MSE Parents Club Part 12

Sarah_Joanne

Anyone watching GMTV? They're saying the cost of being a mum to a child from birth to 18 years is £1.5million :eek:

SugarSpun

Krystaltips wrote: »

I think I'm cracking up...

Right, lovely. Big deep breath.

Send Aimee off to her room for five minutes.
Give Caitlyn something to occupy her so she isn't screeching for the same five minutes.
Sit down with your sick-receptacle within reach.

Your driving lesson can be rescheduled if you can't think of anyone to mind your littlie, or do you have a carseat you can load her in if your instructor doesn't mind? Your surveyor is supposed to be looking northward of the mess and it doesn't matter anyway because he is a workperson and not someone whose opinion is important to you. And later on you can unload all of this onto Mr Krystal and tell him how embarrassed/mortified you were and insist he finishes the cleaning [STRIKE]with[/STRIKE] for you.

Sarah_Joanne wrote: »

Anyone watching GMTV? They're saying the cost of being a mum to a child from birth to 18 years is £1.5million :eek:

I don't think it has to be, surely?!
Edit: they always seem to have unreasonable notions about how much people spend; their "budget night out" outfits are always pushing £100, and if they think people do that 5-6 times a year they must be mad! And their Christmas toy suggestions!! :eek:

Edit again: :wave: Tigs, I see you lurking!

csh_2

SugarSpun wrote: »

Your driving lesson can be rescheduled if you can't think of anyone to mind your littlie, or do you have a carseat you can load her in if your instructor doesn't mind? Your surveyor is supposed to be looking northward of the mess and it doesn't matter anyway because he is a workperson and not someone whose opinion is important to you. And later on you can unload all of this onto Mr Krystal and tell him how embarrassed/mortified you were and insist he finishes the cleaning [STRIKE]with[/STRIKE] for you.

AFAIK learner drivers are not permitted by license or insurance to carry passengers.

Sarah_Joanne

Sugar it was taken from some newspaper, didn't catch which one as I was only half watching it.

csh_2

Sarah_Joanne wrote: »

Anyone watching GMTV? They're saying the cost of being a mum to a child from birth to 18 years is £1.5million :eek:

Is that one of those stupid survey things that includes the hourly rate of a cleaner for housework?
Cause you totally don't clean your house when you don't have children :roll eyes:

SugarSpun

csh wrote: »

AFAIK learner drivers are not permitted by license or insurance to carry passengers.

Really? I didn't know that; my instructor often had people in the car when I was learning *shrug*

Of course he was rubbish and dodgy and I didn't take my test in the end.

Rescheduling it is then.

Sarah_Joanne

csh wrote: »

AFAIK learner drivers are not permitted by license or insurance to carry passengers.

I'm not sure about that, DH was learning last year and he was added onto my insurance, I never saw anything that said he couldn't carry passengers, and he did when we went out to places and took other people in the car.

redmel1621

Bruno - Yes everyone is besotted with her...I think I will be fighting for attention from dh in the future;)

csh - Thanks, I had the same with ds2 aswell. It's horrible for them (and us) isn't it?

xx

SugarSpun

Hmm, I have a question.

I didn't receive an ebay item (low value, £4 inc pp), and left it a while before chasing it up because things get delayed, you know?

I emailed the seller and her response was, I only keep receipts for a month. No offer of refund.

So I asked her to organise the refund and she did it but sent me a snotty note "next time contact seller earlier".

I can see her point at being annoyed at being out of pocket, but I don't get rid of the receipts until feedback is left or the Paypal deadline has passed, whichever is first (60 days). Am I wrong or is she?

csh_2

SugarSpun wrote: »

Really? I didn't know that; my instructor often had people in the car when I was learning *shrug*

Of course he was rubbish and dodgy and I didn't take my test in the end.

Rescheduling it is then.

Sarah_Joanne wrote: »

I'm not sure about that, DH was learning last year and he was added onto my insurance, I never saw anything that said he couldn't carry passengers, and he did when we went out to places and took other people in the car.

Can't find anything concrete on it (cos I've no time to look properly!) but my instructor said it was not permitted??

Oh well, either way: legal or not, theres no way I'd drive unlicensed with babies/children in the back