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SheherazadeSchadenfreude · 26/05/2014 08:49

Here!

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QueenQueenie · 04/06/2014 22:16

And sorry for the shouting MI

motherinferior · 04/06/2014 22:18

Shouting is fine, QQ. I do a lot of shouting.

QueenQueenie · 04/06/2014 22:21

I'm getting less shouty I find (although not sure dss would back me up on that). I FEEL less shouty...

NUFC69 · 04/06/2014 22:22

I think you have done the right thing, too, Stropps. It's very brave of you, but totally the right thing.

MI, I understand where you are coming from - I hope the lunch goes well and that DH isn't too late in picking up the DDs. The girls will probably enjoy being all grown up having lunch "by themselves" as well. Well done on booking your tickets, by the way - always a big step.

Blackduck · 04/06/2014 22:26

Respect Stropps
Rosebag I"m the orange dog in sunglasses ....

Stropperella · 04/06/2014 22:33

I'm hoping the fallout (if there is any) will not be as bad as it was when I was put in the invidious position of having to tell the aforementioned runaway brother who his father was, because h couldn't do it and it had to be said. His father not being the bloke who bought him up or whose name he has. And his two half-sibs had confronted their mother, made her 'fess up and then she swore them to secrecy and runaway brother couldn't understand why everyone was being weird with him. So I told him.

I thought my then-MIL was going to take out a contract on me. But runaway brother was so thankful to find out.

RudyMentary · 04/06/2014 22:46

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originalpiratematerial · 04/06/2014 23:00
Confused

I hope everyone's still here who's meant to be here. Talk of banning? Shock

mi I really do hope there's some way of salvaging birthday lunch!

beachyhead · 04/06/2014 23:08

So you did the runaway brother a favour by telling him who his dad was and now you have told the runaway brothers son where his dad is? Wow! Well the brother can't be angry with you, as he owes you one....

Well done Grin

My family is so dull...

QueenQueenie · 04/06/2014 23:14

Dullness has a lot to recommend it Beachy...

Rosebag · 04/06/2014 23:27

Ha...social networking at its best. I'll try to add whoever mentioned it by guessing at the profile pics on BTM 's friends list. Otherwise you can probably find me on hers...night night.

SheherazadeSchadenfreude · 04/06/2014 23:28

What QQ said re family...

My cousins are clearing their parents house. It's a nice house, and they had lots of nice things, though nothing particularly valuable. The rest of the family (my aunt's siblings, primarily, and their offspring) are OUTRAGED and INCENSED that they have not been asked if there is anything they want. Some have asked outright for eg a painting or a clock, but have been told that one of the children is having it. Isn't this right, though? Some of the family have been offered a keepsake - eg an ornament or small clock (rather than an oil painting or a grandfather clock), but have turned their noses up at this and there is a lot of anger that the children are getting "all the good stuff." I was there at the weekend helping them to clear out, and someone said acidly, I suppose you helped yourself to something nice. No, I was given my aunt's rolling pin, which is great for me, and a nice keepsake, as we both love cooking. My family are like something from EastEnders anyway...

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Auriga · 04/06/2014 23:34

Well done Stropps

MI, bed is yours if you'd like it. Not perfect but VGC. Doesn't have its own mattress. Can probably deliver, in bits.

CointreauVersial · 04/06/2014 23:39

Good for you, Strops. I'd have done the same.

cremolafoam · 05/06/2014 00:00

Blimey you turn your back for 2 minutes...
Stropps good for you putting people straight. Takes guts. The cupboards in our family are full of ghosts and the closets full of ..., well you know what I mean.

Are we talking Bindi or Windy being asked to leave? I'm confussedConfused

MI brilliant that you are booked for India, but disappointing that dh is not taking responsibility again. Thou art a Tai'chi widowSad
Hope that a teenage babysitter can be conjured up from somewhere.

bigTillyMint · 05/06/2014 06:53

Well done Stropps, you have done the right thing. TwiceSmile

Sun's out here!

Stropperella · 05/06/2014 07:34

Sun is shining here too!
Thank you for your comments, crepeys. I didn't really expect much in the way of a positive response, so it's cheering to hear you think I did the right thing. I can't bear the "secrets & lies" approach to family life. I particularly couldn't stand the way my Mil was still relishing playing her 3 sons off against each other when they were all in their 40s and continuing to mess up their mental health and relationships with their own children. Exh would have turned 60 this month and he is on my mind a bit, especially as dd turns 16 in a few weeks - another landmark birthday.

NUFC69 · 05/06/2014 07:53

Grey here, but no rain forecast. I must do some admin work for the charity I am involved with. And strip the last bed from my weekend visitors.

Stropps, 16 - how nice. Are you going to do anything special for her?

motherinferior · 05/06/2014 08:14

I am now 51.Shock

Auriga, would love bed - perhaps we should exchange a pic before I commit fully to it, though? Mentioned it to DP in passing this morning.Grin

MrsS, a rolling pin sounds fab. Is is one of those lovely heavy ones? I yearn for one of those. My lovely uncle, who died about 15 years ago, gave me one of those handle-free Indian stainless steel pots with with a curved copper bottom, last time I saw him in India. We use it every day - DP boils his morning egg in it - and it is a great way to keep him literally in our lives.

Rosebag · 05/06/2014 08:29

Strops your view is the healthier one, I have no doubt. My family is relatively open and up front. Not so DH's. It all secrets, lies and "We don't talk about that…" His only sister is estranged from us by her choice…and the inlaws love playing divide and conquer. My kids get tearful when they remember they have an auntie who doesn't want to know them Sad
Mother..is it your birthday? If so have a happy day... Consolation…I am still older than you Grin
Thanks for the fb requests ladies…having fun trying to work out who's who…
Blimey, DS is playing the piano again….oh mama mia, mama mia let me go. And I am…running away to a teachers meeting. At least its sunny Smile

motherinferior · 05/06/2014 08:30

It is indeed.

I am the one with two small girls and a cat.

Blackduck · 05/06/2014 08:33

MI - HAPPY BIRTHDAY! still sad I missed birthday bash last year......

SheherazadeSchadenfreude · 05/06/2014 08:38

Happy Birthday!! Have a sooopah one!

Rolling pin is plain wooden one but it has been well used and loved. Smile

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Stropperella · 05/06/2014 08:42

Happy birthday and many happy returns, MI!

bigTillyMint · 05/06/2014 08:48

Happy birthday MI!CakeWine
Was it really a year ago that Rudy did the infamous pole dancing?Grin