A fresh start

hypno06

I was very pleased to get your message last night!

As for "cheating"....hmm, well I know where you are coming from, BUT, over the last 6 or 7 years that we've been here, how many REAL TOUGH lessons have we learned? How many years have gone by with giving up/going without/eating bizarre menu plans out of jars of "things" that found their way lurking in the back of cupboards/blah blah blah.

No one has "cheated". We've done our time, we've learned our lessons, we know that tax has to be paid, and overdrafts are expensive, and that we can enjoy good times with our offspring in ways that don't involve the credit card.

And along the way, as you point out, our kids have learned too. They know the true value of things - we've actually given them lessons in life that will pay back dividends in abundance in future years.

Cheating? I don't think so!

We'll stay in touch, one way or another.....my cheery face is never far away in facebookland

Verbatim

Congratulations Sea. Like Lucielle yours was one of the first diaries I found on MSE when I first found the site. I'm glad life is looking good and I hope things go really well for you.

turfy6

Congrats Sea Im really happy for you, your kids sound brilliant and as Hypno says were giving them real life lessons and hopefully they wont make the same mistakes. Well done you should be proud.:beer:

taxi73

Am so pleased for you

Pinky15

Well done !

lionheartedgirl

Hi Seaxwyn, I was so happy to read this :j

Not in the circumstances you'd have expected maybe, but it's hardly cheating as others have said. You've worked so incredibly hard for it and I'm glad it has come at last.

Lots of love and best wishes for the next phase!

LHG X

Wordsmith

Congratulations, Seax. I can't put into words how happy I am for you. You have had such a tough time, you really deserve this and a great future. Good luck!