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motherinferior · 20/08/2015 19:05

Rudy, a lovely friend of mine with twins - actually BTM's DD1 may know them, I've just realised - has just posted on FB about their very different results. It must be so tough, this twins gig.

bigTillyMint · 20/08/2015 19:26

Cremo Re the DH holiday clothes. My DH looks significantly more at home in shorts and a Tshirt and trainers than a suit - nothing to do with growing up in NZ, oh no! He doesn't poses any Boden clothing though it would be very entertaining to see him in a pair of fun tartan pyjama bottoms and floppy spotty shirt

MI well done to your DD!

Lalsy · 20/08/2015 19:45

If dh is not watched closely, he wears socks with sandals. I hope that image isn't too traumatic for an S and B thread.

Well done, MI's dd. That's very good.

Rose, awww. Is it definite that he has to (remark/advice etc?)? I am sure everyone is right about enjoying music (am completely cloth-eared myself) and if the decision is securely made then he can move forward. ds is a bit worried he has chosen the wrong A levels and I think he may be right. We'll have to talk about that when he finally comes home!

Rudy, hope things OK with you.

herbaceous · 20/08/2015 19:45

DP has form for being far too 'townie' on holiday, and ending up buying holiday clothes at our destination. I remind him of this at each packing, but to no avail.

Just got reply from that job I spent 12 years applying for the other day - 'failed to meet selection criteria' apparently. Pants. I have asked them for clarification...

S&B news. I ordered a black hoodie from Uniqlo as a 'useful layering garment' for the chill of Dorset. Quandaried for some time whether to get medium or large, as Uniqlo has form for coming up small, went for medium, and it arrived today. It was like a marquee. So I took it to the Uniqlo in Westfield to exchange it. Every medium in there was a different size, by about 4 inches in width. Really rubbish. Found one that fitted in the end, but after about 10 attempts.

magimedi · 20/08/2015 19:46

A* in Latin is amazing - didn't think anyone did Latin anymore.

B at A Level Latin here (back on the early 70's) but have forgotten 90% of it.

The remaining 10% comes in v useful at times.

MrsSchadenfreude · 20/08/2015 19:52

Well done to the Larger Inferiorette! And all the GCSE-ers!

Personally I think GCSEs are a huge stress - which other country tests kids at 16, 17 and 18? A friend's DD, who got all A* in her GCSEs last year has spectacularly bombed in her AS levels (she got a B and three Cs) and doesn't think she'll be able to do medicine. It is so much pressure, at such a young age. I will be a nervous wreck in two years, when DD1 is doing her IB and DD2 is doing her GCSEs.

Crem, your DH sounds exactly like mine. It is only in the last 15 years that he has entertained the thought of jeans. No shorts, no tee shirts and no short sleeved shirts for holidays. He sat on the beach in Rio in chinos and brogues and a polo shirt (which is as casual as it got).

I am particularly fed up at the moment with work (will explain more tomorrow) and am looking forward to going out to play tomorrow after work, and to being a tour guide.

Blackduck · 20/08/2015 20:00

Dp won't be seen dead in jeans.. Holidays consist of shorts and t shirts. I made him buy sandals this summer...

Down home which is grim. Dad stressed and cross with mum. Mum feeling like she is a constant irritant. Dbro feeling the stress....
See you tomorrow MrsS...
Sorry yo can't make it Rudy and sorry re mixed GCSEs...
Congrats to others.

bigTillyMint · 20/08/2015 20:04

Rose, I don't know anything about Alevel music, but I do like the little vids you post of him playing on FB. Surely he should be able to do it to Alevel if that's his passion? He's obviously very talented.

I am trying not to worry about A levels and just enjoy the relief

BeachysFlipFlops · 20/08/2015 20:50

Finally got back in.... It's like all your friends are being held hostage in the Crystal Maze and you have to complete tasks to get to talk to them again.

Dd2 went off on her school trip this morning, well it is organised by an ex teacher and accompanied by some of the current teachers. Major drama when we turned up as we realised, much to our horror, that of the 20 of so kids, 17 were in Y8, 2 in Y7 and only dd2 in Y5. No other years at all. Why didn't they f*ing tell me? So much tears, refusal to go, with me quite happy just to take her home again. Then a stoic U turn and she got on the coach....tonnes of anguished texting from her, me in tears most of the day for being such a 'bad mother' not finding out before we signed up etc etc

I've got a feeling I may need to make a 600 mile round trip to grab her at the weekend. I mean, what teenagers are going to want a 10 year old eating with them, sleeping in their dorm. I am truly gutted (not sure why it's hit me so hard, just so many other shitty things going on, it would lovely if one plan came together for once!)

I am coming to London and I will endeavour to pop in, but bearing in mind the day I'm likely to have with my boss, I may just want to come home, curl into a little ball and sleep

Well done all GCSE's and thoughts with you, Rudy. You did a great job at this time with ds2 and you can do it again.

New thread soon....

RudyMentary · 20/08/2015 21:47

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CointreauVersial · 20/08/2015 21:56

Back at last... have given up trying to get the app to work so I'm on the mobile site. I could have done with MN to keep me company on the train, and I was dying to know how all the GCSE-ers got on. Well done to all (and give your DD a big hug, Rudy).

London Dungeon wasn't as bad as I feared - mildly entertaining, I suppose. Then we hit Oxford Street where I trailed round after the four girls (Lush, New Look, Forever 21...you get the idea), sweating in the humidity, and producing my wallet at the appropriate moments. DH disappeared to a pub.

