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Babafette

Hello all, I hope it's OK for me to join in? It would be nice to have a place just to vent sometimes.

I'm having a few off days at the moment and it's nice to feel that there are others who can understand and not just tell me to pull myself together.

seven-day-weekend

whitewing wrote: »

I am having such a chuckle, imagining some old dears in an old folks home having a competition of who can ask the most embarrassing question. They probably score 1 point for asking granddaughter, 5 points for asking their adult children.

I had to google mars bar party, although I did vaguely remember hearing of that one.

And I used to love mars bars.

I asked my dad what homosexuals did when I was a teenager. I couldn't possibly imagine.

Still don't know what lesbians 'do'.:o

I can imagine what a mars bar party is. No wonder they are so sickly

codemonkey

Hello and welcome to the blanket fort babafette. Admission is granted with virtual snacks.

I am feeling bad today. I haven't seen my parents since the start of July. I've talked to them on the phone but just haven't been out - they live about a 25 minute drive away from us in the back of beyond where they moved to be closer to my idiot brother. I really should go today but I just want to lie on the couch and sleep and not talk about how my idiot brother's chavvy kid is having his 4th baby with the 3rd different girl who already has 5 kids with someone else. I just don't have the energy to say the right things today. On the other hand they're old and not in the best health and I worry that if I don't go and something happens I'll feel bad.

codemonkey

One of my colleagues innocently asked me in a quiet open plan office what rimming is.

My mum is pretty odd about homosexuality/bisexuality. She and my dad are pretty liberal about most things but not that. Freddie Mercury died when I was 11 and I remember it was on the radio and my mum saying that he deserved it because he was bisexual and I knew what she was saying was wrong because why should someone deserve to die because of who they're attracted to? Nobody in the family is gay or bisexual that I'm aware of (I am occasionally attracted to women but I identify as straight), and I think if someone did come out they'd be supportive and change their views. Just a different generation I suppose.

As for the housemate MU - may I suggest YouTube videos of babies crying played outside his door while he's trying to sleep?

Babafette

codemonkey wrote: »

Hello and welcome to the blanket fort babafette. Admission is granted with virtual snacks.

Thanks. To be honest I'm not even sure what to do with myself today, I just can't seem to settle down to anything. I have so many things half finished which makes me feel even worse.

Our bedroom is such a tip I feel awful every time I go in there as it is mainly my mess. I just don't know where to start. I am having one of my 'overwhelmed' days.

geminilady

codemonkey wrote: »

One of my colleagues innocently asked me in a quiet open plan office what rimming is.

My mum is pretty odd about homosexuality/bisexuality. She and my dad are pretty liberal about most things but not that. Freddie Mercury died when I was 11 and I remember it was on the radio and my mum saying that he deserved it because he was bisexual and I knew what she was saying was wrong because why should someone deserve to die because of who they're attracted to? Nobody in the family is gay or bisexual that I'm aware of (I am occasionally attracted to women but I identify as straight), and I think if someone did come out they'd be supportive and change their views. Just a different generation I suppose.

As for the housemate MU - may I suggest YouTube videos of babies crying played outside his door while he's trying to sleep?

Had to google rimming,must have lead a sheltered life,are you sure your parents would change their view if a family member came out? sadly even in these enlightened times people are still shunned by their families for something they have no control over.I think it is sad that Kellie Maloney waited till she was 60 to reveal she was transexual,all those years living in the wrong body.

codemonkey

geminilady wrote: »

Had to google rimming,must have lead a sheltered life,are you sure your parents would change their view if a family member came out? sadly even in these enlightened times people are still shunned by their families for something they have no control over.I think it is sad that Kellie Maloney waited till she was 60 to reveal she was transexual,all those years living in the wrong body.

They might not change their views privately but they're insanely supportive and have stood by some things my siblings have done, where I think in some cases, perhaps if they'd been less supportive, the sibling in question would sort their lives out instead of needing rescued again and again and again, but that's a different issue.

Can I have a quick rant about something? Ì have a whole bunch of friends who have kids on Facebook. There seems to be a trend where they're all selling stuff on Facebook. I don't want to buy your juice plus diet, or your tupperware or your kitchen stuff or your overpriced cosmetics and even if I did, I'd go to a shop or buy them online and not through you !!!! You're all educated and some of you have masters degrees or PhDs. Get a proper job!!! (Apologies if any of you do this, it's just annoying when I feel like I have to buy stuff I don't want and can't afford to be a good friend).

There are some strange noises from the room below me. I think DH might be ironing!! Nope. False alarm. Watching football and playing Zelda.

Waves_and_Smiles

Hello Babafette! Welcome! you are safe to say as much or as little as you want here.

It's quite common for heterosexual women to wonder what lesbians do, SDW, you aren't alone at all! A friend, knowing that I am bisexual asked me once thinking that I would have 'inside knowledge'. She was slightly disappointed when I told her, she thought it was some mysterious thing that only lesbians knew how to do. She realised that she had been doing the same with her husband for years and that it wasn't a big secret at all.

geminilady

Just came across this clip on line anyone with children should watch it.WaS maybe not you don't want to trigger anything,anyone else the content is in the title,it is a short film clip about online predators I thought it was really shocking.If anyone thinks I should not have posted it,say and I will remove it.


http://www.herfamily.ie/parenthood/this-terrifying-child-predator-test-will-leave-you-shocked/223673

elsien

Babafette wrote: »

Our bedroom is such a tip I feel awful every time I go in there as it is mainly my mess. I just don't know where to start. I am having one of my 'overwhelmed' days.

10 minute stints, or one job at a time seem to work for me. The mission yesterday was to find the bedroom floor - ok most of the clothes ended up back in the laundry basket, but I can now at least see the floor. And I even got enthused and hoovered.

I've had a wasted afternoon though. Gave up my naughty dog's walk to do some NVQing and my computer had gone so slow it was unuseable. Took two hours to sort out by which time I was thoroughly grumpy and not in the mood. So I took Gitdog out instead and he went off on one and accidentally bit me. I now have puncture marks in my arm and am continuously tripping over an annoyingly remorseful pooch. Not one of my better days.