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How to catch....
That Bloody shoe fairy:mad: Any idea's? I've tried staking out the hallway in hopes of catching that little !!!!, tried flypaper (well it works for other winged cretins), tried taping the shoes into pairs, tried making the kids sleep in their shoes, tried buying 2 pairs of every kind of shoe the kids need. One always goes…
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Kumon or private tutor?
Looking to get extra Maths help for daughter. Kumon was mentioned to me by a teacher at school, in conversation. Costs are £55 per month. I'm assuming a tutor would be similarly priced (£15 a week at a guess?) Not sure which route to go down. Any thoughts?
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Faulty Clarks shoes
My baby boy's first shoes are not fit for purpose (fault in the heel), so I took them back to clarks, expecting them to swap these for a different pair. But I had bought them in the sale, half price £11. I took them back without the receipt, can't find it, probably didn't expect to have to return them as they had been…
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How to help him
I have a friend who I work with, On the way home from work tonight I receive a call from him and when I go to answer it I don't get the usual hello I hear him and his father arguing. Basically the argument is my work mate hasn't had two days off his electroinic time sheet approved. This is a company error (I can verify…
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What time do you and your family sit down for your evening meal?
Just as the title says really. I'm interested to know on average what time families sit down for their evening meal. Also, do you all sit down together or stagger the meals for children & then adults? We try & all sit down together at between 5-6pm, although some days this is later due to working later. The latest we've…
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Help needed to calculate my maternity pay
Hello I need someone with brains to help me out as my pregnancy brain is not helping me in trying to work out my maternity pay. I earn 27500 (before tax) and plan on taking the full 12 months maternity leave rights (outlined below) If you qualify for full benefits and intend returning to work for the employing NHS…
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Do i end my 19yr marriage?
HI ALL, I HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR 19YR, SOME TIME HAPPY, SOME TIME NOT. I HAVE HEALTH PROBLEMS, FM, AS, OSTEO IN SPINE, MAIN JOINTS ECT, CERVICAL SPONDO, NEED NEW KNEES, HIPS ARNT GOOD. I UNDERSTAND MY HUBBY MAYBE SCARED OF HURTING ME BUT ANY EXCUSE HE CAN USE TO NOT MAKE LOVE THEN HE WILL USE IT....:( WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH…
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Just filling in divorced forms :/ have a legal query over property
Hi guys, posted on here a few weeks ago about unhappiness with alcoholic husband, things have moved on quite swiftly since then, it transpires he was seeing another woman, and so I am now divorcing him. I have a query that I am not getting far with by reading the legal docs and hope someone here can help. I have a house,…
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Legal Advice - daughter cheats mother out of home in France
My friend's sister talked their elderly mother into selling her home and buying a property in France for them both to live in. The daughter also talked her mother into signing the house over to her (her mother had no reason to mistrust her). When the 70 yr old mother drove to France to join her daughter in the new house…
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School Dinners or Packed Lunch...
Hi, Kids are back at School soon _party_ woo hoo! My Kids used to have School Dinners, but in the evening they would want a cooked a cooked dinner again, and felt put out if I told them they were having sandwiches because they had already had a dinner! so I cancelled the School Dinners and now they currently they take a…
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Guilty over teenage attitude
Does anyone else feel really guilty about how the treated their parents as a teenager now they have teenagers of their own? I have a 13 year old son who is nowhere near as bad as I was as a teen yet sometimes his attitude is so frustrating i feel really upset and annoyed at the way he treats me, which then starts me…
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Spending the child maintainence
Ok for the first time I actually am getting money from the kids dad and I dont know what to do with it. I have enough coming in to pay my bills and being a moneysaver I know that pretty much Im getting the best deals. This is the first time in my life I have been in this situation. As you will see by my sig I have credit…
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Drums fingers on table impatiently.
My new washing machine and dryer have exactly 50 minutes left in which to arrive. Why have I got a bad feeling about this? I've got a nagging suspicion they wont be coming. I'm going to need Prozac if they don't turn up you know. :angry:
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PMT & Relationship Advice
Hello, Please don't judge or critise me for what I am writing just need to discuss my issues with someone. I am having a low point today, I suffer from bad PMT which I have had for over 15 years (I am 28). I live with my OH and have a job and nice home which we rent. My hormones are up and down and I am currently on the…
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Boiler Service advice
We had our boiler serviced yesterday by a guy who has come highly recommended by our neighbours. All was well but he has advised that it is to noisy when the heating is turned on and its powering up. It makes a rattling noise. He did say this was two parts knocking each other, a base board (I think) and something else.…
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Constant screaming.
Not me! Though I feel like it :D but my 18 month old. I have a nearly 3 year old son too and whatever he plays with, my 18 month old wants it and SCREAMS at the top of his lungs, over and over and over. I try to distract him with something else, but it never works. He wants what he wants! Am i right in thinking I am just…
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divorce settlement..should I pay off my credit card
My ex wife bought me out and I received £20,000 and am now renting.The cost to move in was roughly £4000 which I paid on a credit card.Is it beneficial to me to pay that all back in one hit or not?
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Can we talk dishwashers now?
Following on from Alias' washing machine thread i'd like to talk about dishwashers:D Mine has finally given up the ghost, its been lingering on for about a year now but has kicked the bucket now i think. Only proviso is it has to be slimline, though i think most of the major manufacturers do slimline versions. Who is good?…
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Is my hate justified?
Needing to know if I am just being too sensitive or normal. but I am holding a lot of hate towards someone which is not doing me good. I was in a 2 year relationship, where my GF at the time had a son, our relationship was having issue because I was working away, and my GF started becoming friendly again with her ex…
