I dont really understand what u mean by "defining us" tbh.. however yes of course we all have some secrets. I have told my partner long held secrets and afterwards i wish i hadnt cos i think its quite good to have some skeletons in the cupboard!
I agree with Marya that there are different secrets for different friends - bestest friends get to know the whole shebang. Middle friends maybe a little bit and others, nothing. But i have to say, if someone confides in me then i keep that totally to myself... hard sometimes, but i really do.
Suze xx
If im angry or upset, then sleeping is always difficult, best thing for me to do is just get up and watch tv or come on t'internet for a while. However, if im on a downer and feel depressed then i can sleep and sleep and sleep and not stop sleeping!! Almost as if my mind shuts down...
Suze xx
Knowing that im loved by my partner, my kids are all happy and healthy, my dog is doing ok, my parents are well. Apart from that, its great to not have horrible letters dropping thru the letter box every morning (bills), nice to have food in the house and my garden is coming on a treat!
Oh yeah and great to have some good friends i know i can trust and rely on...
Suze xx
Of course as well as not being able to read the signals, theres also they worry that u may mis-read them and end up making a right tit of yourself!!
To be rejected is still horrible no matter how confident you are.
Suze xx
Being stroked all down my back, bum, backs of legs, is yummy. Omg the one weve recently discovered is when Bart uses his beard all over me.... just gently, its sooo lovely and soooo horny!! I love it!!
Suze xx
Does anybody have any advice on how to become less gullible?? Im soooo trusting its just silly and today im hurting again...
You would think after quite a few relationships, a failed marriage, four children and not exactly being a youngster i would have it all sussed out. Why do i believe everything thats said to me? Im worried that if i become all cynical and guarded then that wont be me. The real Suze will have disappeared.
Anybody any ideas on how to toughen up??
Suze x
This is certainly one to make u think:
The Bad:
Started smoking at 14 and still do albeit not very much now
Fell in love with a guy who ended up in prison nick and who was a very bad influence on me
Didnt do as well at school as was expected
Upset my parents by leaving home for a year when i was 18 (soon went back with my tail between my legs tho)
Was frequently pissed and ended up being assaulted because i was totally incapable of getting out of the situation
The good:
Loved going to college and did quite well
Worked for a couple of years as a voluntary worker in our local hospital and loved it
Had loads of mates
Omg i must have had better times than just that!! I cant believe it - going off for a think...
Suze xx
Surely some of you have noticed the change in the atmosphere at munches/socials?? Yes they are still fun and its always great to meet up with old friends and meet new ones, but come on... they have changed!! (IMO).
Bart and I have been to three since Manchester and the atmosphere is different, more restrained, almost like being at a wedding reception or summat!! We arent even the most outgoing of people, we dont spend all night snogging the faces off peeps, we arent over-the-top at all but we have noticed a change. We spent ages discussing this amongst ourselves and with friends and it was agreed.... now it seems as tho people arent in agreement. Ah well, maybe we'd better keep our opinions to ourselves...
Suze x
Earthy just a thought - theres loads of peeps going to Chams on Saturday, including us, course u belong hun and dont u dare think otherwise!!
Love ya,
Suze xx
I think our self-image is very different to the image we portray to others. Im absolutely terrible and always think omg look at my belly, my hair is crap, im looking older, ewwwww my arse etc etc. But tbh my partner and others do compliment me and im trying very hard to accept them even tho most of the time im thinking "yeah right".
Suze x
earthy my northeastern mate, i know how u are feeling... ive been there lots of times too! Weve travelled all over the UK going to munches and socials and most of the time theyve been amazing. Sometimes, however, ive found myself sitting on the outside looking in and thinking "WTF am i doing here?". It takes a lot of effort and organisation for us to get to some munches and ive sometimes thought why did i bother?? Then the paranoia sets in and i think ok so nobody likes me after all.
Ive noticed that of late the social events have changed and almost become kinda "vanilla". People seem much more guarded and careful. I dont wanna get into that whole "behaviour at a munch" argument so dont go there.. Ive mentioned the change to other people and theyve agreed with me.. its kinda strange.
Ive said in the past "right thats it, im going to take a break" and it lasts ooooo all of two days. I dont work atm so im in this routine of coming on here at certain times of the day (god i sound set in my ways!!).
I know how u feel Earthy, Varca, Fabio and i hope this feeling passes cos i dont like it!!
Suze xx
when i was a kid, my parents used to smack us, particularly my brother and i absolutely hated hearing the sound of it. It used to really upset me and id pull my dad off of him.
When i had my own children and at one point had three under 5, the temptation to smack was there and sometimes i did slap them across the legs or bum but never a real good hiding. One occasion springs to my mind, my daughter who was about three at the time and a real little devil had played me up all day, and on the walk home i smacked the back of her legs. This old, weird woman who used to push her dog around in a pushchair and was known in the town as being very strange, came up to me and said "you arent supposed to do that, its illegal". I was absolutely fuming and stormed home, i felt like id been pushed to my limits by my daughter and how could that woman judge me so harshly??
As my kids have grown up and ive matured and yes, mellowed out, i only need to raise my voice a bit and glare at them and they know... oh yes, they know!!
I hate hearing kids upset in shops and its horrible hearing parents shout at them, but sometimes we forget how bloody hard it is to be a parent of toddlers!!
Suze xx
Thanks to Alex and Marya for a fun and sociable evening.. great to see all our old mates, Darky, Earthy (one in a million), SexkittenHFX (see ya next week matey). Dammie and HLB (maybe see you next week), Marcuso, dont leave it so long next time, Stuart and Tanina - great mates and thanks for the snogs both, MartyCleveland, hope things work out for you hun, Steff, a lovely guy and good to see you.
Also of course good to meet some new faces and hope to see them again soon sometime, someplace.
It was a million miles away from Shropshire and was so strange to travel up in fantastic sunshine and then suddenly to be enveloped in this weird mist.. was like not being allowed back or summat!!
Took forever to get there and back and we are shattered today but my goodness it was worth it.
See y'all soon..
Suze xxx
:thumbup: sorted now, grateful thanks to a good friend...
Suze xx
im going mental!! Ive been trying to get someone in the third hotel on the list to pick up the bloody phone!! Anybody else have this problem or is it just me??
I need to book a hotel (not expensive either) else we wont be able to come as its too far away for us to travel back!
Suze xx
Ive read most of the posts on this thread and all i can add is that i felt sooo sorry for Nathalie, she looked just devastated. She has another partner now who has said he would bring up the baby as his own. I can see the point of her ex i suppose, but as a mum of four, my heart really went out to Nathalie. I hope she manages to adopt or could she maybe find an egg donor??
Suze xx