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ceridwen

Hi Mary

I realised I hadnt quite got "chez ceridwen" properly sorted yet. Think I have now - not sure.

I see 2 comments already - thanks for that.

Maybe if you try again now? Failing that - I can ask Hard Up Hester how she managed it perhaps.

mary43

Thanks.................I'll give it another go:j

mary43

Oooer.............now, do I have to register or something cos still can't seem to be able to reply ? Hate to appear 'thicko' but never done this before.......lol

ceridwen

Hi Mary

Had a look again myself - and had to confess I was somewhat stumped. I've put in a post asking anyone who knows how to please put step-by-step instructions in a comment there - as I see I've had 2 comments left already.

Could I also ask anyone else who is reading this post and knows how to actually make a comment on this to give us step-by-step instructions here please (I'm wondering myself if someone has to have a Google account of their own to be able to leave a comment).

Thanks

ceridwen

on

http://chezceridwen.blogspot.com

Ellidee

Hi ceridwen well I somehow have managed it. Had to set up a google a/c though which I was doing just before your request. Just follow the steps to register - if I can do it anyone can !

mary43

Thanks ellidee..............I did wonder about that...........right, off to try again..............lol

mary43

Oh lor.........might know being me there'd be hiccups............tried to open Google account and no way will it recognise my e mail address...........I don't exist !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:eek:

moanymoany

Charis wrote: »

Yep. Many years ago I had eleven people to Christmas dinner for three days(both our families) when I had only been married a year and had only just about learned to cook. MIL, recently bereaved, always expected to be included in everything we did without caring that we needed time to get to know one another.

Eventually I realised that I was the only one in my family in touch with all the other members. A go-between. Still didn't learn. I was always anxious to please, afraid to offend, needed people to like me. Some of it was due to my upbringing (conditional love) and some was due to being involved in a religious faith which encouraged me always to put others before myself. I took it too literally. :A

An archetypal co-dependent, I only woke up quite recently when I realised that my now-adult children had me worrying about things which they had no intention of doing anything about.

I got shot of my toxic sister (who used to phone to see if mother had died and had she inherited yet). I gave up my demanding voluntary job. With the extra time I now have I am looking after my home instead of paying others to do it for me and am doing an OU course. Much more rewarding.

I'm still here if the others need anything but I refuse to swallow their hooks.




I wonder charis if I suffer from goodness or guilt! I know I'm no 'better' than the next woman, and I know I try to appease and please. I suspect my motivation is more guilt than anything else. My trouble is, I get hurt whan people don't appreciate what I've done.

But, the people who I care about and care about me DO appreciate anything I do for them, just as I appreciate what they do for me. Sometimes it is necessary to cut the ties that bind! Not easy though........:o

Muppet81

Brings to mind the saying "friends are the family we choose for ourselves".

ceridwen

mary43 wrote: »

Oh lor.........might know being me there'd be hiccups............tried to open Google account and no way will it recognise my e mail address...........I don't exist !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:eek:

Hi mary

I'm still struggling with MSE and still finding out how to deal with "chez ceridwen". Hester tells me I need to enable anonymous comments - have gone round the houses and not been able to see how to do that to date.

Dont know the answer to Google not recognising your email address - have you got another email address you can use instead? - perhaps that will work.