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Baby Savings
Is there an area on this site that gives actual money saving tips for when you are expecting and say first year of baby's life or is it more for getting advice on dilemas? If so can someone point it out to me. I am interested in knowing about offers and good deals on baby related purchases? As I'm now 22 weeks and I'm now…
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Child bed wetting - How to deal with it ?
Hello I have not been on here for a while but after going out and buying another waterproof mattress protector today and am wondering how others have dealt with this situation before ? Let me start off my daughter who was 5 in March was out of nappies very easily when she was 2 years old { maybe before that I cant remember…
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Ear piercing for boys - For or against?
My 12 year old son really wants his ear pierced. My husband doesn't have a problem with this and my daughter has said that its "cool" and everyone has had it done. She has her ears pierced. Its me that has the problem with it! I've never liked boys/men with ears pierced and because I don't like it I'm refusing to let him…
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So upset....
Hope you guys don't mind me off loading some stuff on you but I feel sick with worry this evening :( . ( there is a financial angle to this story) Basically I have had a big falling out with my sister (who also employs me). All my life I have been put down and demoralised by her, she critisises me constantly, she's only…
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divorce nearly over but feeling flat
hiya i split up with my husband last june and have been in the process of gettin divorced and recently my ex took me to court for more contact to my son....i have three children altogether... we went to court on monday and i agreed to an extra three days a week as long as my son is cared for an happy then i am ok with that…
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Books for Baby
My SIL is expecting. I would like to give my nephew/niece a small selection of books as part of a birth gift. To hopefully get them to have a life long love of books and reading. I don't have any children myself so have no idea what books to buy. Can I have suggestions of books for just after birth and say for the first…
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13 year old boy present?
Struggling with this one! He's an Arsenal fan but probably has ALL of that paraphernalia. Just become madly in love with the Beatles through an XBox game so would like something along those lines. Anyone familiar with XBox who might know a similar game or even if there is a Beatles2 game for the rockband thing (you see how…
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what happens at a probate interview
What happens at a probate interview regarding a will, and how long does it take. Also if there are two execetors do they both get the grant are is it the first named on the forms. Thankyou
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Something nice for a change.....
About 6 years ago my nieghbour came round to my house one night in floods of tears. His wife, a friend of mine from school, had gone away for a couple of weeks and left him on his own with the housekeeping. He had gone down the bookies, and one thing led to another, and you guessed it, he lost the lot....and a lot more. He…
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Assertiveness :(
Hi all, this is my 2nd job where I am told that I am not assertive enough :( meaning I don't speak up for myself and not strong enough to deal with people who offend me. I am reading a lot about assertiveness, but reading is not enought. I can never put theory into practice :( what do I do?
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Marriage support needed please
Hi everyone My OH and I have been married for 17 years, most of it very happy, but had our ups and downs, like everyone. We have 3 children and have always had a loving and happy relationship, until last week!! Things havent been right for a little while, probably about 2 months but i thought we were just going through a…
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Pension sharing and divorce?
:eek: Just gone through a divorce recently and whilst coming out the otherside relatively unscathed, (Although still feeling quite bitter and raw) am a bit surprised to see that as regards the pension sharing, the time period taken into account includes the six years prior to me marrying my ex-wife (And indeed living…
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Mediation/Forced Sale
Hiya.....had a few posts on this already...and still no further. Currently living with my partner in his house that he has a shared mortgage with his ex. After 2 years of trying to get her to agree to sign the house over to him with him taking on her 5k of a joint 10k loan she signed the contract a while back....just after…
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Wedding album vs digital images
Hi all, We got married at the end of March last year and are currently debating what to do with our wedding images. We got a professional photographer to take the images on the day and have since bought all the images on a DVD so we could print off, send around etc. This dvd was £400. My husband is really keen on also…
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advice
I really need some advice here from you guys, basiclly my MIL has just passed away, my husbands brother is next of kin but they havent spoken for years, we attended funeral and left, can he legally disposs of his mothers possessions without our knowledge? dont know if there is a will, can he give treassured possessions to…
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Advice needed for victim of sham marriage
Please can anyone point me in the direction of an advice line or support group for victims of sham marriages? I ideally need an English-speaking solicitor that has knowledge of divorce in Senegal, West Africa (and isn't going to rob me blind) but any advice or support would be gratefully received. (Sorry I haven't put the…
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How to get contraceptive implant?
I recently went to the doctors to enquire about getting the contraceptive implant and he just flat out refused to do it! He just said no no no, and went on about how they last for 5 years and what if i wanted another baby before that. i DO NOT want another baby full stop. even if i were to change my mind i definately dont…
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Linked Credit Report - DH & Ex
Hi, My DH gave his Ex (when they were together) a card to his account, does this now mean they are financially linked? Now that we are married I want to make sure that we are only linked to each other financially. I will get him to do the Experian thing to check but wanted an idea first. Also, do we ahve to do the credit…
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Want to have a baby but have money worries
Hi Everyone, I am in need of some advice. Me and my husband have decided to try for a baby, and I was over the moon about it, then I went to have a look at how much my maternity pay will be from work and what sort of CTC and child benefit we can get and it has put such a big downer on me that I don’t know if I can afford…
