<t>Yavanna wrote: but actually, I really think that it can be incredibly hurtful to close relatives if a family member remarries/hooks up with someone quickly after a bereavement. It can appear to be a reflection on how important the deceased person was ; ie if s/he can remarry so quickly, it's ...

<t>I'm 31 and recently divorced. I am dating up a storm. If either of my parents were to interfere with my love life claiming it was too soon after my divorce, questioning whether I'd started any of these relationships before I got divorced etc I'd tell them where to go!<br/>
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<t>mominiowa wrote: ..Anyway- he said he just wanted me to know that I really screwed up i his life but that it took till just this year for him to figure out that I wasn't the cause of all of it- then he asked if we could work on a friendship and email and such and I told him I didn't think that ...

<t>You said your niece was jealous of a lot of things your little girl does. Is there any way you could involve her in one of the activities? It won't help with the bullying in the past, or how you deal with it, but over a longer period it could well improve her self esteem to achieve something ...

<r>Nomad wrote: Missed opportunities *sigh* If you ask and she rejects you, you still win. You conquered your fears. Bravo ! If she accepts, double bravo !<br/>
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Every time in my life that I've gone out on a limb I've had positive results. Not always the result I was hoping for ...

<r>For those Brits who haven't heard of condensed milk sandwiches, did you never watch T.I.S.W.A.S?<br/>
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Being Yorkshire born and bred and brought up in a working class house (by 'eck me dad were a cloth finisher and me mam were a warper down t'mill) our Sundays revolved around the Yorkshire ...

<t>Our local council have had a very relaxed attitude to licensing laws for the last 10 years or so. For me it's normal to be sitting in a pub in the early hours of the morning. We were still celebrating a friend's birthday at 2am on a Sunday night/Monday morning back in May! The fact that people ...