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Re: Anyone using their little brown food bin?

I already have a compost heap in the garden, in which I put all our veg waste so wasn't sure how much I'd use the brown bin. But actually it's really helpful for those things that don't compost well at home because the temperature in the bin doesn't get high enough, such as fruit stones, avocado ski...
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Topic: Anyone using their little brown food bin?
Replies: 31
by MagnoliaMum
Mon Jan 13, 2025 9:53 am

Re: Furniture/junk Removals

British Heart Foundation does a very efficient service of furniture collections from your home, to sell in their shops, but check their website first as to what they'll take. If not, then I've found Freecycle very good for finding homes for unwanted stuff - again it gets picked up from your door. Bu...
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Furniture/junk Removals
Replies: 2
by MagnoliaMum
Mon Dec 02, 2024 8:01 am

Re: Did it help partner's career when you gave up work?

Here's another point of view to throw into the mix. I have absolutely loved being a stay at home mum and I'm sure I've made it much easier for my husband to focus on his career and get to the very top. We have always treated it as a shared team effort and my husband has understood and valued my cont...
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Topic: Did it help partner's career when you gave up work?
Replies: 34
by MagnoliaMum
Mon Oct 07, 2024 3:39 pm

Re: TV screens in bedrooms for gaming?

I wouldn't agree to it at his age. Policing screen time is hard enough anyway, but if he is up in his bedroom, you will quickly lose track of any agreed limits or knowing what he is playing. And both my sons know boys who turn their computers back on after bedtime and play during the night, presumab...
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Topic: TV screens in bedrooms for gaming?
Replies: 5
by MagnoliaMum
Mon Sep 02, 2024 10:53 am

Re: what does a 7 yr old boy (guest) wear to a wedding?

I agree there's absolutely no need to buy a suit that will never be worn again! I think he'd be fine in plain black or navy trousers (school uniform type, you can get them cheaply from ASDA or M & S if he doesn't already have them), with black school shoes and a shirt (long or short sleeved, whi...
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Topic: what does a 7 yr old boy (guest) wear to a wedding?
Replies: 1
by MagnoliaMum
Wed Jul 31, 2024 4:54 pm

Re: Husband seems to be suffering from increasing OCD

I sympathise, as my husband has OCD tendencies (it runs in his family) and there have been times when it has become hugely annoying and limiting for the rest of the family and he has needed to get professional help. For us, the problem has arisen in times of him being under a lot of stress at work a...
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Topic: Husband seems to be suffering from increasing OCD
Replies: 6
by MagnoliaMum
Mon Jul 29, 2024 2:10 pm

Re: Leasehold property

Your poor mum! Your first step must be to see if you can oppose the planning permission being granted in the first place. Your mum should have received a letter about this too, or there should be a notice on a lamppost not far away, which will have the details of the case number and how to object? H...
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Topic: Leasehold property
Replies: 2
by MagnoliaMum
Wed Mar 06, 2024 6:50 pm

Re: Do you regret your lockdown puppy?

I am afraid I think your instincts are absolutely right and that you should not give in here. I really don't think having a puppy is compatible with a full-time job, even if it is partly from home. Consider whether you/your husband would be capable of supervising a toddler at the same time as doing ...
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Topic: Do you regret your lockdown puppy?
Replies: 5
by MagnoliaMum
Mon May 15, 2023 10:00 am

Re: My mother cut my daughters hair without my permission 2022

I can understand why you're upset, but I think you need to take a deep breath here and try to see the bigger picture. I can't believe this was a malicious act by your MIL done deliberately to upset you; she was probably just meaning to be helpful or responded to something one of your kids said. She ...
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Topic: My mother cut my daughters hair without my permission 2022
Replies: 22
by MagnoliaMum
Mon Nov 21, 2022 11:27 am

Re: Husband obsessed with son doing Oxbridge

That sounds a very sensible approach. I wanted to add to the comments that Oxford and Cambridge have a very different teaching style to other universities - in Arts subjects at least, the students are given huge reading lists and are set weekly or fortnightly essays for discussion at 1:1 or 2:1 tuto...
Forum: Schools
Topic: Husband obsessed with son doing Oxbridge
Replies: 16
by MagnoliaMum
Mon Sep 12, 2022 10:20 am

Re: Father getting serious with new partner, not sure about mine and my sister's inheritance

I don't agree there is anything fundamentally 'entitled' about expecting to receive some inheritance from a loving parent, although I think there are good points made above about not relying on this financially. But to me the main thing that comes across in replies here is how hurtful it is emotiona...
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Topic: Father getting serious with new partner, not sure about mine and my sister's inheritance
Replies: 13
by MagnoliaMum
Mon Jun 27, 2022 7:38 pm

Re: Advice on how to stop my dog going to loo inside the house!

What a nuisance for you, but I know of this happening with some of my friends' dogs too. It's right that you need to clean away the total smell, like the poster above says, otherwise the dog will recognise that as one of their places to poo. You need something that will clear all the enzymes, not ju...
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Topic: Advice on how to stop my dog going to loo inside the house!
Replies: 3
by MagnoliaMum
Mon Jan 10, 2022 1:22 pm

Re: Is a central WA group a good idea to add 11+ progress of our children?

I can sort of see where this mother is coming from as when your child is going through this process, you become a bit obsessive about it and are interested how your child's friends are doing too, and it can feel awkward to ask. I don't think I'm a particularly ambitious mother, but I was shocked at ...
Forum: Schools
Topic: Is a central WA group a good idea to add 11+ progress of our children?
Replies: 16
by MagnoliaMum
Mon Jan 10, 2022 12:57 pm

Re: How do I stop my wife having 'just a couple' of my chips, crisps, chocolates etc.

I'm afraid to say that pretty much all the women I know (and including myself although I try not to) have a complex relationship with food. It's not just about hunger and fuel and the occasional treat, it has a large element of guilt somehow incorporated. And that increases hugely where 'naughty' fo...
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Topic: How do I stop my wife having 'just a couple' of my chips, crisps, chocolates etc.
Replies: 11
by MagnoliaMum
Tue Jan 04, 2022 4:41 pm

Re: I don't want to feed my son meat but my husband is insisting.

I agree with many of the posters above that no one ‘needs’ to eat meat, however I think I may know where your husband’s views are coming from. You don’t say how old your kids are, but having raised two boys who are reaching the end of adolescence now, both slim, very active and well over 6ft, I have...
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Topic: I don't want to feed my son meat but my husband is insisting.
Replies: 13
by MagnoliaMum
Mon Dec 20, 2021 8:28 am