore feeling like ones world has come to an end, you still manage to organise birthday parties, take children away and generally get on with life for your daughters sake when, you may actually feel like curling up in a ball and hybernating for a while... Sykes you are so far from being unreasonable. You are being incredibly strong and fair and it is very obvious that your girls are your priority. Good luck with the whole house thing, Take care, Winniex

sykes · 09/10/2003 15:54

Thanks, Winnie. That's a very nice thing to say and has cheered me up. Hope FF et al (we, unfortunately, seem to be in ever-increasing numbers.

sykes · 09/10/2003 16:02

meant to say hope FF etc are feeling okay.

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forestfly · 09/10/2003 16:10

Have a lovely party Sykes, im fine just doing some studying to take my mind off things. Also contemplating buying a chinese tonight instead of Slovakian Tripe soup

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sykes · 09/10/2003 16:16

Thanks. Have a lovely evening - with or without the tripe soup. Maybe without?

codswallop · 10/10/2003 11:03

here we are! whats the new s then s - ster?

codswallop · 10/10/2003 11:03

here we are! whats the new s then s - ster?

sykes · 10/10/2003 11:08

Thanks, Coddy, feel suitably chastised by my posting on the lovely partner thread ... Oh, it's eldest's b'day party today and I was up for about three hours with her last night - she's got a hacking cough - then younger one woke up, then they both woke up at 6. I've raced into work (takes one and a half hours) have to race home (another one and a half hours) to get to the party where he'll be, hopefully dressed as a pig - see below - some bugger put a brick through the car window and knicked my CD player, I can't get it fixed until Sat am and apparently it's raining so car will be soaked and h contacts me what he wants to do with dds over Christmas. Apart from that .... Sorry, needed to get it off my chest. Thanks.

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forestfly · 10/10/2003 11:16

Now he's stressing you out with christmas, tell him where he can stick it. Dont worry about the other thread, it made me laugh Have you many adults coming to the party, have a nice glass of wine and a chat. Sounds like you need to do a bit of ranting! H will fall on his face pretty soon just you wait. Mine is making me laugh at the moment, he took all the cd's from my house. When i rang him to give him grief he said my priorities were all messed up, i should be thinking of the kids, not music

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sykes · 10/10/2003 11:18

There must be a song in that .... too bunged up with a cold to think of one but must be some great song titles out there.

Freddiecat · 10/10/2003 17:22

Sykes - was prompted to read this thread after your posting on the lovely partner thread.

Very best of luck to you in a nasty situation. xx

sykes · 10/10/2003 20:49

Thanks. Had a good b'day party for my dd1. And, although he didn't turn up as a pig - my h, he did turn up as Batman, of sorts. Black T-shirt with a funny logo and a mask. Needless to say all the other adults weren't in fancy dress - my idea of a windup and did we laugh? YES. Made my week.

Bugsy2 · 10/10/2003 20:52

Haven't been on Mumsnet much lately. Sorry to hear that things are not going well Sykes. Hope the birthday party was a success and your H looked suitably swine like!
No good advice, just lots of sympathy. Don't let him grind you down.

sykes · 10/10/2003 21:03

Thanks, Bugsy, how are things with you?

Mo2 · 10/10/2003 21:28

Sykes - have just caught up with this thread - sorry to hear you've been having a bit of a shi**y time - but the party sounds good - well done!

Got your e-mail and haven't forgotton suggestion to meet up - we've been a bit waylaid with colds (all of us); backache (one of us) and ear infection (little one of us) and a horribly busy time at work (me ) so apologies for not being in touch - will e-mail soon!
take care...

Loobie · 10/10/2003 21:31

Sykes excellent idea for the party glad it went 'well' and you had a good laugh.I Love It,men being taken the p**s out of when they really deserve it.hee hee

sykes · 10/10/2003 21:32

Thanks, Mo2, sorry you've all been poorly. Hasn't been too awful as friends have stayed a bit - at The Priory last w/end which was so awful it was funny. Hope you're better soon.

sykes · 10/10/2003 21:46

Thanks, Loobie, dds enjoyed it and how we laughed. I'll grow up one day.

Loobie · 10/10/2003 22:07

but until you do there's always to have a laugh at!

Loobie · 10/10/2003 22:07

men should have been in there somewhere !LOL

Mo2 · 10/10/2003 22:40

Why was the Priory awful? Memories or something or quality of food?

We were there for dinner two weeks ago!

sykes · 10/10/2003 22:48

My friends, who are very fussy, it must be said, hated the room, were upgraded to the Byron Suite, which I have always wanted to stay in, but it was a bit grubby, and dinner was less than good. We were stuck in an alcove with a 40th b'day party - table of 12 and three of us ... and the food wasn't great. also the wine was the wrong vintage - my friend is v fussy, but the wrong year and the service was a bit surly. I've been ther before and it was really good. I could go on and on. I do belong to the health club but that's not exactly great either - but close. The manager tried but we were thought it wasn't great. REally need a refurbish.