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Do You Get Involved When Your Teenagers Argue?
Or do you leave them to sort it out for themselves (as long as physical violence isnt involved :D ). I tend to intervene, but I think this often makes things worse as my son who is 14 3/4 then gets annoyed with me and says I'm telling him off and it's not fair! :o I was discussing it with my mum today and she said that she…
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Post Divorce Consent Order
I am hoping someone may be able to advise me on whether I need to have a consent order, 5 years after my divorce and 2 months before I remarry? Am I right that after remarriage to a new partner, there is no need for a Consent Order on either side? :confused: My ex-partner is rather prone to over dramatising situations and…
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2 year old birthday party and presents
Hi, Can I have some opinions here please. I can't ask any of my friends as I don't want to cause a row. My son is 2 soon and I have agreed to hold a joint birthday party with 2 friends who's children are 2 that week as well. I did have some reservations as I have different views as to what I would like the party to be like…
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Husband wants bike we just cant afford!
Im at the end of my tether now, im really considering leaving. He used to have a motorbike, but he sold it to buy our first car which he wanted, ever since, he has had the occasional moan about wanting a bike again, ive always said once the kids are older and we are more financially stable that he could get one, but since…
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Who To Complain To Re: Preschool
DD2 had her first day at preschool today and as i left i wasn't exactly confident at leaving her. Before anyone suggests that it is because it was her first day away from me i can assure you that is not the case she has been left before with friends, childminders etc and we have both been fine. My ex partner my childrens…
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Baby Led Weaning (BLW)
Hello, I am planning on starting this with my little girl in a few weeks she is 23 weeks now so wont be starting for a few more weeks but i just wondered if there was any other mummy's (or Daddy's) that are going to start soon or have already gone down the route of BLW?? Would be great to get a few tips and ideas and see…
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Representing self in court re contact
My 6 yr old daughter has said that she does not want to visit her dad unless I go too. I can't do this anymore, as it is very stressful for me. I have a number of welfare concerns re her safety alone with him, and have suggested mediation & supervised contact in the meantime. Her dad has rejected this and is taking me to…
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Husband has baby with other woman?
Could you cope with it?
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what we you do - daughter had stone thrown at her
Hi not really sure how to handle this Daughter started secoundry school just over a week ago, on Friday she was waiting for a bus with her friend - who was coming back to our house when a group of children, 2 older girls, 1 boy in year 8 (year above her and in school uniform) and a 4 year old started name calling then they…
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Loft conversion..
Ok so we looked up in the loft last night after the spiders had fallen out lol and we are not sure whether it is possible to do or not..reason being there are the normal beams but another lot that would make the room too small..does anyone know what i mean by this?! basically i'm thinking if they are there now they are…
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Wife says she loves me BUT... Pt 2
I'm sorry for having the other thread removed but at the time i thought that i could persued her not to leave but now i realise you cannot stop anyone from doing what they want to.I have now grown a pair as i was rightly told to in my original thread even tho i still get my down days. Now i feel i'm not going to waffle on…
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Pregnant and threat of redundancy
Hi all, I'm after some advice, please! I'm just over two months pregnant, and have just been made aware that our company is undergoing a 'streamlining' exercise, i.e. some of the workforce will be made redundant. At this stage i have no idea whether my job is under threat, and i'm not sure whether i'd be better off telling…
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80th Birthday
My Dad was 80 last year and we had a family meal out, we all paid for ourselves and paid for M&D. My mother is 80 in October and we're having a family meal again, however its my Dad thats organising it. He initially said he would pay as it was just close family. However its now turned out to be 25plus:rolleyes:. (Step…
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How to find out A level results and if she is attendeding University !!
My husband has an 18 year old daughter from his first marriage. She was not happy he split with his ex and has as little contact as she can with him, only contacting him if she wants money. He will be paying maintenance, pocket money and her mobile phone for another 4 years. Until she ends education. She sat her A levels…
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Ending a friendship?
I hope this is the right place, I'm just in need of some opinions on this? I only really had one best friend through high school and when we moved on to University we remained really close even when I moved away she visited all the time and stayed for weeks at a time! When I had my kids we still met every week to go…
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Nursery school/Pre-school confusion!
Hiya guys, a DFWer popping in after some advice/guidance! :) I have a two and a half yr old, and I am seriously confused by the whole pre-school/nursery thing.... well actually thats not true, I don't know what's meant to happen, so I was wondering if someone could please explain what he should be doing and when!:o He is…
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Equity coming, when can I buy a house?
Hi This may seem like a silly question. I'm on the tail end of a divorce, my soon to be ex-wife is buying me out of the house. Everythings agreed, she has the mortgage offer and its presently going through. Do I have to wait until the money is in my bank before I can put an offer down on a new house or could I start now as…
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Planning a baby...!
Hi I am looking for some advise, me and my partner r looking to start trying for a baby, being honest we hav been ready for a long long time but i have kept putting it off as i wanted to save up for this! however, i have decided i want to go ahead, 100%. my worry is that i work full and part time, however my partner is out…
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Marriage split and debt
Hi I am having a major predicament. After much deliberation, I have decided to end my marriage as we simply do not love each other any more. We have a young child. We currently live in a property which is mortgaged in both our names. We have a small amount of negative equity and we are also in a DMP with debts of aroung…
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Keep having a recurring dream - starting to get very scared!
Please people, don't laugh :o . I keep having a recurring dream, but last night it got worse. It's starting to creep me out. I keep having a dream that I am walking through a part of my city and I see a plane flying dead, dead low. All of a sudden it blows up mid air. At this point I wake up.....usually shaking! Last night…
