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Re: Husband watching ******?

There is nothing, absolutely nothing, that men like more than having to enter a passcode to access ******, and then to discover that it was a trap set up by their wives in order discuss their porn-watching habits in an honest and open way. Nothing. Men love this kind of stuff. It turns them on. It's...
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Husband watching ******?
Replies: 14
by uqbar
Mon Mar 31, 2014 9:13 am

Re: If you could offer me one piece of advice, what would it

You know that thing about getting the baby into a routine? It's bullshit.
Forum: Pregnancy and Birth in Nappy Valley
Topic: If you could offer me one piece of advice, what would it be?
Replies: 66
by uqbar
Thu Aug 29, 2013 11:37 am

Re: How do you deal with another mum who blanks you?

The common thread behind all these posts is "Some people are different and some people are the same". Well - obviously. I would contend that we are all different in a far more profound way than we like to imagine. We are all pursuing totally separate lives, both within and without our fami...
Forum: Got a Question?
Topic: How do you deal with another mum who blanks you?
Replies: 62
by uqbar
Wed Aug 14, 2013 12:54 am

Re: How do you deal with another mum who blanks you?

I lived in Asia for seven years and therefore had a chance to observe English expats' behaviour when not contained within the strictures of society here. I remember walking out of my front door in KL and seeing a neighbouring couple - English, middle-aged, with kids, solid citizens - standing in the...
Forum: Got a Question?
Topic: How do you deal with another mum who blanks you?
Replies: 62
by uqbar
Mon Aug 12, 2013 10:11 am

Re: How do you deal with another mum who blanks you?

Not family certainly. There's a language we use with family that has contained within it all our history, memories, past - and also, crucially, things we will not broach and actually fear to broach - this is totally understood in any family. But there's nothing of that understanding in conversation ...
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Topic: How do you deal with another mum who blanks you?
Replies: 62
by uqbar
Mon Aug 05, 2013 11:46 pm

Re: How do you deal with another mum who blanks you?

Another point: We are all convinced that we are personally fascinating and yet we actually find other people quite boring, because on the whole they are - and we are. The equation doesn't quite work out. When was the last time you had a conversation in which you weren't simply waiting for the other ...
Forum: Got a Question?
Topic: How do you deal with another mum who blanks you?
Replies: 62
by uqbar
Mon Aug 05, 2013 6:23 pm

Re: How do you deal with another mum who blanks you?

Hmm. I think it was Ernest Hemingway who said when two men say hello - one of them wins. I think the same is true of women. So it's not rude to blank someone you don't know, it actually shows enormous generosity of spirit. To NOT engage in the social competition that most, even trivial and casual, c...
Forum: Got a Question?
Topic: How do you deal with another mum who blanks you?
Replies: 62
by uqbar
Mon Aug 05, 2013 5:51 pm

Re: Unexpected very bad news

The advice is all great. The dilemma is real enough - it happens.
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Unexpected very bad news
Replies: 28
by uqbar
Mon Jul 29, 2013 10:17 am

Re: Unexpected very bad news

Yet not one word is spelt incorrectly. Suspicious.
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Unexpected very bad news
Replies: 28
by uqbar
Mon Jul 29, 2013 10:16 am

Re: Unexpected very bad news

Hang on. He sold your wedding ring without you knowing? How did he manage to do that? This detail, and the combination of bad grammar and surprisingly well-chosen vocabulary "shocked, speechless, upset, disappointed"... This is a fake. It's also, incidentally, pretty much the plot of John ...
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Unexpected very bad news
Replies: 28
by uqbar
Mon Jul 29, 2013 10:05 am