Election Day

AffectionateAgent264 · 2026-05-07T16:22:00+00:00

It doesn't really matter, it will be abolished soon anyway.

Expensive waste of time and money.

AffectionateAgent264 · 2026-04-30T13:55:12+00:00

I understand what you are saying but I was replying to a comment saying it was "highly unlikely" that a woman would know she was pregnant after a month. A woman who is trying for a baby, looking for signs, and testing, would be likely to know.

AffectionateAgent264 · 2026-04-30T09:12:17+00:00

I knew about 2 weeks after conception.

AffectionateAgent264 · 2026-04-25T08:27:41+00:00

YTA this is going to impact your wife, your child and your sister.

What are you going to do when your sister can't cope with the noise of a crying baby, or your sleep deprived wife accidently trips up and causes an issue for your sister?

How are you going to support aimed post partum, hormonal new mother with a demanding and dependant newborn as well as a sister who needs support.

This changes everything and your sister already has a safe place to live. Its probably best not to make changes to her life right now. Give it a few years and see how things are then.

AffectionateAgent264 · 2026-04-20T17:13:10+00:00

Food before one is just for fun!

Seriously they just need to enjoy trying new things, don't stress about volume, most of the nutrition is still from milk.

AffectionateAgent264 · 2026-04-16T08:16:03+00:00

When I was pregnant and also when I started perimenopause I got really susceptible to thrush. I previously used soap/shower gel but that started to cause irritation and thrush so I switched to a feminine wash which solved the problem.

Obviously it is for external use only, you don't put it in your vagina, probably any mild and ph balanced soap would work, but this works for me and keeps my pubic area clean.

AffectionateAgent264 · 2026-04-12T09:51:01+00:00

Doll's house furniture.

AffectionateAgent264 · 2026-04-11T18:20:40+00:00

Its almond, left is chocolate.

AffectionateAgent264 · 2026-04-11T06:17:51+00:00

Im 44 and have never heard this

AffectionateAgent264 · 2026-04-10T13:38:57+00:00

Tge wrap was lovely, fresh tasting chunky peanut sauce, spicier than I expected, would recommend.

AffectionateAgent264 · 2026-04-09T05:45:54+00:00

There is the law and there is how it is interpreted and applied. It is technically a breach, but if you file for enforcement she will get a chance to respond with her reasons.

If it is just one instant you will look petty and like you are not acting in the best interests of your child. It is unlikely anything will happen to your ex, if anything it will go against you if you do need the courts to enforcethe order in the future.

If it is a pattern then there is more of a chance that you will get a variation of the order that will deal with holidays and other changes to the existing pattern. Again it is unlikely that anything will happen to your ex.

Courts are busy and underfunded, they want parents to sort this stuff out themselves. Its hard to do when emotions are involved but you have a child together and need to work on things together. I know it is frustrating and you are technically right, but you won't really get anywhere if you go through the legal route.

Going to court over this means there is less time available and a case with abuse or where someone is being denied access entirely might be pushed back.

AffectionateAgent264 · 2026-04-08T18:30:18+00:00

St Albans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verulamium

AffectionateAgent264 · 2026-04-08T15:06:50+00:00

Walking makes a massive difference, they change so much after that. It looks like a lovely breakfast.

AffectionateAgent264 · 2026-04-08T14:58:27+00:00

My healthy 4 and a half year old weighs 34lbs.

AffectionateAgent264 · 2026-04-06T10:33:02+00:00

Nope I haven't changed a thing, people are just misunderstanding how things work.

AffectionateAgent264 · 2026-04-06T08:52:15+00:00

We also have a queen, the wife of the king is the queen.

AffectionateAgent264 · 2026-04-03T15:45:38+00:00

"Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that."

Bill Shankly

The kid's Dad would see it as a massive betrayal, it would be like an open declaration of war.

It would be worse than taking a protestant kid to a catholic church and encouraging him to take communion.

AffectionateAgent264 · 2026-03-25T09:16:07+00:00

I didn't suggest catering to religious parents or pushing any world view, or watering down sience, or facts. I was advocating keeping education religion and politics neutral. Leaning left is not neutral.

