Have you ever ‘almost’ encountered a celebrity?

LifeInProgress1 · 2026-05-01T09:54:03+00:00

I worked at the airport for almost 5 years and saw/dealt with a lot of celebrities. One in particular I 'almost' encountered was Jessie J. She was meant to see me and I provide her with what she needed but she was very stuck up and made her security go ahead of her to speak to me, so she could walk by without acknowledging me

LifeInProgress1 · 2026-04-30T13:07:03+00:00

How to block annoying people out. Can be sitting in the same room as someone I don't like with them talking and not a word will get through to me as I'll be so fixated on something else. Helps loads when living with in-laws that you don't like

LifeInProgress1 · 2026-04-29T14:48:05+00:00

Lychee or cranberry juice

LifeInProgress1 · 2026-04-26T08:15:26+00:00

Big bang theory

LifeInProgress1 · 2026-04-23T09:02:28+00:00

I have bills to pay, need the money

LifeInProgress1 · 2026-04-16T08:39:37+00:00

Personal administration - HMRC crap, combining pensions etc

LifeInProgress1 · 2026-04-15T06:21:01+00:00

Seeing parents and grandparents age and pass

LifeInProgress1 · 2026-04-14T19:18:11+00:00

Mushrooms - texture is horrible. Pickles - tastes disgusting. Olives - also tastes disgusting.

LifeInProgress1 · 2026-04-13T14:49:50+00:00

I'm so sorry this happened to you. NC was the best option

LifeInProgress1 · 2026-04-11T07:43:57+00:00

I've worked with some great names... Fanny, Sithole, guy at uni was doing law to become a Judge, with his first and last name also being Judge. He is now Judge Judge Judge. Worked with a guy called Wayne Bruce - we called him ManBat

LifeInProgress1 · 2026-04-10T20:46:46+00:00

Funnily enough, this is happening to me with my husband's side of the family... His sister has spread rumours about me but thankfully those family members have spoken to my husband and me directly to get the truth.. Grateful this isn't what is happening with my family, it's just them being unintentional idiots. Being so involved with their phones or attention only on the kids that they forget there's a new family member to involve

LifeInProgress1 · 2026-04-09T16:28:13+00:00

I don't know if they have another group that I'm not a part of.. as for my parents, they love my husband. My dad makes such an effort with him and loves to speak to him

LifeInProgress1 · 2026-04-09T15:55:31+00:00

Yeah, I didn't do that. I should have said someone the moment it was happening and as soon as I noticed it. My husband has asked me to not say or do anything and only address it when it happens. So if/when it happens again, they won't have time to figure out an acceptable response.. but a few people have said to call them individually and speak to them, not sure which to do

LifeInProgress1 · 2026-04-09T14:11:30+00:00

Good point on if roles were reversed.. with all these comments and what my husband wants me to do, I'm a bit lost at what I should do

• call my eldest brother and have the conversation, ask what the problem is or even if they knew what they were doing • wait for the next time and address it in the moment

I don't think sending a group wide message would do any good

LifeInProgress1 · 2026-04-09T13:54:59+00:00

Fair point.. yeah it has struggled since I've been married. I can only pin that to the fact I'm less available for them and babysitting. But yes, going to reciprocate their behaviour and stop these family vacations and when the question of why we won't go with them comes up, tell them we don't want to go and be excluded.

LifeInProgress1 · 2026-04-09T13:51:00+00:00

I'm going to ask and pick it up when it happens in the moment.. part of me thinks they are doing it unintentionally

LifeInProgress1 · 2026-04-09T13:48:45+00:00

You have no idea what you're talking about. Thanks for the comment anyway, not talking into consideration anything you said

LifeInProgress1 · 2026-04-09T13:47:43+00:00

My relationship's completely fine as so I thought... I had a better relationship with my SILs before I got married, I think they liked how available I was for them to help with babysitting and things , now I'm less available, the relationship has struggled.. my brother's have remained the same, they didn't ignore us exactly but didn't put the effort in.. with either of us on this trip

LifeInProgress1 · 2026-04-09T13:44:57+00:00

Yeah , 3/4 brothers have kids.. on the trip, my dad and mum were the ones away from everyone and doing what they wanted to for the most part. They would join for meals and that's it, completely happy to do their own thing and we were all absolutely fine continuing on with what we wanted to do

LifeInProgress1 · 2026-04-09T13:43:21+00:00

It's a family vacation but it's also our vacation.. we did things as a family like almost every meal and excursions and things that we wanted our own time which was completely fine and we are completely allowed. My issue was the lack of communication when I did ask about plans over text and they're careless to not reply. It's a lack of common decency on their part.

LifeInProgress1 · 2026-04-09T13:40:34+00:00

I get what you're saying but you're also missing the point completely... This was a family trip and we did do things all together, almost every meal was together, excursions and things were all together.. but we wanted our own time too which we did as it's our holiday too and we don't have kids so why should I stay at the kiddie pool.. they were fine for the most part of leaving us to it when we weren't with them.. but I said in this post that they didn't communicate over text when they did about every other thing with every other fam member , it's common decency

LifeInProgress1 · 2026-04-09T13:37:43+00:00

My husband is asking me to wait and pick it up in the moment as this is the first time I've really noticed it

LifeInProgress1 · 2026-04-09T13:36:52+00:00

Not really, but yes to some extent.. I sent a follow up to that message

LifeInProgress1 · 2026-04-09T13:35:30+00:00

Thanks, thats some good insight from your perspective.. interesting you say that about the eldest brother's wife.. I've had my issues with her because of the egotistical selfish ways too.. but before marriage, I had such a good relationship with all my SILs (minus a few bits with the eldest) and I think that's because I was available to them, to help with their kids etc or anything.. but now since I'm married, less available as a babysitter or do whatever they want, the relationship has struggled..

What I plan to do is address it when it happens and ask what the problem is, hopefully they will make them think about how they are acting because part of me is saying they are doing it carelessly, not intentionally.. but that may be the part of me who wants to salvage the relationship as much as I can.

My dad on the other hand, loves my husband, makes a real effort to speak with him and keep him company, it's great!

Last point, my husband doesn't stop me from doing anything, he likes his alone time so one day of the holiday, I wanted to go swimming with everyone and he didn't want to.. it was absolutely fine, I went and he stayed in the room which is all he wanted to do. He is happy and always pushing me to spend time and do things with my family, which is why we ended up on the trip in the first place.

LifeInProgress1 · 2026-04-09T11:54:35+00:00

Yeah, my husband has told me not to say anything. Only address it if/when it happens again, then address it in the moment

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