Here we can all be heard for a little while. Part 3

Pyxis

Georgiegirl256 wrote: »

Yeah you're probably right Pyxis :A

Do you mean ill in real life or the show?
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I meant in the show!

tea_lover wrote: »

I was at uni with a guy who called himself Tim. His actual name (we saw his birth certificate) was flowerpot. How is that even legal?!

Well, one of the great things about this country is that you can name your children anything!

It's a great individual freedom!

In some countries you cannot register a name unless it's a saint's name, or 'approved' by the powers that be.


In addition, all 'normal' names originally had a descriptive meaning, like 'the redhead' (Rufus) or 'Who is like God' (Michael) or 'whole' (Emma), so even a name like Mash wouldn't be funny if it didn't sound like potato!


Would you call your daughter 'Work'?

Well, if you call her Amelia, that's what you are calling her!

Pyxis

Found these on the Alohabetty thread.......

Georgiegirl256

tea_lover wrote: »

Am so impressed with all your ebaying Georgie. I think I've managed to sell 4 things in maybe 10 years.

I go through phases! I sort out, and split into rubbish/charity shop/eBay piles and then try and work through them in a day or two. I'm sick of it by the time I've finished photographing and uploading piles of stuff.

I've now got to transfer it over to another site I sell on too. Then just hope if it doesn't sell on one site, then it will on another.

elsien

Pyxis wrote: »

Found these on the Alohabetty thread......

You're spying on me, aren't you?

Quick change of subject to an ED question which I'll penguin.

I was listening to the radio this morning and there was a section about people with EDs going to university and some of the issues/support mechanisms.
What struck me though was how one person referred to her anorexia as almost a separate entity. How it tried to manipulate her thinking and make her act in certain ways. Now I'm obviously not suggesting that the illness is the person or anything like that, but this was unusual (to me) in how she perceived it.
Can anyone relate to this, either with EDs or other MH diagnoses? Just curious.

End penguin.

Georgiegirl256

I think it's brilliant Lambyr!! :j You're able to spend some quality time with E, but it's also a nice little break for you too from having to care for your Mum. You can kick back and relax, and do what you want when you want. :T

Georgiegirl256

Me and my Mam are taking my Aunty for a trip out today, something to eat, little gift shop etc.

We've offered so many times before but she's never really been bothered, being independent and happy in her own company for the main. But I think the fact that her son just seemed like he couldn't be bothered with her and couldn't wait to get back home the other day, really upset her. Her other son lives in Nottingham so she only see him a few times a year.

She phoned my Mam the other night and said how sick she was of just sitting there, not knowing if and when her son will be coming through, and for what, just to take her shopping (and then rushing off home again) and never taking her anywhere nice, and never doing any little jobs she needs doing either. She also said (and this really upset me as she never comes out with stuff like this), she keeps on looking across to where my Dad used to sit when we went up, and she misses him so much.

Then when we were leaving the other day, we gave her a hug goodbye and she was like "you don't know how nice it is to have a cuddle" Proper broke my heart. I feel like giving my cousin a piece of my mind, or at least tell him to buck his ideas up. I don't think anyone realised just quite how she was feeling, as she comes across tough and takes no nonsense, but I think he without realising just made her feel like he didn't have time for her the other day, and things started to get on top of her. That coupled with not feeling too good lately either.

I felt guilty too, as we don't go up half as much as we did when my Dad was here. Anyhow, I hope she has a lovely day today, she deserves it, and if my !!!!less cousin won't do more than take her shopping once a week (putting his stuff on her bill too I might add) then I will.

Sorry rant over. Guess it really upset me to see her like that, and I'm p*ssed at him too.

Izadora

Lambyr, that's fantastic news about E and your mum.

Georgie, I'm not surprised that you're annoyed and hopefully she'll have a lovely day out today. Hopefully your cousin is just being a bit thoughtless rather than deliberately mean. Would calling him to say that you're concerned about your aunt, as she seems a bit down, be enough of a prod for him to do something or is it likely to set off WW3?
One of my cousins can be a little high maintenance at times and I know if any of us ever pulled her up on how she is with my auntie that the fall out would be far worse the current situation...

tea_lover

I hope you have a lovely day with your auntie georgie. It's horrible she's feeling low, but on the other hand it's good that she was able to tell you and your mum, knowing that you'd both listen and understand. FWIW, I'd be tempted to have a word with your cousin, but I have no cousins (v, v small family!) so don't really get how these things work.

Am having car problems. I think it's playing up as I promised I would wash it at the weekend and didn't get round to it.

Georgiegirl256

Izadora wrote: »

Georgie, I'm not surprised that you're annoyed and hopefully she'll have a lovely day out today. Hopefully your cousin is just being a bit thoughtless rather than deliberately mean. Would calling him to say that you're concerned about your aunt, as she seems a bit down, be enough of a prod for him to do something or is it likely to set off WW3?
One of my cousins can be a little high maintenance at times and I know if any of us ever pulled her up on how she is with my auntie that the fall out would be far worse the current situation...

He isn't a bad lad, he just doesn't pick up on things I guess, and because my Aunty hasn't said anything to him, he'll just be thinking everything is fine, and will just carry on as usual. Me and him are very similar actually (although I like to think I'm a lot more thoughtful and pick up on people's feelings better), in that we have memories like sieves, and we have a very "yeah, yeah, I'll do it tomorrow" kind of laid back attitude! Sometimes too laid back I guess! If my Aunty doesn't tell him something needs done or she wants to go somewhere, he won't pick up on it or do it, but she won't tell him because I know she worries about him a lot and worries about him getting ill again (he had cancer). He tells me things like how he worries with her getting older, and worries because she wasn't too well the other day etc, but then doesn't do anything about it....I guess he's just got stuck in the same routine.

I don't think I'll say anything for now, as my Aunty won't be too pleased, and she won't be afraid to express it! I always thought I got my fiery/stubborn side from my Mam, now I'm not too sure....my aunty can out stubborn anyone lol!

tea_lover wrote: »

I hope you have a lovely day with your auntie georgie. It's horrible she's feeling low, but on the other hand it's good that she was able to tell you and your mum, knowing that you'd both listen and understand. FWIW, I'd be tempted to have a word with your cousin, but I have no cousins (v, v small family!) so don't really get how these things work.

Am having car problems. I think it's playing up as I promised I would wash it at the weekend and didn't get round to it.

I've got 11 cousins tea, but am only really close to two of them (the above auntys sons), get on ok-ish with another one (although she's blotted her copy book abit with me lately), can't stand two of them, never see four of them and haven't even met the other two!

Hope your car behaves itself and doesn't need much doing to it. I've got to take the second MOT failed car back in tomorrow, I feel like I live at that garage lately!

Izadora

Georgiegirl256 wrote: »

He isn't a bad lad, he just doesn't pick up on things I guess

That's alright then. Well, obviously not alright seeing as your aunt's upset but at least a lot more understandable/forgivable than it being down to sheer laziness or selfishness.

It is a bit of a Catch 22 though if he won't pick up on things without being told and she's not willing to say something. Maybe if she makes enough of a point about how lovely it was to be taken out somewhere and to do things other than going shopping he'll take the hint

I've got 9 immediate cousins but when you then add in their children (who are generally closer to my age than my actual cousins) and grandchildren then I've got a ridiculous amount, not that I actually see any of them all that often.