Tesco 11+ Elite (and me) H.O. for glitches and gossip

tweets

purdita wrote: »

Good for you Tweets. I put up with an alcoholic (who wouldn't admit he had a problem) for 12 years before I finally couldn't stand any more.
Freddiesmum, Tweets is right.....until your OH admits he has a problem, he's not going to change.....and of course it's far easier to blame everyone else for their problems rather than take responsibility for their behaviour.
My ex wasn't physically abusive, but drink came before everything. Every night he went to the pub. Rare family days out with the girls had to involve a pub, holidays abroad meant me on the beach, in the pool, or in bed with the children while he propped up the bar. He even left me alone with a newborn baby a couple of hours after I came out of hospital to go to the pub.
We had settees set alight when he fell asleep drunk with a cigarette in his hand.....and me and his children asleep upstairs.
Peeing the bed was a common occurence as was peeing on the childrens toys. Absolutely revolting.
The final straw was when I went out on a works do much to his disgust as it meant he had to stay in. This was before the days of mobile phones so I no way of being contacted
I got home to find the house was empty. He'd drunk himself into a stupor and my eldest daughter who was 10 at the time couldn't rouse him so she carried my younger daughter who was just 18 months old to my mums....a 15 minute walk away....in their nighties at 9 oclock at night.
He knew I would go ballistic so the coward had gone home to mummy's rather than face me.
It probably was a good thing he's gone.....I think I would have killed him if he's been there.
But that was it....he knew I'd never have him back after that.
After we divorced he used to see the girls on a weekend....until he took them to the pub one sunday (surprise surprise) and forgot he had them and went home, leaving them behind.
I told him that under no circumstances was he to take them anywhere he was drinking ever again. He never asked to see his younger daughter since. Has never sent her so much as a birthday or Christmas card. Didn't pay maintenance, even though he had a succesful business. He now see's his eldest, but wouldn't know our youngest daughter if he passed her in the street.

Think very carefully Freddiesmum if you want to stay with someone with a serious drink problem.
I look back and think of the years I wasted, thinking he would change.....:(

Saying all that, I've been married to a really lovely second hubby for 15 years who is the complete opposite of the first one!

I can vouch for some of this. Mine worked nights so told me nights off he was working overtime but came home drunk thinking i was stupid.


Glad you are in a happy marriage now.

lovingtescoforever

aallank wrote: »

Is anyone else still waiting for their JTD from yesterday?

they seem to be all over the place atm for me.
Just organized myself and typed in a few again with different email address and changed the time forward 1 minute, and one came through.
Asda cheaper by 34p:T worth a try

calmspirit

celebrate wrote: »

i succumbed to the cotton traders glitch
you people are a bad bad influence:A:rotfl:

at least that's not fattening!
I just had to return the clothes I ordered from H&M massively discounted thanks to codes............unfortunately my body has not been equally discounted and with the help of a cupboard full of DM and aeros and now pizzas in the freezer I have no chance of ever fitting into them ...... lucky for me the size 14 's are in stock so I used same codes and re-ordered ! No incentive at all to slim down now!

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

julie2105

Really sorry if it's been mentioned already, but my friend found handcream and nail file in a Xmas "for you" red box marked in the clearance section for 50p scans as 1p

SpiralingDown

little bit of a dilema here, a letter came to my mum's from Tesco so she opened it not noticing the name on the front. Well it's not for anyone here but who ever it was got overcharged in the Great Victoria Street store and rang to complain. They've been sent a gift card for £6 and it's arrived with us.
Does she ring HO number to say it's arrived here by mistake (address on it is my mum's but name isn't) or does she use it?
Personally I've told her to ring HO because I wouldn't feel right spending it because the person is out their cash and may need it more than she does.

Decay_2

SpiralingDown wrote: »

little bit of a dilema here, a letter came to my mum's from Tesco so she opened it not noticing the name on the front. Well it's not for anyone here but who ever it was got overcharged in the Great Victoria Street store and rang to complain. They've been sent a gift card for £6 and it's arrived with us.
Does she ring HO number to say it's arrived here by mistake (address on it is my mum's but name isn't) or does she use it?
Personally I've told her to ring HO because I wouldn't feel right spending it because the person is out their cash and may need it more than she does.

Ring HO they will probably say keep it, otherwise they will have to send you stamps to send it back

lovingtescoforever

SpiralingDown wrote: »

little bit of a dilema here, a letter came to my mum's from Tesco so she opened it not noticing the name on the front. Well it's not for anyone here but who ever it was got overcharged in the Great Victoria Street store and rang to complain. They've been sent a gift card for £6 and it's arrived with us.
Does she ring HO number to say it's arrived here by mistake (address on it is my mum's but name isn't) or does she use it?
Personally I've told her to ring HO because I wouldn't feel right spending it because the person is out their cash and may need it more than she does.

I would get her to ring HO, they would probably say thank you for being so honest and ask you to keep it! pretty sure that's happened in the past.

EDIT: Decay beat me to it.

Laura_Cello

SpiralingDown wrote: »

little bit of a dilema here, a letter came to my mum's from Tesco so she opened it not noticing the name on the front. Well it's not for anyone here but who ever it was got overcharged in the Great Victoria Street store and rang to complain. They've been sent a gift card for £6 and it's arrived with us.
Does she ring HO number to say it's arrived here by mistake (address on it is my mum's but name isn't) or does she use it?
Personally I've told her to ring HO because I wouldn't feel right spending it because the person is out their cash and may need it more than she does.

Hopefully HO will say - thank you for your honesty and send one to the correct address! Good luck with it!
You/ your mum will feel good if you ring to say-

SpiralingDown

thanks decay and lovingtescoforever I'll get her to do that. I wouldn't have felt right if she'd just went out and spent it. I have no problem with doing the WHS gift card glitch but would have a problem with someone doing it on Joe Public.
If that makes me hypocritical so be it

edit - thanks to lauracello too

celebrate

pls could i have some thumbs up on SSM, anybody pretty pls, i will post which category one sec............

finance tip, health tip and pet tip (not posted any of those yet)

also please could someone answer some of my naff questions
thanks x