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  • Errata
    Errata Posts: 38,230 Forumite
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    Oh they're not, they all have their problems, I'm the caregiver, that's what you do for people you love if you can. My husband does look after me too, he does things for me that I find difficult, we share, that's what people do.

    It does fits in with my personality type:

    http://www.personalitypage.com/ISFJ.html

    But I agree the acrobat at the bottom of the pyramid who holds the others up get the achey joints :) . But without that acrobat, there would be no pyramid.
    Wanted to pick up on this yesterday but couldn't manage to, hope you don;t mind.
    When the acrobat at the bottom steps away from the pyramid it reforms - perhaps not into the exact shape as before, but it does reform and often the acrobats find their new position is a better fit.
    Long version short: the cemetery is full of indispensable people ;)
    .................:)....I'm smiling because I have no idea what's going on ...:)
  • seven-day-weekend
    seven-day-weekend Posts: 36,755 Forumite
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    Errata wrote: »
    Wanted to pick up on this yesterday but couldn't manage to, hope you don;t mind.
    When the acrobat at the bottom steps away from the pyramid it reforms - perhaps not into the exact shape as before, but it does reform and often the acrobats find their new position is a better fit.
    Long version short: the cemetery is full of indispensable people ;)
    Thanks, I appreciate what you are saying and agree to a large extent, no-one is indispensible.

    My husband is at this very moment taking large burden from me - I am expecting a phone call which I am going to find very stressful and upsetting. He has sat me down with a glass of Baileys in the other room and kept the phone beside him; he is going to deal with the phone call, I don't have to be involved at all.

    He will be at the bottom of the pyramid for a while. :)

    He does support me too, it's the everyday stressors and anxieties I have to be strong through and sometimes it gets a bit tiring, at these times I go off and have a look round a few charity /shoe/handbag shops like I did today :)
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  • whitewing
    whitewing Posts: 11,852 Forumite
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    *chucks a couple of jaffa cakes at calley*
    :heartsmil When you find people who not only tolerate your quirks but celebrate them with glad cries of "Me too!" be sure to cherish them. Because these weirdos are your true family.
  • calleyw
    calleyw Posts: 9,896 Forumite
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    whitewing wrote: »
    *chucks a couple of jaffa cakes at calley*


    Yummy thanks. Caught them in my mouth like a seal LOL!!!!

    Yours

    Calley
    Hope for everything and expect nothing!!!

    Good enough is almost always good enough -Prof Barry Schwartz

    If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try -Seth Godin
  • System
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    Faith177 wrote: »

    MessedUp have you seen the train strikes have been cancelled? You should be ok for Download now

    I have thanks! Swain's mum came and told me earlier :j:beer: Good news for her too as she is travelling on the other planned strike day!

    Which is one less thing to worry about.

    However that got cancelled out by worrying about my tax credits claim thats apparently being checked, they need me to send proof of all the hours ive worked in the past year :eek: annoyingly i'm the most disorganised person ever and don't have the payslips i need so am going to have to pray that the payroll department at work can help me :(

    Gah, i have 3 weeks to sort it so going to be proactive on my day off tomorrow and nip into work and see if i can get the details i need! Also need to buy anything i've forgotton for download.

    Swain said we should bth put a fiver a week away (nothing too fancy but a trip to the seaside!)after this festival, then hopefully we can afford our own little holiday next year! Never been on holiday with a bf before (unless you count festivals) and i've never stayed in a caravan before so its all exciting! :D


    Hope everyone is ok :)
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  • Stoodles
    Stoodles Posts: 828 Forumite
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    edited 1 June 2015 at 7:15PM
    whitewing wrote: »
    *chucks a couple of jaffa cakes at calley*

    Did you throw them flat like a frisbee, or spinning over and over like a cricket ball?
  • jobbingmusician
    jobbingmusician Posts: 20,347 Forumite
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    Hello everyone! Sooo sorry I've been away so much recently. Lots of exciting things happening at work (well, one main one) so I'm incredibly busy. Special hugs to calley, cos I've been there (it worked out well). Hugs to everyone else as well, and a big congratulation to WaS on getting so very much out of her holiday xxxxxxxxxxx I really love hearing about that. I am a real eccentric old woman, nowadays, but I have always done it - I stop to talk to every cat and dog that I meet! :D
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  • geminilady
    geminilady Posts: 1,922 Forumite
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    Hello everyone! Sooo sorry I've been away so much recently. Lots of exciting things happening at work (well, one main one) so I'm incredibly busy. Special hugs to calley, cos I've been there (it worked out well). Hugs to everyone else as well, and a big congratulation to WaS on getting so very much out of her holiday xxxxxxxxxxx I really love hearing about that. I am a real eccentric old woman, nowadays, but I have always done it - I stop to talk to every cat and dog that I meet! :D

    Me too,my sons are always embarrassed if they are with me but that's their problem
  • calleyw
    calleyw Posts: 9,896 Forumite
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    Right its horrible here chucking down with rain. But I went out for a walk to clear my mind.

    Spoken to my mum not about that but just stuff like you do. And planned a trip to the cinema tomorrow afternoon :j And see if I can afford a sirloin steak and chips and a vodka for £5.75 good old spoons

    Yours

    Calley
    Hope for everything and expect nothing!!!

    Good enough is almost always good enough -Prof Barry Schwartz

    If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try -Seth Godin
  • jobbingmusician
    jobbingmusician Posts: 20,347 Forumite
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    Oooo forgot to say - how was the new place, tea? xx
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