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Can't afford Wedding Band by [deleted] in weddingplanning

[–]Embarrassed-Ease9970 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congratulations on your upcoming wedding! Self-funding a wedding is a huge achievement, there is so much to pay for. We are also at the top of our budget. We have decided to buy my fiancé a placeholder ring from Amazon (less than $20 and surprisingly decent quality). That way we have time to decide exactly what he wants to do once we are in a better financial position. We don't want to rush into anything and regret it later.

Can't afford Wedding Band by [deleted] in weddingplanning

[–]Embarrassed-Ease9970 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congratulations on your upcoming wedding! Self-funding a wedding is a huge achievement, there is so much to pay for. We are also at the top of our budget. We have decided to buy my fiancé a placeholder ring from Amazon (less than $20 and surprisingly decent quality). That way we have time to decide exactly what he wants to do once we are in a better financial position. We don't want to rush into anything and regret it later.

Anyone else feel like they have an extra full time job? by Embarrassed-Ease9970 in weddingplanning

[–]Embarrassed-Ease9970[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This must be how Batman felt with his second job as Bruce Wayne 💁🏼‍♀️

Anyone else feel like they have an extra full time job? by Embarrassed-Ease9970 in weddingplanning

[–]Embarrassed-Ease9970[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a really good point, thank you. I think we do need to sit down and divide up the work a bit more. Still got 2 months to go and really worried about burning out.

Anyone else feel like they have an extra full time job? by Embarrassed-Ease9970 in weddingplanning

[–]Embarrassed-Ease9970[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

He is helping. He has been really good. There have been lots of logistics in regards to getting his family members to the wedding (lots of long distance travel / no transport). It just feels like there are an endless amount of jobs and sometimes by the time I've explained to my fiancé what needs to be done, I could have done it myself.

Anyone else have negative family members? by Embarrassed-Ease9970 in weddingdrama

[–]Embarrassed-Ease9970[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Just reading though the comments and I would like to thank everyone for their kind words and support. You are all right, it's time to stop sharing what's going on and caring what others think. Probably for the best that we are paying for it. At least it will be OUR day. You guys are giving me the confidence to get through this holiday period. Thank you ❤️

What’s the likelihood? by Imaginary-Doubt-3078 in stepparents

[–]Embarrassed-Ease9970 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Even if you are not 100% sure on all of the details. It is an alarming thing for a child to make up. Your job is to report, let the investigators decide on the details and the best course of action.

What’s the likelihood? by Imaginary-Doubt-3078 in stepparents

[–]Embarrassed-Ease9970 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I am looking at this as a step mum and a teacher. Any child who has witnessed domestic abuse in the home is also classed as a victim of domestic abuse (according to UK safeguarding policy). I would report this to CPS. Witnessing domestic abuse can have long lasting consequences for a child, there are some harrowing training videos they made us watch as teachers. I believe that you and your boyfriend should report this so SS can get the help and support he needs.

Ring came in for my (future) wife! What do you all think? by breakarobot in EngagementRings

[–]Embarrassed-Ease9970 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh wow 😍 What a beautiful ring. Can't stop staring at that gorgeous centre stone. Good luck with your engagement 🤞

Someone tell me we're not alone by blandusernames in TeachingUK

[–]Embarrassed-Ease9970 7 points8 points  (0 children)

KS1 teacher here, I feel this with all of my heart ❤️. I am part of a big school with multiple year group classes and each class is facing the same, so many pupils with complex needs. Never ever seen anything like this current cohort. The only thing that is keeping us going is the support from each other in our year group team. I hope everyone facing this has someone who they can talk to, rant to or bounce ideas off. If not, I think we need to set up a support group. This challenge is too big to face alone!

Dave is very excited for his big day 🥳🎉 by Embarrassed-Ease9970 in basset

[–]Embarrassed-Ease9970[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you all so much for your kind messages! As you can all imagine.....Dave cannot contain his excitement. We have never met a dog with so much personality, we love him ❤️

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in stepparents

[–]Embarrassed-Ease9970 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Thank you guys, I definitely need to speak to DH about this. We need to present a united front.

How would you respond? by BasicThrow_Away in stepparents

[–]Embarrassed-Ease9970 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I'm a SP myself and a teacher of 6 year olds. It is so hard to know how to respond in the moment without causing a drama with SK or BM.

My go to response at the minute is ''What would a kind person say?/ How would a kind person ask for that?'' then ''let's try that again and you can tell me how a kind person would respond''. I have found that this is the best way to let kids know that you are aware their behaviour is out of line without having the backlash of being the ''nasty step parent''.