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  • Cinny91
    Cinny91 Posts: 6,022 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Debt-free and Proud!
    I stopped at four chunks of Dairy Milk after seeing that the full bar is 400 calories!

    400 calories just means is really really nice tasting. Nothing else..
  • Dinah93
    Dinah93 Posts: 11,466 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Bake Off Boss!
    Imagining a gaggle of men all lined up, forced to choose between a spatula shoved into their delicate places, or a woman running at them all excited in a wedding dress....

    I bet 90% of them go for the spatula.
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  • Birdie85
    Birdie85 Posts: 9,330 Forumite
    Dinah93 wrote: »

    If you have pain or abnormal bleeding with no other cause then you can get one, but I've been 'irregular' for over two years, but it's never been investigated cos I feel fine, but the smear is like a nice down there MOT and I really think it needs to go back down to age 20. If it was 3 years after you start having sex I should have had 2 by now under the old system, seems a lot to have missed!

    Funny you should mention this; I went to the doctors on Monday (when I was poorly sick!) and asked if I could have a smear test and the Dr just smirked at me and said I could pay to have it done privately as I'm under 25! :mad: I think anyone on the pill should have regular tests seeing how there are still conflicting reports about how good it is for you.

    Anyway, I'll have some choccy and get over it. Cinny's right, tastiness is measured in calories!:rotfl:
    Overcome the notion that you must be ordinary. It robs you of the chance to be extraordinary!
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  • Birdie85
    Birdie85 Posts: 9,330 Forumite
    Dinah93 wrote: »
    Imagining a gaggle of men all lined up, forced to choose between a spatula shoved into their delicate places, or a woman running at them all excited in a wedding dress....

    I bet 90% of them go for the spatula.

    LOL! I reckon even my OH will go for the spatula despite having bought me an engagement ring! I'm not convinced that he knows what being engaged means! :rotfl:
    Overcome the notion that you must be ordinary. It robs you of the chance to be extraordinary!
    Goal Weight 140lb Starting Weight: 160lb Current Weight 145lb
  • Dinah93
    Dinah93 Posts: 11,466 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Bake Off Boss!
    I'm with your OH - engagement good, wedding scary!
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  • Birdie85
    Birdie85 Posts: 9,330 Forumite
    Dinah93 wrote: »
    I'm with your OH - engagement good, wedding scary!

    I think so too! Shhh!

    Why do you think we've opted for a long engagement?!:eek:
    Overcome the notion that you must be ordinary. It robs you of the chance to be extraordinary!
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  • Dinah93
    Dinah93 Posts: 11,466 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Bake Off Boss!
    Lol so why do the big do and spend thousands if neither of you really want it? Vegas, gretna green, registary office down the road, do it a non fuss way!
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  • Raychee
    Raychee Posts: 252 Forumite
    Engagement? Surely you're all too young for engagement! Now, me and OH, we're still considering 12 years to be a short courtship... We're following the lead of my OH's brother and his wife.

    1) They bought a house.
    2) They had child no.1
    3) He bought her an eternity ring.
    4) They had child no.2
    5) They got married.
    6) He bought her an engagement ring.

    Yes, in that order, over 14 years.

    Oh, and when they did decide to get married, they started arranging it all at the end of October, and got married (in a church, full wedding, with full reception etc) just 6 weeks later! It was a fab day, and saved years of stress! :)

    Anyways, congratulations Birdie (yes, I've been following!), and hope your engagement isn't TOO long! :D
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  • N.I.M
    N.I.M Posts: 2,248 Forumite
    Birdie85 wrote: »
    Hello NIM! :wave: We'll have to pretend that the 'N' stands for 'Nice'! ;) Not sure about the arguing back though... you'll have to behave, remember we're all girls and inclined to side with Dinah! (Or she'll kick us out and we'll be lonely!)

    You'd swear the same didnt go for me :A

    And I hate to burst your bubble there ladies but most would go for the crazed woman in the wedding dress, you lot really dont seem to get how...sensitive it really is down there. My Dear OH certainly forgets enough...wait a second Dear OH, D OH, DOH. Thats a lil scary that is. :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
    This was 6 months out of date so I've changed it.
    :j:j:j:j
  • Dinah93
    Dinah93 Posts: 11,466 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Bake Off Boss!
    Lol sounds nicely stress free. Nah I have a rule, if he doesn't know I'm right in (just under, yes I have a wierd number of days fixed in my head) 3 years, then it's never going to be right, and the romance of it has gone as it's just something else on the expected to do list, and i'm off! It's a sure fire way to make sure you don't end up with a panicy commitment phobe who might panic and not turn up to the church!
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