Where is everyone...................have you all got that funny page up and can't log in?
It's spooky here all on my own :shock:
Hogfather Christmas Day and Boxing Day?
Um.........it's also on this Sunday and Monday on Sky One...............starts at 8pm on Sunday :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:
I would like to give a huge thank you to everyone who has posted and pm-d me about this. Knowing that other people have been and are going through similar problems makes me feel less alone.
I had one really bad moment last night, when I was sorting through things in my daughter's room. I found a list she had made of all the things she planned to buy with her first month's salary. It made me cry, because she has thrown all that out of the window.
It has become clear to me now that we can no longer live in the same house. She is not prepared to abide by a few simple house rules, and I am not prepared to let her run riot and have no responsibility or focus in life. She has made her decision apparent by her actions, and I am not going to try to talk her round.
She is my daughter, and I will always love her, but it is time she found out for herself what being grown up and taking charge of your own life really means. She will be welcome to visit, and I will not cut off all lines of communication, but for the time being at least she will have to sink or swim by her own efforts. Only that way will she learn.
For the last few months I've been having real problems with my daughter, and it all came to a very nasty head yesterday.
She started her first job last week, and seemed so happy and positive about it, making plans about what she was going to spend her first pay check on. Then yesterday I get a call on my mobile from her boss. He was worried as she had gone off for lunch and not returned, and he wanted to check that everything was ok. During the course of the conversation it became clear that she had been lying to both of us. She didn't turn in to work for two days last week, and I had apparently phoned up to say that she wouldn't be in because my father had had a heart attack. Considering I lost my father five years ago to a heart attack this didn't go down very well.
When my daughter arrived home that evening I confronted her about it, and she really wasn't the slightest bit bothered or sorry. I was so angry that I told her to get out, which she did.
It now seems that she is going off to live on a houseboat with a guy, according to what she's told her older brother, and as she is almost 17 there is nothing I can do about it. I'm just sitting here remembering the lovely little girl she used to be, and wondering where it all went wrong.
Sorry for inflicting this on you, but Pete is at work, and I need a hug :cry:
I can't see anything wrong with the ad. You've made it clear that there may be nothing more on offer than a pleasant evening with your company. I think that's far more honest than some young bimbo who leads a guy on in the pub all night then ditches him after he's paid for everything.
All the very best with your quest Abi. I'm sure there are true gentlemen on here who will fully understand what you are looking for.
i just lisened to that and i have to say it got a tear 
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