"agree with Amy... shes showing who's in charge (but hey, we all know that anyway lol) To be honest I don't think I'd be giving caffeine to a 12? year old, a mil..."
"Is a very honest child, very straightforward and to the point. Walking home from rehearsals yesterday he announces, totally out of the blue.... 'Mummy, which of..."
"Well, I have ties, I will always in a way be 'tied' to my ex as he is the father of my children, but I am also free, because I am (almost grr) divorced, and bot..."
"Mark I have to say, if anyone knew your ex the way you describe her, why would they pity you for being divorced?There is no stigma attatched to divorce these da..."
"Ten cigarette free weeks, almost crumbled last saturday , after the really bad gales overnight I had no sat' TV (I don't watch it but the kids...) one of the ba..."
"I don't understand the obsession some people have with HAVING to be with someone, it's like playing a numbers game til the right one comes up, sad really. I tr..."
"I remember my exes dad saying "don't marry her son, she'll have funny babies" (because I have an artificial limb... don't you just love the ignorant and uneduca..."
"OOhhhh love them, not really a choc fan but these are my exception, and now there are 3 varieties!!! Not seen anything odd at the checkout lately myself."
"Yes I (of course) had cynical thoughts on reading this... It's easy to give someone elses money away, isn't it, especially when you know that the person you get..."
"You should encourage the lad to find the money himself before he ends up like his mother, expecting that he can freeload off you too! Have pointed out to Mark b..."
"Christmas alone for me this year, kids at their dads, can't say I'm looking forward to it, but it won't be my first alone and very probably won't be the last on..."
"She wants a 'nice simple, normal bloke'? (left one of those didn't she...) She should leave dating sites alone then, won't find one on one of those.Doesnt sound..."
"Down??? Evrything you wrote there shows how single minded and selfish she is... sad, very sad, can't cope with the house?... not much else to do with her days ..."
"Well no... not disposing of any bodies! Washing line, because some little sod cut mine (grrr) Gloves because the pup chewed and ate most of one, bin bags for al..."
"Can see the humour and yes the questions do seem obvious, but I would assume it's to avoid things you hear about like... Someone joining the army then complaini..."
"My ex husband (or infact anyone who may have gone with me) was not allowed in the treatment room, but as you will be under a different trust it may be differen..."
"Agree with Jaqui, try not to make assumptions, live and let live (as long as it doesn't involve kids, animals or relatives!) it's a diverse world we live in, po..."
"I wouldn't call cancelling her app's for her 'less involved' sorry, that's just pathetic. (blunt as per usual, apologies..) You say your attitude is different b..."
"Died tonight... Two years old, so pretty much as old as hamsters get, kids upset, but will not get another small cage mammal. Thing is, I got it out of the cage..."
"Oooh I have some very good friends but none that would, take me for a meal, breakfast the next day, take me shopping, clean my carpet, wire up my tv and wall mo..."
"Yes you can be a bit whiny and come across as the 'hard done by' victim, sometimes, as I think I commented the week you had your little drinking session, I wond..."
"Ugh, I got in the wrong 10 or less queue on saturday in my lunch hour (person with trolley *sigh*) Moved to the self checkout which I don't like using, only to ..."
"Sounds just like the bus to work of a morning! I always get stuck next to the smelly ones, you 'd think I'd have cottoned on by now to the fact that, if there i..."
"Whole weeks without a ciggie, had to stop using the patches as they were giving me very vivid and bad dreams, hardly using the gum either , to be honest I'd rat..."
"Your ex needs to pull her head out of her arse, so many people desperate for work and wouldnt care if a job was meaningful or not as long as they had one, we ju..."
"Paying for the extra time... heard it all now, time with your kids should be a pleasure not a chore, as for kids always wanting, they want less if they get time..."
"I doesn't cost 200 pounds to feed a few people over a weekend.....You pay her parents back then she *cough* pays you back, well why doesn't she just pay her par..."
"She needs to be very careful about who she leaves alone in the house... All your paperwork? Bank details? policies etc? birth certs etc etc... Scary. If I were ..."
"No. Im my opinion you are not being unreasonable, you are infact by paying the basics for it being over generous, your ex is too used to getting everything she ..."
"Good for you that you realise that, you had come across as quite pathetic and whiny over the past couple of days, which isn't nice to see and from the time I ha..."
"That is actually quite a basic way of sympathising/empathising with someone without being overtly gushy or obvious, we all do it whether we realise it or not."
"As Amy says, only person you are letting down is yourself. Ok so you've gotten drunk, go to sleep, wake up in the morning and ffs, pull yourself together and st..."
"You are not a crap dad, you are at a low point and therefore thinking negatively, I make my son re do his homework if its not up to his usual standard and I get..."
"Drink will get you no where, we all need to wallow in self pity at some point, but drink doesn't help, makes it worse.I hate to be brutal, but what on earth do ..."
"As Gill says, walk away from her.. you should have done it a long time ago, instead of giving her everything she wants in the hope that it will make her come ba..."
"Kind and generous nature... does that mean her spending all your hard earned on him? ;) (sorry couldn't help myself!)New job offer, good for you, a change might..."
"Well, almost 3 years blogging and I have less than half the views you've had! I need more drama in my life maybe lol. It's good to get your thoughts down and ge..."
"Going off track it's probably a scheme that will come to nothing, to be honest Mark I couldn't give credit to anyone who thinks leaving their kids for two days ..."
"Goes on her first trip away from home tomorrow (well, she has been away with her dad before, but this is with school, so it's a big event!) Five days in the lak..."
"I can't understand how a mother could let her kids down like this, not surprised that your daughter is upset, her mum putting someone new first, before them. Sh..."
"Nice, spending money on yourself instead of the ex!, and to good purpose too, keep up the gym while you are over there, and you never know...meeting new people ..."
"Your ex needs help... (and I'm not talking of the financial kind...) Sounding a wee bit obsessive there with all the calls and texts, scary, or maybe just anoth..."
"Good points from Amy there, and yes you could do the shopping, even online... So where is her money going? Well, as soon as it was payday last time didn't she s..."
"Try working in retail, we plan christmas in summer and summer at christmas, soul destroying! Then there are customers.... Open the store doors on boxing days an..."
"Agree with Gill, ex needs to be careful and really needs to keep out of it, they are only young and it probably won't last but, the lad does need to respect the..."
"I found that 'eye rolling' attitude everywhere when I went to Paris, starting at CDG with a guard when I was stressing over where the baggage went, on the tube ..."
"Dark thoughts indeed, understandable too, to a degree, when you have time on your hands it's easy for your mind to wander where you don't want it to go. To comm..."
"Ohh that looks like a really good place for a day out, my kids would love that (erm... me too lol)... wish I'd learned to drive, might actually get further than..."
"FB is a pain in the arse yes, I'd remove myself from it if it wasn't for the stupidly addicive games I play on there hehe. All those stupid pokes and things, I ..."
"Being the type of person you are, I am sure you would continue to make sure he has the things he needs anyway. Did she not save any of the money from the mainte..."
"How can you go 50/50 when you give her the cash to start with? Basically means you are paying for everything, tell her to get a friggin job (again lol, can't he..."
