We’d like to remind Forumites to please avoid political debate on the Forum.

This is to keep it a safe and useful space for MoneySaving discussions. Threads that are – or become – political in nature may be removed in line with the Forum’s rules. Thank you for your understanding.

📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!

MSE Parents Club Part 14

1717718720722723908

Comments

  • 3onitsway wrote: »
    MFD V is always taking her shoes & socks off to change into her Crocs. They must be really comfy! If theres a 50/50 chance of getting them on the right feet, why are they on the wrong feet 99% of the time?

    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    On Monday the crocs went with us to the CM! He was wearing his normal shoes but there was no way he was letting go of the crocs so I let him take them. Apparently he played with them all day!

    I love them because hubby and I bought them when we were in Maui on honeymoon for my youngest nephew who loved to play with them and 4 years later they are back with our son who is obsessed with them too :D


    Has everyone else heard that it is supposed to be beautiful weather this weekend? We are going to see if we can sneak off to Wales for the weekend.


    Tidying away - we have a bay window but the floor length curtains don't go into the bay, they go straight across to make the room square...every evening when I put Benjamin to bed hubby tidies up all the toys and sticks them in the bay and closes the curtains so we have a toy free living room :D



    Kindof - ((HUGS)) hun, sounds like your OH needs reminding he has a family now :(
    r.mac wrote: »
    please listen to MFD - she is a wise woman :D
    Proud Mummy to the gorgeous Benjamin John born 14 March 2009, 8lbs 14oz
    A new little seedling on the way, due 30 September 2012
  • tiamai_d
    tiamai_d Posts: 11,987 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I am so !!!!ed off right now, oh is out playing with his friend has been since half 9 (he didn't get up till 9) and i text him at quarter to two saying i would really like it if he came home soon cos e is being a pain and we have unpacking to do etc and im not getting any of it done cos e is being so whingy

    So I ended up just ringing him cos he hadn't replied and i said will u be home soon he asked the tome and then said i won't be home anytime soon!!!!!! Then he said what difference will it make me being there if e is whingy i can't stop him. Well how about u would just be here to support me u fucj, I am so angry right now so so angry

    DH did that to me while we were on holiday and Amber was poorly. We had a MASSIVE bust up.

    They just don't get it that we need support. It won't make a difference to E if he is there but it will to you. They can't just come along and enjoy the good things and leave us to deal with all the !!!!. And you know fine well that if you were out he would be calling you demanding you come home.

    My DH did eventually say sorry and start to understand but that was only after he realised that we would be going home and he would be leaving. It was that bad. But he had claimed not to have gotten texts due to where he was and I was later told that he did get them and ignored them.
  • tiamai_d
    tiamai_d Posts: 11,987 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Kindof, how often do you leave him in sole charge of E?

    Start doing it more often so he can see what it is like.
  • BeenieCat
    BeenieCat Posts: 6,567 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Caz my ex won't give me anything voluntarily. So for all those months he was earning a good wage i hoped i would get something. But now that he's not working if he signs on he will only get £5 taken. Although when he was signing on before i didn't get that either! Well my portion is £1.67 a week. As opposed to the £120 a month i'd be getting if he didn't lose his job and they actually paid it me.

    So i guess he won't have to pay the arrears he would have accumulated while working, at all now.
  • Krystaltips
    Krystaltips Posts: 9,220 Forumite
    cazscoob wrote: »
    i would be mortified to send a dirty buggy!!! i always have them striped, washed and the frame and wheels all cleaned! what buggy did you buy? i thought you loved yours or are you addicted lol!!!
    I know!! I am trying to sell my maclaren at the minute but everything that comes off has gone through the washer and I gave all the frame, handles and viewing window a wipe down before I put it in the box, I wouldn't dream of sending it out minging!!

    It was a stokke... D told me I needed to sell a pushchair and I couldn't decide which one... He said I should sell them both and get a stokke... But now we're selling the maclaren and sticking with the Oyster... It makes more sense to...

    I take back what I said about the dishwasher... He just rang and asked what it was like and if I had it working yet?! I told him I would have but I was too busy building drawers...

    And Caitlyn waited until I was out of the room and pulled the flowers down again... Am I right in thinking lily pollen is poisoness to cats, but alright for babies? She was eating petals and has pollen all over her feet...

    Of course now I'm in the room she's comatose in front of Cbeebies!

    Oh, and I just got a big mac delivered! My friend comented on facebook that she was off to the golden arches so I joked she should bring me a big mac because I haven't got any bread... Few minutes later she knocked the door with one!
    A very proud Mummy to 3 beautiful girls... I do pity my husband though, he's the one to suffer the hormones...
    Krystal is so smart and funny and wonderful I am struck dumb in awe in her presence.

