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Just had dishoom daal for dinner, going to do a movie night with the kids and snacks. Then open some wine
I was on my own for the first time in forever, I'd always had a husband, then a partner for 12 years, 3 children and 2 step children. I joined a site called Freedating.co.uk which was just the funniest place ever. There were forums where people could just chat and I made some amazing women friends who I still talk to and see now. My best male friend off the site died last year but I still hear from his mum in Hartlepool.
Internet dating is often mocked but I bleeping loved it x
I used that same site before getting together with my husband, am still friends (10 years later) with a lovely guy from there till this day
. I never discovered the chat forums though!
I met my OH on a site too, through the forums. They were a lot of fun! Back then it wasnt 'cool' to do the online thing so I kept it all secret. People still dont know thats how we met.
Our MiL sound eerily similar. My husband is ten years older than me and when I met with him he was living with his mum & dad still and honestly he did nothing. She still acts like I’m the devil because sometimes the poor lamb has to make his own tea, a woman should have her husbands tea on the table according to her.
@Dustye just catching up but health professionals were desperate for me to stop BF so I could put silent reflux meds in a bottle for my daughter. Made me so annoyed! I fed her myself till 26mths and I think that ultimately helped the silent refluxMuch love to you @EddieBeds sounds like you've had a hell of a time. So glad your GP was helpful - I know too many people who've been fobbed off by health visitors and GPs for this sort of thing.
I went vegan soon after I have my little one for similar reasons. I found the best thing to do was forget about cheese alternatives for a few months, so then when you do try them you're not comparing them too closely to the real thing! After a couple of months I tried the vegan Applewood smoked cheese, lovely on jacket spuds, toasties or sliced in sarnies. The grated Violife stuff is good for pasta bakes, pizzas etc. But honestly I thought I'd miss cheese horribly and I turned out I really didn't!
Other recommendations: Oatly is the stuff of the gods. I know there's been some questions about their investment partners so up to you how you feel about it (I'm personally too lazy and in love with it to not buy it). Get the whole stuff if you can, and they do a yoghurt now which is fab.
Whoever said the Ben & Jerry's dairy free is not nice - I love the stuff! So much so that I put on a stone during lockdown when it was my comfort food
Have a look for Accidentally Vegan and Vegan Supermarket Finds UK on Facebook. I also really rate the Green Roasting Tin for recipes - half the book is vegan, the other half veggie, so perfect if you're still having eggs.
Finally, well done on preserving with the breastfeeding. Obviously it's totally your choice and fed is best but I kept going and have only stopped feeds now at 19 months, and am so glad I did. Was tempted to switch to formula with the reflux but I actually found changing my diet seemed like the easier option. Good luck and big hugs
26 months is amazing! I wanted to keep going until he's two but he just doesn't seem interested anymore, latches for one second then jumps off to annoy the dog/get all the Tupperware out of the cupboards/climb into the washing machine.
We had a health visitor who wanted to refer us to a nutritionist because we're planning to raise him veggie. Seemed a bit OTT but she was about a 100 years old.
We had a health visitor who wanted to refer us to a nutritionist because we're planning to raise him veggie. Seemed a bit OTT but she was about a 100 years old.
I’m sorry if anyone here is a HV and I offend, but they do irritate me. I think if you are intelligent people, who have done your research then it’s your business what you feed your child.
What’s wrong with being a veggie? At least he’s being fed.
I also met MrF (who can work a washing machine, dishwasher, cooker and hoover with apparent ease) online, umm, ‘dating‘. Actually, I always enjoyed dating sites, I met some cool people, some who I still occasionally chat to, and had lots of entertaining evenings, sometimes even because the company was good. I was absolutely in the right headspace for it though, I could give very few fucks about how it went, and I can imagine much more stressful and potentially hurtful if that’s not how you’re feeling.
Love the chat about dickheads who are deliberately tit at chores. In my early 20s I was a bit of a not like other girls type but - to put it mildly - that changed! Thinking about the tit I put up with from early boyfriends makes me cringe.
Has anyone read Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez? This is at the top of my to-read list, but I'm sure it'll make me very angry!
Has anyone read Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez? This is at the top of my to-read list, but I'm sure it'll make me very angry!
Am on the pop lads
Why have you chosen the worlds worst pop?!
I like my MiL but she will sometimes say things like 'oh by the way, [husband's name's] toothbrush needs replacing' to me, as if it's my job to sort that out. Like, I don't have space in my brain for that stuff and even if I did it would still be up to him!
Dandelion and Burdock! That takes me back @Alansbigplate - my dad used to get it for us when we were young, but I've not had it for decades.
This is so depressing I shouldn’t laugh, but once husband earnestly goes “isn’t it lucky you really like cleaning?”
no babe we’ve just all been socialised in this awful way??
no babe we’ve just all been socialised in this awful way??I can’t even imagine what this tastes like, wtf is burdock?!
@Alansbigplate very controversial It’s my husbands favourite drink but I have never known anyone else that likes it!
It’s my husbands favourite drink but I have never known anyone else that likes it!It’s proper eighties@Alansbigplate very controversial
not even sure I enjoyed it but it was in the machine at work so couldn’t resistIt’s rank, like aniseedy flowery weeds, don’t put yourself through it! @Alansbigplate (and my husband) just have weird tastebuds
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