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30th Birthday Surprise?
My housemate turns 30 in February. :j She's just moved to where we live (about three weeks ago, and very far from home!), so doesnt have many friends yet. She was hoping her boyfriend would be here to visit that week, but he's delayed his trip until later in the month. She hasnt made plans for the day itself, so I'd like…
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should school dinner ladies entertain the kids??
hiya was just wondering the above as if it is raining in my sons infant/junior school they have their lunch then the rest of the lunch around about half an hr the dinner ladies make the children sit in the little cwtch area they call it.....its a square of the classroom about a metre and half wide and 2 metres long and…
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Complaining about a lawyer
Hi all. Wanting to pick your collective brains please as to whether I'm going about this the right way. Nearly 2 years ago my dad died, leaving a relatively straightforward will. The executor who my dad had appointed said he didnt want to do it as he was old and quite ill, so handed it all over to a local solicitor. I…
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PC gone mad when you cannot even take pictures of your own kids!!
On Saturday my daughter sang, on stage, with her choir group and a fairly famous group. I took 2 photographs of her and about 20 seconds of video - by that time someone who worked there came and told me that I was not allowed to photograph the children. I said it was my own child (and only had my own child on the camera)…
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need advice on bank loan .....
My daughter has a 4 month old baby and her husband left last week , she has applied for tax credits and housing benefits . Her smp ends in April then she will have to go onto income support . She worked in a bank and had a staff loan she left the bank due to stress she developed alopicia the bank agreed to turn her staff…
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Help - advice needed!
This is my first post after visiting this board for advice over a number of years, but never had the guts to post. Am I being selfish? Just wanted some advic, as I am at the end of my tether. My wife and I have been married for 6.5 years and although we have no children ourselves (tried IVF etc) we are very happy. The…
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What happens if they dont respond to a solicitor
My partner has an ongoing claim against his ex employer concerning an accident at work. His first solicitor was useless and he has changed to a different one as time was getting on and a court date has to be arranged before the 3 year deadline. The new solicitor has been great up to now but we are getting concerned now.…
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Husbands Ex making him look bad to the kids
Just wondered if anyone can help, prob cant but I need to scream! You may have seen other posts where we have problems with my husbands ex, hehas two daughters with her 6 & 8. I took the elder one shopping yesterday while the youngest one was in hospital havign grommits fitted. She told me that her mum and her boyfirend…
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lawyers letter
need to get a statutory declaration from a lawyers to confirm I now go by my maiden name (not divorced yet) my lawywer wants £50 +VAT! Can anyone recommend a cheaper lawyer!! has anyone had this done
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Surely he wouldn't get my kids at the weekend...
Hi everyone :) I have recently split up with my ex. He wants weekend visitation rights (every second weekend). I work full time in order to provide for my children, he doesn't work and doesn't provide financially. I offered him 1 or 2 days a week during the week while I am at work but he wants them at the weekend and has…
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Can epilators get past it?
I have a Braun Epilator which has always seemed amazing in the past - it was quite expensive. Today I used it for the first time in awhile and its taken ages and ages to achieve what used to take half the time. The battery seems to be constantly running out and it seems to be taking such a long time. Can epilators get past…
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Can't cope...can't believe he would do this after all this time!
Long time regular poster but changed ID for some anonymous help. I am early 20s and basically I moved out of the family home as soon as I turned 16 as I was being sexually abused & groomed by my mothers carer. This happened most days from the age of 5 until I left. My minds way of coping with it seems to have been to shut…
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Anyone get married abroad?
I need some inspiration! I finally got engaged on Friday and have already got my bridezilla hat on :D I'm not really into the traditional church style wedding but at the same time don't want anything too different. I definitely want to get married abroad I just don't know where! I don't have any family abroad so I'm not…
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Open Relationship
My Girlfriend of 6 years has recently dropped a bombshell on me that she wants an open relationship for a while and she is doing it with consent or not . Im certain this can only lead to bad things but what choice do i have. If all this gets blown out of proportion we have joint mortages savings and bank accounts the lot ,…
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Clothes fading (really quickly) in the wash
Any ideas how to avoid this? DS2 always complains that his clothes always seem to fade really quickly. I can't understand why, because his stuff gets washed along with everyone else's and yes, our stuff fades too, but he's maintaining his fade more. I used to used Bold 2 in 1 powder (the blue box - can't remember the name…
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Getting married to an older woman, how will it affect state pensions?
Hi I am a 42 (almost 43) year old man,divorced for approximately 10years. My partner is 59 years of age and is due to collect state pension from November 2015. My partner is also divorced for many years and was married for 7 years. As we understand it in our own simple way she is entitled to claim off her ex husband for…
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Help for my friend who's having a tough time - Marriage related
Hello, For a couple of years, my friend has been having a very tough time with her marriage. They are going for counselling in a couple of weeks. I've read the domestic violence bits and I think this is what she's going through. He's become very controlling towards her, particularly money. She isn't named on the mortgage…
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Is there such thing as a happy marriage?
I’ve created the new id as I don’t want to be recognised So, I wonder how many of you out there just like me feel unhappy in your relationships? And what do you consider a happy relationship? My story in short: I’ve been married for over 10 years, two young children. Ok, my OH is a good dad to our kids and if I ask him to…
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X-rays and pregnancy
Just out of curiosity really. Yesterday I was taken to A&E with concussion as suspected broken hip/pelvis and when I went for my X-ray I had to sign a form to state there is no possibility of me being pregnant. What was this for? What would happen if a pregnant woman needed an X ray?
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Moving on...
Hiya everyone! Looking for you to cheer me up lol :) I am 23yrs old with two children and have recently split up with my partner of 5 years. I just can't see how I can ever move on? Surely no-one is ever going to want or love me with this baggage :( My ex is rathr psycho and freely admits that although he doesn't want to…
