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**The BB's happy birthday daily chat thread Tuesday 19 May**

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  • Snaggles
    Snaggles Posts: 19,503 Forumite
    :grouphug: Sorry Sally, what an idiot, giving up time with you and your beautiful daughter to do....what exactly?

    I hope you will have a fabulous time and there's a sexy single dad in the cottage next door... ;)

    Seriously though, I can completely relate to your frustration about his relationship with your little girl. That was a huge deciding factor in my decision to split up with Stu. I think he does actually have a slightly better relationship with the kids now.
    "I wasn't wrong, I just wasn't right enough."
    :smileyhea
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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 99,575 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Happy birthday BB.
    Hope its a good one hun xx
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

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    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.

    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** in ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger.
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  • bank_of_slate
    bank_of_slate Posts: 12,922 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Hi Snaggles :wave: how's Ryan feeling today?
    ...Linda xx
    It's easy to give in to that negative voice that chants "cant do it" BUT we lift each other up.
    We dont count all the runners ahead of us & feel intimidated.
    Instead we look back proudly at our journey, our personal struggle & determination & remember that there are those that never even attempt to reach the starting line.
  • spud30
    spud30 Posts: 16,872 Forumite
    Sally, I'm sure you wont let your gorgeous DD suffer hun. It's his loss.

    Has he always been like this with you both?
    Is it better to aim for the stars and hit a tree or aim for a tree and land in its branches :think:
    Loves being a Wonderbra friend :kisses3:
  • Snaggles
    Snaggles Posts: 19,503 Forumite
    Hi Snaggles :wave: how's Ryan feeling today?
    ...Linda xx

    Hiyaaaaa :)

    He's much better thanks, no sickness, but of course he can't go back to school until tomorrow, and secretly I think we are both enjoying that!
    "I wasn't wrong, I just wasn't right enough."
    :smileyhea
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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 99,575 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Linda~Glad you got on ok at docs.
    Sally~I can harly believe that hun
    Maz~Im really tired reading that.
    My knee is still really sore after my tumble yesterday.
    Toto~fab childminder :)
    Snaggs~Glad Ryan is ok.
    Sorry if I have missed anyone.
    Hi bookie.
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.

    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** in ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger.
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan. 19months left.
  • bookseller1980
    bookseller1980 Posts: 7,924 Forumite
    Hi Beanie
    Sorry about the tumble
  • (Land_of)_Maz
    (Land_of)_Maz Posts: 11,738 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    hey beanie - i have one word for you.... stick....

    it's only cause i love ya!
    I'm just a seething mass of contradictions....
    (it's part of my charm!)
  • bank_of_slate
    bank_of_slate Posts: 12,922 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Snaggles wrote: »
    Hiyaaaaa :)

    He's much better thanks, no sickness, but of course he can't go back to school until tomorrow, and secretly I think we are both enjoying that!

    Yeah, we're both still off, Jess's temperature has gone down but she's coughing to the point of gagging!
    I'm completely stuffed up still.
    ...Linda xx
    It's easy to give in to that negative voice that chants "cant do it" BUT we lift each other up.
    We dont count all the runners ahead of us & feel intimidated.
    Instead we look back proudly at our journey, our personal struggle & determination & remember that there are those that never even attempt to reach the starting line.
  • Snaggles
    Snaggles Posts: 19,503 Forumite
    Aww Linda, poor you, and poor Jess.

    My Mum always used to cook fish in milk when we were poorly. I don't know why I just remembered that! Seem to remember it was quite nice, and I'm sure she just bunged it in the microwave. Did anyone elses parents have certain things they did when you were ill?

    Crushing paracetamols into a spoonful of strawberry jam was another - maybe calpol didn't exist in those days! Strawberry jam still tastes like paracetamol to me, even now!
    "I wasn't wrong, I just wasn't right enough."
    :smileyhea
    9780007258925
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