Present Suggestions
Dec 20th 2007, 6:01 pm
#17
saoirse
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 6,248
Re: Present Suggestions
Kids in our dressing gowns, flopped on the sofa & glued to H2O (Oz kids drama about mermaids) Plates of croissants & mugs of hot chocolate all round, occasionally they peer at the frost outside & groan because they know we have to take the dog out.
Just a few bits of shopping left to do before we take them to their dad's for the week (*wibble*) but first I have to take them into town to buy a pressie for their dad's girlfriend. Now this is a real dilemma this year - I'll tell you why, it's quite amusing
He's been seeing this lady just over 2 years, so the kids know her pretty well. We've never had a problem getting her a Christmas present, or even a birthday present, because apparently, according to the kids, she's just like me! So all we've had to do is think of something for about a tenner that I would want, Body Shop body butter, posh notebook, mad socks, & bob's your uncle.
This year however, we can hardly go off & buy a Lonely Planet for Oz or a certified strip of passport-sized pics, can we?
So over to you lot - what do we get the Other Woman???
Just a few bits of shopping left to do before we take them to their dad's for the week (*wibble*) but first I have to take them into town to buy a pressie for their dad's girlfriend. Now this is a real dilemma this year - I'll tell you why, it's quite amusing
He's been seeing this lady just over 2 years, so the kids know her pretty well. We've never had a problem getting her a Christmas present, or even a birthday present, because apparently, according to the kids, she's just like me! So all we've had to do is think of something for about a tenner that I would want, Body Shop body butter, posh notebook, mad socks, & bob's your uncle.
This year however, we can hardly go off & buy a Lonely Planet for Oz or a certified strip of passport-sized pics, can we?
So over to you lot - what do we get the Other Woman???
Dec 20th 2007, 7:06 pm
#18
Da bing bing!
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Joined: Nov 2007
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Posts: 2,202
Re: Present Suggestions
Lol! You're a daft lot
Yep, he will definitely say "NO", there's no doubt about it, furthermore, if he finds out whilst the kids are staying with him over Christmas, he will use the opportunity of having them to himself to upset them & emotionally blackmail them as much as possible. He's the world's expert at playing the victim role & the kids fall for it every time & then come to me wanting to know why I hate daddy so much & why I'm always upsetting him :curse:
I actually feel sorry for his girlfriend & she's probably too good for him. Never mind, another 17 years & she'll get the same wake-up call I had. Maybe sooner than that if she's a bit brighter than I was
The kids like her (of course they would, she's just like me!) & we eventually got her present yesterday afternoon....
We bought her some smellies & a build-your-own model VW camper. Don't ask, it was the kids idea
Yep, he will definitely say "NO", there's no doubt about it, furthermore, if he finds out whilst the kids are staying with him over Christmas, he will use the opportunity of having them to himself to upset them & emotionally blackmail them as much as possible. He's the world's expert at playing the victim role & the kids fall for it every time & then come to me wanting to know why I hate daddy so much & why I'm always upsetting him :curse:
I actually feel sorry for his girlfriend & she's probably too good for him. Never mind, another 17 years & she'll get the same wake-up call I had. Maybe sooner than that if she's a bit brighter than I was
The kids like her (of course they would, she's just like me!) & we eventually got her present yesterday afternoon....
We bought her some smellies & a build-your-own model VW camper. Don't ask, it was the kids idea
Dec 20th 2007, 9:40 pm
#19
Canuck/Aussie
Joined: May 2006
Location: BC, Canada
Posts: 4,547
Re: Present Suggestions
Lol! Imagine how I felt when I first saw her - I thought I was in some kind of time-travel-psycho-flashback-type scenario 
No.... Been separated from my ex 3 years - less than a couple of months after we split up, he started seeing someone who is my total doppelganger. Wierd, you'd think he'd stay well clear of going through all that again
It's OH & I who are applying for the visa, with the kids.
Have a few hoops to jump through before then though, but we'll get there
No.... Been separated from my ex 3 years - less than a couple of months after we split up, he started seeing someone who is my total doppelganger. Wierd, you'd think he'd stay well clear of going through all that again
It's OH & I who are applying for the visa, with the kids.
Have a few hoops to jump through before then though, but we'll get there
It really messed up the mail carriers too
Dec 20th 2007, 9:44 pm
#20
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 5,133
Re: Present Suggestions
Kids in our dressing gowns, flopped on the sofa & glued to H2O (Oz kids drama about mermaids) Plates of croissants & mugs of hot chocolate all round, occasionally they peer at the frost outside & groan because they know we have to take the dog out.
Just a few bits of shopping left to do before we take them to their dad's for the week (*wibble*) but first I have to take them into town to buy a pressie for their dad's girlfriend. Now this is a real dilemma this year - I'll tell you why, it's quite amusing
He's been seeing this lady just over 2 years, so the kids know her pretty well. We've never had a problem getting her a Christmas present, or even a birthday present, because apparently, according to the kids, she's just like me! So all we've had to do is think of something for about a tenner that I would want, Body Shop body butter, posh notebook, mad socks, & bob's your uncle.
This year however, we can hardly go off & buy a Lonely Planet for Oz or a certified strip of passport-sized pics, can we?
So over to you lot - what do we get the Other Woman???
Just a few bits of shopping left to do before we take them to their dad's for the week (*wibble*) but first I have to take them into town to buy a pressie for their dad's girlfriend. Now this is a real dilemma this year - I'll tell you why, it's quite amusing
He's been seeing this lady just over 2 years, so the kids know her pretty well. We've never had a problem getting her a Christmas present, or even a birthday present, because apparently, according to the kids, she's just like me! So all we've had to do is think of something for about a tenner that I would want, Body Shop body butter, posh notebook, mad socks, & bob's your uncle.
This year however, we can hardly go off & buy a Lonely Planet for Oz or a certified strip of passport-sized pics, can we?
So over to you lot - what do we get the Other Woman???
It's a present that lasts from Christmas to September.
