Diary of a Poor Person aged 46 1/2

mrscmr

i watched that prog too but missed the end. what happend? yes made me really think this morning.

savingholmes

The end was nothing special - she did meet up with her mum and dad separately but they sent her away again and she went back to the care home. One of the girls in the care home seemed to being sexually abused and the other workers were considering reporting to the police but were unsure of evidence - they in turn were (or almost) sacked... Scary.

Put this way - I was never in care - but I looked like that little girl when I was little, and my dad liked to use a belt too - struggled to sleep after watching that.... I made a judgment call even as a kid that Care wouldn't necessarily be better than abuse at home - and to be honest I think I was right sad tho that is....

I looked at some of the adoption and fostering sites after the programme but I think I have a responsibility to make sure we have well and truly broken the cycle with our own kids and given them a positive childhood before I consider complicating things.... so it is unlikely that we would go down that route either...

NualaBuala

Great news about the car MrsM! I was so touched by what you did for that poor family. I was reading a book by Deepak Chopra and he reckons that by giving money (or love or anything really it promotes its flow back to us. So hopefully that will happen for you, you deserve it!

Your loyal fan,:D

Nuala

Apolonation

Thats a nice thought but I never buy into that. The Christian preachers on sky are saying the same thing all the time... plough in your harvest... donate to us and you will reap your financial abundance blah blah...

Can't believe people get hooked into this.

Good for anyone that does any nice thing for another human being, but it's a fallacy I think, to ever think the act in itself will do any more good for the individual completing the action than calm peace of mind / joy of helping someone, I think.

Anyone think otherwise? ! ??

redstararnie76

It always reminds me a bit of the episode in 'Friends' where Phoebe (I think) struggles to find a truly selfless act - because most things can be seen as making us feel better about ourselves...

savingholmes

The bible says give and it will be given to you. I believe it does work - altho I find it works more with things and acts of kindness rather than money....

Happytogetdebtfree

Morning all mrs cmr i hope you are been good or healthy at least :P im day two sole source 4 pounds lighter back on slimming world tomorrow because i am at work but any loss is a good loss let me tell you il be glad to use up the cambridge shakes and start on yummy slimfast i mean if your starving you need to have nice shakes .... this is only drastic for now as i need to shift a few pounds for my wedding dress fitting once im ther i intend to be doing slimming world hehe ahhh must get on with the stepper treadmill arrives tomorrow so i will be doing that half hour a day at parents x

Scottishmummy

What a wonderful generous thing you did. Hopefully in the future she will be in better circumstances herself and she will remember what you did and will be able to do the same for someone else.

redstararnie76

redstararnie76 wrote: »

It always reminds me a bit of the episode in 'Friends' where Phoebe (I think) struggles to find a truly selfless act - because most things can be seen as making us feel better about ourselves...

Just thought I had better point out that I wasn't referring to YOU with this comment (more myself actually!). I think what you did was a lovely gesture, and you may have made a huge difference to that young lady - at times it's lovely to think that someone cares, even if we don't actually know the person....

mrscmr

afternoon peeps!!!

just a quickie as its 'crazy o'clock ' here. thanks for ur kind messages above... seem to get a bit deep there for a bit - but i did what i did on the spur of the moment.

good news... i picked up 2 months proper paid work today! hey hey!!!
plus i am going to change my signature later and just watch for the change... the money for the car is through! yeah baby!
i will be back after dark when the smalls are sleeping!
xx