Nice people thread part 8 - worth the wait

misskool

Spirit wrote: »

As an act of true love..I have taken tomorrow off so that i can take Mr S to the dentist and to be in charge of him afterwards.
He has told me his appointment is not until the afternoon (which I knew) and he is at work in the morning (which I did not know). Feel cheated as DD will be home until 11am when she goes off to Uni so I won't even have a peaceful morning.

Hope he is better behaved at the dentist this time. Is this the expensive one?


Done the job application now and that's it for a while.
see you lot tomorrow

Spirit_2

misskool wrote: »

Hope he is better behaved at the dentist this time. Is this the expensive one?


Done the job application now and that's it for a while.
see you lot tomorrow

It is a series of bits of treatment at the moment - a bit like building works I think - he is having some prep work done tomorow - had xrays last week, two treatments before that. I am hoping all the costs we are paying for so far are part of the total cost..and not additional. As I have said before I am keeping schtum..to be supportive.

Good luck with the application.

What attracts you to this post?

zagubov

Right, Just got back from dropping DD back at uni after a major shopping expedition to ensure she won't get malnutrition in her last term. Wanted to drag them to local cinema to see Star Trek in 3-D but getting the kids to agree on anything they like in common is like trying to herd cats.

Dentist tomorrow.

misskool

Spirit wrote: »

It is a series of bits of treatment at the moment - a bit like building works I think - he is having some prep work done tomorow - had xrays last week, two treatments before that. I am hoping all the costs we are paying for so far are part of the total cost..and not additional. As I have said before I am keeping schtum..to be supportive.

Good luck with the application.

What attracts you to this post?

ouch, dentists are rather frightening.

the fear of being unemployed is a strong motivator for job applications

SingleSue

It would have been my 23rd wedding anniversary earlier this year......

My parents will celebrate their 53rd next month.

Nikkster

Spirit wrote: »

I cannot see on that pic...Bruce springsteen headllined, saw paolo nuttini, tom jones, lily allen, rolf Harris, florence & the machine and lots of others. We were very lucky and had backstage passes..which we did not understand actually meant backstage...we had just used the flush loos, celeb watched and had quiet time...until Sunday afternoon when it was pointed out we could be watching Tom Jones form the side of the stage.

I think at the back of the stage you can just about make out 'ecials'...

vivatifosi

tomterm8 wrote: »

If I had the resources I'd do the same thing in America...

I'd write a book charting the descendants of the pilgrims, and get all the snobbish Americans to pay out for the privilege of appearing in it.:D

Make a fortune...

To an extent that has legs, but groups such as Daughters of the American Revolution, the Jamestowne Society and the Mayflower Society have the lineages sewn up.

I do however think that a historical novel, written about a strong male character, born to low gentry in England and turned into a composite of early settlers would make an absolute fortune. They could go to New England or be a Jamestowne planter, either would make a fantastic story. Trying to recreate English society while dealing with harsh winters and Indian attack. The popularity of the likes of Hilary Mantel and Philippa Gregory show that there is a market for such books, though I have to admit I have no idea if someone has already written something similar to the above concept.

GDB2222

Spirit wrote: »

I am 3rd of 4. 1 boy.

My mum had 7 altogether sadly her first born son died when a few hours old and twin boys between my sister and I were a bit premature and did not survive.

Your poor mum! She must have been distraught at the loss. At least she had four healthy kids later on, but to have that happen on the first birth must have been incredibly worrying.

Those sorts of infant mortality rates were pretty common until around 100 years ago, and I don't know how the parents coped with the grief of losing typically half their children.

PasturesNew

When looking at old family lines, one thing that sticks out is that as soon as a spouse is dead, the widow/er remarries asap in most instances. This'll have been because you had to live somewhere and get money to live on from somewhere.... rather than a burning desire to marry somebody you loved.

With each marriage, there were usually more kids.

My great-aunt was a "bit of a girl", who was born 103 years ago. She seems to have had a first child out of wedlock, who was brought up by her own mother (as did her sister) - so the grandmother brought up (for life) two illegitimate children of her two daughters.

After that illegitimate birth and leaving him behind, my aunt married a fella and had a child; he died prematurely, so she found a 2nd husband and married him, he already had about 5 kids and she had 5 kids with him. He died, then she got a 3rd husband and had no more children. Once the 3rd husband died, when she was aged about 68, she then took up with "a male friend" who provided her with companionship and transport until her death aged 77.

She seems to have always married men with a little bit of money, so when she married the last husband half their house purchase money was cash from her account (house in 1956 cost £1200, she put in £600 - house is worth about £300k today).

silvercar

GDB2222 wrote: »

Those sorts of infant mortality rates were pretty common until around 100 years ago, and I don't know how the parents coped with the grief of losing typically half their children.

I wonder if support was better. Maybe knowing that not all infants survived lead to a sense that there was always a risk. Certainly you would be one of many to experience a loss rather than a rarity.

Nowadays the expectancy () that each offspring will be perfect makes it harder to accept that it may not. I always find it a little creepy when you see people buying baby clothes and decorating nurseries in blue/ pink before the birth. Only 20 years ago it was viewed as unlucky to bring the pram or cot home from shop before the birth. Now you see the fulll nursery pictured before the embryo is even viable.