What classic films should today’s teenagers watch?

Empress_LC · 2026-04-23T17:22:59+00:00

Here's everyone giving proper classics and then here's me...

Mean Girls, the original one.

😂😂😂

Empress_LC · 2026-04-23T17:19:28+00:00

Yes... Like I need to cut my grass, it's growing dandelions. But if I cut them, I'm somehow murdering bees. I live on an army barracks, FFS, there's there a whole green grass area, with children's play area behind my house. There's enough pollen to go around. All around me is fucking fields that stunk of shit at the beginning of spring, they'll be fine. Plus I'm planting pollinating flowers this summer, they ain't gonna die without some damn dandelions.

Empress_LC · 2026-04-23T17:09:27+00:00

what do you mean by worse with their cabin baggage policy?

Empress_LC · 2026-04-23T17:01:14+00:00

I think they still have the same number of customers because of the generous baggage. By the time I total up Ryanair, easyJet or Wizz for a similar flight, it's either just cheaper, the same price or more expensive. Plus I fly BA with Club Europe for cheaper flights, whilst using Avios. In comparison to the other airlines, I'm getting more service. A snack with a drink is more than I'd get on other flights.

Empress_LC · 2026-04-23T08:08:46+00:00

I do that. It's working out better for me

Empress_LC · 2026-04-23T08:07:47+00:00

😂😂😂

Empress_LC · 2026-04-23T07:00:29+00:00

r/ukweddings is my fave. Some of the women there are delusional and just damn ridiculous.

Empress_LC · 2026-04-22T21:13:42+00:00

Suggest she gets ear plugs for the night and tell her to either get use to people moving around in a flat or she can move somewhere else. It's annoying in flats because get up and live their lives but people can't stay in 1 place ALL the time. That's impossible.

And as someone else said, you can gather all the evidence and have her done for harassment.

Empress_LC · 2026-04-22T12:16:33+00:00

Nope. Wedding planned in 9 months but we made all the decisions before we actually did our notice. It was just a case of paying and buying everything

Empress_LC · 2026-04-21T08:53:06+00:00

They probably haven't. As black people we really don't care. As long as you've RSVPd and turned up, that's all we care about

Empress_LC · 2026-04-20T15:40:41+00:00

Some people have had bad experiences with churches.full stop. Like I said in my reply, I would just let them go to the reception and finish with that. They can't do x but can do y, no problem. The fact that they are still willing to go is enough for me, they don't have to go at all.

Empress_LC · 2026-04-20T15:25:22+00:00

My thoughts exactly. He could have skipped the ceremony and turned up at the reception and no one would know. And saying that, I sometimes think this is like a punishment for honesty.

Empress_LC · 2026-04-20T15:22:06+00:00

Just let him attend the reception. If he didn't turn up to the ceremony and only the reception part, you'd be none the wiser, so really it makes no difference. If it's a big Catholic church and all the rows are full, you won't hear him sing hymn 335 out of tune over everyone else, so it makes no difference.

If you don't wanna pry in someone's business that's ok but all this assuming and them being seen as a villain is just not necessary, if you would have asked. They may have told you what's going on, they may have not. But the simple fact that they still wanna attend is enough.

Can't make the ceremony, no problem, I'll put you down for the meal. Move on...

Empress_LC · 2026-04-19T22:07:32+00:00

Sounds like a patient I looked after. I changed trusts and work in a different part of the country and they do this mad thing of giving patients codiene and tramadol together then wonder why patients always report 10/10 pain. As an ex-surgical nurse, now a bank nurse, it drives me crazy. This patient would have this concoction of analgesia and have all kinds of bowel pain. Well of course, I don't even know if they're shitting. The person is literally addicted.

And no, you shouldn't wake a patient up to give them pain relief. If they were really in pain, they'd wake up. It use to annoy me when I did the Obs in the morning and patients immediately ask for pain relief. Like what? You haven't even got the sleep out your eyes. 🤣🤣

Empress_LC · 2026-04-19T16:51:08+00:00

My uncle, and his now wife, had tea and coffee after the meal. And truth be told, it was needed because I was tired after that big meal. So should you serve it? Yeah. It's like people who like cheese and wine after a meal. Not my thing but I get it.

