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Nice people thread part 4 - sugar and spice and all things
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I hope he pays his correct share of support - nothing annoys me more than people buying extravagant presents whilst not meeting their everyday commitments and expecting everyone to think how generous they are.
He pays maintenance, not a huge amount (equates to £10 per child per week) and that is it. There is no help towards school trips, uniform etc, he thinks the maintenance covers that.We made it! All three boys have graduated, it's been hard work but it shows there is a possibility of a chance of normal (ish) life after a diagnosis (or two) of ASD. It's not been the easiest route but I am so glad I ignored everything and everyone and did my own therapies with them.
Eldests' EDS diagnosis 4.5.10, mine 13.1.11 eekk - now having fun and games as a wheelchair user.0 -
I think they would prefer his attention at regular intervals during the year rather than presents.
Of course they would. I really don't think that your boys are foolish enough to think gifts make him a better dad. Hopefully they'll be gifts that they want though, and they can enjoy them.0 -
This picture of Fabio made me giggle
Anyone else think he looks like a missing character from Thunderbirds?
Sorry, totally random post!
Oooh, he so does.... And not like a goody. More like Brains's evil cousin. I am a closet box-set owner:o.Please stay safe in the sun and learn the A-E of melanoma: A = asymmetry, B = irregular borders, C= different colours, D= diameter, larger than 6mm, E = evolving, is your mole changing? Most moles are not cancerous, any doubts, please check next time you visit your GP.
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Ex hubby has informed me he has spent a fair bit on the boys for Christmas today, there is no way I can compete and my pressies are going to look completely woeful compared to his.
I got so stressed, I just blitzed the kitchen....and now I can't move.
Just wanted to agree with everyone one else. Your boys are nobody's fools, and certainly not his. They're already well aware that you provide them with everything important in life, and most of all that you love them and are there for them, while he, well, can't be bothered really. They are also well aware that you haven't much money but will give them presents that are loving, thoughtful, appropriate, good value for money, and as expensive as your careful budget will allow.
If giving more expensive presents is the sole area of their lives in which he is not a complete non-starter, it won't change anything about how they feel about you, or about him, but it will give them pleasure to receive things they know you could not afford to get them. Be happy for them.Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.
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vivatifosi wrote: »I am a closet box-set owner:o
While I can't claim that level of addiction, I often find myself inadvertently humming the theme tune when I set off to begin some particularly challenging task. 0 -
ok...so last night I saw an advert where a beautiful but very insect shaped Keira Knightly wearing a sexy boiler suit strips before getting back on her bike, in the boiler suit. but why, oh why, oh why does the boiler suit have buttons presumably for pockets but really, really really looking as if for a trapdoor in it? It seems really to contractict the sexy image to me to be squinting thinking....''is that a ...trapdoor..keira knightly has in that outfit? is she expecting a cold winter?''0
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lostinrates wrote: »are you moving this weekend? Have you slept there yet?
you must all be very excited now!
No, in 8 days' time. We are very excited indeed (-:...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.0 -
lostinrates wrote: »ok...so last night I saw an advert where a beautiful but very insect shaped Keira Knightly wearing a sexy boiler suit strips before getting back on her bike, in the boiler suit. but why, oh why, oh why does the boiler suit have buttons presumably for pockets but really, really really looking as if for a trapdoor in it? It seems really to contractict the sexy image to me to be squinting thinking....''is that a ...trapdoor..keira knightly has in that outfit? is she expecting a cold winter?''
Have you a link to the advert so we can see what you're referring to?neverdespairgirl wrote: »No, in 8 days' time. We are very excited indeed (-:
The NP are vicariously excited, and looking forward to pictures on the other site, please.Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0 -
Right, off to start digging another trial hole to see if the foundations on this place will support another floor....<Hums theme to you-know-what :rotfl:>0
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I am not in the right mood for supporting my kids through their anniversary grief today. Yesterday, DD and I were in the car together driving to pick DS up from a birthday party. DD is quite unlike DS and will talk about anything. In fact she rarely stops talking, unless actually asleep. She put the radio on in the car. It played "I will survive". Cue mother-daughter conversation about the importance of not letting your identity be defined by a man who doesn't love you. She's growing up and asking more searching questions, including "Would you have taken Daddy back if he'd changed his mind about divorcing you?"
She's noticed what an amazing man my dad is, too. This conversation happened the other day:
Her: Mummy, will I get burn-out like you when I'm grown up?
Me: I hope not, darling. I hope you won't be a single parent. I hope you'll choose a good husband who'll keep loving you, so it won't just be you trying to do everything.
Her: Yes, like Granny did.Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.0
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