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Statutory Declaration and divorce
Hi I foolishly changed my name by Statutory Declaration many years ago and two years later subsequently married the guy and entitled to use his surname anyway. Now long time divorced I have kept exhusband's surname for sake of children. Children now flown the nest and I wish to revert to my maiden name. Will I have to do…
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Help?!
Hello all, May I first apologise for being so miserable etc as this post isn't going to be the happiest one so I apologise for being so miserable. I have registered under a new name as I don't wish to be recognised. Well I am unsure where to start and I don't want to babble on, at the moment I am going through a really bad…
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Anyone ever had their community service passed back to court?
Hi I was given 180 hours community service, and have 150 hours left. Before going to court a report was compiled, and in it I explained how I have young children,no support, serious health issues and a partner who works 60-70 hours, 6 days a week. I had a battle with the community service officer at the beginning over what…
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Wedding dress dilemma
Hi, I am getting married next year and have found a beautiful wedding dress by Maggie Sottero, the only problem is it is £1450 which is WAY more than I am willing to pay. I'm just wondering if there are any factory outlet or budget stores anywhere where I may be able to pick up the dress at a much more reasonable price. I…
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His ex at our wedding?
OH and I were making a first draft of our guest list, and when making his side, his ex came up. She is not his most recent ex, but she is still sort of in our lives in that we have a lot of mutual friends. A little background - We all went to school together, and have lots of mutual friends. They dated for a couple of…
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Wearing a bra in bed?
Just chatting to some friends and one of them said that she never takes her bra off she wears it in bed:eek: apparently she read a while ago that it keeps them in place, that boobs should never be allowed to go free and it helps with the back posture etc. I googled a bit as seem to be fascinated by this as have never done…
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Win a Wedding
I hope this is ok to post on here. A wonderful couple by the name of Charlotte Denison & Lee Stanford need all the votes they can to win a wedding. They have entered a competition and are now in the final 5 and it is completely down to votes. If you can spare a minute to vote it would be greatly appreciated!…
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DD has been diagnosed with ADHD
I have posted many times about DD1 (she is 13 now), Seen psychiatrist for first time last week (apart from when he went into the school to assess her without our knowledge but this was during drama lesson, her fave!) and he said she fits the characteristics of a typical child with ADHD, but Why don't I believe him? He…
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Baby Reflux?
Hi all, question about baby reflux? Our baby is 4 weeks old now and every time she is fed ( breast ) we burp her and have her sitting up for a while, yet as soon as we lay her down on her back she becomes restless then we pick her up and she vomits. This happens every time, we went to the doctors last week and she was not…
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where to find small dinosaur toys
does anyone have any idea where i can get hold of wee dinosaur toys? (i have an image of wee hard rubber type material ones from my youth, but that was many moons ago...! so not sure if they're still around). had a quick search online, but can't find what i'm looking for. can anyone help?
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My ex smokes in front of my daughters...advice?
Hi all, I have 2 daughters (ages 6 and 9) from a previous marriage, apart from the odd disagreement my ex and I generally still get on ok, the girls live with me and he has them to stay with him 1 or 2 nights on the weekend. However, he smokes fairly heavily and the girls have told me quite a few times that he smokes…
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Baby's first Christmas
As we're discussing Christmas now, I'd like your thoughts on something please? I am due to give birth in two weeks time so will have a child that is no older than 3 months at Christmas. I've already been asked by a couple of people what baby might want as a gift, and I honestly don't know what to say! Baby will be too…
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PLEASE HELP - How to let a dying man down gently
Hi My oh has recently got quite friendly with a man who had been told around March time that he only had 2 months to live. Even though neither of us had known him that long we were devasted for the poor man. He is a lovely person and this came as quite a shock to everyone. Anyway as the months rolled by he has started…
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Solicitor/legal costs - child access issues
Trying to find out for my brother whos not the best organised... Anyway, hes got two children from a previous relationship. For a while now, his ex-partner has been stopping him seeing the kids, and now has moved and he doesn't know where to. Personally, I think all he can do now is get a solicitor involved. However, he…
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hi advice on cooking needed please
hi ive started slimming world but got a mad week this week with my ds going into hospital for a op on thursday. cooked a beef cassorole thats in the slow cooker as we speak and im going to marinate the chicken today to cook chicken masala tomorrow now heres my problem working alday wensday and i wanted to cook a sherpards…
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Caring for Diamonds
I know, I'm very lucky - on Saturday night my lovely nana gave me a beautiful diamond ring. She's been saying since I was a little girl that it was mine in her will, but had decided to give it to me before she died as she never wore it any more and wanted to see me enjoying it, iyswim. It's by far the most expensive thing…
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How much access father to a 13 month Baby
I am curious to those seperated mothers, how much access do the fathers have to their babies, just curious how I compare, In my case split was friendly as it could be, no courts we both want whats best for baby, I have him Saturday and Sunday 9-6 then following week Sat 9-6 Sunday 9-1.
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So confused
So at work I am project managing the opening a new office in another town. This is all going well and on schedule much to my surprise (no real hickups) I've opened new offices before and always got attached to the town/ One of the advisors (its a call centre) over the last 2/3 weeks I've got to know well, They were…
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Home alone
What age did you/ are you planning to leave your child alone in the house? While you pop down the shop? Gone a few hours? In the evening? All night? Mine are 7 and 9 and not ready yet but I am just wondering when other felt OK with it. I will go across the road ( tiny cul de sac) and talk to my neighbour in front of her…
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Parents doing my head in!
Hi as the title says, my parents are really doing my head in. They have been married 40+ years, are both retired, have a good lifestyle - regular holidays, mortgage paid off and no money worries. Both are in their mid 60's, dad has diabetes and mum is generally ok, but is getting worn out with her high standards of…
