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How much would you pay a family member to babysit?
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 I know, so many disappointed women out there but you are going to have to get over me being takenI can't get over you have a child.... 
 Wifey does have 2 because we have 2 children :rotfl:i know i'm not the most serious person based on my internet persona, but that doesn't mean i'm not a good parent. At least i'm here for my kids and provide for them unlike plenty of men in this country who couldn't care lessWifey has two, and one is the OP she's married to  This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0 This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0
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 They are more interested in me than my kidsTigsteroonie wrote: »If the evening includes a chance to meet Spinkz, you'd think some of his groupies would offer to babysit for free. You know, the ones who chase after him when he wears his leather trousers :rotfl: 
 I wore an outfit similar to this last night https://www.danceshopper.com/dance-clothes.Dance-America-MS28---High-Collared-TUX-Latin-Shirt
 The birds loved it!This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0
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            I hate posting 3 times in a row but to end the thread the final fee was 50 quid. Wifey wears the trousers This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0 This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0
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            Ha Ha so now the imaginary wife has imaginary children and a teenage sister and childcare is worth less per hour than cleaning .
 And people answer him seriously ? Too funnyI Would Rather Climb A Mountain Than Crawl Into A Hole
 MSE Florida wedding .....no problem0
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 I've always said i have 2 kids... :whistle:Ha Ha so now the imaginary wife has imaginary children and a teenage sister and childcare is worth less per hour than cleaning .
 And people answer him seriously ? Too funny
 Often i bite my tongue and laugh posts off from people like you but sometimes you need to put your foot down! You have such an unruly attitude towards people on this forum and its people like you who ruin it for everyone else. This is nothing but a personal attack against someone who has never done anything to you.
 I maybe a joker, and dont post serious threads all the time but at least i'm civil and show respect towards everyone on this forum. Because unlike you, i'm a nice person This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0 This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0
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 Aww bless him. The boy does not know how to insult someone who has insulted his family. On this occasion, I will give him a helping hand.Ha Ha so now the imaginary wife has imaginary children and a teenage sister and childcare is worth less per hour than cleaning .
 And people answer him seriously ? Too funny
 Duchy,
 I see you are apparently having a "quirky and hipster wedding?" Is that due to your other marriages being a joke, you thought you might as well not take this marriage seriously?
 How about this one. Duchy has been married that many times, she has more rings than a J.R.R Tolkien novel. In her local area, she is known as Bilbo Baggins' estranged cousin. Estranged because she can't hold on to a ring like he can.0
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            Bless the boy and his multiple identities - all noted by the admin along with the vile PMs you've been sending people.I Would Rather Climb A Mountain Than Crawl Into A Hole
 MSE Florida wedding .....no problem0
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 Notice how she says vile PMs I have been sending people. I have never sent anyone other than a board guide a private message to remove a thread in which I accidently disclosed my personal details.Bless the boy and his multiple identities - all noted by the admin along with the vile PMs you've been sending people.
 By saying people, you are referring to more than one person. One can only assume these are the people of whom you have a heavy influence with. These are the people who back you up to get the talked about threads/posts removed that you do so often.
 You are a typical bully. When someone stands up to a bully it is common for the bully to get there friends involved to back them up. Looks like I'm going to be on the receiving end of your gang now.
 If anyone thinks I am lying. She signed her private message off to me with the name Rachel. If anyone knows her real name is Rachel then you know who the real liar is.
 I might as well include it. In the private message Duchy sent me at eight o'clock yesterday morning she talked about how heavy her influence is on this forum. Getting people PPR'd/posts/threads removed. I never sent her anything. She bumped this thread twelve hours after reading my reply to her which was sent in the wee hours of yesterday morning. A peruse of her posting history shows she made several posts in other threads. Her last post was to bump this thread that had no activity since my last post on purpose. That is without any doubt an attempt from her to cause trouble you would expect for me. Instead she turned her attention to her original victim who does not have the backbone to stand up to her.0
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            Just chucking my 2p in on the original topic... I would expect close family or friends to help as a favour, and at most buy them a bottle or similar in return. I tend to think things are cyclical and whilst you shouldn't keep score or worry about it, it should all balance out broadly speaking over time.
 An exception might be where you wouldn't expect it to balance out - e.g. if you needed something regularly & it'd impact their free time/etc on an ongoing basis, I'd come to an arrangement knowing I'd be unlikely to be able to do the same in return. Or if I happened to know the person had gone out of their way to the point I felt a bit guilty, e.g. come some distance or turned down an invite out themselves, or perhaps (treading carefully) if I knew they were significantly less comfortable than me, I may take it as an opportunity to be nice (but wouldn't want it to set a precedent)0
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            My wife gets £20.
 But family should help out each other and you shouldn't give her.
 After all that is what families are.0
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