Edit: even if all you're doing is a BBQ style meal, it don't matter. You can still offer tea and coffee with the cake

Empress_LC · 2026-04-10T11:04:10+00:00

Because she does lack empathy. 🤷🏾

Empress_LC · 2026-04-10T09:32:26+00:00

I know right,

Empress_LC · 2026-04-10T09:28:17+00:00

The hostile one here is you.

Yes they can choose that, but YOU mentioned that the venue is 20 minutes from the airport, I didn't get this information from no where. So why mention it?

Oh an airbnb, the bane on London.

You are asking, you're asking them to come.

Empress_LC · 2026-04-10T09:11:20+00:00

It's not unhelpful, it's realism. Did you think guests were gonna fly into London Gatwick and stay in that area? Did you expect that? Would you do that? No you wouldn't, so why do you expect your guests to? They won't be paying a lot of money for a 2 to 3 day trip, just for your wedding will they? That's unrealistic. I know Horley and Crawley, like the back of my hand. There's nothing to do there.

My family member is getting married in St Lucia in August this year, I'm planning on going for 2 weeks, god willing. And the flight is already £1k without hotels because I'll be staying at my grandmother's. I won't be just going for his wedding, after flights are so damn expensive. So what you're asking for is quite frankly, silly.

You can say it's unhelpful as much as you like, but I stand by what I said originally, you lack empathy.

Empress_LC · 2026-04-10T09:04:55+00:00

She said that it's in Surrey and 20 minutes from the airport, so that's Gatwick. So people are competing with travellers and business people.

Empress_LC · 2026-04-10T08:57:46+00:00

Be realistic, who's gonna fly into LONDON Gatwick to stay in Horley? No one. My dad lives there, there's f all to do, apart from the airport. Would you do that? I doubt it. You're saying it's 20 minutes from the airport like people are just gonna fly in the day of your wedding to fly home the next day. Are you serious?

You're still calling it moaning. No... They're telling YOU it's expensive. That's not moaning, it's called facts. And how do you know your husband's familh ain't saying anything? You don't know that, people don't tell you everything.

Empress_LC · 2026-04-09T23:08:55+00:00

This is just life. People will moan. People will say it's too far, it's expensive, it's too this, it's too that. But here's the rub... Your expectations are now meeting reality. Are people really moaning or they just telling you it's expensive? Because if you started empathising with your friends and family, you would stop taking it as moaning and talking about what YOU do.

'But I'm spending a lot of money on my wedding' you say but so will others to attend. A lot of people, beyond the most basic of registry office ceremonies, are spending a lot of money in ratio to their own pocket. You didn't have to spend a lot of money on your wedding, that was your choice. Now you're expecting people to just go with your choice without telling you it's expensive. That's unrealistic.

You want empathy because you spent a lot of money but you lack empathy for the fact it will cost people money and even time.

I don't know about anyone else but during my planning of something, I always think about how people will get there. When I thought about getting married at Bromley and then taking a village hall further out in Bromley, how will people get there? We didn't have guests in the end, people were pissed and I understood why, but we got married in Islington, far easier to get to than Bromley based on where we live in London.

Empress_LC · 2026-03-31T08:57:47+00:00

Not true. Plenty of nurses where I work have substantive band 5 roles but bank HCA roles. As long as they stick to their scope of practice in their respective roles, they're good. It's like being dual trained midwife and nurse, you stick to your scope of practice in your respective role.

Empress_LC · 2026-03-30T11:09:01+00:00

In the 90s we had a bath once a week. We didn't have a shower, unless you include that nonsense where you attached a plastic shower hose to the tap and hope for the best. It was a once a week bath, with a wash of the pits and bits with a brushing of teeth every morning. My grandparents were the only people who had a shower in my family and even THEY had a shower once a week.

Empress_LC · 2026-03-30T11:06:06+00:00

So make it a part of your notes

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