The OS Doorstep - a helpful and supportive thread in these tough times

paidinchickens

p87 A friend of mine told me that your body is like a carrier bag and can only hold so much !!!!!! and it sounds like yours is full hunny.

I don't know why families have that hold over you (as in any of us) it would be lovely to tell them where to go wouldn't it? problem is that as a caring and compassionate person you would be torturing yourself for weeks and they would be sleeping soundly in their beds not giving a fig.

I have no advice to give as I can't sort my own bu88ers out :rotfl:

Has anyone got any ideas of recipes for sprouts, I cleared the lottie and if I don't use them I will be bagging and freezing all day.

PiC x

nuttyp

morning all, princess OH family is just the same. Our oldest is in the process of buying a house, are they pleased - no - they just said oh I bet you are helping. hmmm no we don't have the funds to. Its my mum that is but its nothing to do with anyone. My mum and late dad would help any of their grandchildren. My mum offered, no strings. I don't have anything to do with OH family. He visits alone, I just cant cope with all the questions. None of his family know about our bankruptcy, I wonder why....
KEZ, whats happened?? are you ok now??


Today I am having a few minutes to myself. I nipped into town and purchased anew bra, cant wear any of mine at the moment and cant go without either. The lovely lady in the shop found me a sale one. I go Thursday and fingers crossed its just a cyst. I haven't had a mammogram before, but my mum said its uncomfortable.


Need to sort out some more bits from the shed over the weekend for the car boot. we have made a sign saying 50p each. Whatever we make its a bonus.

D&DD

PIC I'm tempted to have that put on a tshirt lol..


Princess I have a family member who is superorganised,party animal,life and soul type etc etc but she's actually as miserable as sin and still not happy with the blessings and opportunities life has bestowed on her...I used to get really het up trying to keep her from having a go at me all the time for not attending things we knew DS3 couldn't cope with but after a while I realised life's too short and TBH the way I see it she has a go at me as she isn't happy with her own life so I just let her get on with it and ignore her now if she kicks off.


It has taken me a good few years to reach this point but what I'm trying to say is you've got a lot on your plate ATM hun,try approaching one thing at a time and don't let things drag you down.Look at it this way you have a man who loves you dearly,that's a huge plus nowadays and he's employed,another bonus..see what I mean? Things will blow over it's just a blip and brighter things will come along for you.


Keep posting 'cos it's good to vent,don't stew on things a problem shared is so much better for you XXX

Knit_Witch

paidinchickens wrote: »

Has anyone got any ideas of recipes for sprouts, I cleared the lottie and if I don't use them I will be bagging and freezing all day.

PiC x

Steam them and use them in bubble and squeak or champ? or have a look at this lot

Possession

Princess I can see just how frustrating that would be. If you aren't going to cut contact, the only way I can see to go about it is to calmly say that's our business and refuse to engage with any conversation like that. Easier said than done obviously.

If anyone has been waiting to make an Approved Foods order they appear to have lots of basic stuff at the moment like flour and yeast. I've decided not to make an order, for DH's sanity!

kidcat

Princess it is my belief that some people have to make your life miserable in order to try to control you. I learnt the hard way that limiting all contact was the only way forward in taking back my life.

I also need to rant. My builder came today to finally get these wardrobes for dd8 sorted. He opened all the packets and things and it became apparent there was an issue . After alot of head scratching we realised that my father has bought two sets of doors and no cabinets. As he ordered it all, checked the delivery when it arrived etc it begins to look like it's deliberate. He will have known I wouldn't want him to come and build it and assumed I would do it myself. Then when I couldn't I would have to ask for help. It explains his shifty demeanor every time he has looked at the boxes sat in my hallway.
It's going to cost me money to sort it as ikea have said they won't exchange it as I don't have the receipt and cant provide proof of purchase.

Possession

What a nightmare Kidcat. I just can't understand his mindset at all.

kidcat

Its all about control possession and his attempts to regain control. He hates that he no longer has any say in what we do etc so tries at every opportunity to wrestle it back.

mcculloch29

Jeez, Kidcat. What a nasty thing to do, I am so sorry. Who needs that kind of carp?

What I read on here makes me so grateful for my family. My lovely brother bought me my first computer and drove on a 600 mile round trip to install it for me.

I am worried about my sister, she is a breast cancer survivor, but at the dentists last week (one near my niece's and not her own) he found a lump in her neck and urged her to go to the doctor. She was 65 on Sunday, my Mum developed leukaemia at the same age.
She has gone to the docs and the go for tests wheels have been put in motion. What worries me is that she has said she feels very tired and washed out atm.
!!!!!!.

kidcat

Mcculloch ((hugs)) hope all goes ok for her.

Nutty did you get your appointment through yet? My GP sent me a choose and book letter but when I called the appointment line she said that I cant make the appointment that way I have to wait for the consultant to accept the case and then they call to offer an appointment.