Crepes, Cats and Calamari

[MrsSchadenfreude]

Here you go.

I tired SSGB and got bored.

Sadly both of the girls refusing to tell DD whar she has done wrong have been perfectly lovely friends (friend 1 only known for 18 months, but friend 2 for 4 1/2 years)

I used to love Floella and fantasise about having beautiful beaded hair like her.

We went to see Hidden Figures today - it was good. Easy family viewing!

Holiday cancelled. Ds distraught. Had enough. May disappear for a while.

Yes to boring nazis. Slightly less boring nazis in the Netflix thing.
I am being subjected to vile, noisy headache-inducing Robot Wars. This is in payment for cTMW.
I am reminiscing about the taste of Cherry Garcia ice cream , which has been archived by Messrs Ben and Jerry long since. Shame.

BD - hang in there and rant and scream here. We're here for you.

No BD no, pop back when you can. I'm so sorry.

Oh BD - do stay with us and we can try and bolster you in any way we can - even if it's just to provide a sounding board.

BTM - I do feel real friends wouldn't put somebody through this. They are old enough to know better.

Oh no BD Please don't disappear - this is when you need your friends most

Oh BD, , so sorry. Don't feel you have to keep up - just post for support when it might help?

BTM, that is awful. I do see what you mean about them having to sort it themselves - but I don't think it is impossible that the school could act - perhaps through general discussions/tutor groups etc?. I can see the risk though. Your poor dd.

Crem, so pleased to hear about your dd and crossing many extremeties it carries on.

Oh BD, that's awful. Pleeeeease don't disappear we care about you and want to help even if it's only to lend an ear / shoulder / whatever...

BTM, awful re so called friends - it's really cruel of them and shitty behaviour. If they are cross with her they should tell her so there can be a good row and either make up or move on but not such stupid mind games. Poor dd.

Crem puppies AND kittens - madness - but in a good way!

We went out for lunch with friends today - glass of rhubarb cava (YUM!) plus 2 small glasses of red and I'm done for. Just been snoozing on the sofa. Perked up now to watch my guilty pleasure of "The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door" on some obscure channel. Marvellous! You can keep CTM and the Nazis...

I so agree with GGG about the shitty behaviour, BTM. It is so foul to say there is a reason and she should know what it is. Yuk yuk yuk. Can she ask another, non-involved girl(s) what it is she's supposed to have done? What would we do as adults? Shout it from the rooftops, surely...but maybe after having a quiet word with a trusted ally, just in case we had done something appalling and not realised?

BD, please do stay and cry on our shoulders.

BD, we're all here supporting you in any way we can. Please feel free to join in (or not) in any way you can.

Crem, sorry about the puppy (still think you're mad, though to be contemplating both cats and a dog). How nice to hear some positive news about your DD.

Here we are watching a football match (or snoozing in DH's case). I am hanging out until 9 which seems to be my standard retiring to bed time these days. Two angelic little DGC are asleep upstairs; first ride on new bike passed uneventfully and they are replete with a Sunday roast. Let's hope for a quiet night.

I a vvv worried about DD2's mental health and don't know what to do. She has refused more counselling - said the last one was a complete waste of time, and is angry with her, because she (allegedly) told DD2 not to revise for her mocks, but to "see if she could crack them without revising." CAMHS have said that she needs more counselling before they will do anything, but if she is refusing the counselling, what next? There is another huge issue (that I can't say anything about on here for legal reasons) hanging over her head and I think this has impacted on her more than she is letting on. But she won't speak to me, so I am not quite sure what I can do. I am going to try and speak to the school nurse tomorrow.

What are you worried about Mrs S - apart from the legal related thing that she clearly needs support with? Is she anxious? Depressed? What does she think about needing help? School nurse sounds a good first port of call...

MrsS, when my sister was worried about her ds she found the school very helpful and (worryingly) familiar with how to access and get the best out of CAMHS. Hopefully your dd's school is as well connected. And I don't know how well your girls get on but I know mine are very close on things like this. They wouldn't tell me but would support each other - is dd1 likely to be a source of support? Best wishes and hope it all turns out ok

We need a new thread title and pronto!

Spring is sprung, the grass is ris, I wonder where those Crepeys is?

Easter Bonnets, Bunnies and Crepes

MrsS, am about to PM you with a website.....

So DD has come home hysterical from going to the gym with her good mutual friend who friend 2 has told what her beef with DD is, but she doesn't want to say because then she will be stuck in the middle.
So I have text friend 2's parent to ask them to tell me. No doubt that will backfire, but this is awful.

MrsS so sorry your DD seems to be having difficulties too. Where was she getting the counselling? CAMHS or school?

She claims to be anxious and depressed and has had counselling via the school. School say there is another counsellor they can use, but DD is refusing more counselling. TBH I really have no idea what the counselling was for.

She doesn't talk to DD1, except she told her that she was going to the school doctor to get "happy pills".

I think you should BTM. It sounds one of those situations that it would be pretty hard to make much worse quite frankly.

Very hard if she doesn't want the help on offer Mrs S.

Just to BTM & Mrs S & wishing you strength to get through the angst of your DD's.

It's not much use to tell them that 'this too will pass' - but it will.........

Sometimes I am very happy to be old...............

Took matters into my own hands...
New thread here

Just submitted my assignment. Wayyyy past my bedtime.