Bloody Family
Jan 22nd 2008, 9:29 am
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Bloody Family
This morning I could scream, hit something or indulge myself in a tiny little tantrum!!!
Had a conversation last night in which I was told I hadn't thought about the effects of being away from the grandparents would have on my children. These are the grandparents presumably, that due to their own fossilised ideas of routine & order, have never seen the kids more than twice per year, or even talked to them on the phone apart from on occasional birthdays. It's ridiculous.
How come family can play only a minimum role in your lives, never a sign of a conversation for months, let alone support at difficult times, yet suddenly, when you mention emigrating, they're on the phone every 5 minutes voicing all sorts of concerns about you? Or how about the kids dad, who never phoned, texted or visited them for nearly 6 months & since he's received his solicitor's letter, is now phoning every week, web-camming & taking the kids to visit his parents???
And yes, I've thought about the old "well.... you don't know how much you care about someone until they're leaving...." utter rubbish. In terms of how the kids & I have led our lives the last few years, NOTHING is going to change - it's irrelevant where we live.
Jeezus H. Christ :curse::curse::curse:
Had a conversation last night in which I was told I hadn't thought about the effects of being away from the grandparents would have on my children. These are the grandparents presumably, that due to their own fossilised ideas of routine & order, have never seen the kids more than twice per year, or even talked to them on the phone apart from on occasional birthdays. It's ridiculous.
How come family can play only a minimum role in your lives, never a sign of a conversation for months, let alone support at difficult times, yet suddenly, when you mention emigrating, they're on the phone every 5 minutes voicing all sorts of concerns about you? Or how about the kids dad, who never phoned, texted or visited them for nearly 6 months & since he's received his solicitor's letter, is now phoning every week, web-camming & taking the kids to visit his parents???
And yes, I've thought about the old "well.... you don't know how much you care about someone until they're leaving...." utter rubbish. In terms of how the kids & I have led our lives the last few years, NOTHING is going to change - it's irrelevant where we live.
Jeezus H. Christ :curse::curse::curse:
Jan 22nd 2008, 9:34 am
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Re: Bloody Family
Time to open a bottle and pour a large one? 
Jan 22nd 2008, 9:51 am
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Jan 22nd 2008, 9:52 am
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Jan 22nd 2008, 9:57 am
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Re: Bloody Family
on a break in the UK at the moment and happened to watch Wanted Down Under which is new since I left Blighty. Did anyone see it this morning?
Jan 22nd 2008, 10:01 am
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This morning I could scream, hit something or indulge myself in a tiny little tantrum!!!
Had a conversation last night in which I was told I hadn't thought about the effects of being away from the grandparents would have on my children. These are the grandparents presumably, that due to their own fossilised ideas of routine & order, have never seen the kids more than twice per year, or even talked to them on the phone apart from on occasional birthdays. It's ridiculous.
How come family can play only a minimum role in your lives, never a sign of a conversation for months, let alone support at difficult times, yet suddenly, when you mention emigrating, they're on the phone every 5 minutes voicing all sorts of concerns about you? Or how about the kids dad, who never phoned, texted or visited them for nearly 6 months & since he's received his solicitor's letter, is now phoning every week, web-camming & taking the kids to visit his parents???
And yes, I've thought about the old "well.... you don't know how much you care about someone until they're leaving...." utter rubbish. In terms of how the kids & I have led our lives the last few years, NOTHING is going to change - it's irrelevant where we live.
Jeezus H. Christ :curse::curse::curse:
Had a conversation last night in which I was told I hadn't thought about the effects of being away from the grandparents would have on my children. These are the grandparents presumably, that due to their own fossilised ideas of routine & order, have never seen the kids more than twice per year, or even talked to them on the phone apart from on occasional birthdays. It's ridiculous.
How come family can play only a minimum role in your lives, never a sign of a conversation for months, let alone support at difficult times, yet suddenly, when you mention emigrating, they're on the phone every 5 minutes voicing all sorts of concerns about you? Or how about the kids dad, who never phoned, texted or visited them for nearly 6 months & since he's received his solicitor's letter, is now phoning every week, web-camming & taking the kids to visit his parents???
And yes, I've thought about the old "well.... you don't know how much you care about someone until they're leaving...." utter rubbish. In terms of how the kids & I have led our lives the last few years, NOTHING is going to change - it's irrelevant where we live.
Jeezus H. Christ :curse::curse::curse:
Jan 22nd 2008, 10:01 am
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Yep.... watched bits of it.... I thought it was a shame to televise the kids being so upset.
A lot of these families situations are very different to mine though - I can understand it if they have been very close, supportive & spent a lot of time together, but that has never been our situation.
A lot of these families situations are very different to mine though - I can understand it if they have been very close, supportive & spent a lot of time together, but that has never been our situation.
Jan 22nd 2008, 10:05 am
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Jan 22nd 2008, 10:06 am
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Jeeze!!! I'm about to get my thread hijacked by a bunch of whippet chasers - can things get any worse???
Jan 22nd 2008, 10:07 am
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Nauseating.
