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Nice People Thread Number 11 - A Treasury of Nice People

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  • hjd
    hjd Posts: 1,221 Forumite
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    Flowers arrived from DS. Very nice.
    I have to say, I've never got too worked up about Mother's Day/Mothering Sunday.
    I would rather have my children (OK, I know they are both in their 20s) home with me for part of the day than not here at all and sending flowers.
    I do like flowers, but I love my children more!
  • vivatifosi
    vivatifosi Posts: 18,746 Forumite
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    zag... you'll find this interesting then, if you haven't already read it:
    http://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-5575,00.html
    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.
  • Nikkster
    Nikkster Posts: 6,391 Forumite
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    Doozergirl wrote: »
    Could you treat yourself to a gel polish over the next few days, Nikkster?

    I love the stuff. While I wander around in woolly boots, doozer's coat and unbrushed hair, I have really nicely decorated nails that feel natural and it lasts three weeks. Reminds me that I'm a girl.

    I feel bad. They did forget this morning and H was particularly unpleasant and then denied forgetting, which he did but didn't. Within five minutes of arriving home, the gifts appeared. They had been forgotten, left behind here at home. It's the largest haul I think I've received :o

    It still would have been nicer to apologise and explain instead of let me be upset all day.

    I guess I could, but I think the excessive nails will be going shortly after the wedding. They are already getting a bit annoying when typing, I'm not far off having to use the end of a pencil to type :rotfl:

    Edit: and I'm not sure I could cope with having my hair cut AND nails done in the same week! That's a whole other level of self-maintenence :)

    Pleased to hear that gifts hadn't been entirely forgotten - perhaps the unpleasantness was because he was peed off at going to all the trouble of getting them and then forgetting to bring them?
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    hjd wrote: »
    I would rather have my children (OK, I know they are both in their 20s) home with me for part of the day than not here at all and sending flowers.
    I do like flowers, but I love my children more!

    The mountain's coming to Mohammed tomorrow in our case - my mother's staying at my parents' flat in London because it was choral evensong tonight, and she's coming over to see us tomorrow as it is my birthday. Better a day late than not at all!

    She got to see her other three in Kent this morning and for lunch, so she's not suffered unduly.
    ...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'.
  • Doozergirl
    Doozergirl Posts: 34,078 Forumite
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    Nikkster wrote: »
    I guess I could, but I think the excessive nails will be going shortly after the wedding. They are already getting a bit annoying when typing, I'm not far off having to use the end of a pencil to type :rotfl:

    Edit: and I'm not sure I could cope with having my hair cut AND nails done in the same week! That's a whole other level of self-maintenence :)

    Pleased to hear that gifts hadn't been entirely forgotten - perhaps the unpleasantness was because he was peed off at going to all the trouble of getting them and then forgetting to bring them?

    :) at over self-maintenance. My lady is my friend, so it's also an excuse or coffee. I feel a bit guilty spending the money but I also like supporting small local business and she is brilliant.

    Yes, H and I just talked about it. He did forget first thing and the gifts were left at home. He admitted that he was not nice, that he was exactly what you said, angry with himself for making a proper effort and then forgetting.
    Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
  • Doozergirl
    Doozergirl Posts: 34,078 Forumite
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    neverdespairgirl wrote: »
    The mountain's coming to Mohammed tomorrow in our case - my mother's staying at my parents' flat in London because it was choral evensong tonight, and she's coming over to see us tomorrow as it is my birthday. Better a day late than not at all!

    She got to see her other three in Kent this morning and for lunch, so she's not suffered unduly.

    Happy Birthday for tomorrow! You'll be the same age as me, I think? I've been 36 for three weeks now. It's okay; probably because I thought I was 36 already.
    Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    Nothing more annoying that going to all the effort, then losing brownie points by forgetting at the last minute!
    ...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'.
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    Doozergirl wrote: »
    Happy Birthday for tomorrow! You'll be the same age as me, I think? I've been 36 for three weeks now. It's okay; probably because I thought I was 36 already.

    Yup, 36 from midnight tonight, officially, and from 6pm tomorrow in actual fact (-:
    ...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'.
  • Doozergirl
    Doozergirl Posts: 34,078 Forumite
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    Have a piece of lir's cake!
    Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
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    Doozergirl wrote: »
    Have a piece of lir's cake!

    Indeed, mine was made for appropriate reason.

    Same age for a day NDG. :)
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