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Re: Please can we order a taxi home for our babysitters.

It had never crossed my mind that someone WOULDN'T ensure a babysitter got home safely at the end of the evening, so interesting to hear some opposing views... We've had a few au pairs over the years, live in a very safe neighbourhood, and they've always been over 21. Some did a lot of local babysi...
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Mon Feb 07, 2022 9:19 am

Re: Can I tell my sister she is no longer welcome to come and visit?

The good news is that as you used to have a great relationship, and your sister still wants to come and stay several times a year, it sounds like there's some deep emotions (like jealousy, low self-esteem or depression?) driving those comments, rather than any fundamental personality clash or nasty...
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Mon Oct 11, 2021 8:55 am

Re: Next door vegan neighbours objecting to us barbecuing

Hi meatandveg, Sounds like you are trying to think of a solution already, so I don’t want to drop another critical post on you, but just wanted to point out, contrary to some opinions posted above, there’s no such thing as the legal right to “use your house and garden as you wish”. You can generall...
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Mon Sep 07, 2020 8:13 pm

Helping family members with compulsive buying behaviour

I’m using a different profile for this question, and it’s a complicated one, so bear with me. The short version is whether anyone has experience of helping family members with compulsive behaviour, particularly if it has affected more than one generation?   I’m growing increasingly concerned about ...
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Tue Jun 04, 2019 11:12 pm