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  • (Land_of)_Maz
    (Land_of)_Maz Posts: 11,738 Forumite
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    Snaggles wrote: »
    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!


    we never had a microwave when we were young... not even sure they were invented........
    I'm just a seething mass of contradictions....
    (it's part of my charm!)
  • bank_of_slate
    bank_of_slate Posts: 12,922 Forumite
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    Snaggles wrote: »
    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!

    We had the duvet folded in a special way on the sofa with a nice soft pillow and soluble junior disprins!
    ...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.
  • redsquirrel80
    redsquirrel80 Posts: 12,457 Forumite
    Snaggles wrote: »
    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!

    Ooh yeah.. marmite made into a drink, vegetable cup-a-soup, and yep paracetemol crushed up in jam.. or the soluble ones put into orange squash to (supposedly) make them taste nicer!
    Debt@16.12.09 £10,362.38, now debt free as of 29.02.2012.
    "I cannot make my days longer so I strive to make them better."
  • bank_of_slate
    bank_of_slate Posts: 12,922 Forumite
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    Christ, these erythromycin are like flippin' horse tablets!
    ...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.
  • sallyx
    sallyx Posts: 15,815 Forumite
    Snaggles wrote: »
    :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.

    Good question Snags...work and then look for a job supposedly!
    I'll make a wish, take a chance, make a change And breakaway. I'll take a risk, take a chance, make a change and breakaway ....
    Finally Debt Free...
  • sallyx
    sallyx Posts: 15,815 Forumite
    (Land_of)_Maz wrote: »
    we never had a microwave when we were young... not even sure they were invented........

    Nor Did we...in fact My Mum only got her first Microwave about 4 years ago :rotfl:
    I'll make a wish, take a chance, make a change And breakaway. I'll take a risk, take a chance, make a change and breakaway ....
    Finally Debt Free...
  • redsquirrel80
    redsquirrel80 Posts: 12,457 Forumite
    (Land_of)_Maz wrote: »
    we never had a microwave when we were young... not even sure they were invented........

    I can remember my gran & grandad getting one of the really early ones - it was massive! That was probably at least 20 years ago.
    Debt@16.12.09 £10,362.38, now debt free as of 29.02.2012.
    "I cannot make my days longer so I strive to make them better."
  • Toto
    Toto Posts: 6,680 Forumite
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    Sally that's pants, I think both you and your little girl deserve a lot better. Tell me to shut my gob if you like, but i think maybe it's time to weigh up exactly what you are getting out of this relationship. It sounds to me as if this guy needs a swift kick up the @rse so he realised exactly what he has and could lose.

    Let him go and live a single life if that's what he wants, you can then find someone who will treasure you both and treat you like gold.
    :A
    :A
    "Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid" - Albert Einstein
  • (Land_of)_Maz
    (Land_of)_Maz Posts: 11,738 Forumite
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    redsquirrel80 wrote: »
    I can remember my gran & grandad getting one of the really early ones - it was massive! That was probably at least 20 years ago.


    your granny must have been posh, like snaggles mum!!
    I'm just a seething mass of contradictions....
    (it's part of my charm!)
  • (Land_of)_Maz
    (Land_of)_Maz Posts: 11,738 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    Toto wrote: »
    Sally that's pants, I think both you and your little girl deserve a lot better. Tell me to shut my gob if you like, but i think maybe it's time to weigh up exactly what you are getting out of this relationship. It sounds to me as if this guy needs a swift kick up the @rse so he realised exactly what he has and could lose.

    Let him go and live a single life if that's what he wants, you can then find someone who will treasure you both and treat you like gold.


    Good advice...
    I'm just a seething mass of contradictions....
    (it's part of my charm!)
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