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Re: Am I being selfish? Caring for husbands father?

We care for my late father in law's second wife, so not a relation at all really. Not very keen on her as a person but she has no-one else. My husband's brother lives abroad but over the years we have always atressed to him that he can do his bit by phoning regularly, sending her a birthday card etc...
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Am I being selfish? Caring for husbands father?
Replies: 13
by LidoLady
Mon May 16, 2016 8:10 am

Re: laser hair removal

True Beauty in Twickenham. They have the latest type of IPL and their therapists are all properly trained. This is no longer a regulated beauty therapy (so not covered by Care Quality Commission). The result is that a lot of salons have completely untrained therapists 'having a go'. You need proper ...
Forum: Got a Question?
Topic: laser hair removal
Replies: 3
by LidoLady
Tue Mar 29, 2016 12:12 pm

Re: Functioning Alcoholic Mum

My mother in law was a functioning (and occasionally non-functioning) alcoholic. When my husband and I visited at weekends (she died before we had children) she would start drinking late morning and carry on until she fell asleep, fag in hand, late at night. Lager first usually followed by whisky. A...
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Functioning Alcoholic Mum
Replies: 8
by LidoLady
Tue Mar 29, 2016 12:09 pm

Re: Child benefit

MagnificentSeven, I am a golden oldie too and I absolutely agree with you. All women should understand and stay on top of their national insurance situation. I became self employed in my late 20s but my accountant stressed the importance of paying full voluntary Class 2 NI contributions. As a result...
Forum: Got a Question?
Topic: Child benefit
Replies: 15
by LidoLady
Mon Feb 22, 2016 10:08 am

Re: state to independent

2 points I'd likel to make: Interestingly, there are plenty of examples in our area of parents who educate their children privately up to GCSE and then move them to state 6th forms because they believe it will help with university entrance, a process a friend described as 'rapacious'. And it should ...
Forum: Schools
Topic: state to independent
Replies: 9
by LidoLady
Mon Jan 11, 2016 9:56 am

Re: What to consider when applying for primary school...?

Our children went to two infant and two primary schools and in my experience two things that make a crucial difference are the age of the teachers and the mix of children. Our children did better with beefy, middle aged class teachers than with young inexperienced ones. Also they did better at the s...
Forum: Chat Here
Topic: What to consider when applying for primary school...?
Replies: 1
by LidoLady
Mon Sep 21, 2015 11:46 am

Re: Maternity leave

As the other posts said, not a lot, but better than nothing. Having been self employed for years I'd also like to point up that it's sensible to keep paying your National Insurance as this will also give you some sick pay if you are unable to work, plus the full state pension when you retire. Class ...
Forum: Got a Question?
Topic: Maternity leave
Replies: 4
by LidoLady
Mon Aug 10, 2015 11:46 am

Re: My neighbours are very loud

We had this problem when we lived in the flat above a 'loved up' bloke and his new girlfriend. She did a huge amount of moaning and shrieking, on one occasion while we were holding a dinner party. One of the guests was a nurse and she ran downstairs, rang the doorbell and when the chap came to the d...
Forum: Chat Here
Topic: My neighbours are very loud
Replies: 9
by LidoLady
Mon Feb 24, 2014 10:42 am

Re: Unexpected very bad news

Good school friend of mine had same experience but found a lot of the money had been spent on husband's mistress, including trip to Paris, champagne breakfast etc. Now divorced but very painful as she was left with 2 teenage girls and no money - he left his job to avoid having to support them. As yo...
Forum: Chat Here
Topic: Unexpected very bad news
Replies: 4
by LidoLady
Mon Aug 12, 2013 11:54 am

Re: Help - once placid 4 yr old now biting and hitting!!

Our oldest son went through a phase at about 5 of pushing children over etc and (in some ways worse) laughing at them when they fell down or had a mishap. He had been rather timid before. His infant school teacher, who was very experienced, advised me to 'back off' and not put any pressure on him ov...
Forum: Chat Here
Topic: Help - once placid 4 yr old now biting and hitting!!
Replies: 2
by LidoLady
Mon Aug 12, 2013 11:48 am

Re: Using a monitor in hotel

We didn't have video baby monitors when our children were small and thought you might be amused to hear we once stayed at a pub in Wales, put the 3 children to bed in a room just a short flight of stairs from where we were eating (we knew we'd hear them if they woke up) and sat down to a lovely meal...
Forum: Chat Here
Topic: Using a monitor in hotel
Replies: 7
by LidoLady
Mon Jul 08, 2013 6:47 pm

Re: MMR

I'm not a doctor but I would have thought your GP surgery would give good advice on this. One thing's for sure and that is that immunisation is really important. I had measles myself as a child (in pre-immunisation days) and it is AWFUL and went on for a very long time.
Forum: Got a Question?
Topic: MMR
Replies: 1
by LidoLady
Mon Apr 22, 2013 10:20 am

Re: The Lollipop Club...anyone been??

Haven't been for ages but when my youngest children were small I went there a lot - perfect refuge for exhausted mums and especially working ones (I was able to let the children happily potter around while I got on with work over a nice coffee). I would add that when we used to go there, they were a...
Forum: Softplay areas
Topic: The Lollipop Club...anyone been??
Replies: 3
by LidoLady
Mon Apr 08, 2013 12:29 pm

Re: Positive discrimination being battled by public schools

Reading some of these comments I'm wondering if parents of private school children realise that state schools take not only the bright and the less bright, but a high percentage of children with special educational needs, some fairly severe. My state secondary-educated daughter had a Downs child in ...
Forum: Secondary Schools
Topic: Positive discrimination being battled by public schools
Replies: 39
by LidoLady
Mon Oct 15, 2012 5:32 pm