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Daily Chat Thrifty Foggy Thursday 18th February

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  • LouiseJ
    LouiseJ Posts: 11,156 Forumite
    My dad was in an institution for years.

    I only found this out last summer...I also found out it was my father who was stalking me when I was a teenager.

    Oh my goodness.

    My Dad has mental health issues too he was in hospital for most of last year after an attempted suicide:(
    But these things take time, I know that I'm, the most inept that ever stepped.
  • sallyx
    sallyx Posts: 15,815 Forumite
    sorry Becky I would reply in detail but haven't got the energy...in its basic form because some women want to be part of a womens only thing and might feel intimidated
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  • LouiseJ
    LouiseJ Posts: 11,156 Forumite
    jinky67 wrote: »
    bloody hell Bun!

    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    I am trying to avoid my stalker son:D

    Duane Dibley......:eek:
    But these things take time, I know that I'm, the most inept that ever stepped.
  • jinky67
    jinky67 Posts: 47,812 Forumite
    LouiseJ wrote: »
    I havent ran with the bum thing in ages and never in public.........
    :whistle::whistle::whistle::whistle:
    :heartpulsOnce a Flylady, always a Flylady:heartpuls
  • jinky67
    jinky67 Posts: 47,812 Forumite
    LouiseJ wrote: »
    Duane Dibley......:eek:
    yes thats the one:rotfl:
    he has stalked me in the Arms and Flylady thread already:eek:
    :heartpulsOnce a Flylady, always a Flylady:heartpuls
  • Yeah, it made a lot of sense actually when I found out...

    When I was a teenager I used to model and do a lot of TV. (commercials etc) and my agents called me into the office one day to say they had to contact the police because they had been receiving (sp?) hand drawn pictures of me and information that indicated I was being watched and followed-anyway, not long after, my portfolio was stolen and I went to Uni and didnt hear anything more about it...it was my father. so I gave up modelling then as well.
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  • sammy115
    sammy115 Posts: 15,267 Forumite
    I sign up for everything anyway.....
    Quality is doing something right when no one is looking - Henry Ford
  • becky_rtw
    becky_rtw Posts: 8,393 Forumite
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    sallyx wrote: »
    sorry Becky I would reply in detail but haven't got the energy...in its basic form because some women want to be part of a womens only thing and might feel intimidated

    So they want something inclusive that excludes half the population??

    Sammy I dont read RW so I cant comment on the contents, I stick my head in the RW forums from time to time and find them mostly the blind leading the blind (especially the beginners section there)...

    Dont you find it condescending though as a strong intelligent woman to have something 'marketed' at you because its pink and fluffly and friendly??

    Men and women are different but they shouldnt be treated differently purely on the basis on gender (which is a social construct anyway - you only have to look at hermaphrodites to see how loose a biological distinction between male/female actually is)
  • LouiseJ wrote: »
    Duane Dibley......:eek:

    it's 2 b's :p
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  • elfen
    elfen Posts: 10,213 Forumite
    sammy, that would fit with me being creative....and they do say genius is next to insanity.

    Is worrying that my mum has SAD, my older sister has depression, and one of my cousins on my dad's side is a kleptomaniac, and another has schizophrenia and lives in a mental home. Kinda worrying that I am very VERY close to schizophrenic, ure if they looked I'd fit. Looked at the borderline stuff when they diagnosed, and I was going "yep,yep,yep" to EVERY single one.

    ETA: And I did shout out "He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy" first at uni, and then to Pint - who looked at me cos I do a very good Pepperpot - MP term for man dressed as woman
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