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MSE Pregnancy Club V

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  • Sami_Bee
    Sami_Bee Posts: 14,555 Forumite
    tarajayne wrote: »
    Surely IT experience can be taken from one industry to the next. The IT guys we used to have in did conracts for lots of different companies. It's not something I know a lot about but even with the current situation I would assume that the IT systems still have to have the same maintainance whether they are busy or not. I would suggest agencies which is who we used last time. They are as desperate for fees as much as anyone and my OH had 3 fighting to get him a job. Then 2 fell out insisting they had found the final placement, he eventually took one he found himself.:rotfl:

    he's much higher up than maintenance (sorry that sounds a bit snobby :o)
    he earns close to £70k :shocked: always having meetings all over the place and video conferences all that fancy stuff :rotfl:
    He's the guy that all IT consultants want to place (I used to work in IT recruitment the guys used to beg me for his cv :p) they just want the huge commission that would go with a placement like that :rolleyes: people keep telling me its the branch staff that will go first but I don't know, I'm just a worrier
    The very best is sometimes what nature gives us for free.
    3onitsway wrote: »
    I think Sami is right, as always!
  • tarajayne
    tarajayne Posts: 7,081 Forumite
    He sound totally employable, just needs to start looking now. Once word's out that he is looking he will probably be head-hunted.

    Wow, 70k, he's good. I was chuffed with OH's 50k+
    Too many children, too little time!!!
    :p
  • Sami_Bee
    Sami_Bee Posts: 14,555 Forumite
    tarajayne wrote: »
    He sound totally employable, just needs to start looking now. Once word's out that he is looking he will probably be head-hunted.

    Wow, 70k, he's good. I was chuffed with OH's 50k+

    I know :eek: but they spend it (as you'd expect) so if he didn't get something MIL's wage wouldn't touch their out goings unless they cut right back - although I'm not sure MIL knows the meaning of cutting back :rotfl:
    I was chuffed with hubby's current £25k basic :D but then he's much younger than his dad obv! I doubt he'll ever earn more than the £35k mark if he's lucky he's not academic at all and too shy to ever be a "big shot" not that I'm bothered I grew up with much less than we can provide for our LOs and had a happy life;)

    the biggest impact on us is that FIL pays for us to go on holiday with them but that is a mega luxury to me, until I was 18 I'd only been on about 3 actual holidays - 1 in a tent, 2 a caravan
    The very best is sometimes what nature gives us for free.
    3onitsway wrote: »
    I think Sami is right, as always!
  • tarajayne
    tarajayne Posts: 7,081 Forumite
    If you asked my kids which holidays they liked best, we went a few times last year in anticipation of none this year, they would all say the caravan holidays. Not abroad but john fowler etc. They love the freedom, the clubs, swimming and most of all not too much travel. In half term we are off to Portsmouth for one night to see the historic dockyard with 5 and 8 year old. Extremely excited about seeing the ships.

    OH wasn't very academic, nor a hotshot, but a damn loyal grafter who is very good at what he does, I'm very proud of him. (most of the time);)
    Too many children, too little time!!!
    :p
  • searching_me
    searching_me Posts: 18,414 Forumite
    rant coming warning...
    im feeling sorry for myself as im being ignored by my so called friends ... why cant people just tell me the truth if you cant meet me you cant ... even if you dont want to why cant they just tell you that rather then ignore your messages or ignore you in general .. im getting so hacked off with this what is wrong with some people ... i was so pupose to see my so called gfb yesterday as she said she had the week off so wanted to come up from london for the day but didnt know if i was busy and she couldnt do weekend so i said i got thursday off so come up then ... nothing ... still waiting...
    then after having a really bad week i wanted to maybe do a little shopping with my OH gbf that i get on well with or so i thought ... i messaged her on facebook on tuesday i heard nothing so i texted (shes doesnt always go on her fb i just didnt wanna use the credit) next day she asked what did i wanna do so i just said a girlie day basically and she said she had abit of a cold coming so would let me know ... nothing... ive tried contacting her... nothing and i know shes been on her fb... sorry i know it sound silly but its really bugging the hell out of me been a crap week i just wantred alittle cheering up .. i hope i dont sound selfish... my hormones have gone on a downer as well so i dont think its helping...

    rant over sorry x
    :)Still searching .....:)
  • elle_gee
    elle_gee Posts: 8,584 Forumite
    I think I'm in love with half of the Vertbaudet catalogue.. *sigh*

    Just got the mini version in the post with a £15 off when you spend £20 offer. So many nice pretty little dresses..

    I wish 3rd March (next scan) would hurry up!! Please please please let the baby be a show off and we can find out (almost!) for sure..

    It's strange.. Before I was pregnant, I always thought I would have / wanted a boy - I couldn't imagine myself being mother to a girl at all.. I'm not a pink girly type at all and the only little girl I know is a complete brat and demands to be dressed head to toe in pink at all times :eek: Now this time everyone seems convinced it's a girl and I'm only looking at girly stuff - keep glancing at the boys stuff and thinking "don't know why I'm looking at these cos I'm having a girl!".. :o ARGH!! I neeeeeeeeeeeeeeed to know NOW!! (obviously, I'll be happy either way - just getting more drawn to girly stuff at the minute :))
  • tarajayne
    tarajayne Posts: 7,081 Forumite
    S.m. , as I have found out this week, some people are not who you thought they were. Why bother. Wait for antenatal classes and make some new friends with people you have something in common with. XXX
    Too many children, too little time!!!
    :p
  • tarajayne
    tarajayne Posts: 7,081 Forumite
    elle_gee wrote: »
    I think I'm in love with half of the Vertbaudet catalogue.. *sigh*

    Just got the mini version in the post with a £15 off when you spend £20 offer. So many nice pretty little dresses..

    I wish 3rd March (next scan) would hurry up!! Please please please let the baby be a show off and we can find out (almost!) for sure..

    It's strange.. Before I was pregnant, I always thought I would have / wanted a boy - I couldn't imagine myself being mother to a girl at all.. I'm not a pink girly type at all and the only little girl I know is a complete brat and demands to be dressed head to toe in pink at all times :eek: Now this time everyone seems convinced it's a girl and I'm only looking at girly stuff - keep glancing at the boys stuff and thinking "don't know why I'm looking at these cos I'm having a girl!".. :o ARGH!! I neeeeeeeeeeeeeeed to know NOW!! (obviously, I'll be happy either way - just getting more drawn to girly stuff at the minute :))

    My scan is 11th Feb, can't wait. It had better turn round the right way!
    Too many children, too little time!!!
    :p
  • elle_gee
    elle_gee Posts: 8,584 Forumite
    tarajayne wrote: »
    My scan is 11th Feb, can't wait. It had better turn round the right way!

    I just said "I hope it's a show off" to my mum and she didn't get it.. :rolleyes:

    Have you found out at the scan with all of yours in the past, tara?
  • searching_me
    searching_me Posts: 18,414 Forumite
    cheers tara i just had enough tops off my week ... all i want to do is sit down with a friend have a good cry, a good chat and then a shop is that too much to ask for .. im crying now .. darn hormones usually im harder then this x
    :)Still searching .....:)
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