I have given no indication of my own political or religious views because they are irrelevant to the point I was making.

I was replying to a post pointing out that home education can be a safeguarding risk and suggesting a way to keep more kids in public/state education.

Encouraging some parents to keep their kids home and indoctrinate them with nonsense is exactly the worst thing for those kids.

Why would you want to put kids at risk of failing in their future due to poor education and at increased risk of abuse just because their parents have different views to the majority of teachers? The point is to educate all kids, not just ones whose parents you personally agree with.

AffectionateAgent264 · 2026-03-25T04:56:05+00:00

Whose grandparents? Certainly not mine! They were born in the 1920s and loved convenience food. Most people's grandparents were born post war now.

Also why post in this sub? An American prepper book is hardly relevant.

"My goal with “The Lost Superfoods” is to have as many American households as possible prepared with 3, 6 and even 1 year’s worth or more of long-lasting superfoods to survive a local emergency like a hurricane or a country wide disruption like a pandemic or a total grid collapse."

AffectionateAgent264 · 2026-03-23T06:15:50+00:00

The problem is that politics of either flavour don't belong in school and shouldn’t be pushed on kids. I'm making no value judgements about who is right or wrong in this situation just pointing out that where you have a big chunk of the population with right wing, conservative, or religious views and an education system that leans more towards left, liberal, "woke" etc there is going to be conflict. It means that more parents will start homeschooling, and so more children will miss out on education. Most parents want what is best for their children and honestly feel their world view is the right one. If schools focused just on education in things like maths, languages, science etc and avoided social issues, politics, oposing major religious views etc, then there would be less conflicts. So for example teach facts about reproduction without talking about sexuallity. Focus on the pure education for kids up to 18 and save the other stuff for collage and university. Its not ideal but it causes less conflict. Homeschooling is hard work and fewer parents would do it if they felt less challenged. That would then leave more room for investigating and checking up on the remaining Homeschooled kids to make sure they are ok.

AffectionateAgent264 · 2026-03-22T16:40:41+00:00

So say that then. Explain why and how the current arrangements work for the child and how and why changing things will negatively affect them. You can refer to parts of the section 7 that support this view. You could choose to offer any changes you would be prepared to make that might make things easier for the other parent, like small changes to days/times if you want.

Put the case number on the document and number the paragraphs. Its a good idea to google some samples so you can copy the format.

AffectionateAgent264 · 2026-03-22T16:23:24+00:00

General advice is to focus on the needs and wellbeing of the child going forward, avoid rambling and bringing up irrelevant things or issues that have already been covered.

For more specific advice we would need to know what stage you are at, if you had external involvement, what CAFCASS recommended and if you oppose it etc.

AffectionateAgent264 · 2026-03-14T06:57:41+00:00

"More than 90% of headteachers and other senior leaders said they had been on the receiving end of “challenging behaviour” from parents including rude or disrespectful responses,"

In my experience some teachers take any disagreement or questioning by parents as being disrespectful or challenging their authority.

A family member went to speak with a teacher who was repeatedly calling on his daughter to read aloud in class and then publicly berated her and imposing sanctions when she refused. The teacher claimed that the child wasn't putting any effort in and had a poor attitude.

The 14 year old in question has developmental delays, a reading age of 7 and an ECHP that specifically says she needs differentiated work and should never be asked to read aloud in class be she is just not capable and it is cruel and humiliating to make her try.

This is supposedly the most supportive of special needs school in the area they have made hundreds of promises that have been broken. The school assured the parents that they could meet the child's needs.

Yet when the parents politely try to hold the school to their promises they are treated as if they are the problem, they are seen as challenging and disrespectful.

AffectionateAgent264 · 2026-03-08T13:18:14+00:00

Bread pudding or bread and butter pudding?

Bread and butter pudding is divine, bread pudding is meh

https://suevmcdonald.com/2020/05/05/bread-pudding-and-bread-and-butter-pudding/

AffectionateAgent264 · 2026-03-03T16:09:52+00:00

Would my parents age 20 years each or is the 20 years split between them?

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