  • Krystaltips
    Krystaltips Posts: 9,220 Forumite
    Beenie, if they had worked out an amount for him while he was working then he would have built up arrears, those arrears will sit on his account until he's got a job again, they don't just go away...

    KIndof... I think I'd be finding out what time OH was due back and deliberately going out somewhere in no hurry to get back... I'd also be making arrangements for his next day off that invlolved him spending the day with the baby and me elsewhere...
    A very proud Mummy to 3 beautiful girls... I do pity my husband though, he's the one to suffer the hormones...
    Krystal is so smart and funny and wonderful I am struck dumb in awe in her presence.

  • tiamai_d
    tiamai_d Posts: 11,987 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Krystal, as far as I am aware, stargazer lillies (the white ones with pink inside the petals) are mildly toxic if ingested in large amounts and may cause stomach upsets and vomiting. But it is a very quick acting thing and she would probably have a sore mouth first... I'm just remembering this from years ago though so I could be wrong but it was one of teh reasons we advised stamen removal of lillies.

    I would give NHS direct a call if she starts to look unwell. Or if I have just panicked you.
  • Krystaltips
    Krystaltips Posts: 9,220 Forumite
    Nah I don't panic easy... I usually cut off the lily stamens as soon as they flower but there are 2 that just opened this morning... They're white with orange... I don't think she'd have eaten a large amount... More likely to have just had a wee taste and spat it out ;)
    A very proud Mummy to 3 beautiful girls... I do pity my husband though, he's the one to suffer the hormones...
    Krystal is so smart and funny and wonderful I am struck dumb in awe in her presence.

  • CAFCGirl
    CAFCGirl Posts: 9,123 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    bleurgh..... thats all


    carry on x
    Wealth is not measured by currency
  • kindofagilr
    kindofagilr Posts: 6,825 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    tiamai_d wrote: »
    DH did that to me while we were on holiday and Amber was poorly. We had a MASSIVE bust up.

    They just don't get it that we need support. It won't make a difference to E if he is there but it will to you. They can't just come along and enjoy the good things and leave us to deal with all the !!!!. And you know fine well that if you were out he would be calling you demanding you come home.

    My DH did eventually say sorry and start to understand but that was only after he realised that we would be going home and he would be leaving. It was that bad. But he had claimed not to have gotten texts due to where he was and I was later told that he did get them and ignored them.

    Thats exactly how i feel right now, I am actually crying, cos I love my OH so much and I wouldnt want to be without him ever but something has to change cos I cant take it anymore.

    He dosent do anything with e anymore, and he was so good when he was first born, I do everything, bottles, feeding, bathing, putting to bed, washing etc etc and its just getting to me

    For once I would like a lay in too when he has days off, I mean yes he does a midnight feed with E on a fri night so it means I get a sleep but then I usually have to go to bed at 10 otherwise I dont get a lay in and even then once OH has done the feed at midnight thats it if E wakes up anymore I have to deal withhim cos OH doesnt hear him as he sleeps with his arm over his ear, like last night, I went to bed at 10.30pm, OH woke me at 1am cos he couldnt find the keys to lock the house, then E was up repeatdily from 2.30am and E got up at 6.30am

    I am sick of doing everything around the house too, I am dreading going back to work cos he will still expect me to do everything

    Hes coming home now, Ive told him there is a letter for him, cos I find it easier to write it down

    He has had sole charge of E ONCE! and then I got phone calls from 1pm asking when I was coming home!! came home to find nothing done around the house and E was out of bottles
    Debt £30,823.48/£44,856.56 ~ 06/02/21 - 31.28% Paid Off
    Mortgage (01/04/09 - 01/07/39)
    £79,515.99/£104,409.00 (as of 05/02/21) ~ 23.84% Paid Off

    Lloyds (M) - £1196.93/£1296.93 ~ Next - £2653.79/£2700.46 ~ Mobile - £296.70/£323.78
    HSBC (H) -£5079.08/£5281.12 ~ HSBC (M) - £4512.19/£4714.23
    Barclays (H) - £4427.32/£4629.36 ~ Barclays (M) - £4013.78/£4215.82
    Halifax (H) - £4930.04/£5132.12 ~ Halifax (M) - £3708.65/£3911.20

    Asda Savings - £0

    POAMAYC 2021 #87 £1290.07 ~ 2020/£3669.48 ~ 2019/£10,615.18 ~ 2018/£13,912.57 ~ 2017/£10,380.18 ~ 2016/£7454.80

    ~ Emergency Savings: £0

    My Debt Free Diary (Link)
This discussion has been closed.
Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 352.1K Banking & Borrowing
  • 253.6K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 454.2K Spending & Discounts
  • 245.2K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 600.8K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 177.5K Life & Family
  • 259K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.7K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.