Feminist Pub XVIII, in which the Bluestocking greets the first signs of spring with a glass of something soothing

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Just starting this one as the last is nearly full

Not holding out much hope! But will keep you posted.

All that worked for me was ignoring it every time. And trying to remember not to swear in front of them again...

Well quite Puffins

We just ignored swearing when dd2 was smaller. She stopped doing it when she stopped getting a reaction. It took a little while though.

I'm away on the most stressful school trip possible. If it can go wrong it has gone wrong. All I can say is I'll be glad to get home. I'm NEVER going to volunteer for a trip again til june

Oh Dragons i find school trips really stressful. Have you lost any yet? Called out the emergency services? Hang on in there. Hopefully the parents will be happy to see their DC home safely after a few adventures.

We haven't lost any, thank fuck, but we have had 2 of our evening activities cancelled due to circumstances out of our control, and finding last minute activities for 60teemagers is difficult. The trip started badly, the bus was half an hour late picking us up, so I should have known then that it was going to be a disaster. Never mind, we've got one more trip this morning then we're going home

I was really looking forward to this trip as well, but 2 of the 3 things I was looking forward to were the things that were cancelled I think I'm supposed to be leading this trip next year, rather than just being a helper like this year. I'm really not looking forward to that responsibility at all.

I feel your pain Dragons, haven't done anything that big but I've run Guiding residentials, just waiting to hear about all the planned activities for a risk assessment for our girls going on their first Guide camp. I'm not actually sleeping over, so I've said I'll do the paperwork!

I've not volunteered on school trips. I feel that swearing should be learned from your own parents, not from other pupils' parents.

Have been to camps though. It's ok once the kids have gone to bed ...

My mother used to volunteer on school trips (day ones, anyway). I hated it - it did nothing for my social standing at school, which was always pretty precarious anyway. Fortunately, the school trips were great, so I just ignored her.

I had to go on school trips, or DS2 was excluded from them. Luckily, I was viewed as the cool mum by a lot of his classmates, because I had differently coloured hair and spoke to them like they were people, so they fought to be in the group I took round whatever. Not sure what I'd have done if he'd got ostracised for that as well. Home Educating solved all these problems though.

Political cartoon on the front of the week showing 5 party leaders.

Actually 4 (DC, EM, NF, NC) and Alex salmond.

Ah.... perhaps the cartoonist has never had to learn to draw women?

DS is (hopefully) on his way back across Europe after his school ski trip. I have no idea what time he is supposed to get back tomorrow. Neither DH nor I have been getting any of the promised SMS updates this week, so it looks like our numbers aren't on their list. No one has updated the ski trip twitter account since first thing this morning. I'm wondering how I'm supposed to know when to collect him...

Can you ask any of the other parents to forward the SMS updates? Or are you not on those sort of terms with the other parents?

We're home Safe and well, only 2 hours later than planned. No more disasters today, oh, other than the vile smells that 60 teenagers can make when cooped up on a bus for several hours (vomit)

I have the most horrendous travel sickness, and am exempt from any school trips involving bus travel.

Spent most of today sleeping and doing nothing. After school yesterday DH and I went to see a band play, got home just after midnight. I am too old for nights out after working all day, and have spent today just lying around, and going back to bed for a nap.

DH has just started a new job, it's a very male dominated sector, one of his new colleagues said to him yesterday 'how on earth do you manage childcare if you and you DW work full time?' Apparently it's essential to have a SAHP . Think DH might be in for a hard ride if this is a common attitude (he took this job to massively reduce his commute so he could do more of the hospital appointments/school assemblies etc, the employer sells themselves on their flexible working conditions).

(Phew - DS's ski trip seem to be updating twitter again - they are waiting to board the ferry in Calais).

drinkscabinet - I hope he is still going to use the flexible working arrangements to do assemblies/appointments. Maybe if he does the other men will follow suit and their attitude will change. Wouldn't it be great if the attitude in 5 years time had changed to: it is great that you and DW work full time - the flexible working policies here really help you balance work and home life.

drinks I have also heard tell of these newfangled things called childcare workers. You pay them and everything. Maybe your DH's colleague has been concealing their existence from people in case his DW gets nasty ambitions.

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Yay.

Hello! I've been away! Did anyone miss me? (Though I cheated by posting from my phone ...)

I thought I'd read you a couple of days ago. How can we miss you if you've still been here through your phone?

But I haven't posted as much. Actually most of my threads have dropped off ...

I thought I had read posts of yours a couple of days back, but it is very possible that my brain is concertinaing time and/or I was reading an old thread.

I was only away 3 days.

at attention seeking behaviour. Please ignore me.

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