Nutty Stepmum's Club (NSC) - Who Wants To Join Us? (Thread 2)

[Squirrel3]

Ah ha! I knew I could get it to the two thousand posts!!!!

Big lips, this training group is good, the people are really friendly, you work at your own pace and you don't have to go full time, you go in when you can. You just 'book' some time on a computer to suit you, and the tutors are glad to help out with anything you don't understand.

Who know it could open up a whole new world for you!

And I'm not biased at all!

Ooooops posts crossed again!

Good luck in your exam! I've just done loads of them to get this job.

biglips I don't think I'd be prepared to work for that TBH but it depends how much you want or need to get back to work. I work with someone who, when she had 2 children at nursery, was literally working just to pay the fees! But she said she just couldn't stay at home all day so each to their own

squirrel I would definitely change my number if I were you - no way would I have BM knowing my mobile number! Either that or I'd tell DP in no uncertain terms that I cannot be held responsible for anything I say to her if she phones or texts me

BSL? Is that British Sign Language?

yes it is Squirral and i love doing it too!

I've got my very own version of sign language Only I can understand it but that's probably just as well sometimes, tee hee

Squirrel I really hope your DP speaks to dss this time - better late than never!!

Biglips, its a very worthwhile thing to do, I did a little sign course when my best friend had a ds whom was diagnosed as deaf. We decided that my children and I would do one so that we could talk to her ds. He is a delightful little boy, one day (as he was learning to 'talk') he signed my name then did the caring sign across his cheek, from then on the sign always followed my name, bless him.

I must add I'm not very good at it. His mum has done loads of courses in sign obviously, along with speech therapy; he can talk now as well as signing. His mum was a natural as she was always very animated in her speech anyway, whereas I am very quiet and shy!

squirrel - quiet and shy? Really??

Lol, I was waiting for that one!

I try to convince people that I'm quiet sometimes, never works tho!

but its the quiet nad shy ones that you have to watch out for People think I'm shy and quiet when they meet me first

But I am shy and quiet!!!

Me too

Whats happening with your DB NAAM?

They were supposed to have the kids to stay last weekend but were told they were moving house on Friday, then it didn't happen so they could have had them!! Long-term they're still no further forward - still waiting for the social worker to contact them to tell them what's going on. When the children were collected on 28th December DB and SIL were told that they would only be with the foster carers for a month - obviously this is nearly up now so they are expecting to hear before the weekend what's going to happen with them. This is the first time any of our family have had anything to do with social services so needless to say our impression of them is not good to say the least. From what people on the thread who work in SS said, it certainly sounds to me as if it could, and should, have been handled better. I just hope that after everything there's a happy ending

Thanks for asking

Me too, I really mean that, I think its terrible the way that the SS have handled the situation.

I very often think about them, I hope that they are ok, I don't know if you are religious at all but there is a prayer thread, you could ask them to go to the Big Man Himself. It can't hurt and in any case, I'll pray for them anyway.

We're not a religious family but thank you for that, really thoughtful of you

It makes me so mad that SS say they always have the childrens' best interests at heart - they clearly don't in this case

But if it has a happy ending it will, of course, all be forgotten

Think we need a drink, what can I get you?

I'm off now, got a contact lens consultation - blind as a bat me DP laughs at me when I haven't got my contacts in, he calls me Mr Magoo (remember him??)

Talk tomorrow, have a nice evening all

Oooohh and that looks sooooo tempting

Have to dash tho - boooooo!!

Of course I remember Mr Magoo

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I'll have to drink on my own then, think I'll have this.

is anyones SD/SS doesnt speak out much about their home life? as SD never talks about her mum and never ever talks about what she had been up to and if we ask she just about it very brief.. she had always been like that and wondered whether she'll always be like that meaning will she keep things to herself away from us

eg.. i didnt know that she was gonna be a bridemaid at her uncles wedding till we dropped her off at home and she was getting out of the car and said "my uncle is getting married and im gonna be a bridemaid"..... ehh?

and another time her mum told us that we wont be seeing her in two weeks time cos SD is going on hols with her nan to Switerland (we have her every 2 weeks).. so the next time we saw her, we asked her if she knew she was going on holiday and she said yes so i asked why didnt you tell us? but she never answered back

strange child!!! as ill would be all excited and wouldnt be able to shut up about it!!!

sorry about the ramble!!!