MSE Parents Club Part 9

Sami_Bee

My_Fathers_Daughter wrote: »

27 :eek::eek: an absolute baby!!!


Actually, thinking about it when I said to hubby that I was really grateful for him helping out around the house (he had hoovered twice, done the bins, the dishwasher and the laundry so I was laying it on thick!!) he said it was because I was working now. What did he think I was doing when I was at home with the baby???

You would think at 43 he would learn to think before he speaks *rolleyes*

My OH helped out lots when I worked, aparently a SAHM must cook n clean whilst looking after ALL housework but if our CM did all her cooking and cleaning while looking after children he'd be fuming!

elle_gee wrote: »

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Dad's home from hospital already(!!). All is well; Mum seems disappointed he doesn't have an eye patch *rolls eyes*

did she have a whole host of pirate jokes ready?

elle_gee

Sami_Bee wrote: »

.. did she have a whole host of pirate jokes ready?

Yup! Apparently it's most inconvenient that we don't have a parrot among Rhys' toys!

cazscoob

ahhhhhhhhhh i have had enough!!!!
well he has been staying here just now so that he could help with kids and as he had no where else to go, he sold his car over the weekend and decided that he would hire a car. i took him to pick car up yest at 12 and thats the last i have seen of him. i text to ask him to bring home milk as i had run out and was told no prob(this was at 5pm) i waited and waited got kids all sorted out and bedded and still no sign. sent a text around 10 asking where he was and this was taking the !!!! as i had been left all day and night with no help. eventually half an hour ago i got a response, im fuming have told him not to bother coming anywhere near the house and to stay away. why does he promise to help and then do this?? i just dont know what to do and am exhausted as i didnt sleep all night, sorry for the moan i dont have anyone else to talk to?

SugarSpun

Oooh, the BBC website has a discussion going about Air France charging more for people who are so heavy they take up two seats, based on situations like this one.

I say that's a safety hazard if someone's taking up half the aisle, and I've sat beside people on a few flights ([STRIKE]mostly[/STRIKE] all to/from/within the USA) who were so wide they encroached on my seat over and under the armrest. I've also travelled with my ex, who was not at all fat but very tall and very broad across the shoulders, so he also encroached on other people. [It actually had the side effect of making me very comfortable with cramped travel because I got so used to curling up in my seat so he could have my legroom.]

IMO, if there's an empty seat available, a person who requires extra room for whatever reason should be put next to it - whether that person is very tall, very broad or travelling with a baby.

Having said that, I did read an account of a man who was very fat who booked two seats for his own comfort - and was checked in with his two seats across an aisle *rolleyes*

Edit: Caz, what a PITA, I'm sorry

My_Fathers_Daughter

Caz - I really don't know what to say hun, I am so sorry...


...other than I could swear that you have posted the exact same message before, months ago, and it makes me very sad.

You know we are always here for you, but ultimately we are just people miles apart and other than some mental support there is not much we can do. I honestly don't have a clue what I would do in your situation.




SS - I travelled in front of a couple who booked 3 seats so they could share the extra room...and this was already in Premium Economy! Some of the economy seats are absolutely tiny - width wise as well as leg room. On a couple of occasions now I have asked for money from family for christmas or birthdays so we can upgrade to PE. I hate being cramped.

3onitsway

cazscoob wrote: »

ahhhhhhhhhh i have had enough!!!!
well he has been staying here just now so that he could help with kids and as he had no where else to go, he sold his car over the weekend and decided that he would hire a car. i took him to pick car up yest at 12 and thats the last i have seen of him. i text to ask him to bring home milk as i had run out and was told no prob(this was at 5pm) i waited and waited got kids all sorted out and bedded and still no sign. sent a text around 10 asking where he was and this was taking the !!!! as i had been left all day and night with no help. eventually half an hour ago i got a response, im fuming have told him not to bother coming anywhere near the house and to stay away. why does he promise to help and then do this?? i just dont know what to do and am exhausted as i didnt sleep all night, sorry for the moan i dont have anyone else to talk to?

((Hugs)) Caz. What an ar5e! Has he been any help with the children? Where's he been?
If you're both certain its over it's probably not good that he's still staying there. Has he got nowhere to go?, family?, friends?, for the short term.

SS I totally agree, after spending a 5 hour flight home from Egypt squashed into OH because the man sitting the other side of me was overspilling onto my seat. :mad:

always29

argh, can't catch up with your sppeed of gossip, need to learn how to skim read better!

thanks for the replies last week about child benefit application times - there was me planning on using that as my spending money for Feb and using my smp to clear the overdraft when who should knock on the door at 9am but the meter reading blokey to do the gas AND leccy meters. Sorry to go on about money again but I've been working since 16 whenever I could and have only signed on for about 3 months in 20 years and the idea of being only on SMP and reliant so much on dp's earnings is scary.

off to meet friend from aquanatal today for the first time since our little boys arrived, be lovely to catch up. If I get Thomas to have a nap later before dp gets in from work, will try and catch up with you all too!

cazscoob

he has nowhere to go i think his parents have had enough of him taking the p*ss out of me, and most of his friends still stay with their parents??? i have asked him to try but he has become so selfish everything is always about him, i dont know where he has been and noone has seen or heard from him. he says theres noone else but right now im finding that very hard to believe! just feel like giving up

Mazcabs

Sami_Bee wrote: »

Beenie - here you have to book your own 6-8wk check and they won't give baby they're first jabs if they've not had it, we had a big faff over this with Edgar.

Got to do ours seperately here too. I might as well not have been there for checkup - mind you she's a horrible Dr!!! William is doing great weight wise etc and is very strong apparently - like I didnt know that... he just doesnt want to sleep, (think he has had 20 mins since we woke up at 7.30!!!).

Just looked at his and Henry's red books and at this stage they are within 2 ozs of each other.

got-it-spend-it wrote: »

Info on fruit and veg portion sizes here- http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/5ADAY/Pages/Portionsizes.aspx

We looked at a website at work once that showed portion sizes and it was mad what counted as a portion ie 7 cherry tomatoes is a portion

aless02

always - I just sent off my CB form on Saturday, I could let you know how the timing goes? How are you and Thomas doing? Hopefully some of us lot can get together soon!