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Family not close
It's New Year's Eve, and my family situation is driving me mad! Basically not close to anyone in my family, see my mum when she does her once weekly childcare for me, never see my sister and her children unless I take my children to see hers when my mum is looking after them. Don't get me wrong we haven't fallen out or…
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Bets time to have a baby with respect to schooling
Hi all, just wondering, what is the best time to have a baby with having the best outcome for the child academically? So, the child is not too young or too old for his class/ peers? Thanks
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Goals For 2013
Hi everybody, Happy New Year :beer: I am a 18 year old male and have some goals for 2013 1) Learn to drive 2) Move out the family home 3) Get qualified 4) Go on my first holiday without my parents I have shared my goals 2013, now what are yours :wave:
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Am I right to be annoyed.
So I was planning on a quiet night in with my boyfriend, I get my eldest sister come round with her two little girls, asking me to watch them tonight (She never asked in advance) She said "Oh I know you won't mind" and started to leave. I said that we might have been going out and she said "I know you'll change your plans…
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Poll vote: Anyone working on January 1st?
Anyone working on January 1st New Year's Day?
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Dating Website, mid 20s
Hi all, I'm mid 20s, male, and don't seem to meet a lot of people in my usual day to day life. I used to meet people, but now I work etc. I seem to meet less people, at least who I'd be interested in dating! I'm not desperate or anything, but think it would be nice to date the right person. I know a lot of you will say…
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pushchairs
All, We are planning to buy a push chair for our first baby to be . Please can you suggest whether it is good to buy a new one or used one? Also please suggest good make. Thanks
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new years eve - whats the point??
hi all anyone else not feeling celebrating into the new year. Just hate it myself. Would like to fall asleep and wake up on wednesday:o got 3 little ones to think of though
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Want to do something with my life
Not sure if this is the right place for this, so sorry if not wasn't sure where else to put it! I have a constant feeling of wanting to do something with my life. Something else, something different...I don't know. I drive to and from work every day feeling like a robot obeying my commands. Go to work and do this, go to…
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baby eczema
my little 6 month old grandson has eczema on his face. it comes out more after a bath, we do not use any bubbly bath only oil based that the doctor advised. I'm sure other parents children have had a little facial eczema and would like to know what they use to sooth it and get rid of it. There is no other eczema on his…
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Relationship help - its a long post I'm sorry
I feel I can't talk to my family about this and since I have no real friends I thought I would come here. I hope you all don't mind. My situation; I am 27, living with other half since I was 18, he is 31 next year. No kids, not engaged or married. I have PCOS and would eventually like a family and we have discussed this…
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pre paid debt card
Hi all, Not sure where to post this but anyhoo. Every year for x mas i have bought love to shop vouchers for my daughter through park. This year however she has found them quite hard to spend as the number of shops that accept them arent great. I had considered getting a pre paid debt card and loading it with money…
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Looking at starting a family
hi all. forgive me if this is a daft question however here goes. is there a rough idea how much disposable (i wish) income, you would need to be able to support a family. i currently earn 17k a year and my girlfreind 7k. we want to start a family however, that would probably mean my gf gives up working (chilcare costs seem…
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Advice from those with step-families that get along?
I am divorced from my DD's Dad and although we don't particularly like each other (:rotfl:) we have remained extremely civil for her sake. We live a 1.5hr train journey from each other and she visits him and his family every other weekend and most holidays (and other days too if she chooses). What I am interested in is…
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Poll: Are you working on New Year's Eve?
I've just discovered MSE forums has a box I can tick "Post a Poll"
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If your husband had exchanged 62 texts with another woman...
...wouldn't that make you suspicious? He also made 3 long phone calls to this woman (over Christmas) and, when he said he was going to church at 4pm, he didn't arrive home until nearly midnight. It turned out that whether he really did go to church or not, he was with her. We have had issues before with him cheating and…
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Are you working on New Year's eve?
and which shop's are shut on New Year's Eve?
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If it doesn't make you happy, don't do it..
I'm really feeling that my relationship with the Father of my two youngest sons no longer makes me happy. Ideally I'd like to move out (the boys are nearly 16 and nearly 18). I don't work (mental health and other issues) and the household runs on a DMP based on my OH's earnings alone. Financially, they'd be better off…
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contraception pill given in schools
Just a bit of a general question from my wife. She works with this woman who is a bit of a bullshtter and she has told her that in her daughters school they give out contraception pill to girls, her daughter is 14. She says the school are not obliged to inform her parents. is there any truth in this? can schools give…
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child being intimidated by grandparents
Hi I wonder if anyone can give advice please? My daughter is 16, very sweet and causes no problems at all, wise head on young shoulders most of the time! Me and her father divorced when she was 3 and as he was in the RAF and re married quickly he had minimal input with her. When he re married it was very complicated but it…
