Hi
all - been trying to catch up since Wednesday, so just wanted to say a few things:
Firstly, thank fuck for the PRO, delighted for Yobee and the rest can't come soon enough for the poor girls. That malicious cunt deserves the book to be thrown at her and I cannot see her taking this as a wake up call at all. I honestly think the girls need their dad and grandparents and therapy for a number of years, and A needs to be sent on a mandatory parenting course, therapy with a proper therapist and to be dried out. I think she has already wrought untold damage on the kids, Ioan, B and many others and needs to be distanced from them asap fir a good period of time, to give them a chance to heal and re bond etc.
Huge thanks to
@Hiraeth,
@ButterTart etc for all the legal advice and for ordering the transcript for summarising etc. You are wonderful.
Much love to the many I see going through mental and physical health issues with such grace, humour and bravery. You are all an inspiration to me daily, and makes me feel better while going through my own bits ( waiting fir biopsy results from my surgery last week, fingers crossed for me and the rest of you in the same boat!
Newbies, welcome! I echo what others have said, this is a safe place for support and if you are genuine peeps, which I've seen most have been, bar the odd winged monkey, lol, there are amazing people here who will support you, make you laugh, cry and cheer, marvel at their wit and in @welps case, their capacity for compiling tea receipts
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@TheNotoriousManzana , although im not your type I have a crush on you for your wit!
@Obsolete Boomer , i have a crush on your left hand and leg, recently pictured here
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I have lady crushes on at least 80% of the rest of you regulars too lol. Fuck me, I think I need to get out more lol
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I shall now return to lurking and liking for a bit, because all of this has me exhausted
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Ooh, sorry, one last thing. I think it was @bigbonedwho was asking about crying at stuff like birds and the sea etc? ive been similar since childhood. There is a book called The Highly Sensitive Person, might resonate with you. it did for me, but I can be a sharp bitch and a bit of a weapon if rubbed up the wrong way by Alice types etc. Wouldn't discount you being very sensitive because of that lol, we can still get sharp especially later in life after many harsh experiences. I found that side of me dulled a bit on anti depressants, it's back more since I weaned off them, but I just embrace it now and will sit and cry at a neutral beauty spot, a bird, a fucking nice ice cream lol. Embrace it my dear, it makes you you.
. For what it's worth, I have. oticwd alcohol will make me more teary for at least 5 days afterwards now also, so worth vmbearing in mind as it does change the neural pathways in your brain. HIGHLY recommended The Unexpected Joy of being Sober by Catherine Grey before I think for anyone looking into their drinking habits or just curious to know a bit more about the benefits of going AF fir a bit. Alice could certainly benefit from it, but will she ever see that? For her kids sake, I hope so.
Sorry for the screed Turds. Love you all.