-
Son’s Friend Being Nasty
Hi all This is a similar situation to another recent thread but there are enough differences in that I feel a separate thread is needed, plus I didn’t want to hijack. My son is 13, but he is still quite ‘young’ for his age, he’s not hit puberty and is small. His friend is the same (I shall call him Tim). They both went to…
-
TFC/Parentpay
Morning everyone Apologies if this isn't in the correct forum, I'm not sure where to start it! DS's school has set up Parentpay to pay for his school meals. We also use the tax free childcare scheme to pay for DD's nursery fees. I have read that you can use the TFC for Parentpay too, but I can't work out how it would be…
-
How do you make relationships lasts
Recently, this guy that I met from one of these London dating agencies asked me to be his girlfriend after dating for almost a year. But I’m quite anxious as I really want to work things out with him. It’s been years since I had a relationship, so I really need some fresh tips from you guys. How do I make this relationship…
-
Custody of dog and small claims court
Hi. My friend has recently moved out of the home from his partner. They lived with her mum. The partner already owned a dog, and then they adopted another dog whilst together. Now he has moved out she is refusing access to the dogs. He is thinking of taking her to court, but can he represent himself ? Is it small claims…
-
Friends Former Partner Won't Move Out
A ex colleague and good friend of my husband's is in a bad way. He owns a house which was left to him by his mother 16 years ago. In 2017 he met a woman who has 3 children they are not his biologically. She moved in with him in November 2018. Recently he has discovered that she has been seeing another man who is the father…
-
Boyfriend moving in - 2 houses...how to split it.
My boyfriend (36) and I (33) are planning to move in together soon. We both have our own houses - I have a 3 bed semi-detached in the city, and he has a larger, family sized fixer-upper with land on the outskirts. Both houses were bought before the relationship with our own personal needs in mind, and don't necessarily fit…
-
Moved: Inheritance property dispute with my brother
This discussion has been moved.
-
Match.com, interesting read on scams...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mnunez/2019/09/25/matchcom-sued-by-ftc-for-fake-ads-months-after-dating-site-touted-its-fight-against-scams/ So like a few single men dotted around the UK I’ve tried Match.com and tbh never really thought it was all that, seems old, clunky to use and the virtual bot thing is a joke to use.…
-
Don't really know why I'm posting this, just need to get it out
My OH is the most laid back person you could ever meet and we never argue, we have disagreements but nothing major. Last night we had a row and he completely lost his temper and punched a hole in the bedroom wall. He yelled that it was over and got in his car and drove away but he came back not much later. I don't know…
-
My Child's Friend is Toxic
My 7 year old daughter has a friend of the same
age who is not a nice person. They have gone to toddler groups, nursery
and now they are in the same class at school. We also live on the same street therefore outwith school, they play within the same group of friends. However this ‘friend’ is disobedient, rude…
-
Am I being unfair?
25 years ago, I was engaged, with an offer in on a property, a good job and a pretty good idea of where my life was going. I was wrong. After a couple of difficult weeks and a sit down discussion, where he actually said very little, my partner left me and everything came crashing down. Five weeks later, I found out he was…
-
Divorce, separation and property (sigh)
Evening. Here goes...Myself and my wife are going through the dreaded divorce after 2 years of separation. The past situation was we bought a house in 2010 and paid equal into it until we separated 2 years ago. I received 25k from my wife to help pay for the home I now live in (this was the £25 k I contributed to the house…
-
Restraining order.
Was speaking to my ex until last Saturday when she blocked me. I messaged her and her family from various accounts and numbers. She found out I’d used fake Instagram accounts. Monday I messaged her and she said she has gone to the police and a restraining order is being put in place. I’ve had no police come round or…
-
Sending wedding gift to sister
Some of you may know I've not been in touch with my family for a good number of years. I've heard from a friend my sister is getting married. I've not been invited because I am "not family". However I do feel morally (as in she is blood relative) that as she is my sister, I should get her a gift. Boyfriend said if I wanted…
-
Should I charge rent for the extra room?
My boyfriend is moving in with me and I'm not sure how to work the bills. I own my house, and he owns another property that he plans to rent out. I initially thought a straight 50-50 split of the utility bills/council tax, and share food costs. I will pay the mortgage. However he will be using another room in the house as…
-
End of Life in Care Home
Hi, can anyone advise me please, we have been told by Doctor my Dad is now in end of life care in a Care Home (not because of corona) but we are 4 siblings and have been told only 2 people from same household can enter the Home to see him. They are in High category at moment. How on earth do we choose which siblings are…
-
Charging order on Mum in laws house we have spent money on and live in With her
We paid to have an extension built on my mum in-laws house two years ago so we could move in and I could care for her full time., I gave up my council property of 8 years to do this.But now safeguarding want her to go into a home permanently. We have £60,000 in the house, my partner, mum in laws only Son, has cancer and is…
-
£1.8k for flooring in 12m2 room
Sorry posting here for traffic rather than
housing/DIY section. We have received a quote for the installation of Oak
flooring in one room, size is approx. 12 m2. The total
cost is £1.5k plus VAT bringing it to £1800. The flooring itself (Oak three strip) and underlay seems
reasonably priced at £600 but some of the other…
-
Freedom of Info Request
I'm not sure this is the right place to ask but I'm worried about how my information has been used. Over 15 years ago I was in an abusive relationship. The police were involved and on their advice I moved in with my parents, changed my phone number and that was that. I never returned. My new phone number was given to the…
-
Loss of respect for partner
I divorced at 46 , worked hard in an average paid job & scrimped to pay off my mortgage whilst bringing up 2 teenage children with little support from family.During those years i had a couple of disastrous relationships with not nice men which ended badly.. trying to cope with my then 20 year old son who had mental health…