Year 12 preparing for AS levels

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Here we are everyone.

I'm so sorry Liney

Sorry for all who are going through family worries at the moment

Thank you that's really kind

I bought DS some new earphones today. Hopefully it'll raise a smile amidst the woes of exam anxiety and family stuff.

That's a good idea, sure he will appreciate that. I tell myself if they have to deal with this all at the same time it will hopefully boost emotional resilience a bit which might help in the future.

I'm so sorry for your loss Liney
We are two years on from a dreadful family loss, my DNephew
I think the passing of time does ease the pain slightly but we still think of him all the time x

Oh Juggling

Thanks SugarPlum x

MN support has been a great help alongside other friends

Very sorry for all those suffering losses/difficult times

Liney, I know new earphones would go down really well with DD.

Followed by a big Lindt egg at the weekend?!

That sounds good Liney

You've reminded me I must look out for some eggs as we like to have an Easter egg hunt in the garden, especially as DD's birthday just coming up and she'd like that

Can't go wrong with a big Lindt egg ! Easter egg hunt sounds good too, I'd happily do that We have the non boyfriend arriving at the weekend for 3 weeks. Except he isn't the non boyfriend any more, he's been upgraded.

But I'm not allowed to tell anyone so you didn't all know

SugarPlum, upgraded? Hope they don't fall out - 3 weeks is a long time! and you'd better get over to the "would you allow your 16yo have their partner sleep over thread

His 'non' status has finally bden dripped. . It is along time, only been a week before. He's in the spare room and we have a tiny landing with very squeaky floorboards .

I have to avoid those threads as there is a big age gap as well which us and them have had to come to terms with. I'd be absolutely hammered on some of the threads on here ! However I think without him she'd have dropped out of college by now and both DH and I do really like him. DS even comes out of his room when he's here so I try to focus on the positives.

"upgraded (non) boyfriend" made me smile too

Ah, so they were just tinging before, and now he's asked her to be his girlfriend? Well that's what happens round these parts these days I thought it sounded desperately uncool to ask if you would be his girlfriend, but apparently I'm out of date
And don't worry what people on the internet that you have never met think - trust your own judgement!

They were like 'brother and sister' apparently and any suggestion to the contrary was met with dramatics about how it would be like incest. It was however very obvious to the rest of us they were a bit freaked out about age difference and had strong feelings for each other as I just don't look at my Brother like that

It's all complicated by the fact she met him in Japan last summer and he lives somewhere else in Europe. I have learned things are usually not straightforward with DD but that makes her what she is and the more I'm against something the more she wants to do it. I'm also pretty sure she will find a way to permantly emigrate somewhere in a few years.

Can someone hand my a stiff drink?

I've just been to see DD's AS drama piece. Phaedra's Love by Sarah Kane in the style of Berkof!

Swearing ( including the C word), simulated sex, suicide! Watching my daughter ask someone 'when did you last have a fuck?' made me gulp.

sounds like you need it EricNorthman

Sorry to hear about all the real life difficulties.

(and thanks for the reminder about Easter Eggs. Bad mother award goes to me for forgetting!)

That must have been rather full on EricNorthman, had she warned you in advance ?

EricNorthman gosh, I'd have struggled with that too. I hope you had some warning, sounds like you didn't though.

sugar kinda.

DD says there was swearing and sexual content. And I should have known that the story ( Greek queen falls in love with her step son and then tops herself) plus Sarah Kane ( brutal writer who eventually killed herself ) = close to the bone.

But I was not prepared for that. The Sound if Music it ain't.

Eric that explains something. DD and her friend were practicing their drama pieces and I offered to watch. I know DD's was something about being in an asylum, but she said I wouldn't want to watch his because it was Burkoff. Now I know why

My DD was in rather a challenging piece once, in sixth form. I was a bit

DD did 'Bouncers' in y10. That was bad enough for me! They found her a more suitable piece for her GCSE performance, though for a couple of the plays done by others DD2 then age 10 needed to leave the room for when we went to watch a practice evening.

Any ideas how to help DD1 with AS Spanish grammar?