DD2 is 12 tomorrow (and I haven't wrapped her presents). Off to find giftwrap....

Cremo · 20/08/2015 22:04

Oh Beachy that's shitty. Poor dd. we can only hope that a couple f kindly yr 7s take her under their wing and be big sisters to her. (+)

New thread should be called Crepeys are Hacked Off, due to recent events on here. Still , new term and all that....

MollyAir · 20/08/2015 23:05

Beachy, I wonder if you could ask one of the teachers to ask a couple of nice older girls to take dd under their wing? It's a huge part of dd's school culture to look after the younger kids, and the boys and girls do it with alacrity - for them it seems to be like having a pet hamster. But of course that may be entirely idealistic if NOT part of school culture.

Rosebag · 20/08/2015 23:09

What crem and rudy'said, Beachy. I bet the older girls will think DD is cute and take her under their wing in due course. What a horrible, horrible stress for you, though

Great results MI am very impressed!

rudy does DD know what she wants to do next and can she do it....I guess are the important questions. My DD has her plans as you know. She is likely to get similar results next summer. The course she's going to apply for will let her in with low maths and English grades and they provide a tutor from a local college if the grades are below D.

DS made the decision himself that he'd need to bank his best AS grades because of the Unis he wants to apply for. He feels he has to go forward with AAB....if he took music and dropped Spanish he'd go in with ABC. He feels better now he's considering extracurricular scholarships for music tuition.

motherinferior · 21/08/2015 08:10

Exactly like a hamster, brilliant comparison, Molly. (We have a new hamster.) My only comparison is with the happily mixed hippy t'ai chi kids' camp, though, which is almost certainly not characteristic of anything (bar teenager behaviour, of course. DD1 mentioned casually yesterday that "O gave me a massage" at camp. It turned out to be a neck one...)

That's so tough for DD, Rudy. Commiserations.

BeachysFlipFlops · 21/08/2015 08:21

Molly, the organiser has asked the two Y7 girls to look after her, which is great. They probably came on the trip to hang out with the year 8 boys and suddenly found themselves lumbered with Dd a couple of Claire's vouchers might be in order! She has her phone, thank god, so I am providing an electronic hand hold. She's climbing a 'big hill' today, which probably means Snowdon!

Dd1 and dh had the septum piercing argument again last night.... I'm afraid I'm letting him have this battle on his own. I figure once she realises every one else at ArtSchool has a thousand piercings and she looks like a bull, she might change her mind...

Lalsy · 21/08/2015 08:27

about hamster - know exactly what you mean.

Beachy, I think it is pants, hamster attitudes or not. They should definitely have told you IMO - yr 5 and yr 7/8 are quite different, however lovely and kind the older ones are. So I really hope dd has a good time and you don't have to do the long round trip, but it is not your fault or hers if it doesn't work out.

Have a great mini MU tonight - I would have liked to join you but am going to try and catch dh at leisure. We may watch GBBO together - he misread a text about it and thought those were ds GCSE results .

Rudy, that must be so difficult.

Lalsy · 21/08/2015 08:34

Climbing Snowdon is a very bonding experience!

Blackduck · 21/08/2015 08:36

Oh Beachy hope it works out! Wasn't fun last Saturday when dp was contemplating the round trip to Exmoor to get a snivelling da (until we all told him to MUP.....)

MrsSchadenfreude · 21/08/2015 09:13

Beachy, DD1 went on a school ski-ing trip when she was 11, and we only found out on the day that the other kids were much older - 14 and up. She was befriended and looked after by a lovely 16 year old, who did things like make sure DD was included in stuff, took her to the village after ski-ing etc. Despite the age gap, they seemed to get on really well, and are still friends today. It only needs one nice child to make a difference. Hope it goes OK!

Rudy, that must have been really tough for your poor DD.

Cremo · 21/08/2015 10:39

Ach Rudy, poor dd. Was there always such a gap between the two of them? Or has this been a real shock ? I mean perhaps dd has done not too badly for her iyswim. It must be so difficult for her if she compares herself with ds. Just awful to meet him on the way in. I hope dd can see some positives at the end of all of this, but I can see it must be a watershed for them as twins,
Hope you can find a way through Rudy. We are here for you

Rosebag · 21/08/2015 10:59

Ok, I am cutting the holiday short. We're going back on Monday. I can't keep juggling all the calls and texts from DM and she has agreed that DDad is highly unlikely to be able to be cared for at home. She doesn't want to meet the social worker to talk about care homes on her own so there we are. DDad can only be kept in hospital for another week at most so a plan has to be made. I think it's best all round.

wilbur · 21/08/2015 11:13

I tried to get here yesterday early morning to wish all GCSE expecters good luck, but couldn't work out the new unhacked system. Seems to be ok now, hopefully. Anyway, glad to hear there are so many happy Y10s and I'm sorry for the ones who have had to bear disappointment in any form. Rudy, it must be hard for your dd - is there an area where she does better than her bro? We have similar with ds2 who has very few academic bones in his body (and doesn't care, tbh) but he is far sportier and more musical than his older siblings, which helps.

Rose - so sorry to hear about you ddad - I have missed everything due to RL and can't really catch up to know what has gone on, but I hope you and your family can sort things out together.

Hoping to keep up a bit more again in September - any meet ups planned for he autumn?

Cremo · 21/08/2015 11:40

Yes Wilbur!
I'm coming over on 26th September. No exact plans as yet but will let u know.

bigTillyMint · 21/08/2015 12:13

Oh Rose. Could you not go back again later in the week?