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Nice People Thread Part 9 - and so it continues
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Yep! That was my first question..James said she can have his bed and he will sleep in a sleeping bag on his bedroom floor. Middle son is a little eek about the thought though but mainly because he is worried about whether they might decide to get cuddly during the night and the fact he will have to get dressed straight away in the morning lest she sees him in his boxer shorts :rotfl:
If you don't mind my saying, James is out of his tiny mind! There are very, very few 18 / 19 year old girls who would want to share a bedroom with BF on the floor and BF's younger, newly-met, brother in another bed. Sleeping bag on the sofa or living room floor sounds a much better option, to me. Or could youngest sleep in James' bed, and GF have his room?Doozergirl wrote: »
Cooking is a labour of love and dinner is an event for me. I try to insist that we all eat together even if that means waiting for the last one to come home. A small kitchen wouldn't stop me. I've got a three burner hob because it looks nice. It's perfecty manageable as I have a big pot with steaming levels - in fact I only use two rings now. Home food tastes better all in one pot, imo.
My mother is a spectacularly good cook, and cooks a proper, from basics, meal every evening for dinner. But she doesn't usually bother which much if she's on her own, if my Dad's away and my siblings not there, she's a beans-on-toast or soup woman.
I agree, cooking just for yourself is pretty dull, and not really worth much bother....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 -
Mine have never brought a girlfriend home. Think they would be worried that we would ask too many questions.
DS1 once had a female friend to stay for the weekend and none of us knew if she was a GF or not. DS2 (then 13) got in a right tizz about how embarrassing it would be if they slept together and I should forbid it at home. She wasn't a GF so problem never arose, but he did get in a state about it before hand. Given the situation has not yet arisen, I've not even considered my response.
I'm the only one who has - but OH, from when he first came to stay at my parents' then Kent house, when he was 19 and I was 20, had to cope with my brother's spare bunk bed, and I was in my own room, alone. It stayed that way until I was heavily pregnant with Isaac, when even my parents seemed to give in on that one! 7 years, it took......Hi All. Sorry I've been away for a bit. I've had some thinking to do which has come to a conclusion. I'll let you in on the results in a while.
Humph. Teaser!
Hope all your conclusions are happy ones....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 -
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PasturesNew wrote: »
Beyond that she didn't have access to information or techniques, so while she had the Dairy Book of Home Management there was still plenty of scope to go wrong.
These days there's cooking on the telly, cheap/colourful cookery books, on the Internet for our generation .... it's not rocket science, but you do need to see new things and how things are done to understand them.
My grandmother was a good cook, and my mother learned all the basics from her. And my mother was a teacher, so in the school holidays, she did courses such as Cordon Bleu, Elizabeth David, and cake decorating. So she can make all the fancy stuff like cream sauces (although she doesn't make rich food, much) and all the decoration stuff like sugar paste roses. She also practises a lot, and tries things, and modifies them until they work. So this weekend, she was making green tomato chutney, rosehip syrup, damson jelly, butternut squash soup, and things like that, because the garden's in full production mode, still. She also insisted we all learn to cook, things like the various ways to thicken gravies, sauces and casseroles (lentils, cornflower, flour-and-butter, all those sorts of things).
On Friday evening she did salmon in a pesto crust, on Saturday a frittata, which is a sort of baked omelette, and yesterday, roast beef and blackberry and apple crumble, and damson ice-cream. Most of it was wasted on me, though, as I mostly ate raw carrots....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 -
Ok, so which one of you/your OH's was it...?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-24518094It's getting harder & harder to keep the government in the manner to which they have become accustomed.0 -
I've always wanted to see the northern lights.
Is scotland really viable? Or are you better off ging somewhere like scandinavia to see it/them?It's getting harder & harder to keep the government in the manner to which they have become accustomed.0 -
Just like to say so long as James is gf knows I think its fine. I'm more worried about the brothers and the girls familiarity with autism than the bedroom sharing. They are presumably not expecting middle to be subjected to any exhibitionist antics and an unwilling voyeur.
Sue will have things under control!0 -
Probably michaels when he worked out that if he cycled his route of 6 shops to get the right mix of shops/vouchers and dates he'd save another £4 in fuel.lemonjelly wrote: »Ok, so which one of you/your OH's was it...?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-245180940 -
Mine have never brought a girlfriend home. Think they would be worried that we would ask too many questions.
DS1 once had a female friend to stay for the weekend and none of us knew if she was a GF or not. DS2 (then 13) got in a right tizz about how embarrassing it would be if they slept together and I should forbid it at home. She wasn't a GF so problem never arose, but he did get in a state about it before hand. Given the situation has not yet arisen, I've not even considered my response.
We let the FT ones stay over but Son has now left home and DD is currently single. I prefer them not having partners to stay but OH doesn't have any issues with it.neverdespairgirl wrote: »PN is entirely right - I am, due 15th May.
Isaac was born on the younger of my sister's 21st birthday (17th June). I'm heading for a second sister's birthday, as the elder of my younger sisters was born on 9th May.
oooh I am a May 11th so we may share a B Day. Taurean.
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If I was the GF going to stay at BF's house for the first time I would prefer to sleep on a sleeping bag on the sofa than share a room with BF and his brother. In fact if presented with that in advance I would probably make my excuses and not visit! (But then I was shy in the past.)neverdespairgirl wrote: »If you don't mind my saying, James is out of his tiny mind! There are very, very few 18 / 19 year old girls who would want to share a bedroom with BF on the floor and BF's younger, newly-met, brother in another bed. Sleeping bag on the sofa or living room floor sounds a much better option, to me. Or could youngest sleep in James' bed, and GF have his room?PasturesNew wrote: »Yeah, that's just creepy and awful.lostinrates wrote: »Just like to say so long as James is gf knows I think its fine. I'm more worried about the brothers and the girls familiarity with autism than the bedroom sharing. They are presumably not expecting middle to be subjected to any exhibitionist antics and an unwilling voyeur.
Sue will have things under control!
I'm with silvercar, NDG and PN on this one, and also agree with lir's point that the girl's familiarity (or lack of it) with autism is a major consideration. Even if the GF thinks she's fine sharing with James's brother, it doesn't sound sensible to me to have her sharing with someone whose autism isn't yet familiar to her, and who is already feeling eek about it. Unless there was no other option available, I would not ever want to share a room with any person, regardless of gender, age, and how well I knew them, who felt eek about my presence there. Put her on the sofa downstairs. If James wants to be with her and you're happy with that, then put him downstairs with her, but leave middle son his space and privacy.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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