Yes, very strange. Does she have a grudge against violinists?
Mumsnet #40 I sit on my throne of potatoes and I laugh
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I’ve just read the teacher working 87 hours a week and paying £££ to fight spousal maintenance…
I know life can sometimes throw problems at us that we’re not experienced in - but I do think often we need to just have a wee sit down and a think.
My ex has free access to legal people (
) which meant I received a flurry of frankly absurd requests on pretty embossed paper. It does feel intimidating to receive such things and you feel you ought to “do something”. However, I told my solicitor it was nonsense and not to respond - ‘cuz I ain’t paying. It’s been 6 years and I’m still waiting for the repercussions…
The requests were so bizarre that I’d have been happy to self-represent.
I know life can sometimes throw problems at us that we’re not experienced in - but I do think often we need to just have a wee sit down and a think.
My ex has free access to legal people (
) which meant I received a flurry of frankly absurd requests on pretty embossed paper. It does feel intimidating to receive such things and you feel you ought to “do something”. However, I told my solicitor it was nonsense and not to respond - ‘cuz I ain’t paying. It’s been 6 years and I’m still waiting for the repercussions…The requests were so bizarre that I’d have been happy to self-represent.
It's a troll and I think they're just playing off the stereotypes. It's always a string instrument for some reason. Could just as easily have been cello but maybe they chose violin because the learning curve on that is famously steep, and until you've got a certain level of skill, you will sound like a cat at the dentist.
Someone is asking for advice on how to spend 100k on her children, who already have “the best education and hobbies”.
What are the “best hobbies”?
What are the “best hobbies”?
Tiddlywinks and watching Brewster's Millions.
Can I just say that is not quite right - it is free for 6 weeks then they assess you and usually have to pay towards the cost. In my case it was £100 a week.
I’m a big fan of eating blue cheese on salty crackers - dressed in my undercrackers and watching Virgin River.
I’ve just read the teacher working 87 hours a week and paying £££ to fight spousal maintenance…
I know life can sometimes throw problems at us that we’re not experienced in - but I do think often we need to just have a wee sit down and a think.
My ex has free access to legal people (
The requests were so bizarre that I’d have been happy to self-represent.
We had something similar about 10 years ago when a will was disputed.
Person A was in agreement but Person B was a nightmare. Person B could start a fight in an empty room, and had a complete meltdown demanding we hand over all the missing asssets we were illegally holding on to when there was barely anything there to start with. We got multiple letters that were pretty much the legal version of "Help! They've put a gun to our head and are making us type this nonsense."
Do lawyers have code for this sort of thing? They should.
"We will do everything in our power" - which is duck all, we are totally hamstrung
"Our client feels" - our client, not us, and our client is a total twit who doesn't know what they're talking about
"With all due respect" - and none is due
"Given the circumstances" - which are an absolute clusterfuck, can't believe we studied law for years only to end up advocating for this
FYI for the mum not wanting a mum to stay with her 6 year old at a party ….you don’t have trouble understanding cos you’re from NZ. You have trouble understanding cos your are an unempathetic witch
HTH *head tilt*
HTH *head tilt*
The off piste letters from 'the other side' have been a highlight in my very long drawn out divorce. The one about saving me from the consequences of my own actions had me laughing for hours. I imagine his solicitor needed a stiff drink after typing that one out. The extent that some people are willing to go to be difficult is astounding.
Cocaine and burning £50 notes in front of orphans
Oh, the adverts...
In other news, there's another beggar doing the rounds.
First time was how to go and give birth in secret in Scotland, get it adopted and then come back to the husband and kids after a week away as though nothing has happened (for extra points, OP was 'fat, so it won't show') because they can't afford another child and they're Catholic and she hadn't told him because he'd want to keep it/had told him and he thought it was a grand idea and no teenager has ever been able to observe a giant bloody babysized bump.
Clearly didn't make enough money in the autodelete sections, so this weekend is how to escape from an abusive husband who persuaded her to have a baby - and she now wants to get it adopted to make sure that he doesn't get the baby and so she doesn't have to pay maintenance.
This second one has probably resulted in more money - and such wonders as it's easy to access a termination in the next 48 hours when she's at 23+ weeks and she should run away to France or Germany and give birth there - send money now for a passport, travel, accommodation, GHIC, housing, clothing, treatment, legal costs - then pop the baby into a designated drop off point before coming back.
Sounds like a workable plan, just dont mention your hatred of tea and bring an umbrella/wellies/rainwear of your choice. It pisses down nearly all the time here.
Yeah, it was patent bollocks and it's gone now. My guess is an angry MRA trying to switch the sexes on the "works all hours God sends in a noble profession earning nothing but the sponging ex still wants to live a life of luxury on my non-existent dollar" thing. These twats should at least do some research first.
I've had a look through my email archives but I can't find an example - the whole thing dragged on for nearly two years.
A few of the letters from their solicitor were pretty unprofessional sounding and bordered on demanding money with menaces. Our solicitor said he'd never seen anything like it in all his years of practice. They were from a reputable practice as well so God only knows what they had to deal with from Person B. Basically, Person B married into an Old Money family thinking they were set for life only to find there was only the 'Old' and none of the 'Money'. They all have trades or do farmer's markets to make ends meet and Person B certainly doesn't do 'work' as they think it's beneath them.
Re: Coded replies,
I once had a manager who gave me a list of stock phrases that would look innocuous enough to the layperson but were all of the "Do not hire this individual under any circumstances" variety if they appeared in a letter of reference. I wish I had kept a note of them as it was absolute gold.
It’s so unfair, we had to give up that luxury and only had £20 notes to burn when I was growing up.
I don’t understand why they fall for these threads, it’s clearly made up. Says she can’t leave because she’s got no money & he pays the rent - so what money would you pay him maintenance with then? Why is it feasible to leave this man after you’ve had the baby, but not before? I might start my own thread fishing for cash on there, “Feckless DH got me fat by hiding bananas in my food so I had to quit my job, and now I can’t afford a carpenter to come and make the door wide enough for me to leaveOh, the adverts...
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In other news, there's another beggar doing the rounds.
First time was how to go and give birth in secret in Scotland, get it adopted and then come back to the husband and kids after a week away as though nothing has happened (for extra points, OP was 'fat, so it won't show') because they can't afford another child and they're Catholic and she hadn't told him because he'd want to keep it/had told him and he thought it was a grand idea and no teenager has ever been able to observe a giant bloody babysized bump.
Clearly didn't make enough money in the autodelete sections, so this weekend is how to escape from an abusive husband who persuaded her to have a baby - and she now wants to get it adopted to make sure that he doesn't get the baby and so she doesn't have to pay maintenance.
This second one has probably resulted in more money - and such wonders as it's easy to access a termination in the next 48 hours when she's at 23+ weeks and she should run away to France or Germany and give birth there - send money now for a passport, travel, accommodation, GHIC, housing, clothing, treatment, legal costs - then pop the baby into a designated drop off point before coming back.
”Ah but did that mean you could go to a private school?
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