Thinking about marrying a farmer?

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Then have a looky here.

www.sellmylivestock.co.uk/blog/thinking-about-marrying-a-farmer/

also FWI in a follow up have published this about growing up on a farm

www.fwi.co.uk/articles/16/06/2014/145046/10-things-only-a-farmer39s-child-would-know.htm

its definitely silly silage season in the UK agricultural press.

no farmery people around tonight then.

I found your links useful west! I'm doing some research in preparation for a job interview tomorrow , and my knowledge of all things farming is very limited! Good old MN!

oooh that sounds like an interesting job interview? Whats it for?

Admin job in a farming office. Wish me luck!

So true! :)

But even worst than marrying one is to have a child with one. My DH told everyone who'd listen when I was 39 weeks pregnant "Eye, she'll not be long now, she's bagging up"

I used to fantasise about marrying a farmer

My friend had a baby with a farmer & he thought babies were born arms first like lambs.

Too late. Already married one!

Both of those articles ring very true OP!

We're expecting our first at the moment and I have been reliably informed not to worry if we don't get to hospital on time because he's had decades experience of lambing and calving, and apparently he has a calving jack and some rope!

Funnily enough I'm not as enthusiastic as he is!

*enthsiastic about this

ClaireFraser, I grew up on a farm and while in deep labour with DD, I told the midwife to "go for the fucking jack"! DH was bemused...

Perhaps I will allow DH to add a jack to the labour bag after all!

Haha, I was brought up on a farm in Australia but so much of this rings true! I would add for Oz kids: Seeing your mum make all this lovely food for the shearers and not being allowed to eat the 'shearer's food'!!

Farmer's wife here. Yes, to all those things on that list and I will add

• You know where they are in the house if you follow the trail of oat/barley seed.

-You cannot hoover hay. -'Good' towels will vanish and be used to mop up sump oil. -You need a photographic memory for where they left tools they were using.

Dh asked if I would manage to cut 'a wee field' of hay two days after our son was born via c/s.

We are a farming family and it is interesting that out of all the five children,none were born during lambing,haymaking or harvest. The 5 grandchildren all follow the same pattern too.When I was pregnant, a male friend asked me if I couldn't get to the hospital in time,would my dad be able to step in and help. I didn't know where yo start with how wrong that would be.....